UT College of Law Free Law Clinic on April 21, 2020
As of Tuesday, March 24, this workshop has been cancelled/postponed. Please stay tuned for a future date!
The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to present a free workshop with Eric Amarante, Law Professor at the University of Tennessee Law School and director of the Community Economic Development Clinic. The workshop will be geared toward artists and other creative people and takes place on Tuesday, April 21, from 4:30-5:30 PM at the Emporium Center in downtown Knoxville.
Although the workshop is FREE to attend, we ask you to kindly RSVP to sc@knoxalliance.com or 865-523-7543 to help with planning.
If you plan to attend the workshop, please feel free to submit any legal questions you might have with your RSVP. During the session, Eric will also be answering questions including:
- What is copyright, and how do I copyright my work?
- What is trademark law and how does it affect my work?
- What is fair use, and how can I legally incorporate preexisting works into my art?
- What rights do I have in my art after it is sold?
- What rights do I have in my name and likeness?
Professor Amarante joined the UT College of Law in 2017 after teaching at the University of Nevada Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law for four years. At UNLV, Amarante taught contracts and small business law, and directed the Small Business and Nonprofit Legal Clinic. Prior to his stint at UNLV, Amarante was the inaugural Whiting Fellow at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.
Amarante received his J.D. from Cornell Law School and his B.A. from the University of Texas. After law school, he joined Sullivan & Cromwell’s corporate group in Palo Alto, where his practice primarily focused on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and securities offerings. After several years at Sullivan, he moved to Seattle to join the business transaction group of Davis Wright Tremaine. There he worked on a wide range of projects, from documenting multi-billion dollar joint ventures to counseling entrepreneurs on legal issues facing early-stage companies.