Faculty Impact

Our faculty is engaged in a constant quest for knowledge and wisdom it can share with our students as well as with the legal profession, scholars, policy makers, and others, consistent with Penn State’s role as a world-class research university.

Book PROFESSOR EMERITA LAUREL TERRY CO-AUTHORS NEW PROREP CASEBOOK EDITION

June 2023 — West recently published the fifth edition of its “Contemporary Professional Responsibility” casebook, which Professor Emerita Laurel S. Terry co-authored. Full story

ALI logo PROFESSOR EMERITA LAUREL TERRY ATTENDS THE ALI’S 100TH ANNIVERSARY MEETING

May 2023 — Professor Emerita Laurel S. Terry attended the American Law Institute’s May 2023 Annual Meeting, which was held in Washington, D.C. In addition to reviewing pending Restatement of the Law projects, the meeting celebrated the ALI’s 100th Anniversary. Full story

Laurel S. Terry PROFESSOR EMERITA LAUREL TERRY HONORS HER RULE OF LAW ROOTS

May 2023 — Professor Emerita Laurel S. Terry recently had the opportunity to honor her “rule of law” roots in Washington, D.C. when her grandfather, who died in 1929, was belatedly honored. Professor Terry and her sisters were invited to attend a candlelight vigil on the National Mall where her grandfather’s name was read out. Full story

Laurel S. Terry PROFESSOR EMERITA TERRY PUBLISHES ARTICLE ON ABA “SUMMITS”

March 2023 — Professor Emerita Laurel S. Terry’s article entitled The Role of the ABA’s “Summits” in Facilitating Global Networks and International Cross-Border Legal Practice recently was published in a Symposium honoring Professor Bob Lutz. Her fifty-page article documented a decade of international “summits” sponsored by the ABA and explained their significance in helping establish global legal profession networks. Full story

Laurel S. Terry PROFESSOR EMERITA TERRY SUBMITS COMMENTS ON THE ABA’S THIRD CLIENT DUE DILIGENCE DISCUSSION DRAFT

February 2023 — Professor Laurel S. Terry, who is the H. Laddie Montague Jr. Chair in Law and Professor of Law Emerita, recently provided a third set of comments to the American Bar Association regarding its efforts to develop an explicit client due diligence ethics rule to combat money laundering. Professor Terry’s comments addressed the January 23, 2023 Third Discussion Draft of proposed revisions to the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct. Full story

flyer PROFESSOR EMERITA LAUREL TERRY SPEAKS IN MIAMI AT IBA GLOBALIZATION SEMINAR

November 2022 — Professor Emerita Laurel S. Terry recently spoke at a Globalization Seminar that was held in conjunction with the International Bar Association’s 2022 Annual Meeting in Miami. Full story

logo PROFESSOR EMERITA LAUREL TERRY SPEAKS TO INTERNATIONAL LAWYER REGULATORS

October 2022 — Professor Emerita Laurel S. Terry recently spoke at the 2022 annual meeting of the International Conference of Legal Regulators. She joined the CEO of the Law Society of British Columbia and the Deputy CEO of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada [FLSC] on a panel that addressed the topic of lawyer anti-moneylaundering education and compliance. Full story

JOTWELL PROFESSOR EMERITA TERRY AUTHORS JOTWELL REVIEW REGARDING CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAWYER REGULATION

October 2022 — Professor Emerita Laurel Terry recently published a JOTWELL review entitled, “Is Climate Change Really A Lawyer Regulation Issue?” She reviewed Professor Victor Flatt’s law review article entitled, “Disclosing the Danger: State Attorney Ethics Rules Meet Climate Change.” In doing so, she drew upon her work with an International Bar Association committee that prepared a paper entitled “Legal Services and Climate Change.” Full story

Article PROFESSOR EMERITA TERRY COMMENTS ON THE ABA’S 2ND AML DUE DILIGENCE DISCUSSION DRAFT

September 2022 — Professor Laurel S. Terry, who is the H. Laddie Montague Jr. Chair in Law and Professor of Law Emerita, recently provided a second set of oral and written comments to the American Bar Association regarding its efforts to develop a client due diligence ethics rule. Her comments addressed the June 28, 2022 Second Discussion Draft that proposed adding new language to Rule 1.2(d) of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct. Full story

Logo PROFESSOR EMERITA LAUREL TERRY PARTICIPATES IN IBA RETREAT

June 2022 — Professor Emerita Laurel S. Terry recently participated in the annual retreat of the International Bar Association’s BIC International Trade in Legal Services Committee. The IBA BIC ITILS retreat was held in person in Geneva, Switzerland on June 16, 2022 and by Zoom. The Retreat took place during the World Trade Organization’s 12th Ministerial Meeting. Read more