Good Governance: A Resource Page

• Board Link is the new quarterly newsletter from DBS for bar association board members that shares good practices and addresses governance issues that may be preventing boards from providing necessary leadership.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• 10 Responsibilities of Boards of Directors BoardSource
  
• What are the Responsibilities of Individual Board Members? BoardSource
  
• Good Governance: In a new day, bars move toward new controls and policies Bar Leader: September/October 2007
  
• Why bar associations should worry about Sarbanes-Oxley" Bar Leader: January/February 2006
  
• How Do We Safeguard against Conflict of Interest? BoardSource
  
• What to do with Board Members Who Don't Do Anything? CompassPoint
  
• Sample Board Member Contract CompassPoint
  

• Size & Governing Body
• Nomination/Selection of Officers

  Data from the State and Local Bar Membership Dues and Mandatory Fees Survey

• Finding Effective Board MembersGuidestar
• Recruiting for Board Members: Process? What Process? Help4NonProfits
• Term limits Charity Channel
• Sample application for the board Garber Consulting

• 101 Tips for Orienting Your Board" Bar Leader: March/April 2005
• WSBA Board Orientation and Discussion protocol materials
• Sample Board Book Table of Contents

• The reorganized bar: an inside look at change Bar Leader: Sept/Oct 2004
• Knowledge-based governance: What can it do for you? Bar Leader: May/June 2002

• Flexibility and focus: Balancing presidential goals with the bar's overall plan Bar Leader: March/April 2006
• Lafayette Parish bar holds rewarding-and inexpensive-retreat Bar Leader: November/December 2001
• New Hampshire bar restructures to avoid 'mission creep Bar Leader: May/June 2002
• A recipe for change: Columbus bar board mixes work and play Bar Leader: July/August 2003

• Know When to Hold 'Em, Know When to Fold 'Em
  
• Program evaluation worksheet
  
• Sacred Cows and the Process of Purposeful Abandonment

• Managing the Board Staff Relationship ASAE
• Schedule of Authority (Bob Harris)
• A Guide to Conducting an Assessment of the Chief Executive Officer BoardSource
  

• Tax Information for Charities & Other Non-Profits from the Internal Revenue Service
• AICPA Audit Committee Toolkit
• Bar Financial Management: A Basic Guide Division for Bar Services publication

• Growth potential: Training helps bars broaden the circle of leadership Bar Leader: March/April 2004
• Developing Future Leaders Handout from the 2007 BLI