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Global Networks And The Legal Profession, Laurel S. Terry

Akron Law Review

This Article addresses the topic of global legal profession networks. The thesis of this article is that lawyers’ connection to global legal profession networks - meaning the relationships that lawyers and their employers form with individuals and institutions in other countries - is valuable for both the lawyers themselves, and for their clients. Although scholars have written about different kinds of legal profession-networks, this is the first article I am aware of that focuses on the topic of global legal profession networks and seeks to identify the various opportunities that lawyers and their employers have to participate in these kinds …