by Manojna Yeluri
Coffee for Contracts:
Making creative legal talk easier — one coffee date at a time.
What is Coffee for Contracts?
Coffee for Contracts is an annual offering by Artistik License, created to demystify legal conversations in the creative world — one cup of coffee at a time.
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Launched on a sunny afternoon in 2018 by cultural rights lawyer and Artistik License founder Manojna Yeluri, this initiative began as an experiment in care, curiosity, and solidarity. Each year in July, Manojna opens up her calendar to artists, designers, musicians, and creative practitioners for free one-on-one conversations about contracts, copyrights, disputes, and everything in between. There’s no legalese, no pressure — and no formal lawyer-client relationship. Just honest, respectful dialogue over a virtual cup of coffee.
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All she asks in return?
If and when you cross paths in the real world, buy her a cup of coffee.
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But Coffee for Contracts isn’t just about one-on-one chats. It also helps map common struggles and questions artists face — which later find their way into Artistik License blogs, Instagram guides, and deeper resources for the community.
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At its heart, Coffee for Contracts is a reminder that legal support doesn’t have to be cold, complex, or transactional. It can be warm, collaborative, and rooted in respect for creative work.
July 2025 edition
Thank you so much for sharing your responses and participating in this year's edition of Coffee for Contracts! I will reach out to you soon about your query, and whether we can connect over an email, a zoom call or maybe even IRL over that cup of coffee. I am pretty much running this project on my own, which means that I hope you show me some grace and patience should I be a bit slow to respond to your submission. And of course, you can always follow my work on Instagram @artistiklicense.
Guidelines
1. This open call is just for the month of July — from July 1 to July 31, 2025.
2. You can share your questions using the form linked here. This form asks a few different questions which will helps me get a sense of your context before I respond with support, insight, or next steps. I also seek some of your thoughts about the creative ecosystem.
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3. I reserve the right to not respond to your queries, and please note that the offerings of this project do not extend to any ongoing client relationships and projects.
4. Participating in the Coffee for Contracts project i.e collaborating with or submitting your queries does not automatically create a lawyer client relationship. This project is purely educational and meant to act as an information exchange. This also means that neither Manojna (myself) nor Artistik License is inviting work from you.
5. And lastly, I am making all efforts for complete confidentiality to be maintained with your submissions and personal data.