This project aims to support the Center for Art Law’s mission of offering educational resources for the advancement of a vibrant arts and law community. Through our partnership, we will contribute to legal scholarship on issues such as artists’ rights, intellectual property, restitution, and cultural heritage. The project responds to the unmet need for accessible legal resources and programming in the arts community for the benefit of artists, students, academics, and legal professionals.
In collaboration with the Center for Art Law, students will review case law and contribute to the Center’s collection of lawsuits in their Case Law Corner involving artworks, cultural property, artists’ estates, galleries, and other areas of interest. Familiarity with art history, visual art, and/or the humanities is helpful but is by no means necessary as the project itself will involve training and collaboration. Through this project, students will learn about the world of art law and develop their legal research and analysis skills.
Supervision: Students in AIR provide legal services under the supervision of Center for Art Law.
Time commitment: AIR students will meet as a whole biweekly and AIR students will meet weekly with their project group. Specific day and time will be determined based on the availability of students and supervising attorneys. Students are expected to work 2-4 hours per week.
For more information, please contact the student leaders at airprobono@law.berkeley.edu.