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May 29, 2015
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TrackCoug
Most (all?) state bars prohibit lawyers from using the term "doctor"
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Is it appropriate for a lawyer to claim he is a PhD?
concolor couguar
5/29/15 4:37pm
No.
TaiJuan
5/29/15 4:37pm
If he has a PhD it is.
Bravescoug
5/29/15 4:38pm
Quite common to need both to practice certain areas of intellectual property.
Roadrunner70
5/29/15 4:39pm
Yup. There are more than a few JD/Ph.Ds out there.
Sandstone Cougar
5/29/15 4:56pm
Those are the guys who become professional expert witnesses
byujag
5/29/15 6:21pm
on par with a ND claiming to be a doctor
BIG XII Coug
5/29/15 4:39pm
No - a lawyer is a JD - Juris Doctor
FiveTen-BuckEighty
5/29/15 4:39pm
only if he has earned a PhD
mudpupper
5/29/15 4:39pm
No. It's a terminal degree, but not a PhD.
Thrill
5/29/15 4:39pm
RE: Is it appropriate for a lawyer to claim he is a PhD?
SanDiegoCoug
5/29/15 4:42pm
My brother has both a law degree and a PhD, he teaches business law at UNLV.
Duke Silver
5/29/15 4:42pm
No. We receive a Jurisdoctorate upon graduation and, in surveys it's
gwalker
5/29/15 4:46pm
You can earn a Ph.D. in Law. Just. Depends what his degree says.
WDaddy
5/29/15 4:50pm
True
Cougar-Duck
5/29/15 4:55pm
No, but he could technically go by Doctor
YSMACK
5/29/15 4:53pm
And people would think he is a total weirdo.
Sandstone Cougar
5/29/15 4:54pm
I agree, but I also look at PHD's that insist on being called Dr. as tools
YSMACK
5/29/15 4:55pm
I find it extremely tacky to see wedding invitations that reference parents
Duke Silver
5/29/15 4:59pm
Like lawyers who use "Esquire" unnecessarily
Tricky
5/29/15 5:02pm
The only time I ever used esquire is when some tool didn't know I was a lawyer
YSMACK
5/29/15 5:10pm
Early in my career I used it a couple of times to sign letters, but
gwalker
5/29/15 5:23pm
Most (all?) state bars prohibit lawyers from using the term "doctor"
TrackCoug
5/29/15 4:57pm
Never heard of that and I doubt it's true.
Cougar-Duck
5/29/15 5:05pm
I believe you are mistaken. At one time 44 states expressly permitted it.
YSMACK
5/29/15 5:07pm
Here is a good article on it
YSMACK
5/29/15 5:16pm
My Bad
TrackCoug
5/29/15 5:21pm
Phd in engineering? Chemistry? Physics?
Flyingdolphin
5/29/15 5:09pm
If a lawyer ever claims that he has a PhD, just as him what he did for his
dilbert
5/29/15 5:13pm
Yes, but there is only one American law school PhD program
Gustav
5/29/15 5:21pm
RE: Yes, but there is only one American law school PhD program
califcougar
5/29/15 7:33pm
Must have been a different program
Gustav
5/29/15 9:08pm
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