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Description:The Insurance Law Clinic offers 2Ls and 3Ls an excellent learning opportunity to effectively and confidently represent individuals and small businesses during all stages of an insurance claim and/or dispute. Work will include investigating, preparing and tendering an insurance claim; responding to an insurer's coverage denial or reservation of rights; working with insurance professionals, such as brokers, adjusters and insurance claims executives; negotiating or mediating the resolution of a claim with an insurer's counsel; and litigating a coverage dispute in state or federal court. The Clinic's coverage cases may deal with any of the following types of insurance policies: auto liability, homeowner's, property, business income, commercial general liability (CGL), professional liability, employment practices liability, health or disability. Through classroom instruction and case supervision, students will learn the basic concepts and legal principles involved in property and liability insurance, and they will gain experience in a broad range of skills, such as negotiation, legal writing, case investigation, mediation, client counseling and federal court practice. INSURANCE LAW CLINIC FACULTY:
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