Lawyerist Podcast #79: Legal Insurance and Bridging the Access to Justice Gap, with Nicolle Schippers
Aug 2, 2016
Nicolle Schippers, Associate General Counsel at ARAG, is a legal industry advocate specializing in legal insurance. She discusses how legal insurance can bridge the access to justice gap, detailing the financial advantages for lawyers and the increasing popularity in the U.S. Nicolle clarifies the ethical complexities of legal insurance versus prepaid legal services. She reveals how group legal insurance benefits employees by improving productivity and emphasizes the importance of making legal resources more accessible, especially for lower to moderate-income individuals.
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Legal Insurance as Medical Analogy
- Legal insurance is like medical insurance, providing affordable access to quality attorneys.
- It ensures people can find and afford legal help when needed, not just document services.
Difference from Prepaid Legal Plans
- Legal insurance differs from prepaid legal plans by being highly regulated insurance.
- It guarantees comprehensive legal help beyond just document drafting or simple advice.
Prepaid Legal Services Ineffectiveness
- Sam Glover told how people abused Legal Shield letters against debt collectors with ineffective, generic documents.
- This reflected his poor impression of prepaid legal services as lacking real legal value.