No. It's a terminal degree, but not a PhD.

May 29, 2015
4:39:52pm

Thrill

However I've seen survey boxes to check where PhD is used sort of as shorthand for a doctoral degree and it is probably the most appropriate box to check.

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Time

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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