Lesley Rosenthal

Good Counsel (eBook, ePUB)

Meeting the Legal Needs of Nonprofits

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A concise overview of the legal needs of nonprofit organizations Good Counsel is a compact and personable overview of the legal needs of nonprofits, crafted by one of America's most astute nonprofit general counsels. The book distills the legal needs of the 1.8 million tax-exempt organizations in the United States.Written in a clear and accessible style, with plenty of humor and storytelling as well as illustrative case studies, Good Counsel explains the basics of nonprofit corporate law, governance, and the tax exemption. It then takes a department-by-department look at legal topics relevant to program, fundraising, finance, communications, human resources, operations, contracts, government relations, and more. Good Counsel is designed help organizations fulfill their missions to do the public good. Designed to impart confidence and demystify the issues, Good Counsel is a must-read for nonprofit professionals and board members as well as lawyers and law students. Using Good Counsel as their playbook, lawyers, executives, and trustees can get an overview of the most common legal, governance, and compliance issues facing their organization and together ramp up a top-notch legal function. * Contains practice pointers, checklists, and assessment tools * Features sample contracts, licenses, and other form documents * Filled with case studies and end-of-chapter focus questions, as well as available lesson plans for easy classroom use by educators in business, management, public policy, and law schools Good Counsel is the first-of-its-kind guidebook written by the sitting General Counsel of a major nonprofit. Written by influential author, speaker, and Bar leader Lesley Rosenthal, the General Counsel of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Good Counsel shares the insights of a Harvard Law School graduate with years of in-house and business law experience as well as board service.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118236673
• Artikelnr.: 37352907

Autorenporträt

LESLEY ROSENTHAL leads the legal, governance, and compliance functions of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. Since 2005 she has fashioned the legal context for the renowned arts center's world-class cultural and educational offerings, its entrepreneurial initiatives in media, fashion, and international consulting, and the $1.2 billion redevelopment of its iconic physical complex. Rosenthal has served in many roles throughout the nonprofit sector, including for the New York State Bar Association and its Foundation. For thirteen years she was in private practice as a business, litigation, and technology lawyer at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in Manhattan. Rosenthal graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School. The National Organization for Women (NOW-nyc) has named her a "Woman of Power and Influence." Follow her on Twitter @GoodCounselBook.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface xi Acknowledgments xvii Introduction xix Who Should Use This Book
xx Features of the Book xxi How This Book Is Set Up xxii Preliminary
Observations xxiv Illustrative Cases xxvii Part I An Overview of
Nonprofits' Legal Needs Chapter 1 What Good Counsel Can Do for Nonprofits 3
What Legal Needs Do Nonprofits Have in Common? 4 Beyond Laws about
Nonprofits: Complying with Business Laws, Too 11 First Stop for Legal
Advice: CYA (Consult Your Attorney) 12 In Sum/Coming Up Next 14 Chapter 2
Nonprofit Legal Basics: Corporate Law and the Requirements of the Tax
Exemption 19 The Benefi ts of Incorporating 19 Getting Organized as a
Nonprofit Corporation 22 Following Good Corporate Law Practices 24
Obtaining Recognition of Tax-Exempt Status 28 Maintaining Tax-Exempt Status
31 Meeting Additional IRS Expectations 34 Chapter 3 Good Counsel about
Corporate Governance 47 What Does the Board Do? 47 Advocacy and Independent
Judgment: Counsel in Relation to the Chief Executive 58 When Governance
Fails: Learning by Negative Example 59 Part II A Grand Tour of Nonprofits'
Business Law Needs Chapter 4 Contracts and Intellectual Property: Laws that
Matter to Program Staff 67 Understanding the Organization's Program 67
Contracts: At the Heart of the Program's Legal Arrangements 68 What Is
Intellectual Property (and What Does It Have to Do with Nonprofits?) 81
Copyright Law for Nonprofits: An Introduction 82 Chapter 5 Counseling the
Rainmakers: Legal Aspects of Raising Money 93 A Lawyer's Introduction to
Fundraising 94 Laws That Matter to Fundraisers 99 Other Places Where Legal
Meets Fundraising 112 Better Fundraising Through Good Governance and
Compliance 117 Chapter 6 Laws That Matter to the Finance Department (or
Not-for-Profit, but Not-for-Loss Either) 123 Understand the Big Financial
Picture 124 A Year in the Life 132 Other Places Where Legal and Finance
Meet 135 Chapter 7 Getting Personnel: Human Resources Law for Nonprofits
155 Human Dynamics, Nonprofi ts, and the Law 157 Key Legal Elements of
Employment Relationships 159 Other Laws that Matter to Nonprofi t Human
Resources Professionals 169 Chapter 8 Getting the Word Out, Legally:
Counseling the Nonprofit Communications Team 185 Introduction to the Legal
Aspects of Nonprofi t Communications 185 What Nonprofi t Marketing
Directors Should Know about Trademark Law 186 Clearing Rights to Use the
Protected Works of Others 199 Consumer Regulatory Laws 211 Getting the Word
Out, Digitally 214 Other Places Where Legal Meets Communications 217
Chapter 9 Legal Meets Operations, Facilities Management, and Security 223
Laws That Matter to Operations 225 About Leases 233 Risk Management and the
Chief Operating Officer 240 Chapter 10 Political Activities and
Governmental Lobbying 243 Thou Shalt Not Politick 243 Lobbying: Advocacy
with Limits 247 Recordkeeping, Registration, and Financial Disclosure 250
What Isn't Lobbying? 251 Part III For Good Counsel Only Chapter 11 Taking
Charge of the Legal Function 257 Catalogue and Prioritize Legal Needs 258
The Softer Skills of Good Counsel 265 Chapter 12 Finding Your Dream Job as
In-House Counsel at a Nonprofit 271 Where to Begin Searching for an
In-House Job at a Nonprofit 271 How to Position Yourself to Win an In-House
Job in a Nonprofit 272 Don't Believe the Myths 282 Chapter 13 Mobilizing
Other Legal Forces for the Good 287 Paid and Pro Bono Representations 288 A
Broad-Gauge Role for the Legal Profession in the Nonprofit Sector 294 Notes
297 Index 311

Rezensionen

"Great resource... Her writing style is less lawyerly, and well, human. The book is filled with stories, practical resources, and tools." Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

"Remarkable, up-to-date and virtually all-inclusive practice treatment...An impressive array of guidelines and how-to suggestions and materials intended to train incoming counsel and those on both sides of the attorney-client relationship." New York Bar Journal
"A true must-read for nonprofit lawyers, executives, board members and even law students....If you interact with nonprofits, this is the book." New York Law Journal

"Rosenthal gives us the scoop on how lawyers can parlay their firm experience into a job in the nonprofit sector." (amlawydaily, April 2012)

"There is no doubt that once you have this book in your hands, you'll be grateful, whether you're a development director, the ED, or a 'member of the board'. Add Good Counsel to your nonprofit management bookshelf and make sure that your entire management team knows about it." (About.com, February 2012)