This article aims to explore private universities of lawful management. Private universities to implement the president responsibility system under the leadership of the board. Board of the directors system is private universities to the core of corporate governance structure.Build perfect the president responsibility system under the leadership of the board,implementation is the premise and foundation of lawful management.By corresponding to rationalize all kinds of public power relations, clearly duty limits of authority and rules.Establish the concept of rule by law not man, lawful management is not put to the students, not put to the teachers, lawful management is to govern the "officials",is the guarantee the legal rights of the teachers and the students staff.