For clarity, use the word honorary and spell out degree names: honorary doctor of humane letters degree, honorary doctor of laws degree. When necessary for brevity or consistency, as in a list of degrees after a person’s name, use the word honorary with the following abbreviations:

• doctor of fine arts, DFA
• doctor of social science, SocScD
• doctor of science, ScD
• doctor of humane letters, LHD
• doctor of letters, LittD
• doctor of divinity, DD
• doctor of laws, LLD