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I shan't rewrite this (yet!) but I do think it is unclear.
Firstly, is it really necessary to have the BCL before taking the DCL? I have never heard that it is and I can't see any rationale for it. Indeed, I should be surprised if everyone who is a DCL was a BCL before that. I am prepared to be surprised though!
Secondly, I think it is rather a mistake to mention the possibility of progression to the DCL before mentioning the possibility of going on to take a DPhil. As I am sure the person who wrote this meant to convey, the BCL may be used as a stage towards doing a DPhil, rather as an MA (in the non-Oxbridge/Dublin sense), MSt, MSc, MPhil, etc might be a stage towards a DPhil (or PhD). The DCL would possibly then be conferred after perhaps twenty or more years of scholarship.-- 217.134.108.63 08:18, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
The B.C.L. is essentially a one-year, taught-course, fancier addition to a basic law degree with a mini-thesis which attracts common law graduates from around the world seeking some of the Oxford experience plus a little prestige for career advancement back home. Some Oxford and other English University law graduates also sign up for it for a similar enhancement of their first degree. But it is not a research degree and is just an Oxford name for what elsewhere is an LL.M.
The D.C.L. is essentially an honour bestowed mostly on Oxford scholars who have done well but lack a research doctorate. They are uniformly embarrassed if they are addressed as 'Dr. X' after gaining a D.C.L., since they realise it is more an honourary degree for work published outside a university academic programme or other achievements in their legal career than a genuinely academic doctorate.
The D.Phil. in law is a research doctorate earned just like a Ph.D. anywhere else, and it is recognised as such in the academic world. If you have struggled for the six years or so of research, meetings with your supervisor, submission of a dissertation, and an oral defence of it before examiners, then you are a genuine legal academic with a doctorate, in this case, in law -- otherwise not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.198.164.122 ( talk) 04:17, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
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