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re: People with the title of “Dr.” who aren’t doctors
Posted on 1/25/24 at 10:43 pm to tgrbaitn08
Posted on 1/25/24 at 10:43 pm to tgrbaitn08
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Then a lawyer so should be called Dr. so and so
Make up your mind.
Does a lawyer have a doctorate or not?
Make up my mind? Why don't you make sense? You're not arguing logically. A lawyer has a "doctor of jurisprudence" degree, which historically has not been viewed the same as a PhD, but if you want to call lawyers "doctors", knock yourself out.
The title "Esquire" has no relation to "doctor" other than the fact that it too is a title. But then again, so is "Mr." I'd ask you "so what"?
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Posted on 1/25/24 at 10:46 pm to Mo Jeaux
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Juris Doctor degree is technically a professional doctorate. But unlike other Ph. D. holders, lawyers don't hold the title of "Doctor." Instead, they can choose to use the title "esquire," which is shortened to "Esq." and is fashioned after the lawyer's name.
While the JD is a doctoral degree in the US, lawyers usually use the suffix "Esq." as opposed to the prefix "Dr.",
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