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 > ---------- > 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!" > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > email: [log in to unmask] > > Please visit our Website at: > > http://www.childrensmuseum.org > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >