Historical November 1983 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
In September, the St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (SLVLA) marked the completion of its second year of service to the metropolitan arts community.
During that time, the seventy-five attorneys participating in SLVLA have provided pro bono legal services to qualifying playwrights, potters, and actors; to theatre groups and neighborhood arts councils — including our West End Arts Council. Marvin Nodiff, a Rosedale resident and The Paper’s attorney, was a founding member in 1981 of the St. Louis group, one of forty in the United States.
The St. Louis Arts and Humanities Commission provided initial funding for operating expenses, and the St. Louis University School of Law contributed space, telephone, and office support.
These two organizations continue their joint sponsorship of SLVLA.
The group is governed by a board of directors chaired by Richard E. Haferkamp, and is staffed by a part-time project coordinator.
The major activity of the St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts is its referral service, matching financially eligible artists and arts organizations having an artsrelated legal problem with participating attorneys expert in fourteen different areas of arts law. SLVLA also sponsors yearly educational seminars that are geared toward helping artists avert legal problems.
The 1983 seminar, “Artists in the Eighties: Making It In Business,” featured business professionals in law, accounting, and insurance in a series of evening presentations attended by more than one hundred persons.
The St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts office is located in the St. Louis University School of Law, 3700 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis 63108.
The telephone number is (314) 658-2778.
Originally published in The Paper, November 1983.
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