Is completing law school with a Master’s degree the equivalent of a doctorates?

If a student with a Master's degree then completes law school, will their degree be considered the equivalent of a doctorates? Would that person hold the title of a doctor? Please provide a source if the mentioned question is true. Thanks!

No, it's not the same. I have two master's degrees, and I know people with three. You are not a "doctor" at that level. I wish.

A Masters - no. However a JD - Juris Doctor - is a professional doctorate.

From Wikipedia:

'Marcus Schoenfeld, a law professor in the 1960’s, studied the history of the creation of the Juris Doctor and the debates surrounding this degree. He compared the J.D. to that of the LL.B. and other graduate degrees, such as a masters degree. He concluded that “the first degree in law should be a Doctorate simply because the very high level of achievement over three years is not sufficiently rewarded by a Mastership”. This is evidence that the J.D. has met the goals of Professor Langdell in his establishment of a rigorous graduate law degree.'

As a professional doctorate you probably have the right to call yourself doctor - but I don't know of any who do.

Thanks

Bill

General career info: http://www.bls.gov/oco and search 'lawyers' or such.

US colleges: http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ

Please steer clear of online, for-profit schools such as university of phoenix, kaplan, strayer and others as they are merely out to 'make a profit': http://www.uopsucks.com

ABA should have a listing of accredited schools of law: http://www.abanet.org

is a doctorate not the same as a phd?

a masters is one below a doctorate as far as i'm aware..

No, it is not.