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. In addition to writing the global boxes and Chapter 2 in the casebook, and commenting on other chapters, Professor Terry prepared the text for Chapter 2 in the Teachers’ Manual, the accompanying course slides, and the CasebookPlus questions.
As the Casebook’s webpage explains, Professional Responsibility: A Contemporary Approach (5th Edition 2023) “offers a comprehensive, challenging, and engaging treatment of the law and ethics of lawyers’ work, including professionalism, in a modern and accessible format. It is the only book to include international comparisons throughout the book and an entire chapter devoted to exploring lawyering perspectives. Faculty have the option of using the casebook as an innovative paper text or as the foundation for a computer interactive pedagogy that features thought-provoking online components, including internet links and multiple choice assessment problems on CasebookPlus™ to satisfy ABA formative assessment requirements. Each chapter features learning outcomes, and most chapters include audio-links to mini-lectures by the authors to explain difficult concepts. This edition also incorporates racial and social justice issues in each chapter to facilitate thought-provoking discussions and enhance professional development.”
Professor Terry’s fifth edition casebook coauthors include Renee Knake Jefferson, University of Houston Law Center; Russell G. Pearce, Fordham University School of Law; Bruce A. Green, Fordham University School of Law; Peter A. Joy, Washington University School of Law; Sung Hui Kim, UCLA School of Law; M. Ellen Murphy, Wake Forest University School of Law; Lonnie T. Brown, Jr., University of Tennessee College of Law; and Swethaa S. Ballakrishnen, University of California, Irvine School of Law.
Professor Emerita Laurel S. Terry, who held the inaugural H. Laddie Montague, Jr. Chair in Law and was Dickinson Law’s inaugural Associate Dean for Research and New Faculty Development, is a three-time Fulbright recipient who writes and speaks 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 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.