BAR exam

[Loyhargil]

Originally Posted by robertplattbell

It's not like we can save lives or anything. It's like my PhD Brother calling himself "Doctor".

While generally I agree with you, when I was in college, I had no issue referring to my doctoral English professors as "Doctor." I figured if they spent all that time on a thesis to get their Ph.D.'s, I'd certainly call them doctor.

In addition, when I have one of my witnesses, or even an opposing witness on the stand, and that witness has a Ph.D., I refer to them as "Doctor Lastname" as a professional courtesy.

However...

In the English department at my alma mater, we had a professor who made sure that, like the doctoral professors, we called her "doctor." One day, after a few weeks of personality and theoretical conflicts with the woman, I finally checked the course catalogs to see what her educational background was. I found out she had a Master of Arts in English, but her "doctorate" was in fact a Juris Doctor (a law degree), and not a Ph.D. Since I was planning to go to law school, and sure as hell was not going to be pretentious enough to insist anyone ever refer to me as "Doctor," from that point on I addressed her as "Professor." Probably childish on my part, but seriously. No.

No one ever better call me "Esquire," either or I'll pop a vein.

[Mycroft]

I can't believe that it has taken this long to find the ultimate repudiation of the OP - the term BAR can not apply to British Law as there is no such thing.

English law only applies to England and Wales, Scotland has a seperate legal system (as does Northern Ireland), and one of the differences is that there are no barristers in Scotland (Scottish Lawyers join the Faculty of Advocates and are known as Advocates; they are not 'called to the Bar').
Other important differences between Scottish Law and English Law (and the American law which evolved from it) is that there are 15 members on a jury, and there is a third verdict available (not proven - effectively the same as a not guilty verdict; but implying perceived lack of effort by the prosecution to prove their case)

[snopes]

Comment: Is the term "bar association" an acronym for British
Accreditation Registry? I have seen some web sites claiming this is true
and others discredit this rumor, Id like to know the facts?

[Floater]

Where do people get all ridiculous "facts" from. Bar in this context is the same word as the bar you sit by sipping a beer just used in a different context.

[diddy]

Originally Posted by DawnStorm

I swear there is a group of people who come up with things like this! Here's the origin of the S word! Here's where the word golf came from! Don't use the word picnic! And so on. Wonder what their fertile imaginations will come up with next?

My favorite was that the word for NFBSK actually meant Fornication Under Consent of King - as if he didn't have better things to do.

[Dasla]

Regarding the Esq/Esquire debate. I am so confused. My family name is Squire. Is Equire an electronic version of my family. I have a Bachelor of Science so can I use it? Am I D. Squire Esquire? Can my non degree holding family members use the title? What about the other degree holding members of my family, who aren't Squires are they also squires?

Of all the orgins of the name Squire, I like the apprentice knight orgin one the best, cause that is what I wanna be when I grow up.

I can see no knight icon listed so I chose a king...so there!!!

[Dasla]

Originally Posted by diddy

My favorite was that the word for NFBSK actually meant Fornication Under Consent of King - as if he didn't have better things to do.

And why is that better (or proberly worse) then fornication without his consent?


Ahem...did he get to watch.