Lots of people who have been in the public eye a long time tend to receive these honorary degrees from big schools that they didn’t ever attend. What exactly is it? Just a PR move for both parties? Why did Walter Gretzky (father of Wayne Gretzky) have an honorary law degree from McMaster University? I’m generally confused by this.
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It’s what it says, purely honorary. It doesn’t give you any benefits of the real degree. With a honorary legal doctorate, you still can’t practise law. The university just thinks you did something valuable for that field and honours you this way. Its like getting a medal.
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