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Education:
J.D., University of California, Los Angeles
B.A.,
University of California, San Diego
Professor Terry is internationally known for her
expertise in the field of legal ethics and the international
and inter-jurisdictional regulation of the legal profession
and maintains an active personal webpage with global
legal practice resources. Recently, Professor Terry
has been participating in, and researching and writing
about, issues related to the application of the World
Trade Organization’s GATS agreement to legal
services, the application of EU competition policy
to legal services, and the effect of the Bologna Process
on legal education.
She serves on the International Bar Association’s
World Trade Organization Working Group and has made
presentations to the WTO and United Nations on the
IBA’s behalf. She also provides the content
for the ABA GATS-Legal Services webpage, is a special
advisor to the ABA Task Force on GATS Legal Services
Negotiations, is vice-chair of the Transnational Legal
Practice Committee of the American Bar Association’s
Section of International Law, and is a consultant
to the Conference of Chief Justices’ International
Agreements Committee. With respect to domestic issues,
she is a member of the ABA Joint Committee on Lawyer
Regulation, which is assisting states as they implement
of the Reports on the ABA Ethics 2000 Commission and
Commission on Multijurisdictional Practice. She also
is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s
Legal Ethics Committee and is principal editor of
The Pennsylvania Ethics Handbook. In the
past, Professor Terry served as a consultant to the
American Bar Association (ABA) committee that drafted
the cross-border legal practice agreement between
the ABA and the Brussels bars, served as an ABA observer
at the 1998 Paris Forum on Transnational Practice
for the Legal Profession, and submitted materials
and comments to the ABA Commission on Multidisciplinary
Practice and Commission on Multijurisdictional Practice,
both of which cited her submissions in their reports.
Professor Terry’s scholarship has been informed
by her study abroad on sabbatical leaves supported
by Fulbright grants: in 2005-06, she spent the year
in Cologne, Germany, as a Fulbright Senior Scholar
studying the effect in Germany of the EU Competition
Report on Professional Services; in 1998, she spent
a year in Germany studying the regulation on multi-disciplinary
professional practice, which was allowed in Germany;
and in 1992 she studied comparative legal ethics and
the CCBE Code of Conduct in Vienna. She has published
extensively in law journals, including the Georgetown
Journal of Legal Ethics, the Minnesota Law Review,
the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, and the
Washington University Global Legal Studies Law Review.
Professor Terry teaches Professional Responsibility,
Civil Procedure and a seminar on Cross-Border Legal
Practice.
Contact Information:
Email:
lterry@psu.edu
Phone: (717) 240-5262
Personal
web page
Selected Publications:
"The Bologna Process, its Impact on Europe and Implications for the U.S.," Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, forthcoming 2008.
"Teaching Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Issue: A 'How To' Guide for Incorporating Global and Comparative Perspectives into the Required Professional Responsibility Course," St. Louis University Law Journal, 2007.
"The GATS and Legal Services in Limerick," Michigan State Journal of International Law, 2007.
"Current Developments Regarding the GATS and Legal Services: The Suspension of the Doha Round, “Disciplines” Developments, and Other Issues, The Bar Examiner, 2007.
"Living with the Bologna Process: Recommendations to the German Legal Education Community from a U.S. Perspective," German Law Journal, 2006.
“U.S. Legal Ethics: The Coming of Age of Global and Comparative Perspectives,” Washington University Global Studies Law Review, 2005.
" But What Will the WTO Disciplines Apply To? Distinguishing Among Market Access, National Treatment and Article VI: 4 Measures When Applying the GATS to Legal Services," The Professional Lawyer, 2004.
Foreword, Global Legal Practice Symposium, Penn State International Law Review, 2004.
GATS: A Handbook for International Bar Association Member Bars, 2002.
"MDPs, 'Spinning,' and Wouters v. Nova ," Case Western Law Review, 2002.
"GATS' Applicability to Transnational Lawyering and its Potential Impact on U.S. State Regulation of Lawyers," Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 200.
"MDPs: Reflections From the US Perspective," International Journal of Legal Profession, 2001.
"German MDPs: Lessons to Learn," Minnesota Law Review, 2000.
"A Primer on MDPs: Should the 'No' Rule Become a New Rule?," Temple Law Review, 1999.
"A Case Study of the Hybrid Model for Facilitating Cross-Border Legal Practice: The Agreement Between the American Bar Association and the Brussels Bars," Fordham International Law Journal, 1998.
"An Introduction to the European Community's Legal Ethics Code Part I: An Analysis of the CCBE Code of Conduct," Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, 1993.
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