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Legal Resources
Find below lists of links and resources that PVLA staff, volunteer attorneys, and clients have found helpful, including news sources, government office websites, and entertainment and intellectual property weblogs.
- Useful books for Artists and Arts Organizations
- Government Offices
- Philadelphia Region Legal Services Organizations
- Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Organizations in Other States
- Resources for Artists
- Resources for Forming 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Orgs
- Publications and Periodicals
- Weblogs
Government Offices
United States Copyright Office
United States Patent and Trademerk Office
World Intellectual Property Organization
Philadelphia Region Legal Services Organizations
AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania
United Way Donor Option Number: 09067
Combined Federal Campaign Number: 9104
1211 Chestnut St., Ste.600, Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-587-9377 (phone); 215-587-9902 (fax)
Ronda Goldfein, Executive Director
American Civil Liberties Union
United Way Donor Option Number: 11900
P.O. Box 40008, Philadelphia, PA 19106
215-592-1513 (phone); 215-592-1343 (fax)
Nancy Hopkins, Executive Director
Center for Community Nonprofit Organizations
Temple University Beasely School of Law
1719 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA 19122
215-204-1465 (phone) 215-204-4693 (fax)
Christine Paul , Counsel
Center for Disability Law & Policy
1617 J.F.K. Blvd., Ste. 800, Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-557-7112 (phone/tty); 215-557-7602 (fax)
Stephen S. Pennington , Executive Director
Community Legal Services
United Way Donor Option Number: 02149
1424 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-981-3700 (phone); 215-981-0435 (fax)
Catherine Carr, Executive Director
Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project
United Way Donor Option Number: 10073
42 S. 15th St., 4th Fl., Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-523-9511 (phone); 215-981-3866 (fax)
Mary Anne Lucey, Project Director
Disability Rights Network(formerly Disabilities Law Project)
United Way Donor Option Number: 10121
1315 Walnut St., Ste. 400, Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-238-8070 (phone); 215-772-3126 (fax); 215-789-2498 (TDD)
Mark Murphy, Legal Director
Ilene Shain, Chief Executive Officer
Education Law Center - PA
United Way Donor Option Number: 1873
1315 Walnut St., Ste. 400, Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-238-6970 (phone); 215-772-3125 (fax): 215-789-2498 (TDD)
Janet Stotland & Len Rieser, Co-Executive Directors
The Elderly Law Project
Temple University Beasely School of Law
1719 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA 19122
215-204-6887 (phone) 215-204-2570 (fax)
Debra Kroll, Executive Director
Equality Advocates Pennsylvania (formerly Center for Lesbian & Gay Civil Rights )
United Way Donor Option Number: 12398
1211 Chestnut St., Ste. 605, Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-731-1447 (phone); 215-731-1544 (fax)
Stacey L. Sobel, Executive Director
Friends of Farmworkers
924 Cherry St., 4th Fl., Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-733-0878 (phone); 215-733-0876 (fax)
Karen Detamore, Executive Director
Arthur Read, General Counsel
HIAS and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia
2100 Arch St., 3rd Fl., Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-832-0900 (phone); 215-832-0919 (fax)
Judith Bernstein-Baker, Executive Director
Homeless Advocacy Project
United Way Donor Option Number: 03552
42 S. 15th St., 4th Fl., Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-523-9595 (phone); 215-981-3866 (fax)
Marsha Cohen, Executive Director
Juvenile Law Center
United Way Donor Option Number: 00784
1315 Walnut St., Ste. 400, Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-625-0551 (phone); 215-625-2808 (fax)
Robert Schwartz, Executive Director
Legal Clinic for the Disabled
United Way Donor Option Number: 01720
1513 Race St., Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-587-3350 (phone); 215-587-3166 (fax); 215-587-3352 (TTY)
Thomas C. Prettyman, Executive Director
National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women
United Way Donor Option Number: 09885
125 S. 9th St., Ste. 302, Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-351-0010 (phone); 215-351-0779 (fax)
Sue Osthoff, Executive Director
Nationalities Service Center
United Way Donor Option Number: 00088
1216 Arch St., 4th floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-893-8400 (phone); 215-735-8715 (fax)
Nan Feyler, Executive Director
Pennsylvania Capital Representation Project of the Philadelphia Federal Defender
Independence Square West, Ste. 545 West, Philadelphia, PA 19106
215-928-0520 (phone); 215-928-0826 (fax)
Robert Dunham, Director of Training, Capital Habeas Corpus Unit
Maureen Rowley, Federal Defender
Pennsylvania Health Law Project
Lafayette Building, Ste. 900, 437 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19106
215-625-3663 (phone); 215-625-3879 (fax): 866-236-6310 (TTY)
Michael Campbell, Director
Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center
50 Mt. Zion Rd., York, PA 17402
717-600-8099 (phone); 717-600-8044 (fax)
Angela Edris-Eveler, Executive Director
Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project
The Cast Iron Building, 718 Arch St., Ste. 304 South, Philadelphia, PA 19106
215-925-2966 (phone); 215-925-5337 (fax)
Angus Love, Executive Director
Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts
Three Parkway, 1601 Cherry St., Ste.1300, Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-569-1150 (phone); 215-569-9153 (fax)
Lynn Marks, Executive Director
Philadelphia Legal Assistance
42 S. 15th St., Ste. 500, Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-981-3800 (phone); 215-981-3860 (fax)
Anita Santos-Singh, Executive Director
Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
200 S. Broad St., Ste. 700, Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-545-3385 (phone); 215-545- 4839 (fax)
Kathleen C. Carignan, Associate Director and Legal Services Manager
Philadelphia VIP , Pro Bono Legal Services
and LawWorks, A Project of VIP
United Way Donor Option Number: 7763
42 S. 15th St., 4th Fl., Philadelphia, PA 19102
215-523-9550 (phone); 215-564-0845 (fax)
Sara Woods, Executive Director
LawWorks
215-523-9562 (phone); 215-564-0845 (fax)
Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia
United Way Donor Option Number: 00572
125 S. 9th St., Ste. 700, Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-627-7100 (phone); 215-627-3183 (fax)
Jennifer R. Clarke, Executive Director
Regional Housing Legal Services
United Way Donor Option Number: 14160
2 S. Easton Rd., Glenside, PA 19038
215-572-7300 (phone); 215-572-0262 (fax)
Mark S. Schwartz , Executive Director
Judy F. Berkman, Managing Attorney
SeniorLAW Center
United Way Donor Option Number: 04456
100 S. Broad St., 18th Fl., Ste. 1810, Land Title Building, Philadelphia, PA 19110
215-988-1244 (phone); 215-988-1243 (fax) ,
Karen Buck, Executive Director
Society Created to Reduce Urban Blight
1315 Walnut St., Ste. 1605, Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-731-1775 (phone); 215-732-5725 (fax)
Mary Tracy, Executive Director
Support Center for Child Advocates
United Way Donor Option Number: 00535
1900 Cherry St., Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-925-1913 (phone); 215-925-4756 (fax)
Frank Cervone, Executive Director
Temple Legal Aid Office
Beasley School of Law at Temple University
1719 N. Broad St. (enter Montgomery Ave.), Philadelphia, PA 19122
215-204-1800 (phone); 215-204-5521 (fax)
Mary K. Hanna, General Counsel
Spencer Rand, Associate Counsel
Family Litigation Program
Mary K. Hanna
Child Custody Mediation Program
Mary K. Hanna and Edward Blumstein
Patient Advocacy Program
Spencer Rand
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Gittis Center for Clinical Legal Studies
3400 Chestnut St.; Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-898-8427 (phone); 215-573-6783 (fax)
Civil Practice Clinic
Legislative Clinic
Mediation Clinic
Child Advocacy Clinic
Small Business Clinic
Douglas Frenkel, Director of Clinical Programs
Valerie Rose, Clinic Administrator
Villanova University School of Law
Villanova Clinical Programs
299 N. Spring Mill Rd., Villanova, PA 19085
610-519-6417 (phone); 610-519-5173 (fax)
Michele Pistone , Director of Clinical Programs
Clinic for Asylum, Refugee and Emigrant Services
Michele Pistone, Director
Civil Justice Clinic
Dveera Segal, Director
Farmworker Legal Aid Clinic
Beth Lyon, Director
Federal Tax Clinic
Les Book, Director
Women Against Abuse Legal Center
United Way Donor Option Number: 00195
100 S. Broad St., 5th Fl., Philadelphia, PA 19110
215-686-7082 (phone); 215-686-7041 (fax)
Molly Callahan, Legal Center Director
Women's Law Project
United Way Donor Option Number: 00198
125 S. 9th St., Ste. 300, Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-928-9801 (phone); 215-928-9848 (fax)
Carol Tracy, Executive Director
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Organizations in Other States
Ordered Alphabetically
CALIFORNIA ORGANIZATIONS
Beverly Hills Bar Association Barristers' Committee for the Arts
300 S. Beverly Dr. Ste. 201
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Tel: (310) 553-6644
California Lawyers for the Arts (Oakland)
Oakland, CA 94612
Tel: (510) 444-6351
Fax: (510) 444-6352
California Lawyers for the Arts (Sacramento)
926 J St., Ste. 811
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: (916) 442-6210
Fax: (916) 442-6281
California Lawyers for the Arts (San Francisco)
Fort Mason Center, Building C, Rm 255
San Francisco, CA 94123
Tel: (415) 775-7200
Fax: (415) 775-1143
California Lawyers for the Arts (Santa Monica)
1641 18th St.
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Tel: (310) 998-5590
Fax: (310) 998-5594 Fax
COLORADO ORGANIZATIONS
Colorado Lawyers for the Arts
P.O. Box 48148
Denver, CO 80204
Tel: (303) 722 7994
Fax: (303) 778 0203
CONNECTICUT ORGANIZATIONS
Connecticut Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism
One Financial Plaza
755 Main St.
Hartford, CT 06103
Tel: (860) 256-2800 (Thursdays 10:30-4:30)
Fax: (860) 256-2811 Fax
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ORGANIZATIONS
Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts (WALA)
901 New York Avenue, NW, Ste. P1
Washington, DC 20001-4413
Tel: (202) 289 4440
Fax: (202) 289 4985
FLORIDA ORGANIZATIONS
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Pinnellas County Arts Council
14700 Terminal Blvd., Suite 229
Clearwater, FL 33762
Tel: (727) 453-7860
Fax: (727) 453-7855
GEORGIA ORGANIZATIONS
Georgia Lawyers for the Arts
887 W. Marietta St. NW, Ste. J-101
Atlanta, GA 30318
Tel: (404) 873-3911
Fax: (404) 817-6827
ILLINOIS ORGANIZATIONS
Lawyers for the Creative Arts
213 W. Institute Pl., Suite 401
Chicago, IL 60610
Tel: (312) 649-4111
Fax: (312) 944- 2195
INDIANA ORGANIZATIONS
Creative Arts Legal League
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
2219 Rome Dr.
Indianapolis, IN 46228
KANSAS ORGANIZATIONS
Mid-America Arts Resources
c/o Susan J. Whitfield-Lungren
PO Box 363
Lindsborg, KS 67456
Tel: ( 785)-227-2321
LOUISIANA ORGANIZATIONS
Louisiana Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
225 Baronne Street, Suite 1712
New Orleans, LA 70112
Tel: (504) 523 1465
Fax: (504) 529 2430
MAINE ORGANIZATIONS
Maine Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Tel: (207) 871 7033
Maine Lawyer Referral Information Service
Maine State Bar Association
Tel: (800) 860-1460 (toll-free)
Tel: (207) 622-1460 (local)
MARYLAND ORGANIZATIONS
Maryland Lawyers for the Arts
113 West North Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201
Tel: 410-752-1633
MASSACUSETTS ORGANIZATIONS
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts, Inc.
249 A Street, Studio 14
Boston, MA 02110
Tel: (617) 350-7600
Tel(2): (617) 350-7600
Fax: (617) 350-7610
MICHIGAN ORGANIZATIONS
ArtServe Michigan (Southfield)
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts & Culture
17515 West Nine Mile Road, Suite 1025
Southfield, MI 48075-4426
Tel: (248) 557-8288 x14
Fax: (248) 557-8581
ArtServe Michigan (Lansing)
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts & Culture
1310 Turner St., Ste. C
Lansing, MI 48906
Tel: (517) 371-7029
Fax: (517) 371-1743
MINNESOTA ORGANIZATIONS
Springboard for the Arts
Resources and Counseling for the Arts
308 Prince St., Suite 270
St. Paul, MN 55101
Tel: (651) 292-4381
Fax: (651) 292-4315
MISSOURI ORGANIZATIONS
Kansas City Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts
115 W. 18th St
Kansas City, MO 64108
Tel: (816) 472-3535
St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts
6128 Delmar Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63112
Tel: (314) 863-6930
Fax: (314) 863-6932
MONTANA ORGANIZATIONS
Montana Arts Council
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 202201
Helena, MT 59620-2201
Street Address:
316 N. Park Ave., Suite 252
Helena, MT 59620
Tel: (406) 444 6430
Fax: (406) 444 6548
NEW HAMPSHIRE ORGANIZATIONS
Lawyers for the Arts/New Hampshire
One Granite Pl.
Concord, NH 03301
Tel: (603) 224-8300
Fax: (603) 226-2963
NEW JERSEY ORGANIZATIONS
New Jersey Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
P.O. Box 1520
Laurel Springs, NJ 08021
Tel: (856) 627-0428
Fax: (856) 627-0430
NEW YORK ORGANIZATIONS
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
1 E. 53rd St., 6th Fl.
New York, NY 10022
Tel: (212) 319-ARTS (2787) ext. 1
Fax: (212) 752-6575
NORTH CAROLINA ORGANIZATIONS
North Carolina Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (NCVLA)
PO Box 26513
Raleigh, NC 27611-6513
Tel: 919-491-4625
Fax: (775) 255 5286
OHIO ORGANIZATIONS
Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts - Cleveland
c/o The Cleveland Bar Association
1301 East 9th St., Second Level
Cleveland, OH 44114-1253
Tel: (216) 696-3525 (Lawyer referral service)
Toledo Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts
c/o Arnold Gottlieb, Esq.
608 Madison, Ste. 1523
Toledo, OH 43604
Tel: (419) 255-3344
Fax: (419) 255-1329
PENNSYLVANIA ORGANIZATIONS
Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
200 S. Broad St, Ste. 700
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Tel: (215) 790-3822
Fax: (215) 790-3888
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council - Pittsburgh Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
707 Penn Avenue, 2nd Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Tel: (412) 391-2060
Fax: (412) 394-4280
RHODE ISLAND ORGANIZATIONS
Ocean State Lawyers for the Arts
PO Box 19
Saunderstown, RI 02874
Tel: (401) 789-5686
TEXAS ORGANIZATIONS
Texas Accountants & Lawyers for the Arts
1540 Sul Ross
Houston, TX 77006
Tel: (800) 526-8252 (toll-free)
Tel: (713) 526-4876 x201 (local)
Fax: (713) 526-1299
UTAH ORGANIZATIONS
Utah Lawyers for the Arts
PO Box 652
Salt Lake City, UT 84110
Contact: Andrew Deiss
VIRGINIA ORGANIZATIONS
Virginia Lawyers for the Arts
Contact: Paige Conner Totaro
1436 U Street NW, Ste. 103
Washington, DC 20009
Tel: (202) 638-2406
Fax: (202) 638-3388
WASHINGTON ORGANIZATIONS
Washington Lawyers for the Arts
819 N. 49th Street, #207
Seattle, WA 98103
Tel: (206) 328 7053
Fax: (206) 545-4866
Resources for Artists
CREATIVE COMMONS
"Creative Commons provides free tools that let authors, scientists, artists and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry. You can use Creative Commons to change your copyright terms from 'All Rights Reserved' to 'Some Rights Reserved'."
DAILYLIT
"Digest of Public Domain works of literature."
GREATER PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL ALLIANCE "Leading the effort to increase awareness of, participation in, and support for arts and culture in the Greater Philadelphia region."
GREATER PHILADELPHIA FILM OFFICE
"A “film commission” representing southeastern Pennsylvania that officially serves the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia. We are a member of the Association of Film Commissions International (AFCI), and a founding member of Film US. GPFO, first established in 1985 as a part of Philadelphia city government, continues to reside within city offices. In 1992, we became a regional economic development office, incorporating as the Greater Philadelphia Film Office, a Pennsylvania non profit corporation, in July, 2000."
LIBRIVOX
"LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain and release the audio files back onto the net. Our goal is to make all public domain books available as free audio books. We are a totally volunteer, open source, free content, public domain project."
THEATER ALLIANCE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA
"The Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia is a member-based service and leadership organization composed of non-profit professional theatres, individuals, and other affiliated organizations within the Greater Philadelphia region. The Theatre Alliance serves to strengthen and lead the region's richly diverse theatre community by promoting positive awareness and serving as a resource for information, professional development and advocacy."
UNIVERSITY CITY ARTS LEAGUE
"In 1965, a handful of West Philadelphia artists, art collectors and students of the arts got together to form the University City Arts League in a modest Victorian twin at 4226 Spruce Street."
Resources for Forming 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Orgs
THE NONPROFIT CENTER
(formerly the LaSalle Nonprofit Management Development Center)
Tel: (215) 951-1701
Publications and Periodicals
Weblogs
Note: Weblogs (blogs) can be an excellent source of knowledge and information. However, many blogs are not edited well (or at all for that matter). Anything posted to a blog must be read with the understanding that it may not be true. The information contained in the blogs below DOES NOT constitute legal advice. If you require legal advice please contact an attorney.