Legal Duties for Directors: An Association Board Member's Guide to Avoiding Risk While Advancing the Mission

Board members who voluntarily give of their time to advance their profession automatically assume individual legal obligations and personal risk by serving in their positions. This concise booklet will quickly orient them to these obligations and summarize the major areas of risk including:antitrustdefamation and infringementtax-exemption requirementslobbying and political activityRounding out this resource is a section on avoiding or minimizing risks. As an association, one thing you can do is educate your board members by giving them each a copy of this booklet.