New Jersey Volunteer Lawyers For The Arts

New Jersey Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Inc. (?NJVLA?) provides legal education, representation, and other legal services to the entire State?s Arts Community, and in particular to low income artists and non-profit arts organizations.

NJVLA provides pro bono (free) legal referrals to organizations involved in culture or the arts and individuals involved in any creative or cultural endeavor, including music practitioners, visual artists, dancers, poets, filmmakers, and writers. NJVLA matches artist and arts and cultural organization clients with volunteer attorneys who help them to resolve arts-related legal problems such as copyright, contracts between artists of every discipline and other parties, taxes on artist royalties, real estate and landlord/tenant issues regarding studio and gallery space, organization formation, and many more arts-related legal issues. NJVLA also presents educational programs and provides speakers on a wide range of arts-related legal topics. NJVLA's website, www.njvla.org, contains information and links on a variety of other arts-related legal issues and services. NJVLA is the recipient of grant awards from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts; The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation; and The IOLTA Fund of the Bar of New Jersey.