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Laurel S. Terry

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Dickinson Law's Contexts & Competencies Course: A "One-Pager" For Nalp, Laurel S. Terry Dec 2017

Dickinson Law's Contexts & Competencies Course: A "One-Pager" For Nalp, Laurel S. Terry

Laurel S. Terry

This one-page handout was distributed at the NALP (National Association of Law Placement) 2018 Annual Education Conference. This Handout supplemented the slides about Penn State Dickinson Law's required first year course called "Practicing Law in a Global World: Contexts & Competencies" that were part of 2018 NALP education session entitled "Preparing Students to Practice: Cutting Edge Professional Development Curriculums." (The program was moderated by Kate McBride from Notre Dame; speakers included Elisabeth Beal, Assistant Dean, Office of Career Services from William & Mary Law School; Amy Hancock, former Director of Professional Development at Andrews Kurth LLP; and Allison Regan, Assistant …

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Transnational Legal Practice 2009, Laurel S. Terry, Carole Silver, Ellyn Rosen Dec 2009

Transnational Legal Practice 2009, Laurel S. Terry, Carole Silver, Ellyn Rosen

Laurel S. Terry

This article identifies some of the most important U.S. and international developments in transnational legal practice and provides citations for further research. The article begins by briefly reviewing the impact of the recession on legal services. The second section focuses on international developments. It identifies some of the ongoing efforts to implement the 2007 U.K. Legal Services Act, including the issuance of the influential Hunt and Smedley reports. It also provides information about law reform initiatives in France, Scotland and Korea. This section of the article also provides information about Canadian and Australian developments regarding admission of foreign applicants and …

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A 'How To' Guide For Incorporating Global And Comparative Perspectives Into The Required Professional Responsibility Course, Laurel S. Terry Dec 2006

A 'How To' Guide For Incorporating Global And Comparative Perspectives Into The Required Professional Responsibility Course, Laurel S. Terry

Laurel S. Terry

This article was written for an AALS symposium on "Teaching Legal Ethics" and discusses how to incorporate global and comparative perspectives into the required Professional Responsibility course. The scope of the paper is much broader, however. The first half of the paper explains why global and comparative perspectives are relevant to contemporary law practice. This section explains why global perspectives are relevants to clients and lawyers and explains why lawyer regulators now use a more global approach to regulation than previously. The second half illustrates how one can introduce global and comparative perspectives into a professional responsibility course without taking …

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The Bologna Process And Its Implications For U.S. Legal Education, Laurel S. Terry Dec 2006

The Bologna Process And Its Implications For U.S. Legal Education, Laurel S. Terry

Laurel S. Terry

Virtually all European countries are in the midst of a massive multi-year project intended to dramatically restructure higher education in Europe. This project, which is known as the Bologna Process or Sorbonne-Bologna, began less than ten years ago when four European Union (EU) countries signed a relatively vague agreement. The Bologna Process has now grown to forty-six countries, including all of the EU Member States and nineteen non-EU countries. The Bologna Process participants have agreed to form the European Higher Education Area or EHEA by 2010; among other goals, the EHEA is intended to help Europe better compete in the …

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