Related Page: The Form 990 Resource Page contains key information including advice and sample policies.

Board Governance

BoardLink: Your Connection to Effective Board Governance

• Board Link is DBS' quarterly newsletter or bar association and foundation board members that shares good practices and addresses governance challenges.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• How Does Your Board Measure Up? BoardLink newsletter
• Understanding what your Board's Role Is & Isn't BoardLink newsletter
• A Good Board Member ABA Division for Bar Services
• 10 Responsibilities of Boards of Directors BoardSource
• What are the Responsibilities of Individual Board Members? BoardSource
• 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

Improving Board Performance

Board Selection

• Finding Effective Board Members Guidestar
• Recruiting for Board Members: Process? What Process? Creating the Future
• Sample application for the board Garber Consulting

Board Orientation & Education

• Board Orientations that are Worth the Effort BoardLink newsletter
• Bar Association 101: Tips for Orienting Your Board Bar Leader: March/April 2005
• Board Orientation and Discussion protocol materials Washington State Bar Association
• Sample Board Book Table of Contents National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Board Evaluations

• Board of Governors Criteria for Success/Board Evaluation New Hampshire Bar Association
• Board Evaluation Contra Costa Bar Association
• Board Evaluation Washington State Bar Association
• Exit Interview Questions for Board Members ABA Division for Bar Services

Board Attendance Policies

• Lake County Bar Association (OH)
• State Bar of New Mexico: Young Lawyers Division (Section 6.6)
• Free Management Library: Sample Board Attendance Policy

Strategic Planning

• Flexibility and focus: Balancing presidential goals with the bar's overall plan Bar Leader: March/April 2006
• New Hampshire bar restructures to avoid 'mission creep Bar Leader: May/June 2002

Program Evaluation

• Tools to Make the Tough Choices BoardLink newsletter
• Know When to Hold 'Em, Know When to Fold 'Em 2004 NABE Midyear Meeting
• Program evaluation worksheet 2004 NABE Midyear Meeting
• Sacred Cows and the Process of Purposeful Abandonment 2006 ABA Bar Leadership Institute

Board-Executive Director Partnership

• Schedule of Authority (Bob Harris)
• A Guide to Conducting an Assessment of the Chief Executive Officer BoardSource
• Checklist for Bar Excellence: Minding YOUR Ps and Qs ABA Division for Bar Services
  

Financial Oversight

• Tax Information for Charities & Other Non-Profits from the Internal Revenue Service
• The Board & its Financial Oversight Role

Long-term Leadership Development

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

Addressing Board Challenges

• On Confidentiality BoardLink newsletter
• To Disclose or not to Disclose Boardlink newsletter