No. JD is not a Dr. like a PhD or M.D.
If a JD wants to call themselves Dr., they must enroll in a Doctorate program for law. Then, they would be PhD.
to be serious, can a jd call him/herself a doctor? Forum
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Re: to be serious, can a jd call him/herself a doctor?
The J.D. is most similar to the D.D.S. or D.M.D., in that they are sometimes followed by a master's degree in law or dentistry.No. JD is not a Dr. like a PhD or M.D.
But you don't make the same assertion regarding Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.), Medicine (M.D.), Optometry (O.D.), Osteopathic Medicine (D.O), Pharmacy (Pharm.D.), Podiatry (D.P.M., Pod.D., D.P.), or, Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.)?If a JD wants to call themselves Dr., they must enroll in a Doctorate program for law.
No, then they would be a J.S.D.Then, they would be PhD.
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Re: to be serious, can a jd call him/herself a doctor?
No. Because people with doctorate degrees in medical fields get called "doctor" professionally/socially, and lawyers don't. You need to accept this fact and move on.legalace wrote:But you don't make the same assertion regarding Dentistry (D.D.S. or D.M.D.), Medicine (M.D.), Optometry (O.D.), Osteopathic Medicine (D.O), Pharmacy (Pharm.D.), Podiatry (D.P.M., Pod.D., D.P.), or, Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.)?If a JD wants to call themselves Dr., they must enroll in a Doctorate program for law.
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Re: to be serious, can a jd call him/herself a doctor?
I accept the fact that that is the reality. I reject the assertion that fact is logical or consistent.No. Because people with doctorate degrees in medical fields get called "doctor" professionally/socially, and lawyers don't. You need to accept this fact and move on.
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Oh great, we get to have this debate again. In most states, there aren't outright prohibitions on lawyers calling themselves "doctors". The people that refer to themselves as doctors are massive tools, though.
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Re: to be serious, can a jd call him/herself a doctor?
Why do you care?legalace wrote:I accept the fact that that is the reality. I reject the assertion that fact is logical or consistent.No. Because people with doctorate degrees in medical fields get called "doctor" professionally/socially, and lawyers don't. You need to accept this fact and move on.