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Good counsel : meeting the legal needs of nonprofits / Lesley Rosenthal.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2012.Description: xxx, 320 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781118084045 (hardback)
  • 1118084047 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 346.73/064 23
Contents:
PART I : AN OVERVIEW OF NONPROFITS' LEGAL NEEDS: What good counsel can do for nonprofits -- Nonprofit legal basics : corporate law and the requirements of the tax exemption -- Good counsel about corporate governance -- PART II : A GRAND TOUR OF NONPROFITS' BUSINESS LAW NEEDS: Contracts and intellectual property : laws that matter to program staff -- Counseling the rainmakers : legal aspects of raising money -- Laws that matter to the finance department (or not-for-profit, but not-for-loss either) -- Getting personnel : human resources law for nonprofits -- Getting the word out, legally : counseling the nonprofit communications team -- Legal meets operations, facilities management, and security -- Political activities and governmental lobbying -- PART III : FOR GOOD COUNSEL ONLY: Taking charge of the legal function -- Finding your dream job as in-house counsel at a nonprofit -- Mobilizing other legal forces for the good.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-310) and index.

PART I : AN OVERVIEW OF NONPROFITS' LEGAL NEEDS: What good counsel can do for nonprofits -- Nonprofit legal basics : corporate law and the requirements of the tax exemption -- Good counsel about corporate governance -- PART II : A GRAND TOUR OF NONPROFITS' BUSINESS LAW NEEDS: Contracts and intellectual property : laws that matter to program staff -- Counseling the rainmakers : legal aspects of raising money -- Laws that matter to the finance department (or not-for-profit, but not-for-loss either) -- Getting personnel : human resources law for nonprofits -- Getting the word out, legally : counseling the nonprofit communications team -- Legal meets operations, facilities management, and security -- Political activities and governmental lobbying -- PART III : FOR GOOD COUNSEL ONLY: Taking charge of the legal function -- Finding your dream job as in-house counsel at a nonprofit -- Mobilizing other legal forces for the good.

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.