ASSOCIATIONS TRENDS TALK
Keep Your Association Safe from Legal Issues in 2025
With Heidi Christianson
Tuesday, January 14, 2025, 11 AM CST / 17:00 UTC
Practical guidance to foster ethical operations and legal resilience in your organization.
Heidi Christianson, an experienced attorney specializing in nonprofit law, will answer questions about the top legal issues facing associations in 2025. This interactive webinar will help association leaders gain insights on navigating key legal challenges.
Join us on Tuesday, January 14 at 11 a.m. CST, when you will learn to:
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Identify Key Legal Trends and Risk Mitigation Strategies: You will learn to recognize current legal issues affecting associations and explore proactive approaches to mitigate risks and protect their organizations.
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Enhance Board Governance and Fiduciary Compliance: Gain understanding of the steps necessary to ensure board members fulfill their fiduciary duties and adopt governance best practices for ethical and legal operations.
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Develop Thoughtful Organizational Policies and Practices: You will learn what to include in volunteer policies and bylaws to manage risks effectively and identify when to conduct thorough legal reviews.
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Strengthen Legal Protections and Conflict Management: Gain a better understanding of liability protection options, recommended insurance coverage for nonprofits, and strategies for handling conflicts of interest within their organizations.
Meet the Speaker
Heidi Christianson, Nilan Johnson Lewis
Heidi is a Shareholder with Nilan Johnson Lewis and represents nonprofit entities. Her clients include trade associations, social service organizations, hospital systems, private and corporate foundations, educational institutions, and nonprofit health plans.
Heidi’s work includes counseling her nonprofit clients regarding formation, corporate, governance and tax issues, regulatory compliance, mergers, joint ventures, collaborations, member issues, charitable solicitation, donor and endowment fund issues, executive compensation, and corporate restructuring and dissolution.
Heidi is co-chair of the Minnesota State Bar Association’s Nonprofit Committee and a member of the Executive Council of the Business Law Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association. She serves on the Boards of Directors of Propel Nonprofits and her neighborhood association.