Terrica Carrington / Motion Picture Association
Board Member

Terrica Carrington is Vice President, Law, Policy & International at the Motion Picture Association (MPA). In her dual legal and policy role at MPA, she focuses on copyright and other IP policy issues in support of the film and television industries—including written and oral advocacy before Congress, the U.S Copyright Office, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and other executive branch agencies on copyright, artificial intelligence (AI), and other matters—as well as helping to manage MPA’s amicus brief program. Prior to joining MPA, Terrica was Vice President, Legal Policy and Copyright Counsel at the Copyright Alliance, where she worked on legal and policy issues, including the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act (CASE Act), U.S. Copyright Office modernization, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and other copyright-related matters. Her previous experience also includes teaching and assisting as Supervising Attorney in her role as an adjunct professor with the George Mason Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Clinic.
In addition to her role on its Board of Directors, Terrica has worked with the Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts (WALA) in numerous capacities and was also a 2021 recipient of WALA’s G. Hamilton Loeb Award for Pro Bono Excellence. In 2022, she received the inaugural Inspiration Award from the Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation for her significant contributions in promoting and championing copyright rights for members of underrepresented communities. Terrica is a Practitioner in Residence at IPPI: The IP Policy Institute with The University of Akron School of Law and an active member of the Copyright Society, serving on its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, and previously serving on its Board of Trustees and Executive Board. Terrica earned her J.D. with a concentration in intellectual property law from George Mason University School of Law and her B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
In addition to her role on its Board of Directors, Terrica has worked with the Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts (WALA) in numerous capacities and was also a 2021 recipient of WALA’s G. Hamilton Loeb Award for Pro Bono Excellence. In 2022, she received the inaugural Inspiration Award from the Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation for her significant contributions in promoting and championing copyright rights for members of underrepresented communities. Terrica is a Practitioner in Residence at IPPI: The IP Policy Institute with The University of Akron School of Law and an active member of the Copyright Society, serving on its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, and previously serving on its Board of Trustees and Executive Board. Terrica earned her J.D. with a concentration in intellectual property law from George Mason University School of Law and her B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.