Staib says about 50 students work on the journal, which will print its next issue in April with articles from an American Association of Law Schools symposium sponsored by the center last year. The more superior authors you have, the more it becomes recognized and a desirable place for authors to have their work published. Authors have included numerous well known experts in academia and in the practical arena, such as William Young, a professor at Columbia Law School and one of the leading law insurance scholars since the 1950s. Baker says the center and the journal take a broad view of insurance. He says insurance affects everyone.
Insurance is a field where academic and practicing lawyers have much in common.
There is less of a gap between law schools and law practice. The center offers something everyone can use. I hope we bring long-range, informed perspectives to bear on insurance risk and responsibility. In our world, insurance issues such as health insurance and motor vehicle insurance inevitably end up in the legal sphere.