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Legal Advice

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Need legal advice for your music career? Ivors Academy membership connects you with industry lawyers for free consultations and provides sample contracts and guides to help you understand and protect your music rights.

Speak to a lawyer

We can connect you with an approved industry lawyer for a free 1 hour consultation by phone or email. This consultation can help you understand your options for issues related to your music. (This service can only be used for agreements and matters relating to UK Law)

There is no obligation to retain the services of the advisor past the hour consultation.

Already a member and looking to contact a lawyer? Visit the Members Area to complete the Legal Referral Form and get in touch with one of our trusted legal advisors.

Access sample contracts

We also provide a range of sample contracts and agreements as a member resource.

When you join as a member, you’ll have access to our comprehensive range of templates, covering contracts types such as commissions, session agreements, syncs, single song assignments and more.

The templates can be easily downloaded and edited to help safeguard your interests as a songwriter or composer.

Read our guides

Our Every Career Builder Guides for members cover all the business essentials for music creators. Get started and read our Contracts Introduction guide.

What our members say

"Finding your way as a new artist is a challenge, especially when it comes to the legal side of the music business. The advice given through the Ivors Academy's legal referral service was invaluable and gave me the confidence to stand my corner for the best deal I could get. Your support made all the difference."

- Jamie Pullen, Early Career member

Join us to access the sample contracts, agreements and guides today.

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