BLS students can join the BLS Art Law Association (ALA).
- ALA states it "provides a forum for students, faculty, and practitioners to explore and debate the wide range of legal issues associated with the creation, collection, presentation, and preservation of the visual arts." Contact: ala@brooklaw.edu
American Bar Association (ABA) law student membership is free. A law student can join five free ABA groups, including:
- International Law Section, which has an Art & Cultural Heritage Law Committee. Membership likely will increase a law student's access to news articles, events, and webinars.
- Seemingly, ABA law student members of the international Law Section could view:
- Later in summer 2025, International Law Section's International Legal Developments Year in Review 2024 should become available to International Law Section members here. It likely will include: International Art and Cultural Heritage Law - International Legal Developments Year in Review: 2024.
American Society of International Law (ASIL) student membership is free for BLS students because BLS is an ASIL Academic Partner. BLS students also can access career development resources (including a job board) and can register for free to attend ASIL's Midyear Meeting. ASIL's student membership page states: "Students from Academic Partner Schools will have the opportunity to obtain a Discount Promo Code during the process of joining or renewing membership with the Society."
- Click here to access publicly accessible recordings from many of ASIL's 2024 Annual Meeting programs. Click the "+" to the far right of: Audio Content to view the program list/link to audio recordings. These program recordings could yield paper and note topic ideas.
- In the near future, the link above will provide publicly accessible audio recordings from many of ASIL's 2025 Annual Meeting programs.
New York County Lawyers Association (NYCLA) membership is complimentary for a "law school student enrolled in a JD or LLM program." There is a NYCLA Art Law Committee.
- EVENT (requires advance registration): NYCLA's 16th Art Law Institute on May 15-16, 2025 from 9 am - 1:15 pm. Institute's description states that this event "brings together a diverse roster of speakers representing multiple sectors of the art world."
New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) law student membership also is free. It offers the opportunity to join practice-focused NYSBA Sections, including: Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section + International Section, which includes an Art Law, Art Funds & Art Finance Committee (International). Membership likely will increase a law student's access to articles, events and webinars.
Low-cost opportunities for BLS students:
International Bar Association has a £25/year individual student membership fee. Student members can ask to work with the Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law Committee.
New York City Bar Association has a $25/year membership fee for current JD students and a $50/year membership fee for LLM students. Student members can apply to join committees, including Art Law Committee and Copyright & Literary Property Committee.
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts deeply discounts its programs, workshops and on-demand recordings for students. See its events calendar.
Examples:
- EVENT SERIES: Legal Issues Workshop Series (requires advance registration + payment of $25) = 4 1-hour workshops occurring between April 22-28, 2025. Includes:
- Legal Issues for Visual Artists, Thurs., April 24, 1-2 pm
- Right of Publicity in New York, Thurs., April 24, 5-6 pm
- EVENT: Art & AI Panel: Who Owns Creativity? (requires advance registration + cost = $35 for a full-time student (must present proof of full-time status with registration), May 15, 6:30-8:30 pm.
- On-demand video of VLA's webinar: Copyright and Trademark Considerations for Using Generative AI Technology - $5 for a full-time student.
