2024-12-22T05:14:15-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/118272302/is-unpaid-work-ever-legal-brian-newman-archinect-sessions-legal-correspondent-answers-the-question Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-01-13T18:47:00-05:00 >2015-01-14T20:52:03-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ie/ie5glcf7hvi9vxxm.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Need legal advice? Sure you do, all architects could use some. <a href="http://archinect.com/sessions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Archinect Sessions</a> is proud to have&nbsp;<a href="http://www.dykema.com/professionals-brian_newman.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Newman</a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.dykema.com/offices-los-angeles-california.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dykema Gossett PLLC</a>&nbsp;as our official legal correspondent, offering insight into the legal quagmire of architectural practice. Brian is a regular guest on the podcast, dishing out info on internships, how to negotiate a contract, and when to take things to court. We've extracted his segments to better focus directly on his wisdom.</p><p>Brian made his podcasting debut on <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/115666803/powers-of-10-with-christopher-hawthorne-architecture-critic-at-the-la-times-on-archinect-sessions-10" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode #10</a>, Powers of 10 with Christopher Hawthorne, architecture critic at the <em>LA Times</em>. In that episode, Paul spoke with Brian about when unpaid work is legal (and when it certainly isn't). Listen to their conversation below:</p><p></p><p>Click <a href="https://soundcloud.com/archinect/archinect-sessions-lawyer-correspondent-brian-newman-on-unpaid-work" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to listen on SoundCloud if the track above isn't playable.</p><p>Want to ask Brian something specifically, or suggest a future topic for him to cover on the podcast? Send your legal questions to us via email at <a href="mailto:connect@archinect.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">connect@archinect.com</a>, through <a href="http://twitter.com/archinect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> #archinectsessions, or leave a mess...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/115666803/powers-of-10-with-christopher-hawthorne-architecture-critic-at-the-la-times-on-archinect-sessions-10 Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2014-12-11T17:39:00-05:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/rx/rxz6s6dg1ryqf7xj.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>How far we've come: this week, we're thrilled to have <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-bio-christopher-hawthorne-staff.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Christopher Hawthorne</a> on the podcast, architecture critic for the <em>Los Angeles Times</em>. Paul, Amelia, Donna and Ken talk with Christopher about his recent 3-part series on <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-immigration-architecture-full-coverage-htmlstory.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">architecture and immigration in southern California</a>, the role of the architecture critic at a major national newspaper, and his take on new media journalism.</p><p>We're also proud to introduce our inaugural bit with Archinect's lawyer-correspondent, <a href="http://www.dykema.com/professionals-brian_newman.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Newman</a> at <a href="http://www.dykema.com/offices-los-angeles-california.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dykema Gossett PLLC</a>, where we submit our architectural legal queries to an <em>actual lawyer. </em>And per usual, we check in on recent news, discussing the stormy marketing campaign for a <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/115279170/this-new-steampunk-luxury-apartment-building-for-new-york-should-fill-you-with-unbearable-shame" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steampunk luxury condo building</a>.</p><p>And has it really already been ten episodes? To celebrate <strong>Archinect Sessions</strong>' rite-of-passage into double digits, we reflect on how it's been going so far &ndash; what we'd like to change, criticism we've received, and our favorite episodes.</p><p>Send your architectural legal questions, comments or questions abou...</p>