is someone with a jd a doctor 
it is not customary in the u s to address individuals who hold a jd as a doctor in the late 1960s the canons of professional ethics issued a full ethics opinion regarding whether lawyers could ethically use the title doctor the organization came down against this usage with some exceptions it is permissible for lawyers to use the title doctor when dealing with countries where the use of doctor by lawyers is standard practice in addition lawyers are allowed the use of the title in academia as long as the school of graduation considers the jd degree a doctorate degree 8