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Rosenthal, Lesley

Good Counsel: Meeting the Legal Needs of Nonprofits

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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.

Avainsanat: Non-Profit Organizations / Law, Lesley Friedman Rosenthal, Lesley Rosenthal Good Counsel, Meeting the Legal Needs of Nonprofits, nonprofit law, not-for-profit, tax-exempt, exempt organizations, charities, advocacy organizations, 501(c)(3), foundations, trusts, arts management, arts administration, health care and hospital administration, churches and religious institutions, environmental organizations, community development, social entrepreneurs, corporate governance, legal compliance, in-house counsel, volunteer lawyers, pro bono counsel, attorney job-seeking, nonprofit managers, nonprofit executives, nonprofit trustees, nonprofit board members, contracts, copyright, trademarks, employment law, consumer regulation, lobbying law, commercial leasing, litigation, nonprofit administration, fundraising, forming a nonprofit corporation, tax-deductible, charitable contribution, planned giving, bequests, whistleblower policy, conflict of interest, audit committee, Form 990

Tekijä(t)
Julkaisija
John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Julkaisuvuosi
2012
Kieli
en
Painos
1
Sivumäärä
304 sivua
Kategoria
Yleisteokset
Tiedostomuoto
E-kirja
eISBN (ePUB)
9781118236673
Painetun ISBN
9781118084045

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