CLA's Educational program offers workshops, seminar and special events throughout the state on a variety of legal and business topics that affect the creative community.

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Past Education Workshop Topics Include:

• Copyright: A Basic Introduction
  
• Trademarks: A Basic Introduction
  
• Licensing: A Basic Introduction
  
• The Artist-Gallery Agreement
  
• Public Art Contracts: What every artist needs to know about public art commissions, from RFQ to Moral Rights
  
• How to Protect Your Art with Design Patents
  
• Copyright "Fair Use:" What Creative Artists Need to Know
  

• Using Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) to Resolve Disputes in the Arts and Entertainment World
  
• Intellectual Property Law Survey for the Creative Arts
  
• Copyright for Educators and Librarians
  
• Collaboration Agreements for Creative Artists
  
• Patents: A Basic Introduction
  
• Trade Secrets: A Basic Introduction
  
• Negotiation: A Basic Introduction
  

• Termination of Copyrights: What You Need to Know
  
• How to Register Your Music With the Copyright Office
  
• Social Entrepreneurship: The California B-Corporation
  
• How to Represent the Low Power FM Station License Applicant: Module #1
  
• How to Represent the Low Power FM Station License Applicant: Module #2