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Last updated: January 9, 2020
There are a TON of freebies, workshops, courses, and resources scattered around the artist’s J.D. website.
Which is why I created this page. To be your one-stop shop for the free and paid resources I’ve designed to help you protect your ass(ets) without legal confusion.
Below you’ll find almost every resource I currently have organized by topic. And within each topic, I’ve sorted them by price (which is clearly listed).
P.S. I’ve also compiled the tools I use to run my business and my favorite business books!
Hop to resources on: your legal foundation | contracts | copyright + trademark | LLC + corporation | running a creative business | website + email + social media
Your legal foundation
- 5 easy must-do legal tasks for every creative business: a 14-day email challenge helping you tackle the 5 tasks I think are critical for every creative business (free)
- Emails in your inbox from your friendly legal eagle (free weekly email)
- Quick and dirty checklist to starting a creative business (free checklist)
- the artist’s Journal Issue 1, Planning your best year yet (free PDF magazine)
- the artist’s Courtyard: an intimate membership community for artists, makers, and creatives on all things legal ($5, $15/month or $45/month)
- Securing your legal foundation: a step-by-step course giving you a roadmap on which legal tasks you need to complete now–and which can wait (Included with the $15/month membership to the artist’s Courtyard)
Contracts
- How to write a contract for your creative business (free mini-book, checklist, and audio recording)
- Emails in your inbox from your friendly legal eagle (free weekly email)
- Want to learn how a lawyer reviews contracts? (free workbook)
- the artist’s Courtyard: an intimate membership community for artists, makers, and creatives on all things legal ($5, $15/month or $45/month)
- Write a contract: a step-by-step course helping you create a contract you love, with five contract templates you can use as jumping-off points (included with the $45/month membership to the artist’s Courtyard)
Copyright + trademark
- “Can I use your copyrighted materials?” email template (free template)
- DMCA Takedown Notice (free template + instructions)
- Emails in your inbox from your friendly legal eagle (free weekly email)
- How to deal with copycats (free workbook)
- How to do a trademark search (free checklist + instructions)
- Ready to register your copyright? (free checklist)
- the artist’s Courtyard: an intimate membership community for artists, makers, and creatives on all things legal ($5, $15/month or $45/month)
- How to register your copyrights: a step-by-step course helping confidently register your copyrights with the U.S. Copyright Office (included with the $45/month membership to the artist’s Courtyard)
LLC + corporation
- Should I be an LLC? (free mini-book, checklist, and audio recording)
- Emails in your inbox from your friendly legal eagle (free weekly email)
- the artist’s Courtyard: an intimate membership community for artists, makers, and creatives on all things legal ($5, $15/month or $45/month)
- the artist’s Organizer: LLC Edition – Create and Maintain your LLC: a step-by-step course helping create an LLC in any U.S. State and feel confident that you know what’s expected to keep it legit (included with the $45/month membership to the artist’s Courtyard)
- the artist’s Organizer: LLC Edition – Maintain your LLC: a step-by-step course helping keep your LLC on the up and up, regardless of which state your LLC is based in (included with the $45/month membership to the artist’s Courtyard)
Running a creative business
- 1-sheet creative business plan (free worksheet)
- Emails in your inbox from your friendly legal eagle (free weekly email)
- Identify your core business values (free list)
- Is my new team member an employee or an independent contractor? (free workbook)
- the artist’s Journal Issue 1, Planning your best year yet (free PDF magazine)
- the artist’s Courtyard: an intimate membership community for artists, makers, and creatives on all things legal ($5, $15/month or $45/month)
Website + email + social media
- Create your Privacy Policy (free 5-day email challenge)
- Emails in your inbox from your friendly legal eagle (free weekly email)
- DMCA Takedown Notice (free template + instructions)
- Play Website Policy Mad Libs (free workbook)
- Print on Demand Terms of Service Comparison (free chart)
- the artist’s Journal–Elevating your online presence (free PDF magazine)
- the artist’s Courtyard: an intimate membership community for artists, makers, and creatives on all things legal ($5, $15/month or $45/month)
