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
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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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