Would be interested in knowing what your "Contracting Officer" function is,
and how you
would define "everyday" legal help. Thanks.
Amalyah Keshet
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem


At 09:01 27/02/98 -0600, you wrote:
>The Minnesota Historical Society does not have in-house counsel.  We do
>not believe that the cost could be justified, nor could one person be
>expected to have the depth and breadth of knowledge that our range of
>legal issues require.  We retain one firm.  They have provided us with
>legal expertise that has met most of our needs, but on occasion we have
>been required to seek help outside of that firm.  We have staffed our
>Contracting Officer function with attorneys for the past few years and
>each of them have been able to provide us with the "everyday" legal help
>we need.
>
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>>From:  The Childrens Museum[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>>Sent:  Wednesday, February 25, 1998 10:14 AM
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>>Subject:       In-House Legal Counsel
>>
>>This has been sent to both MMCNET and Museum-L. Please forgive the
>>duplication.
>>
>>The President of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis has asked if I
>>could find out which U.S. museums use in-house legal counsel as its
>>general counsel. Obviously, we would be most interested in hearing from
>>from or about institutions that are similar to us (approx. 1.3 million in
>>annual attendance; $20 million in annual budget; 45,000 sq. ft. in
>>physical size, etc.). However, all input would be appreciated.
>>
>>At this point, we're interested in fairly basic information:
>>
>>1) What institutions have legal counsel on staff rather than retaining an
>>outside firm for their general legal counsel?
>>
>>2) Why was this decision made (why in-house rather than out-of-house)?
>>
>>3) What are the benefits?
>>
>>4) What are the drawbacks?
>>
>>5) What are the costs?
>>
>>6) Are there other considerations we should be aware of or other questions
>>we should be asking?
>>
>>If you would rather reply to me off-list, please feel free to do so. If
>>there is any interest in the results, I will be happy to summarize for the
>>list.
>>
>>Thank you for your help.
>>
>>Gregg Jackson
>>Librarian
>>The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
>>"Where children grow up ... and adults don't have to!"
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amalyah keshet
head of visual resources, the israel museum, jerusalem
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