Informing faith communities about legal issues
ELCA Legal staff to host free webinar: “Legal Checklist for Congregations.” Tom Cunniff, General Counsel to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and Aja M. Favors, ELCA Associate General Counsel will host a free webinar on February 21, 2019, at 1:00 p.m. E.S.T. Register here. The presentation is geared for ELCA leaders and volunteers. Download the checklist here. Here’s the description:
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“Notre Dame to end no-cost contraceptive coverage for employees” The South Bend Tribune reports here.
Att’y Interview: “Protecting Your Church in Case of Allegations of Abuse”
ChurchLaw&Tax has an interview with Texas attorney Richard J. Matthews, who advised the Boy Scouts of America during its child sexual-abuse crisis, by Bobby Ross Jr. here.
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“Beware potential pitfalls of dual roles for board member attorneys” from the Nonprofit Business Advisor here. Nonprofit Law Blog includes it in tweets of the week here. The list of pitfalls includes the following: Continue reading ““Beware potential pitfalls of dual roles for board member attorneys””