| CALIFORNIA LAWYERSFOR THE ARTSServing the Creative Arts Community Since 1974 |
 | CLA's 50 Year Anniversary Celebration Join us as we celebrate 50 years of service. Registration opening soon. |
California Lawyers for the Arts empowers the creative community
by providing:
EDUCATION 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. |
LAWYER REFERRAL & INFORMATION SERVICES 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. |
ARTS ARBITRATION & MEDIATION SERVICES Need help resolving a dispute? |
Upcoming Workshops & Events |
| Entertainment Legal Clinic with Sheppard Mullin Thursday, August 22nd, 2024, 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Via Phone Consultation |
 | Navigating the Music Industry: Essential Tips for Emerging Creatives Thursday, September 19, 2024, 12 PM – 1:00 PM Via Zoom |
| Arts & the Environment: Climate Justice and Habitat Loss Tuesday, October 1st, 2024, 6:00 - 7:30 PM Via Zoom |
| Oh My! The Truth Behind Selling for the Screen Shopping, Attachment, and Option Agreements Wednesday, October 9th, 2024, 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM Via Zoom |
Co-Sponsored Workshops & Events |
| Photographers' Rights: Navigating Copyright Realities August 8, 2 pm ET Ensure your photos are protected! Join us as we co-host a FREE webinar with the Copyright Alliance |
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Creative Workforce Development Programs |
| Designing Creative Futures An arts-focused internship program for formerly incarcerated individuals We are currently accepting applications for Fall |
| Spotlight on the Arts (Spotlight) is a program of California Lawyers for the Arts (CLA) that provides multidisciplinary arts workforce development training for youth. |
Subscribe to our YouTube Channel |
The CLA YouTube Channel features educational workshops, seminars and events! |
Subscribe to our Video on Demand |
| CLA's Video on Demand Featuring 4-part Legal Fundamentals Video Series - FREE for Members |
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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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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.
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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 |
