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Admitting Foreign-Trained Lawyers In States Other Than New York: Why It Matters, Laurel S. Terry Nov 2014

Admitting Foreign-Trained Lawyers In States Other Than New York: Why It Matters, Laurel S. Terry

Laurel S. Terry

n 2014, the Conference of Chief Justices adopted Resolution 11: In Support of the Framework Created by the State Bar of Georgia and the Georgia Supreme Court to Address Issues Arising from Legal Market Globalization and Cross-Border Legal Practice. This Framework is often referred to as the “State Toolkit.” 

This article explains what the State Toolkit is, why it exists, and how each state can use the Toolkit to address issues related to foreign lawyers inbound to their jurisdiction. This section of the article includes statistics that show the degree to which globalization affects all U.S. states and the likelihood …

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An Introduction To The Paris Forum On Transnational Practice For The Legal Profession, Laurel S. Terry Dec 1998

An Introduction To The Paris Forum On Transnational Practice For The Legal Profession, Laurel S. Terry

Laurel S. Terry

This article focuses on the 1998 Paris Forum on Transnational Practice for the Legal Profession and introduces the papers contained in the Paris Forum Symposium. The Paris Forum was the first meeting of lawyers from around the world devoted solely to the topic of transnational legal practice. Before the Paris Forum, some bar organizations had set aside time during their meetings to discuss the transnational practice of law and issues related to transnational legal services also had been included as topics in general conferences. The multi-day Paris Forum, however, was the first multi-day conference devoted to this topic. This paper …

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