A school corporation may employ an attorney to represent the school corporation as necessary for the proper conduct of the legal affairs of the school corporation. [R60, §2040; C73, §1740; C97, §2759; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 4245; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §279.35; C77, 79, 81, §279.37 ]