COVID-19 HIGHLIGHTS THE RELEVANCE OF PROFESSOR TERRY'S NEW ARTICLE ON GLOBAL LEGAL PROFESSION NETWORKS
April 2020 — The COVID-19 pandemic hit just as Professor Laurel Terry was making the final edits on her article entitled Global Networks and the Legal Profession. The pandemic reinforced the thesis of Professor Terry’s article, which was the importance of recognizing the broad impact that global networks can have.
Professor Terry’s article was based on a 2019 talk she delivered at the University of Akron’s Miller-Becker Center for Professional Responsibility; her talk was the inaugural lecture in the Center’s new “Lawyers & the Globalization of Legal Services” series. Professor Terry’s article presented her research regarding the many ways in which global networks have affected and will continue to affect lawyers around the world. Global legal profession networks affect the topics of discussion inside and outside the United States, who participates in the discussions, and ensure that ideas do not remain within the physical confines or borders of a particular jurisdiction. Professor Terry concluded that despite recent events, globalization—and global networks—are a crucial part of the contemporary legal services landscape and that it is in the best interests of lawyers—and the clients they serve—to be aware of, and take advantage of the opportunities these global networks provide.
Professor Terry, who holds the H. Laddie Montague, Jr. Chair in Law, is a three-time Fulbright recipient who writes and teaches about the impact of globalization on the legal profession, especially with respect to regulatory issues. Her scholarship has identified emerging issues for the legal profession and urged stakeholder engagement, new initiatives, and regulatory reform. In addition to speaking at academic and professional conferences, she has been invited to speak about her scholarship to has been invited to speak about her scholarship to organizations that include the Conference of Chief Justices, the National Conference of Bar Examiners, the National Organization of Bar Counsel, the National Conference of Bar Presidents, the CCBE, which represents EU’s legal profession and legal regulators, the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, the International Institute of Law Association Chief Executives, the International Bar Association, and the International Conference of Legal Regulators.
Professor Laurel Terry, who holds the H. Laddie Montague, Jr. Chair in Law, is a three-time Fulbright recipient who writes and teaches about the impact of globalization on the legal profession, especially with respect to regulatory issues. Her scholarship has identified emerging issues for the legal profession and urged stakeholder engagement, new initiatives, and regulatory reform. In addition to speaking at academic and professional conferences, she has been invited to speak about her scholarship to has been invited to speak about her scholarship to organizations that include the Conference of Chief Justices, the National Conference of Bar Examiners, the National Organization of Bar Counsel, the National Conference of Bar Presidents, the CCBE, which represents EU’s legal profession and legal regulators, the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, the International Institute of Law Association Chief Executives, the International Bar Association, and the International Conference of Legal Regulators.