[9YearLurker]

“he’s very insecure about the fact that he doesn’t have a Ph.D.; he has a JD”

The sort of thing only university PhDs think.

[hinckley buzzard]

In academia, status hierarchy is real.

[AnAmericanMother]

Oh, no. I’m a JD, and it’s not the equivalent of a PhD (a real one, not in some “studies” nonsense.) More like a masters.

In fact, in my father’s time, law schools granted an LLB (Bachelor of Laws). Our Alma Mater offered to swap it out for a JD, but dad refused. Said they might lose it (he was only half kidding).