Volunteer Lawyers For The Arts Inc

Education:vla educates individual artists, arts professionals within acos, attorneys, students, and the general public about legal and business issues that affect artists and their creative endeavors. Classes are often an artist's first exposure to vla. They play a fundamental role in helping artists and acos identify important legal and business issues they face, and teach them how to protect themselves and their artistic endeavors.vla's education programs are also a vital resource for the arts community and the lawyers who serve it. In fy24, vla served 1,528 artists, arts organizations, attorneys, and law students through classes, seminars, panel discussions, and workshops for the arts and legal communities. Vla's education programming also includes internships for law school students, participation in preparing materials for legal publications, and volunteer attorney training programs.vla's highly successful core classes include copyright for artists, contract essentials for artists, for profit incorporation, and nonprofit incorporation and tax-exempt status. Vla also offers classes that address specific legal issues related to different creative disciplines such as photography, contemporary art, choreography, dance, filmmaking, music, and theater. Vla's course catalog continues to evolve as new legal issues emerge, with new class offerings on ai, social media, and other in-demand topics being added in the last year.