NJVLA Overview

The New Jersey Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (“NJVLA”) provides legal education, representation, and other legal services to the entire State’s arts community, and in particular to low income artists and non-profit arts organizations.

Our founders are partners in New Jersey’s top law firms, retired judges, law school professors, and the publisher of New Jersey’s legal newspaper of record.

NJVLA provides the NJ arts community with legal support and education. We provide legal referrals to volunteer attorneys and we teach artists about their legal rights and responsibilities in developing, protecting, and realizing the value in their work.

If you are an artist or arts organization, please click here to learn more about our services.

If you are an attorney eager to help out as a volunteer, please click here to learn how you can help.

PLEASE NOTE: NJVLA IS A LEGAL REFERRAL SERVICE. IT DOES NOT PRACTICE LAW, PROVIDE LEGAL ADVICE, OR REPRESENTATION. IF YOU QUALIFY UNDER OUR FINANCIAL GUIDELINES, WE MAY REFER YOU TO AN INDEPENDENT VOLUNTEER ATTORNEY TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR MATTER. NJVLA DOES NOT AND IT CANNOT GUARANTEE YOUR ATTORNEY'S LEVEL OF EXPERTISE OR EXPERIENCE.

The New Jersey Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
c/o New Jersey Law Journal
P.O. Box 20081
Newark, NJ 07101-6081
(856) 963-6300 Phone
(856) 963-6301 Fax
info@njvla.org

NJVLA is the recipient of grant awards from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, and The IOLTA Fund of the Bar of New Jersey.