Legal Issues in Museum Administration
What You Will Learn
Legal Issues in Museum Administration is intended to provide museum directors, administrators, trustees, legal counsel, and others who are concerned with museum operations, with an awareness of the legal problems and issues they will encounter. Although primary emphasis is on new materials, the course is structured so that considerable familiarity with the subject matter is not required. Every attempt is made to provide practical information and to present ways of avoiding and solving expected problems. Although all questions are presented from the legal point of view, no attempt is made to draw an arbitrary line between legal aspects and matters of policy. Time is reserved throughout the program to address registrants' written questions.
Planning Committee (also on faculty)
Lauryn H. Guttenplan, Associate General Counsel, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, Program Co-Chair
Maureen Whalen, Associate General Counsel, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, California, Program Co-Chair
Lawrence H. Berger, General Counsel, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Craig Blackwell, Assistant General Counsel, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Faculty Coordinating Co-Chair
James R. Gilson, Vice President and General Counsel, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, Arrangements Chair
Fredric H. Goldstein, General Counsel, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, Faculty Coordinating Co-Chair
Julian F. Saenz, Associate General Counsel, National Gallery of Art, Landover, Maryland
Gail Ravnitzky Silberglied, Director of Government Relations, American Association of Museums, Washington, D.C.
Faculty
Ellen V. Benson, Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, Massachusetts
Rachelle V. Browne, Associate General Counsel, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia
Stephen W. Clark, Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary to the Board of Trustees, The J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles
Brendan M. Connell, Jr., Director and Counsel for Administration, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, New York
Sharon H. Cott, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Kenneth D. Crews, Director of Copyright Advisory Office, Columbia University-Libraries Information Services, New York, New York
Jeffrey P. Cunard, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Washington, D.C.
Peter C. Erichsen, Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, Massachusetts
Ward Farnsworth, Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts
Francine Flynn, Senior Associate Registrar, Havard University Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Deborah Hurley, Chair, Board of Directors, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Sherborn, Massachusetts
Mattie Kelley, Director of Collections Management and Senior Registrar, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Donna E. Kepley, President, Arctic International LLC, Washington, D.C.
Stephen J. Knerly, Jr., Hahn Loeser + Parks LLP, Cleveland, Ohio
Thomas Krens, Former Director and Senior Advisor for International Affairs, The Solomon Guggenheim Museum, , New York
Julia A. McCarthy, Manager of Collections Documentation, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Nancy J. Moore, Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts
Beverly A. Morgan-Welch, Executive Director, Museum of African American History, Boston, Massachusetts
Stephen M. Nolan, Nolan Sheehan Patten LLP, Boston, Massachusetts
Hope O'Keeffe, Associate General Counsel, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Carolyn M. Osteen, Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, Massachusetts
Maria Pallante, Associate Register for Policy and International Affairs, U.S. Copyright Office, Washington, D.C.
Jan Postma, Chief Financial Officer, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Marsha S. Shaines, Acting General Counsel, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia
Matthew Siegal, Chair, Conservation and Collections Management, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Nikolai Sklaroff, Managing Director and Head of Cultural Institutions Investment Banking, Loop Capital Markets LLC, San Francisco, California
Johanna Soris, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General, Boston, Massachusetts
Lew Stevens, Senior Curator, Living Collections, Museum of Science, Boston, Massachusetts
Brenda M. Ulrich, The Law Office of Zick Rubin, Newton, Massachusetts
Stephen K. Urice, Associate Professor of Law, University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida
Adine K. Varah, Deputy City Attorney, City and County of San Francisco, California
Nina Zannieri, Executive Director, The Paul Revere House, Boston, Massachusetts
Andrew J. Zino, Comptroller, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
ALI-ABA Staff Attorney: Kevin J. O'Connor, Senior Assistant Director, Office of Courses of Study
SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIP ASSISTANCE
A limited number of full tuition scholarships are available for those who cannot attend Legal Issues in Museum Administration without financial support. Persons interested in applying for scholarship assistance should submit a statement justifying their scholarship request and a personal resume to: Museum Scholarships, ALI-ABA, 4025 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3099. For those who prefer to email their information, please send that to smccarthy@ali-aba.org. Scholarships are awarded on the basis of professional relevance and financial need. Scholarship applications must be received by Friday, February 13, 2009.
Program Schedule
TUESDAY, March 31, 2009
4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Early Registration
WEDNESDAY, APRIL, 1, 2009
7:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast (At the Boston Seaport Hotel)
WEBCAST SEGMENT A
8:00 a.m. From Contact to Contract: Introduction to Contract Law - Mr. Farnsworth
8:45 a.m. Coffee Break
9:00 a.m. Introductory Remarks - Mss. Guttenplan and Whalen
9:15 a.m. Gifts from A to Z - Mr. Berger (Moderator) and Mss. McCarthy and Osteen
10:00 a.m. Enforcement of Gifts and Pledges: Standing and Other Issues - Mr. Blackwell (Moderator) and Mss. Osteen and Soris
10:45 a.m. Q&A
11:00 a.m. Coffee Break
11:15 a.m. Loans: Domestic and International Issues - Mss. Varah (Moderator) and Flynn and Mr. Knerly
12:15 p.m. Q&A
12:30 p.m. Lunch (networking lunches--not recorded or webcast)
WEBCAST SEGMENT B
2:00 p.m. Museum Challenges in Financially Troubled Times - Messrs. Berger, Postman, and Sklaroff
3:00 p.m. Tax and Legislative Update - Ms. Shaines and Mr. Blackwell
4:00 p.m. Coffee Break
4:15 p.m. Policy and Research Update - Mr. Urice
4:45 p.m. Litigation Update - Mr. Clark
5:30 p.m. Adjournment for the Day
6:00 p.m. Networking Reception at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
THURSDAY, APRIL, 2, 2009
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
WEBCAST SEGMENT C
8:00 a.m. Legal Ethics - Ms. Moore and Mr. Erichsen
9:00 a.m. Break
9:15 a.m. Keynote Address: The Global Museum - Mr. Krens
10:00 a.m. Cultural Property and Provenance: What's New About What's Old? - Ms. Cott and Messrs. Goldstein (Moderator), Urice and Knerly
11:00 a.m. Q&A
11:15 a.m. Coffee Break
11:30 a.m. International Employees, Contractors, Fellows and Interns: Visa, Tax and Related Issues - Mss. Guttenplan (Moderator) and Kepley and Mr. Willis
12:30 p.m. Q&A
12:45 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
WEBCAST SEGMENT D
2:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions:
New IRS Form 990: Nuts and Bolts - Ms. Shaines and Mr. Zino
Personnel issues: Ask the Lawyer - Ms. Benson and Mr. Connell*
Intellectual Property: Ask the Lawyer - Mss. Pallante and Whalen*
3:00 p.m. Networking Break
3:15 p.m. Concurrent Sessions:
Collection and Risk Management: Ask the Experts - Mss. Kelley and Varah and Mr. Siegal*
Privacy Exposed: Protecting Personal Information of Visitors, Users, Employees and Others - Mss. Hurley and O'Keeffe and Mr. Connell (Moderator)
The Unique Challenges of Small and Single Subject Museums - Mss. Morgan-Welch and Zannieri*
4:15 p.m. Networking Break
4:30 p.m. Living Exhibitions and Collections: Permits, Procedures and Public Relations
Mr. Stevens
5:00 p.m. Q&A
5:15 p.m. Adjournment for the Day
6:00 p.m. Networking Reception for Registrants and Faculty at the New England Aquarium
FRIDAY, APRIL, 3, 2009
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
WEBCAST SEGMENT E
8:00 a.m. Introduction to International Intellectual Property - Mr. Cunard
8:45 a.m. Break
9:00 a.m. International Fair Use and Other Copyright Developments - Mes. Browne (Moderator) and Pallante and Mr. Crews
10:00 a.m. Q&A
10:15 a.m. Coffee Break
10:30 a.m. Live Performances at the Museum and Their Re-Use - Mss. Browne (Moderator) and Ulrich and Mr. Cunard
11:30 a.m. Social Networking Sites: Managing the Museum's Presence and Content - Mss. Guttenplan and O'Keeffe
12:15 p.m. Q&A
12:30 p.m. Closing Remarks and Adjournment
* These sessions will not be recorded or webcast.
SPONSORS
ARIS
Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered
Aon Huntington T. Block Insurance
Nixon Peabody LLP
Ropes & Gray LLP
Willis Fine Art, Jewelry & Specie
Total 60-minute hours of instruction: 18.25 including 1 hour of ethics
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