Interestingly enough, the JD is not the terminal degree in the study of law. You can also get a Master of Laws, the infamous LLM, and Doctor of Juridical Science, the very rare SJD. I have met several people who hold two doctorates. We call them doctor-doctors. U of H Law used to have a professor who had a JD/MD/PhD, and he was the doctor-doctor-doctor.
I really don't think it matters. Sincerely, Laura Phil Jack Ramsey John Neil Frank Mr. Scholls Ruth Man of Dunk (Clutchfans Moderator)
A 'Doctorate' (also referred to as PhD) is the highest degree obtainable in any particular field in U.S. education. In some Eastern European countries, there are two levels of 'doctorates'; in others a 'masters' is the highest you degree you can get. So it differs. But an MD is nothing more than a Bachelor of Medicine/Surgery (6-7 years in duration in most countries with British-patterned education; they don't waste time on 'core courses' like we do here in the States and often end up covering more medical sciences than an MD in the U.S.); and a JD is nothing more than a Bachelor of Laws (LLB). Been nice knowing you, ima, but we 'doctors' have to band together and protect our reputation for intolerable snobbishness. DoD, off with his head!
