Online Law degrees

[sanantone]

JD = Juris Doctorate

How is that not a doctorate? It is NOT a master's degree. A master's in law is a LLM = Master of Law.

JD is 80+ credits.

All you need to do is google the question and you will see that there is no real consensus on this matter.  You are welcome to your opinion but you must acknowledge that there are those who disagree.

Actually I looked at several law schools. The credits ranged from 83 up to 105. All call it a Juris Doctorate. All also offer the LLM in some form. I'll stick with the professionals over a rando on a forum.

Of course the law schools want it to be a doctoral degree.  It's completely self-serving.  They're hardly objective. 
The J.D. stands for Juris Doctor. However, this is not a doctorate. It is a professional degree that is equivalent to an LLB degree in other countries. Essentially this is the entry level degree to practice law, provided of course if you pass the Bar exam. An advanced degree in law would be the LLM (Masters) and finally the PhD. Most PhD’s teach law at the University level.  If you ask a PhD whether a JD is a doctoral degree they will say no.  I know that doesn't change the fact that lawyers will say it's a doctoral degree but, like I said, there is not universal agreement on this issue.  And by the way, you too are just a rando on the internet.  Don't be condescending.

Or, the JSD, SJD, or DCL. The legal field shot itself in the foot by keeping the LLM, which is the equivalent of an EdS in the education field or ThM in the theology field, and creating the JSD and SJD degrees. This further sends the message that the JD is a master's degree with a fancy name. In comparison, medicine doesn't have a higher degree for physicians in the U.S. They can earn a PhD if they want more research training, but it won't specifically be in medicine

You can become a full professor in law with just a JD, but a research doctorate is expected for research-oriented fields of study if you're teaching grad-level courses. Attorneys, normally, do not call themselves doctors unless they are professors. Even then, some will go by Professor Jane Doe instead of Dr. Jane Doe.