Legal resources for the arts
State Bar of Wisconsin's Business
Assistance Program
www.legalexplorer.com/legal/legalQA.asp?PositionPoint=&Sid=8&Qid=2#uest=
Small and emerging businesses throughout Wisconsin can receive up to two
hours of counselling from a business lawyer at no cost. This service is
provided by members of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Your lawyer can help you to identify problems affecting your business
and develop a plan for solving those problems. This program is provided
as a public service by the Business Law Section. Participation in the
Business Assistance Program does not imply further obligation.
Milwaukee Volunteer Legal Clinic, providing free, walk-in legal information and referral services. Volunteer attorneys and Marquette University law students meet with clients to address their legal needs and make appropriate referrals. Also check LegalHelpMilwaukee.org for more information about free or low-cost legal services available in the Milwaukee area.
The Law Portal
www.thelawportal.info
This website offers primers on the law for artists and arts organizations
on all aspects of the policy environment for the arts. Topics range from
the traditional and familiar (copyright) to the new and sometimes obscure
(two-way broadband network access), and from the personal (how to find
healthy materials) to the professional (how to develop contracts) to the
political (free speech and the arts). Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.