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FOR THE ARTS

Serving the Creative Arts Community Since 1974



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CLA Celebrates California Mediation Awareness Week: 44 Years of Creative Dispute Resolution with AAMS


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16th Annual Artistic License Awards 2024


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Designing Creative Futures


An arts focused reentry program

Paid internships for formerly incarcerated individuals


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Featuring 4-part Legal Fundamentals Video Series - FREE for Members

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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. 

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If you are a creative artist, an arts organization, an inventor — or anyone with an arts or innovation-related legal question — California Lawyers for the Arts would like to help you find qualified legal counsel to assist with your legal matter. 

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ARTS ARBITRATION & MEDIATION SERVICES

Need help resolving a dispute?
 AAMS, a program of California Lawyers for the Arts (CLA), has provided alternative dispute resolution to artists and entertainers since 1980.



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In the Eye of the Beholder: Art, Law, and the Restitution of Cultural Heritage (MCLE Available)


Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

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World IP Day Copyright Legal Clinic

Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

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  • During one of its last sessions for the year on September 13,  the California Assembly voted to approve ACA-8, the "End Slavery in California Act," a resolution that is intended to abolish slavery and involuntary servitude from the state constitution. This measure would prohibit slavery in any form, defined to include “forced labor compelled by the use or threat of physical or legal coercion.” The resolution, which needs to be passed by 2/3rds of the members of both houses of the legislature and the voters, was introduced by AssemblyMember Lori Wilson of Solano County and announced at a press conference in February.  If it is approved by the Senate in 2024, it will move to the voters for consideration as a constitutional amendment on the November, 2024 state ballot.

    Since 2018, several states, including Alabama, Tennessee, Oregon, Vermont, Colorado, Utah and Nebraska, have led a growing movement to remove language in state constitutions that abolished slavery "except for" persons convicted of a crime. Updates are available at the website of the Abolish Slavery National Network.

    With funding from the San Francisco Foundation's grant from the California Arts Council for the Bay Area Creative Corps, CLA will be presenting three Urban Arts Festivals, beginning November 11 in San Francisco, to raise awareness of this issue and encourage voter registration.


  • We've recently uploaded a video about our 14th annual Artistic License Awards event and an interview with our founding director, Hamish Sandison on YouTube.  It was a great treat to have Hamish with us to document our origins as we continue to move forward to new horizons. Thanks to all of you for your support of our 14th annual Artistic License Awards!
  • Congratulations to arts education advocates who led successful efforts to pass Proposition 28 which will provide $1 billion/year to place at least one artist in every public K-12 school in California. 
  • Voice of America distributed a video on Designing Creative Futures that profiles our intern, Carlos Vasquez, discussing his work at the Robey Theatre in Los Angeles.
  • CLA Executive Director Alma Robinson was recently interviewed on the topic of "Lawyers for System Impacted Artists" by Rashida Ricketts for her Graves to Gardens Podcast.

      Resources



      The National Endowment for the Arts has developed a toolkit for people with disabilities seeking careers in the arts. Designed for performers, visual artists, teaching artists, cultural workers, administrators and more, the toolkit will help disabled artists access career opportunities.

      Learn More HERE



      Arts In Corrections Tool Kits

      These Tool Kits have been assembled to provide the arts in corrections field with useful documents for program development, delivery and evaluation. 

      DOWNLOAD HERE



      The Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019 (“CASE Act”) establishes a new forum for copyright small claims. Passed in 2020, the CASE Act marks a potentially significant shift in how copyright claims are disputed and resolved. This toolkit was created to compile information regarding the CASE Act. Specifically, the aim of this toolkit is to provide readers information aboutthe Act, its mechanisms, and list resources for further exploration.

      DOWNLOAD HERE





      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. The newest edition incorporates the latest state legislative amendments. 

      DOWNLOAD HERE


      CLA by The Numbers

      July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023

      In our 47th Fiscal Year

      CLA Members

      630

      Received Legal Assistance from the LRIS Service


      267

      Attended Educational Programs


      932

      Participated in Alternative Dispute Resolution Services

      3118

      Received Mediation Training

      44

      Youth Trained as Peer Mediators

      169

      Deserving Teens Placed in Arts Internships

      25

      State Prison Residents That Participated in Arts Classes

      112

      Attended CLA Speakers' Bureau Events

      98

      Formerly Incarcerated Persons Placed In Arts Internships

      98

        

       

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