California Lawyers For The Arts Online Events & Resources

Fort Mason Center For Arts & Culture resident organization California Lawyers For The Arts (CLA) has shifted to online seminars during the COVID-19 crisis and has compiled an extensive digital resource guide for the arts community to support them during this public health emergency.

“Trademark Law For Artists & Attorneys” is scheduled for Tuesday, June 16, 2020, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Mark Leonard, General Counsel for Jelly Belly Candy Company, leads this valuable session for creative professionals and arts attonreys.

The trademark seminar costs between $5 and $20 on a sliding scale. Cover the cost of another participant with the $30 Pay-It-Forward fee. This workshop is eligible for 1.5 hours of Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) credit ($25). If registering for the credit, notify ReneeReizman@CALawyersForTheArts.org.

CLA presents its second annual symposium, “Intersections: Art & Law At The Border,” as a series of six weekly virtual webinars on Thursdays, June 25, 2020 through July 30, 2020, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The seminars focus on themes about “Intersections: Art & Lawmaking In An Ever-Changing Border Ecology” through the following topics:

• Thursday, June 25, 2020, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. “Land & Memory Film Panel Series”
• Thursday, July 2, 2020, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. “Employment Law Clinic & Workshop”
• Thursday, July 9, 2020, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. “Praxis In The Borderlands: Humanitarian Aid, Mobilization & Migration”
• Thursday, July 16, 2020, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. “Beyond Land: Critical Perspectives on Transnational Migration”
• Thursday, July 23, 2020, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. “Tribal Law: The Question Of Art & Ownership On Native Land”
• Thursday, July 30, 2020, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. “Cross Border Migrations: Reclaiming Narratives & Identities”

The symposium costs between $5 and $25 on a sliding scale. Those who need a fee waiver code can contact Sara@CALawyersForTheArts.org. Contact SanDiego@CALawyersForTheArts.org for more information about the symposium.

CLA also has an active YouTube channel with digital archives of all their seminars that can be viewed for free 24 hours per day on a daily basis. Access the entire “Relax With Tax For Artists & Creatives” series, as well as educational resources about bookkeeping, merchandising, intellectual property law, music production, publishing, and many more topics.