Luke Blackadar is an attorney and the Deputy Director of Legal Services at the Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston, Inc, (A&BC). As an artist himself, he helps artists, creative start-ups, and arts nonprofits manage legal issues involving copyright, trademark, contracts, entity formation, and corporate governance. Blackadar also enjoys talking to groups of law students and artists and has recently spoken on art legal issues to the Americans for the Arts, the City of Boston, and students at Brown University, RISD, MassArt, and Lesley University. In addition to managing the A&BC’s legal interns, he teaches at Roger Williams University School of Law and mentors students through the Northeastern University and Northeast Regional Black Law Student Associations. Blackadar is a graduate of Clark University and Northeastern University School of Law. In his spare time, he enjoys drawing, running, reading, and playing video games.

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