LCA Legal Clinic Registration

Legal Clinic: Evaluating Your Dispute

In-Person Legal Clinic | Jan 13th, 2025 | 1:00PM - 4:00PM CT

Program Description:
A clinic designed to help parties understand the strengths and weaknesses of their respective positions and assess the potential range of outcomes in their cases.

Application Deadline: January 5, 2026 (While the clinic is free, individuals and organizations must apply and be accepted to participate)

Clinic Date: January 13, 2026 | 1:00 – 4:00 PM CT | In-Person in Chicago

Whenever you enter into an agreement, whether it’s verbal, over email, or a formal contract, you expect the other party to uphold their commitments. What happens when the agreement is not honored?

This legal clinic is tailored for artists or arts organizations in Illinois, offering guidance on evaluating dispute claims for a variety of agreement types, including:

Employment issues
Landlord-tenant issues
Lack of payment
Breach of contract
And more

Join attorneys from Greenberg Traurig and Lawyers for the Creative Arts for an in-person, limited-scope pro bono clinic in Chicago. Each artist or organization will be paired with Greenberg Traurig attorneys to review and evaluate their dispute. By the end of the session, participants will better understand the legal issues at play, the strength of their claims, and actionable next steps they can take either with LCA or independently.  

Application Requirements:

Applicants must be independent artists or arts organizations in Illinois. 
In-person attendance is required on Jan 13 in Chicago.
Applicants must have a current, active dispute to evaluate at the clinic.

For Individual Artists:

Household income must fall within 300% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines.

For For-Profit Arts Organizations:

The owner’s (or owners’) household income must fall within 300% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines.
At least one staff member must attend in person on January 13 in Chicago.

For Nonprofit Arts Organizations:

Must be incorporated as a nonprofit in Illinois and in good standing with the State.
The organization's current fiscal year budget must not exceed $1.5 million.
A board leader must attend in person on Jan 13 in Chicago.

Upon receipt of your application and determination of eligibility, LCA will contact you. Your application will then be shared with Greenberg Traurig for acceptance into the clinic. If approved by both LCA and Greenberg Traurig, you will be notified of the clinic location and other details. Please hold the date and time of the clinic on your calendar once you apply.

SF Seminar ID

Stage

Notes Title

Legal Issue

Case Origin

Are you an artist, an arts worker, or applying on behalf of an arts organization?

Other Arts Related Activity

Please indicate whether you are applying as an independent artist or representing a for-profit or nonprofit arts organization.

Registration Information

Attendee First Name	Attendee Last Name
Email Street Address	Phone Number Zip code
Household Income Please enter only numerical values in this field. Do not include any symbols, letters, or other characters	Household Size Please enter only numerical values in this field. Do not include any symbols, letters, or other characters

Organization Information

Organization Affiliation	Organization EIN
Organization Budget Please enter only numerical values in this field. Do not include any symbols, letters, or other characters	Is your organization incorporated as a nonprofit in IL? Qualifying orgs must be incorporated as a nonprofit in Illinois and be in good standing with the State.
Organization Street Address	Organization Zip code

Please provide a brief description of the nature of your dispute.

List the names of anyone else who will be representing your organization at the clinic.

Please identify all adverse parties and include, for each, the name, organizational affiliation, and address (as applicable and available).

Please upload a PDF of all relevant documents--this may include contracts, emails, text messages, social media DMs, or any other communications related to the dispute.

By submitting this form, you acknowledge that registration information will be utilized by LCA in accordance with our Terms of Service.

Client Declaration

To the best of my knowledge, all information provided in this application is accurate and true. In addition, I have read, understand, and agree with the terms of service presented by LCA.

Contact Information