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California Lawyers for the Arts empowers the creative community by providing:

EDUCATION

Need legal Information?

CLA's Educational Program offers workshops, seminars and special events throughout the state on a variety of legal and business topics that affect the creative community.
Workshops topics include:

basic copyright
trademark
licensing
publishing
mediation
fashion
artists/gallery agreement
forming a non-profit
contract basics
music publishing

LAWYER REFERRAL & INFORMATION SERVICES
Are you a creative artist, arts organization, or independent inventor and have a legal matter?

CLA is a State Bar of California Certified Lawyer Referral and Information Service (LRIS) and can match you with a qualified attorney.
We also help inventors through our California Inventors Assistance Program (CIAP). Apply online HERE

ARTS ARBITRATION & MEDIATION SERVICES

Need help resolving a dispute?

CLA's Arts Arbitration and Mediation Services (AAMS) has been providing alternative dispute resolution services for the creative arts community since 1980.
AAMS provides:

counseling
conciliation
mediation
arbitration
neutral evaluation
meeting facilitation

Call (510) 990-6030 or apply online AAMS Assistance Form

SACRAMENTO CARES MEDIATION PROGRAM

FREE City of Sacramento COVID-19-related Commercial & Residential Landlord & Tenant Mediation Services.

Click HERE for more information

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Are you a member of the creative arts and innovative community? Are you an attorney or mediator who supports and believes in the arts sector?
If so, become a member today!

CLA Members save $15 on every referral admin fee.

Members save up to 50% or more on education programs.

Members enjoy the results of CLA's advocacy.

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Upcoming events

Creative Expression Online & the First Amendment

Wednesday, September 23, 2020 6:00 PM

ZOOM
Contracts for Artists and Creatives

Tuesday, September 29, 2020 5:30 PM
ALMA’S 40th ANNIVERSARY PARTY and CLA FOREVER! LAUNCH

Wednesday, September 30, 2020 5:00 PM

Zoom

CLA NEWS

Upcoming September 29th: CLA Executive Director Alma Robinson will be speaking at the 2020 Louisiana Art Summit on Arts in Corrections: Benefits and Values presented by the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge.
COVID-19 Emergency Resources for Artists and Arts Organizations
CLA's Life After AB5 toolkit describes the legal background of the AB5 law and various options that employers and the artists they work with can consider going forward.
How AB5 has instilled fear and confusion in the California Arts Community, Los Angeles Times article featuring comments from CLA Board Member M.J. Bogatin
Young Counsel 'love' for pro-bono helps firms train and retain, Managing IP article featuring CLA's California Inventors Assistance Program that benefits not only the client but the lawyers who take on the cases too!

California Lawyers for the Arts received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Andy Warhol Foundation and the Art for Justice Fund for its Arts in Corrections expansion to Louisiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, and Texas. See CLA's AIC Advocacy page for more info.
Arts in Corrections Program Administrators and Teaching Artists Toolkits

CLA BY THE NUMBERS

July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020

In our 45th Fiscal Year

855 persons were members of CLA

11,383 persons followed CLA on 5 social media platforms

365 clients received legal assistance from the Lawyer Referral & Information Services

2,523 persons attended 63 educational programs

2,795 individuals and organizations participated in Alternative Dispute Resolution Services and 1,039 cases were resolved

16 persons received mediation training

596 youth were trained as peer mediators in 13 schools

36 deserving teens were placed in arts internships and apprenticeships and attended 8 job readiness workshops

45 persons participated in Art in Corrections trainings in 2 states

CLA's website averaged 10,293 page views per month

People from 131 countries visited CLA's website

SUPPORT CLA

With your support, CLA continues to provide critically needed legal, conflict resolution and educational programs for artists and arts organizations throughout California, while vigorously advocating for the intrinsic value of the arts.

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CLA is a tax exempt 501(c)(3) organization and your donation is tax deductible as a charitable contribution to the fullest extend of the law.

THANK YOU TO OUR 2020 ARTISTIC LICENSE AWARDS SPONSORS

Our 2020 Artistic License Awards celebration has been postponed due to COVID-19 restrictions. We will be honoring U.S Rep, Judy Chu, CA State Senator Ben Allen, Vijay Gupta of Street Symphony and the Santa Fe Art Colony.

Thanks to all of our loyal event sponsors:

Bush Gottlieb

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Steven Hirsch & Paik Swan Low

Keker Van Nest Peters LLP

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Maria Gomez Rodriguez

Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

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