SSBC has built pipelines to attract new start-up customers through a number of partnerships. Start-ups or start-ups that have not yet reached a significant funding cycle may be eligible for free legal aid from the clinic. The clinic primarily serves start-ups in the technology sector, but is open to companies from various sectors if they are suitable for the clinic`s services. The SSBC provides free legal assistance in the following areas: The Startup Law Clinic is a law student training initiative aimed at helping start-up entrepreneurs (primarily in the technology sector) incorporate, capitalize, manage corporations, enter into user contracts, fund angel investors, and conduct venture capital transactions. Led by seasoned startup attorney Sam Wu, with Alyssa DiZoglio`s strategy and business development, the clinic provides free advice and expertise to entrepreneurs preparing to launch a startup and initial equity investment, as well as negotiate the legal and commercial terms of the investment. Professor Wu began his practice in the corporate and securities group of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati in Palo Alto. In 2010, Professor Wu co-founded Innovation Capital Law Group as a senior partner in the Corporate and Securities Practice Group, with offices in Irvine and Palo Alto, and is the author of TechStartupLawyer.com. The clinic addresses a need in the startup ecosystem for companies navigating the space between incorporation, user acquisition, seed and angel funding, and the first round of venture capital funding. In such cases, money for legal services is scarce, but some of the most important decisions and biggest mistakes are made in these early stages. The clinic aims to help founders avoid common startup and seed funding mistakes.

Many of these mistakes become extremely costly as the startup grows, making subsequent funding more difficult and costly. In the early stages of a startup, the clinic specializes in representing startups with: Students work with clients in and around the triangle as well as in rural areas. Examples of clients include food or beverage start-ups, suppliers of various educational products and services, textile companies, new technologies, health and wellness entrepreneurs, manufacturers of crafts or sustainable products, various e-commerce businesses, and small brick and mortar businesses. « Thank you for your clinic. I just started my first real week in the company and everything I do is related to the clinic in one way or another. I knew dealing with customers wasn`t something I would do much as a young employee. The clinic has allowed me to do this and learn to speak more confidently about complex legal concepts in a way that makes sense to the average person. By promoting entrepreneurship and innovation in Cornell and the Greater Ithaca Area, the clinic contributes to both the commercialization of Cornell`s research and the regional economic development of the community. The Entrepreneurship Law Clinic is the only transactional law clinic at Cornell Law School.

« Great clinic – have a lot of good hands-on experience in client management. » As part of their work with clients, the clinic`s students learn the following areas of law: Clinical Program Contact Information: 510.643.4800 • Clinic clinicalprogram@law.berkeley.edu clients have access to the clinic`s referral network of experienced local practitioners for special issues such as patenting, taxation and regulation. Once the client`s legal needs exceed the clinic`s capacity, the clinic can refer clients to law firms that have established a relationship of trust with the clinic. The clinic`s vision is to become a community of emerging startups, law students, sources of capital, and legal and business consultants. Students at Startup NC Law Clinic represent startups, entrepreneurs, and small businesses across the broad spectrum of North Carolina`s entrepreneurial ecosystem, from high-tech to textiles, microbreweries to the arts. Startup NC introduces students to the practice of business law as part of advising real clients. Students lead the performances and are the contact persons in all communications and interactions with customers. Professor Alexander provides legal services to not-for-profit organizations, start-ups, small and medium-sized businesses, such as those provided by a corporate lawyer in a large corporation. He has developed his general counsel practice with the goal of providing essential corporate legal services to business clients that replicate as much as possible the methods, approach and style of an in-house legal department. Prof.

Alexander has long been a member of the Dean`s Advisory Board under the leadership of founding Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and has taught applied lawyer and law firm management as a lecturer at UCI Law. He also spent 12 years litigating commercial disputes before focusing on transactional representation for startups, entrepreneurs and small businesses. To request legal representation from Miami Law Startup Clinic, please fill out the form for potential clients of the startup clinic: « It`s hard to say how much I enjoy the entrepreneurship clinic. It`s so great to have an environment where we learn so much hands-on training and have a lot of fun doing it. Specific legal issues that help students at the startup clinic include: The clinic provides legal advice and support to entrepreneurs, as well as start-ups and start-ups that have not yet raised significant amounts of debt capital in various legal matters, including business creation, intellectual property protection, marketing strategies and operational issues. Student lawyers work with real-life clients from the thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem on Duke`s campus and in the wider community. Supervising professors advise on legal matters; For complex transactional matters, students can also rely on the advice of lawyers from local law firms.