I am a third year law student and am interested in a similar career. I would also appreciate any advice anyone has to offer. Thanks. D. Bright >===== Original Message From Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]> ===== >I am a practicing lawyer in Washington DC. I have always loved Museums and >museum stuff and even attended Parsons School of Design for a couple of >years before going to law school with an eye toward becoming a curator. I >got waylaid one summer while studying in Italy by the terrible corrosion >facing our architectural treasures and decided to go to law school to >become an historic preservation and/or environmental lawyer. Alas, I am >currently doing neither. In fact I am a commercial lawyer. My focus over >the years has been in employment law, contract law - both drafting and >negotiating as well as litigating, and insurance law. I've worked with >artists through the Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts, and I am >currently participating in a docent program at a museum here in DC. But >I'd really like to get back to my true love and find a way to combine my >profession with my avocation and go to work for a museum as a lawyer. I am >prepared to spend a year or two regrouping and networking. I am also >considering going back to school for some additional formal education to >round out my experience. My question is what kind of program would be more >useful: a Museum Studies Program or a Not-for-Profit Administration >program? I can see how my contracts and insurance background would be >useful, but what other areas would a museum want its general counsel to be >well versed in? What does a Registrar of a museum do exactly? Finally, >does anyone know who does the legal work for the Corcoran Museum and/or >Corcoran School of Art? Thanks. > >-- Annemarie Brennan Rice > >========================================================= >Important Subscriber Information: > >The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). > >If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).