Artists' Legal Advice Services
69 Yonge Street, Suite 1100, M5E 1K3 Toronto, ON, Canada

Check out the "Entertainment Law Made Easy with ALAS" Event coming up on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 from 9:30 AM 11:00 AM EDT Hosted by Cultural Industries Ontario North (CION) Our Outreach Coordinator, Camila Salcedo will speak about the Ontario Artists’ Legal Access & Support Network, our collaboration between CARFAC Ontario and ALAS. This webinar will be presented alongside by Byron Pascoe, Entertainment Lawyer (Edwards Creative Law).... To register visit https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/entertainment-law-made-easy-wit

Artists’ Legal Advice Services (ALAS) is looking for volunteer lawyers with experience in arts and entertainment law to volunteer for the ALAS Legal Clinic and/or for speaking engagements at our educational workshops and seminars. To read more about the roles and requirements visit: alasontario.ca/call-for-volunteer-lawyers If you wish to join the ALAS duty counsel roster, please send your resume and a cover letter to [email protected] using the subject line Volunte...er Lawyer for Duty Counsel with ALAS. If you are interested in joining our roster of volunteer speakers, or would like additional information about our educational events, please write to [email protected] using the subject line Volunteer Speaker with ALAS".

The Ontario Artists’ Legal Access & Support Network is a collaboration between @carfacontario artists and @alasontario lawyers. This collaboration has been formed to provide free legal advice and information and resources for artists related to their practices, particularly including those who lack access to this kind of support because of overlapping systemic barriers such as racism, homophobia, transphobia, and/or misogyny. We also acknowledge that these barriers can be com...pounded by mental health issues, disabilities, poverty, legal/immigration status, access to education, experience in the justice system, among other ongoing barriers. Our intention is to support artists through a holistic lens of support and care. Our programs will be developed on a needs-based basis, and we are available to connect with you individually so that we can understand the issues you’re facing, and how we may be able to provide support. For more information on this program visit www.carfacontario.ca or www.alasontario.ca We'd like to thank our funders: @ISO.BEA @LawFoundationOn @OntarioArts and @torontoartscouncil

Join our Board Member Cat Lovrics for a Webinar & Discussion on Intellectual Property for Artists + Producers. Learn how to clear and protect your trademarks and copyrights, including in an online world. Join us to hear practical tips to identify and build valuable IP assets, avoid costly mistakes, and better navigate IP ownership and licensing. Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 2-3:30pm ET Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_iCfXmBGpQsmwkkyg-qtHtw

Please join us tonight (June 2nd, 2021) for the Contracting in Unprecedented Times Panel from 6-8pm EST, featuring our volunteer Nico Elliott. https://www.undercurrentcreations.ca/parallel-t/contracting Moderator Rachel Penny guides a conversation with panelists Donna Michelle St. Bernard (Artistic Director, New Harlem Productions), Owais Lightwala (Assistant Professor, Ryerson University School of Performance), Kim Snklip Harvey (Indigenous Theorist and Cultural Evolutioni...st), and Nico Elliott (Lawyer, Artists’ Legal Advice Services). Curated by Rachel Penny and Nikki Shaffeeullah. Presented in partnership with FOLDA as part of The Start-Up industry series. ASL Interpretation will be provided. We are grateful to the Canada Council for the Arts for their support.

There is still time to sign up for Artists' Legal Advice Services & Workman Arts workshop on NEGOTIATING CONTRACTS FOR ARTISTS. The workshop is taking place March 24 from 1-3 pm. It will be lead by Laura Wilson-Lewis, who is an entertainment lawyer at Taylor Oballa Murray Leyland LLP. For more information on registering go to https://workmanarts.com//workshop-negotiating-contracts-f/

On July 15th at 12PM PST, our friends at @ArtistsLegalOutreach will be hosting a panel on the Visual Artist Experience in COVID-19, joined by Esther Rausenberg, Director of the Eastside Culture Crawl Society, as well as Nadia Gohar, acclaimed East Coast multimedia artist. Hear the voices of your visual artist community for a discussion on how we can move forward in this uncertain time. REGISTER HERE: https://us02web.zoom.us//regist/WN_eRH-IoIdRuey3Ml88b_UMw