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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 ($14/month or $44/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 ($399 or included with the $44/month membership to the artist’s Courtyard)

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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 ($14/month or $44/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 $44/month membership to the artist’s Courtyard)

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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)
5 essential steps on the path to trademark registration ($17 recorded workshop or included with membership to the artist’s Courtyard)
the artist’s Courtyard: an intimate membership community for artists, makers, and creatives on all things legal ($14/month or $44/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 $44/month membership to the artist’s Courtyard)

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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 ($14/month or $44/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 $44/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 $44/month membership to the artist’s Courtyard)

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