About Lisa

Lisa co-founded Teryl Scott Lawyers Inc. with her brother Shawn Scott and now serves as the firm's senior legal counsel. She practises family law, employment law, human rights law and wills and estates, and developed the firm's flat-fee mediation programs for families and employers. Lisa spent six years as senior legal counsel at the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission (2009-2015) before returning to private practice. She graduated from the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University in 1994 and is a member of the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society. She authored "Nova Scotia Law: Everything You Wanted To Know But Couldn't Afford To Ask" (Pottersfield, 2002), a local bestseller aimed at making the law more accessible to the public.

Education & credentials

Law school
Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University

Listing compiled from public sources in July 2026. Confirm Lisa Teryl’s licence and standing in the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society directory ↗