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Bill and Gale Rattner Nonprofit Start-up Workshop

Wednesday
July 16, 2025
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Legacy & Estate Planning Essentials for Artists

Thursday
July 17, 2025
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
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Understanding Fair Use

Wednesday
July 23, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
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How to Apply for Street Performer & Peddler Licenses in Chicago

Wednesday
July 23, 2025
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
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Beyond Exposure: Ensuring Payment and Credit When You Don’t Have a Contract

Tuesday
August 19, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Flyer for the event “Dress Codes: Where Fashion Meets the Law” featuring Richard Thompson Ford, hosted by Lawyers for the Creative Arts. August 28, 12–1:30 PM CT on Zoom. Free registration at law-arts.org.

Dress Codes: Where Fashion Meets the Law

Thursday
August 28, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Legal Clinic: Contract Review with Loeb & Loeb

Apply by Sept 3rd
Thursday
September 11, 2025
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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Sexual Harassment Prevention & Bystander Intervention Training

Friday
December 5, 2025
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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2025 Annual Benefit Luncheon

Fashion as you've never seen it
Thursday
December 11, 2025
11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Past Seminars

Getting Noticed Through the Noise

Monday
July 22, 2019
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Working with professional performers on your short films, web series and low budget features

Monday
May 13, 2019
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Pixellism: The Art of Video Games

Wednesday
October 24, 2018
6:00 pm

#MeToo and #TimesUp: Finding a Path Forward

Breakout session at the 73rd National Conference of the League of American Orchestras
Friday
June 15, 2018
3:00 pm

LCA’s LawSmarts: Songwriting and Song Rights

Saturday
April 14, 2018
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Writers’ Rights and Responsibilities

Tuesday
March 13, 2018
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Legal Issues for Editors, Authors, and Freelancers

Thursday
January 25, 2018
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

The Contract Check Up

Tuesday
January 23, 2018
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Chicago Creative Coalition

Trademarks and Copyrights
Tuesday
January 16, 2018
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

LCA LawSmarts: How to Monetize Your Artwork with Licenses

Thursday
December 14, 2017
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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