Georgia Lawyers for the Arts
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To Volunteer, Contact:
Meredith Ragains(404) 873-3911
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Location:
887 W. Marietta St. NWSuite J-101Atlanta, GA 30318
- Map: maps.google.com
- Phone: 404-873-3911
- Fax: 404-873-4004
- Website: http://www.glarts.org
- Email: gla@glarts.org
Georgia Lawyers for the Arts (GLA) exists to serve the legal needs of artists and arts organizations, to promote closer contact and understanding among members of the legal profession and the arts community, and to educate artists about their legal rights and responsibilities. GLA places cases for Georgia resident artists and arts organizations with attorneys who can offer pro bono services. These cases often involve legal issues in the fields of copyright, trademark, contracts, employment, corporate, and litigation.
GLA's PATENTS program is a pro bono program to assist solo inventors and small businesses in the filing of patents with the USPTO. GLA vets inventor claims to place with attorneys who can assist in the pro bono filing of utility and/or design claims, and represent them through issuance, abandonment, or a final rejection. Note: We do have malpractice insurance available for in-house counsel and retired attorneys.
- State(s) of Volunteer Opportunity: Georgia
- Area of law: Arts, Nonprofit Organizations, Intellectual Property, Entertainment
- Populations Served: Children, Communities of Color, Elderly, General Public, HIV, Immigrants, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Low Income, Military/Veterans, Native Americans, Nonprofits, Persons with Disabilities, State Residents, Women, Working poor and unemployed, Artists, Arts Organizations
- Opportunities For: Lawyers
- Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm
- Malpractice insurance is provided for volunteers: No
- Training Provided: No
- Training Required: No
- CLE credit for trainings: No
- CLE credit for pro bono: No
- Mentoring or supervision offered: No
- Volunteer lawyers need to meet a caseload or hours requirement: No
- Types of projects in need of Pro Bono help: Draft legal documents (e.g., briefs), Legal Research, Litigation: Trial/Direct Representation, Transactional work
- Volunteers may participate long-distance: No
