Insurance Literacy Is A Career Advantage — And No One Teaches It

By Jeanine M. Donohue, Above The Law, October 6, 2026

Insurance is not a niche.

There is a moment in many business crises when the next question should be: do we have insurance coverage for this?

The lawyer who understands the answer to that question — not vaguely, not conceptually, but structurally — immediately has leverage.

Yet insurance literacy is one of the most powerful career advantages in the legal profession, and almost no one teaches it.

Law School Teaches Doctrine. Clients Need Strategy.

Most law schools treat insurance law as an elective, if they offer it at all. Coverage issues are framed as niche or technical — the province of specialists tucked into separate practice groups.

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