Faculty/Staff ProfileTitle

Areas of Expertise
Veterans and Military Law
Legal Communication and Narrative

Biography
Wherry is an associate professor of law teaching legal analysis and writing to first-year students, and an upper-level writing course in veterans law.

Prior to joining UBalt Law’s faculty in 2024, Wherry was a professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center, where she taught legal research and writing courses to first-year and upper-level students. She began her teaching career as associate professor of legal research and writing, associate director of the legal research and writing program, and co-director of the scholarly writing program at The George Washington University Law School. Previously, she served as assistant counsel in the U.S. Department of the Navy’s Office of the General Counsel and as a cryptologic technician in the U.S. Navy.

Wherry earned an undergraduate degree from Lawrence University, a M.S.Sc. from Syracuse University, and a J.D. from The George Washington University Law School. She also earned a certificate in Military & Veterans Health Policy and Advocacy from William & Mary Law School.

Wherry’s primary scholarly interests are veterans and military law, legal communication and narrative, and the intersection of the two. She does pro bono work through the Homeless Persons Representation Project and The Veterans Consortium, assisting veterans with disability compensation claims and discharge upgrades.

She serves as reporter to the Standing Committee on Maryland Pattern Jury Instructions-Civil and as co-editor-in-chief to Legal Communication & Rhetoric: JALWD, the peer-reviewed flagship journal of the Association of Legal Writing Directors. She is also a board member of the National Law School Veterans Clinic Consortium and serves as the editor to the Social Science Research Network’s Veterans & Military Law & Policy eJournal.