Intellectual Property and the Arts

Legal Assistance

United States

Over the past several decades, lawyers and other advocates have formed organizations across the country to support visual, literary, and performing artists. Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, formed in 1969 and based in New York City, is the oldest of these. VLA and many other organizations provide legal advice, mediation, education, and other services to artists and nonprofit organizations on a pro bono basis or at reduced fees. Visit the websites below for more information.

Arizona
Volunteer Legal Assistance for Artists

California
California Lawyers for the Arts

Colorado
Colorado Lawyers for the Arts

District of Columbia
Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts

Florida
Legal Art Miami

Georgia
Georgia Lawyers for the Arts

Illinois
Lawyers for the Creative Arts

Maine
Maine Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts

Maryland
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts

Massachusetts
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts

Michigan
Lawyers for the Creative Economy

State Bar of Michigan

Missouri
Kansas City Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts

St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts