Useful Links: Legal Resources
Center for Art Law
The Center for Art Law is a nonprofit organization that offers a comprehensive collection of resources and information related to the intersection of art and law. They provide articles, case law updates, and legal resources for artists, art collectors, museum professionals, and legal practitioners. Whether you’re seeking guidance on copyright, contracts, or legal issues involving cultural heritage, the Center for Art Law is dedicated to promoting legal education in the arts.
Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (PVLA) provides pro bono and low-cost legal assistance to artists and arts organizations in the Philadelphia area. Their mission is to foster creativity by offering legal services such as copyright registration, contract drafting, and intellectual property consultation. PVLA connects artists with experienced attorneys who can help them navigate the legal complexities of the arts world.
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts New York
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (VLA) in New York offers legal services, educational programs, and advocacy for artists and nonprofit arts organizations. With a network of volunteer attorneys, VLA assists with intellectual property, contract negotiations, and dispute resolution, ensuring that creatives have access to the legal support they need to protect their work. Their services are available to both emerging and established artists across various disciplines.
Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts
Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts (VLAA) provides free legal and accounting assistance to artists and arts organizations, helping them understand and manage the financial and legal aspects of their careers. VLAA offers services such as contract review, copyright advice, and tax consultations. Their network spans across the U.S., connecting artists with the necessary resources to thrive professionally.
Community Legal Services
Our mission is to fight poverty, challenge systems that perpetuate injustice, and change lives through cutting-edge advocacy and exceptional legal representation. Since its founding in 1966, Community Legal Services (CLS) has provided free civil legal assistance to more than one million low-income Philadelphians. Almost 13,000 clients were represented by CLS in the past year. CLS assists clients when they face the threat of losing their homes, incomes, health care, and even their families. CLS attorneys and other staff provide a full range of legal services, from individual representation to administrative advocacy to class action litigation, as well as community education and social work. CLS is nationally recognized as a model legal services program.
Philadelphia Legal Assistance
Our Mission: Enforce and protect the rights of individuals and families by providing accessible, creative and high quality legal assistance and working collaboratively for systemic change.
Founded in 1996, Philadelphia Legal Assistance (PLA) provides free civil legal services to over 7,000 individuals and families in Philadelphia who cannot afford an attorney each year.
We help people going through some of life’s greatest challenges: from violence within a family, to the loss of a home passed down through generations, and the loss of a job that threatens being able to put food on the table. PLA knows that one legal problem can quickly impact multiple aspects of your life, and assists with a variety of civil legal problems to provide holistic care.
Connecting to legal aid makes a huge impact on the thousands of people who find themselves in such a difficult situation.
PLA is committed to innovating legal services in order to meet our community’s needs and has established the Medical Legal Community Partnership to help address the social determinants of health in public health centers across the city. With the rise of the opioid epidemic, we expanded our MLCP model to support folks recovering from substance use disorder with critical legal help.
We also provide legal services to migrant farmworkers working in Pennsylvania.
Legal Clinic for the Disabled
The Legal Clinic for the Disabled (LCD) promotes inclusion, independence, and justice for low-income people with disabilities and the deaf and hard of hearing in the Philadelphia region.
Philadelphia VIP
https://www.phillyvip.org/
https://www.phillyvip.org/get-legal-help/small-business-nonprofit/
