PenPointsNovember 2007

November 2007

Amy Cook: Legal Eagle at IWPA November 17 Meeting

Amy Cook

Move over, Boston Legal. Amy Cook, attorney at law, will be our very own Chicago Legal on November 17 when IWPA presents “The Legal Aspects of Writing.”

Ms. Cook is editor-in-chief of the award-winning Chicago Bar Magazine and contributing editor of the Writers’ Digest. Her leadership on the board of directors for Chicago’s prestigious Lawyers for the Creative Arts reflects her interest and protection of the artistic endeavor. As a former literary agent, she knows the pulse of a writer’s survival and appreciates both beauty and beast of publication.

Join us for this “must see” program for writers at any career stage of their lives. Amy Cook is a natural resource of current issues and laws facing the writing and publishing careers. Her presentation will focus on copyright, intellectual property protection, and research laws.

SAVE THE DATE:

February 16, 2008

10 a.m. Breakfast Meeting

Chicago Methodist Temple

77 W. Washington St.

Michelle Weldon, IWPA member, award-winning author of nonfiction memoirs, and Northwestern University professor will present “Adapting to a New World in Journalism.” She was featured on CBS Channel 2’s report on Amy Jacobson as the “expert” in journalistic ethics. She is the owner of “Michele Weldon’s Writing to Save Your Life Workshops.” She has appeared on “Oprah Winfrey,” “Jenny Jones” and “ABC Sunday Morning.”

IWPA members, fulltime students

and guests: $15.00

Non-Members $25.00

IWPA FALL BREAKFAST

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Networking & Continental Breakfast: 10 AM

Program: 10:30 - 11:30 AM

"THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF WRITING”

Amy Cook

Editor-in-Chief

Chicago Bar Magazine

Chicago, Ill.