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Turner Family Community Enterprise Clinic

The Turner Family Community Enterprise Clinic allows students to represent small businesses and nonprofit organizations in a range of transactional matters, including entity formation, governance, tax, contracts, employment, intellectual property, and risk management. Projects may include creating a new business, drafting a lease or other agreement, or applying for tax-exempt status. Under faculty supervision, students conduct client interviews, perform fact investigations and legal research, draft client-ready transactional documents and advisory memoranda, and counsel clients on their recommendations. Students also organize a community education project to facilitate entrepreneurship and inclusive economic development in the region. [4 credits] Enrollment limited


Note: This clinic requires that students attend a “boot camp” to be scheduled on the weekend prior to the start of classes.


Note: A "no drop" policy will be in place once students have registered. Only the individual clinic professor can grant a waiver of this policy.