Keeping Your Legal Budget in Check in Tough Economic Times

Trusteeship
September/October
2009
Number: 
5
Volume: 
16
By 
Pamela J. Bernard
Pamela J. Bernard

Colleges and universities battling budget cuts and poor endowment performance are looking for every possible way to save money. Are there strategies that can help contain legal costs while adequately protecting institutions from unreasonable financial, operational, reputational, and strategic risks?

The answer is yes, but there is no silver bullet.

About the Author: 

Pamela J. Bernard is vice president and general counsel of Duke University .