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. > >>---------- >>From: The Childrens Museum[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] >>Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 1998 10:14 AM >>To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] >>Cc: [log in to unmask] >>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!" >> >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> email: [log in to unmask] >> Please visit our Website at: >> http://www.childrensmuseum.org >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> > amalyah keshet head of visual resources, the israel museum, jerusalem [log in to unmask] fax: +972-2-670-8064 visit our web page: www.imj.org.il