TALA INDIVIDUAL ARTIST MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

This form is only for new artist members. If you're a renewing your membership, please use our renewal application. If you're an inventor seeking patent assistance, visit our Patent Pro Bono page. 
Financial Information
Please note applications cannot be considered without the following information. For the purposes of this form, your household includes you, any spouses or partners, cohabitating family members, and dependents.

Not sure if you qualify financially? Fill out as much of the form as you can to receive an automated eligibility determination. You will not be able to proceed to the application fee payment screen unless the answers you've given indicate you're eligible for membership.

If multiple household members filed taxes separately, enter the aggregate of these incomes.


What is your Household size?






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The information requested in the following six questions is not required and you may select “Prefer not to say.” Eligibility for TALA programs is not affected by your responses. The data collected in this section will be used only in the aggregate for statistical purposes.






By submitting this form, I acknowledge:

TALA can't provide emergency legal or accounting assistance. I'm able to wait for an available volunteer to respond to my request for assistance.

TALA volunteers provide their services pro bono; I won't be charged for legal or accounting services performed within the scope of my requests for assistance. However, I'm responsible for my own filing costs and fees required by third party agencies (e.g., trademark or copyright registration fees, tax liabilities, etc.). I will notify TALA immediately if I'm asked to pay for professional services within the scope of my request for assistance, or if I'm asked to sign an agreement to share future earnings from my work.

TALA volunteers can't represent me in a lawsuit or file my taxes. Volunteers can, however, try to negotiate a solution on my behalf and/or advise me on resolving my dispute through mediation or in small claims court.

TALA can't guarantee that it will be able to refer my case to a volunteer, guarantee a specific outcome in my case, nor make any representation as to the skill of a volunteer attorney or accountant. I will notify TALA immediately to report concerns about my volunteer's abilities, or to request a new volunteer assignment.

TALA may attempt to provide assistance in cases not related to the arts in exigent situations such as natural disaster, but volunteer resources in areas such as health care, insurance, and residential tenancy are limited, TALA can't guarantee a volunteer match for cases requiring knowledge in these areas of law.

I will be represented by my assigned volunteer or my volunteer's law firm and not by TALA. In the event litigation or arbitration becomes necessary, or my case expands beyond the scope of the request for assistance I've submitted, I will not oppose my volunteer’s decision to withdraw from representation. I agree to promptly notify TALA if I no longer need the assistance of a volunteer.
Payment Information
Your card will be charged $75 for the TALA application fee. Please note TALA does not provide refunds if incorrect or misleading information has been submitted or information has been withheld for the purposes of qualifying for services.





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