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The VLA Legal Clinic
Bi-monthly legal clinics are offered on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month from 4:00 to 7:00 PM at our offices in the Paley Building, 1 East 53rd Street, 6th Floor. The Clinic is an opportunity for VLA members to seek advice on their arts-related legal issues in a half hour private appointment with one of our volunteer attorneys. You must register in advance and join VLA to attend the Clinic. To schedule an appointment please call 212·319·ARTS (2787), ext.1.
The VLA Legal Clinic in FY 04-05
In March 2001, VLA launched the VLA Legal Clinic, a program facilitating in-person consultations by volunteer attorneys for members of the arts community. The clinics enable VLA members to receive a free half-hour consultation with a volunteer attorney on any arts-related legal issue. The clinic is a valuable source of business and economic development information for artists and resolves the matter at hand in about 75% of cases. During the past year, VLA expanded the legal clinic program by offering additional clinics sponsored and staffed by a single firm, company or organization. For example, volunteers from the Entertainment and Sports Law Committee of the New York State Bar Association have staffed a number of clinics. Law firms such as Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Shearman and Sterling LLP, Chadbourne & Parke LLP, and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP have also sponsored and staffed VLA clinics during the past fiscal year. The ability to arrange a Firm-Sponsored VLA Clinic is open to Corporate Members only, please contact Ben Brandow to discuss arranging a firm sponsored clinic.