Arezoo Moseni recently posted this to the ARLIS-Listserve. It is an interesting resource to know about.
M i d – M a n h a t t a n L i b r a r y Presents
“Ask the Lawyer”
An Artist Career Development Lecture
Presented in cooperation with
Volunteers Lawyers for the Arts
Monday April 9, 2007
6:30 p.m. on the 6th floor
Mid-Manhattan Library
The New York Public Library
40th Street and 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10016
212-340-0871
The Art Collection is pleased to host the fifth lecture in the series addressing the growing needs and concerns of independent creative workforce in New York City.
This interactive panel presentation with a question-and-answer format will cover a wide array of legal and business issues with an overview of the major legal topics affecting artists and professionals within arts organizations. The topics to be addressed include:
• Intellectual Property (copyrights primarily)
• Contracts
• Entity Choice and Formation including
nonprofit and for profit options.
Elena M. Paul is the Executive Director of the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. In addition to overseeing all of VLA’s programs and services, Ms. Paul represents many individual artists and arts organizations. She received her B.A. in Economics from Davidson College, phi beta kappa, and her J.D. from Harvard Law School. In 2000 she was elected to serve as a Wasserstein Public Interest Fellow at Harvard Law School.
Alexei Ormani Auld is the Director of Legal Services for VLA, where he specializes in intellectual property matters oriented toward film, music, visual arts and related industries. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Howard University (B.A. 1994, summa cum laude) where he majored in History and Columbia Law School (J.D. 1998).
Elevators access the 6th floor after 6p.m.
All events are FREE and subject to last minute change or cancellation.