While pursuing commercial litigator at Shutts & Bowen, Terry Vento served on the board of the Perez Art Museum Miami’s predecessor, the Center for Fine Arts, and was approached regularly for her legal expertise.

“As is the norm in nonprofits, if you’re a lawyer, any time a legal question comes up, they say, ‘Hey there,’ ” she recalled. After switching to the nonprofit world in 2015 as the museum’s solo general counsel, she realized she needed to capitalize on her legal connections to draft volunteers.