Legal Problems of Museum Administration is Cosponsored by The
Smithsonian Institution with the cooperation of the American Association
of Museums.

This year's course is Thursday-Saturday, March 26-28, 1998 at the Museum
of Contemporary Art and the Regal Knickerbocker Hotel, Chicago.

For a look at the agenda and registration information, visit:
http://www.ali-aba.org/aliaba/CC40.HTM

Barry Szczesny
AAM Government and Public Affairs

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> From:         Roger Wulff[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To:     Museum discussion list
> Sent:         Wednesday, February 25, 1998 12:48PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: In-House Legal Counsel
>
> Dear Gregg:
>
> I was wondering if you are familiar with a conference entitled "Legal
> Problems of Museum Administration" which is sponsored by ALI-ABA, The
> Smithsonian and The American Association of Museums each year.  I
> believe it is usually held in March - so you have not missed this
> year's
> conference.
>
> This conference would provide an excellent opportunity to ask those
> questions.
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Roger Wulff
> Museum Services International
> ___________________________________________________________________
>
> The Childrens Museum wrote:
> >
> > 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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