FAQ’s - Malpractice Insurance for the New or Suddenly Solo Attorney
Insurance Resources for Lawyers
Directory of Insurance Carriers
Legal Malpractice Insurance Resources- What You Need to Know Before You Purchase or Switch Coverage.
Risk Management Resources- Explore this compendium of materials designed to help you manage your practice, avoid risk and better understand your insurance coverage.
Planning on going solo? Considering insurance? (PDF)- Read some tips on how to find and buy coverage.
Legal Malpractice Insurance Hotline- Want to talk wiith someone about an issue not addressed here? Call 312/988-5754 or 312/988-5755
Publications/CLE
Annual Survey of Legal Malpractice Insurers Available-Selecting Legal Malpractice Insurance 2007provides information concerning the purchase of legal malpractice insurance by attorneys. It details issues surrounding coverage problems, how to deal with claims of malpractice, how to purchase the best coverage, and information concerning the cost. Additionally, it provides a state-by-state listing of insurance carriers, where they write policies, the type of coverage offered, and contact information (also included in a pull-out comparison chart). The publication is available for purchase online or by calling ABA Order Fulfillment at 800-285-2221, (Product Code# 4140043). An online version of this publication is available as well:State by State Listing of Lawyers' Professional Liability Insurance Carriers.
Claims Study Available- The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability released data on a cross-section of legal malpractice claims during the period of 2004 - 2007.Profile of Legal Malpractice Claims 2004-2007seeks to help lawyers reduce malpractice behavior by providing a "snapshot" of malpractice claim activity. The committee surveyed insurers that provide legal malpractice insurance about the number and type of legal malpractice claims received. The publication is available for purchase online or by calling ABA order fulfillment at 800-285-2221 (Product Code# 4140044).
Audio CLE Available-Contract Lawyering Risks: An Ethics, Lawyer Liability, and Risk Management Assessment- Audio tape package. $150.
Questions about Managing Security and Privacy of Electronic Data? (PDF)- Download a primer courtesy of Lawyers' Professional Indemnity Company.
Join Us
The Committee's Lawyers’ Professional Liability Consortium (LPLC) provides a place where practicing lawyers, insurance professionals, academics and risk managers meet to exchange views, share knowledge and learn the latest information about the law of lawyering.
Conferences
The Standing Committee sponsors semiannual National Legal Malpractice Conferences, which focus on current legal malpractice topics and trends. Conferences are held each year in the Spring and the Fall.
Fall 2010 Conference
September 22-24, 2010
Westin Kierland Resort & Spa
Scottsdale, AZ
Spring 2011 Conference
April 27-29, 2011
Westin Copley Place
Boston, MA
Who We Are
The Standing Committee and the Lawyers’ Professional Liability Consortium are your source for information on legal malpractice claim statistics, insurance for lawyers, and malpractice prevention information and help.
