Does your firm’s malpractice insurance cover you if you do pro bono work for a non-profit that’s outside of your firm’s pro bono program?

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Your firm probably has a policy that requires you to get some kind of pre-approval. They’ll be concerned with risk and conflicts.

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Why? What did you do?

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Nothing… yet… but want to be sure before I volunteer

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Ask your loss prevention partner or general counsel. It depends on the insurance policy, carrier, firm policy and approval process, nature of the work and nature of the claim. You are not going to get a reliable answer here and you don’t want to bet your net worth on an incorrect answer.

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You should ask the firm to take on the pro bono matter.

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Doubt it!

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