Students will assist volunteer attorneys in providing free legal advice on arts-related legal matters to low-income artists, musicians, and filmmakers. Topics discussed may include copyright, trademark, contract, and any other legal issue related to the arts. Students will assist artists in completing intake paperwork and documenting the attorney’s consultation with the client. There may also be an opportunity for students to debrief after the client session with DLA Piper attorneys.
Organization
Texas Law Art Association
The Texas Law Art Association is a collective of law students who love art and are dedicated to fostering engagement with and discourse about art, artists, and art spaces in our community. TLAA also provides resources for students seeking a career in art law. TLAA is hosting the Free Clinic for the Arts in partnership with DLA Piper.
Project Details
- Project Start Date
February 27-March 10, 2023
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 2.5 – 4 hours, including training (1.5 hour consultation, plus the possibility of post-consultation legal research); students will be paired with a supervising attorney to participate in one 1.5-hour consultation session during this two-week period.
- Training
- Friday, February 24, 12:30pm-2pm (TNH 2.124); if you can’t make the training session email TLAA (texaslawartassociation@gmail.com) after registering for the clinic for alternate training arrangements.
- Skills used
- Client interviewing/intake; legal research
- Project location
- Virtual
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 20
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- None but please indicate any foreign language skills during registration
- To Apply
- Register at https://artsclinic2-24-23.eventbrite.com