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- California Lawyers for the
Arts, a nonprofit tax-exempt service organization founded in 1974 which
provides lawyer referrals, dispute resolution services, educational programs,
publications and a resource library to artists of all disciplines and arts
organizations. Contact: cla@calawyersforthearts.org
- Washington (DC) Area Lawyers for
the Arts Founded in 1983, the Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts
(WALA) is a unique alliance of lawyers and artists dedicated to addressing the
legal needs of creative artists and arts organizations throughout the Washington
metropolitan area. We seek to fill these needs by helping artists and arts
organizations to obtain pro bono legal advice and representation through our
volunteer lawyer referral system. Contact: Elena M. Paul, Esq. Executive
Director epaul@thewala.org (202)
393-2826 x26
- St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers And Accountants For
The Arts "St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts
(VLAA) offers free legal and accounting
assistance, operates a mediation
service, provides information about arts law and business matters through educational programming including a resource library, and supports
the broader role of the arts in the community. "
- Accounting & Legal Help Resource Links
- Georgia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Founded in 1975 by Benjamin T. White and Robert C. Lower, attorneys
with the law firm Alston & Bird, Georgia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
(GVLA) exists to serve the legal needs of the artists and arts organizations of
Georgia , to promote closer contact and understanding among the the members of
the legal profession and the arts community, and to educate artists about their
legal rights and responsibilities.
- Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts/ New
York Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts provides several services to
qualified individual artists and arts organizations in need: from The Art Law
Line, open 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST Monday - Friday
(212-319-ARTS, x. 9), to MediateArt (212-319-ARTS,
x.16), our mediation service for arts-related disputes.
- Ocean States Lawyers for the Arts (OSLA, Rhode Island VLA) - The Rhode Island chapter of VLA, called OCEAN
STATE LAWYERS FOR THE ARTS, has been serving the local arts community since
1984. OCEAN STATE LAWYERS FOR THE ARTS (OSLA), operated in conjunction with the
law office of David M. Spatt, has provided many pro bono hours to many local and
southern New England artists and arts organizations, as well as government
agencies. Contact: dspatt@artslaw.org
- Philadelphia Volunteer
Lawyers for the Arts Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
(PVLA) is a nonprofit legal services organization, founded in 1978 to provide
pro-bono legal assistance and basic business counseling to area artists and
cultural organizations. Over the years, PVLA has recruited hundreds of attorneys
from large and small firms in Philadelphia and surrounding counties to our
program. Volunteer attorneys work on projects such as negotiating performing
contracts for actors, dancers and musicians; preparing by-laws for newly formed
nonprofits; negotiating short- and long-term workspace leases and exhibition
agreements; securing protection of artwork; and setting up new community-wide
arts initiatives.
- Texas Accountants And Lawyers For
The Arts Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts (TALA)* was
formed in 1979 to meet the legal and accounting needs of artists and arts
organizations. TALA is the largest provider of pro bono legal and accounting
services to the arts in the United States. TALA's volunteers throughout Texas
handle more than 800 matters per year. This amounts to more than one million
dollars annually in donated services to the arts and cultural community. TALA
serves the entire state of Texas with the exception of Austin. Contact info@talarts.org or
800.526.8252.
- The Austin area is served by Artist's Legal and Accounting Assistance -
512.407.8980
- The Austin area is served by Artist's Legal and Accounting Assistance -
512.407.8980
- Washington Lawyers for the
Arts Founded in 1976, WLA is a 501c)3) non-profit service organization
with the mission to support the arts in Washington State by creating alliances
and making legal resources accessible to artists and arts organizations of all
disciplines. Contact director@wa-artlaw.org
or (206) 328-7053.
- Canadian Artist's Representation/
le Front des ArtistesCanadiens Ontario (CARFAC Ontario) is a professional
non-profit association of visual artists in Ontario. Individual artists and art
organizations support our work through membership and active participation.
CARFAC Ontario believes that artists, like professionals in other fields, should
be paid for their creative work and share equitably in any profits issuing from
that work. As the voice of professional visual artists, CARFAC Ontario
works to defend cultural economic and legal rights individually and on a
collective basis, as well as provide education on fair dealings with artists. In
doing so, we aim to promote a socio-economic climate that is conducive to the
production of visual arts in Ontario, to do research and to engage in public
education. See: Resources, Gallery, Sites, Newsletter Contact: caro@caro.ca
- Volunteer Lawyers for the
Arts of Massachusetts
- The Connecticut Commission on the
Arts - Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts - The Connecticut Volunteer
Lawyers for the Arts (CTVLA) is a cooperative project of the Connecticut
Commission on the Arts and the law firm of Sorokin, Gross & Hyde, P.C. CTVLA
offers information on three topics most frequently requested by artists and arts
organizations: Copyright Law and Contract Law and Non-Profit Incorporation.
Contact: Angela Capri tprioli@ctarts.org
- Student Lawyers for
the Arts
- Starving Artists Law "... the launch pad for artists and writers looking for self help legal
information" Volunteer
Lawyers for the Arts
- Copyright in Visual
Arts by Thomas G.
Field, Jr.
- Can Fair
Use Survive our Information-based Future? by John S.
Erickson
- Creativity and
Copyright by Stephen Fishman
- Fair Use: Illustrative
Scenarios by Consortium for Educational Technology in University
Systems.
- U.S. Copyright
Office
- American
Communication Association's Copyright &
Intellectual Property Pages
- Franklin Pierce Law
Center
- The U.S. House of
Representatives Internet Law Library : Intellectual Property
- Thomas Information on the
Internet current bills and Congressional activity
- Thomson & Thomson's reference area on Intellectual Property
