Admission Requirements and Course of Study¹

Students interested in pursuing this certificate must submit the Certificate Participation form, preferably no later than the end of their fourth semester of J.D. study. Twelve (12) credits are required to complete the certificate. Students are required to complete Principles of Insurance (3 credits), which is the introductory course and a pre or co-requisite to most other advanced insurance law courses. Students must also complete an additional 9 credits in insurance law. These credits may come from any of the elective courses.

Alternatively, with the permission of the certificate Advisor, up to 3 credits may be counted towards the certificate for an independent research project that results in a writing that relates to insurance law, including a student note or comment; a paper written in connection with a non-insurance law course that relates to insurance law; a field placement in the field of insurance law; or other coursework deemed to involve insurance. A Minimum 3.00 GPA is required in certificate coursework. Students may take certificate courses on a pass/fail grading basis.

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Course substitutions may be approved by the Certificate Program Director and the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the School of Law.

Requirements

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
Required Courses
LAW 7675	Principles of Insurance	3
Elective Courses		9
LAW 7673	Alternative Risk Management
LAW 7382	Captive Insurance Law
LAW 7307	Clinic: Health Equity
LAW 7340	Cyber Insurance
LAW 7554	Compliance: The Legal Perspective
LAW 7928	Employee Benefits and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
LAW 7865	Health Law
LAW 7711	Healthcare Liability Insurance
LAW 7691	Health Care Financing
LAW 7357	Insurance and Discrimination
LAW 7354	Insurance, Current Issues In
LAW 7781	Insurance Litigation, Current Issues and Trends
LAW 7717	Insurance Regulation
LAW 7799	Insurance Solvency Law and Regulation
LAW 7324	Insurtech Startup Law
LAW 7771	Islamic Finance and Investment Law
LAW 7786	Law of Marine Insurance
LAW 7686	Liability Insurance
LAW 7287	Insurance Law Review Editorship
LAW 7563	Life Insurance, Annuities, Disability and Long Term Care Insurance
LAW 7325	Mass Tort Litigation and the Role of Liability Insurance
LAW 7787	Principles of Reinsurance
LAW 7790	Property Insurance
LAW 7774	Surety Law
LAW 7864	Workers' Compensation Law
Other 1
LAW 7996	Field Placement: Individual
Total Credits		12

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Certificate Program Director approval required.

Learning Objectives

1. Have a thorough comprehension of the significant functions that insurance, insurers and financial services companies often have in multiple areas of law, including litigation, contract, tort and property law, cyber security, digital justice, and consumer and environmental protection.
2. Research and interpret the complex body of statutory and common law regulating insurance, the interplay between state and federal regulation, the growing relevance of international standards, and the historic and current policy debates surrounding how to regulate insurance and which areas of government should have primary responsibility.
3. Be able to use this knowledge and experience to better advocate for clients, and advise business, government, non-profit entities, and advocacy organization, in areas where insurance often has, or could have, an essential role.
4. Understand the potential roles for insurance in addressing major public policy issues, such as climate change and resilience, access to health care, firearm-related violence, human rights, disaster preparation and relief, and financial inclusion.