Juris Doctor

[ joor-is dok-ter ]

noun

1. a degree awarded by a school of law to a person who has completed the graduate program of study. : J.D., Jur. D.

Example Sentences

One doesn’t need Juris Doctor behind their name to call this out.

From Slate

She identifies herself as “Dr. Frances Presley Rice,” but she doesn’t appear to have a medical degree or PhD.; she does hold a juris doctor degree, but that’s just a law degree and doesn’t customarily bestow the “Dr.” designation on its holders.

From Los Angeles Times

The absurdity of the attacks on Khan's Bar standing were pointed out by Cohen who noted that Jordan himself — despite chairing the House Judiciary Committee with a Juris Doctor from Ohio's Capital University Law School — had never even sat for a bar exam, much less passed one.

From Salon

Uriarte earned a bachelor’s degree from Washington University in St. Louis in 2002 and a juris doctor from University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2005.

From Los Angeles Times

She later proposed to him after he obtained his Juris Doctor and took his bar exam.

From Salon