Lawyers for the Creative Arts Associate Board

About the LCA Associate Board

View the images and flyers below to learn more about the exciting events the Associate Board presents. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Associate Board, please email John O'Neill at joneill@law-arts.org.

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Featured Associate Board Members

Associate Board Executive Board Officers

President
Amanda Alasauskas

Vice President
Gina Gerardi

Secretary
Reeya Thrakrar

Treasurer
Kenneth Matuszewski

Social Media Manager
Thomas Kliebhan

Executive Board At Large Members and Committee Chairs

Alexander Karana
Odell Mitchell
Michael Reed
Michelle Wahl

General Body

Amy Adler
Jessica Bahr
John Bathke
Jeff Becker
Jack Bentley
Jonathan Brown
Kelly Carter
Vincenzo Caporale
Stephanie Cueman
Sidney Dawsey
Kevin Doran
Jessica A. Ekhoff
Jed Enlow
Karl Felbinger
Natalie Fine
Ehren M. Fournier
Andrea S. Fuelleman
Kahlia Halpern
Carla Ham
Florence Hardy
Gwen Hochman Stewart
Deanna Kunze
Travis Life
David Lindner
Brett A. Manchel
Cameron McIntyre
John Moustis
Catherine E. O'Brien
Ana Ruge-Rodela
Marisa Schutz
Adam Smestad
Madelaine Thomas
Alexa Tipton
William J. Voller
S. Zahra Zavari
Ilya G. Zlatkin

Highlights from the Associate Board Events Archive

Open Bibliography: Fair Use, Copyright, and You

Fair use and other exceptions to copyright law exist to provide access to protected works under very specific conditions. The LCA Associate Board, in partnership with the Loyola University Library, assembled a panel to discuss the tools available for artists, archivists, librarians, and academics to access protected works while discussing strategies for working with existing copyright restrictions. The panel consisted of Pia Hunter (Research and Instruction Librarian, University of Illinois-Champaign), Matthew Sag (Associate Dean of Faculty Research and Development, Loyola University, School of Law), and Sandra Kaufmann (Director of Dance, Loyola University, Department of Fine and Performing Arts). The panel was moderated by James Conley (Media Service Librarian, Loyola University). Michael Reed (Principle attorney at the Law Office of Michael Reed) provided an overview of copyright law and fair use concepts prior to the panel discussion.

2019 City Lit Event at Justice Entrepreneurs Project

In partnership with the American Librarian Association, Justice Entrepreneurs Project, and City Lit Theater, LCA and the LCA Associate Board sponsored a live literary reading of excerpts from twelve books that had been challenged or banned from circulation public or school libraries in 2018. The event was part of City Lit Theater's Books on the Chopping Block, an annual celebration of our freedom to read and the First Amendment. Michael Reed (Law Office of Michael Reed) provided opening remarks on the value of literacy and access to information in a free and open democracy, and the way in which the written word can act as a window into the lives of others to increase empathy and compassion within society.