The Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic (L & E Clinic) provides free legal services to nascent entrepreneurs and early stage companies through the work of law students supervised by faculty and private sector attorneys.
We have three primary goals:
Provide high quality legal services to entrepreneurs and startup companies
Train law students in the practical aspects of transactional law while providing a challenging academic experience
Impact the economy by helping Wisconsin businesses launch and grow
We also strive to connect entrepreneurs with other resources in the entrepreneurial ecosystem who can help them launch. This might include everything from prototyping resources to business planning, office space, mentoring, seed funding and more.
Entrepreneurs apply for services via our web portal and are invited to attend our monthly intake session where the clinic evaluates whether the entrepreneur’s needs fit within the clinic’s capabilities. Once accepted, the entrepreneur meets with a law student and their supervising attorney to create an engagement letter and initiate legal services. All legal work is performed by the law students and supervised by licensed attorneys.
Our Clinic is run as much like a law firm as feasible. Students are responsible for client and file management; they track and bill their time; they are responsible for directing their own research; they have firm, team, and practice area meetings; and, they have marketing and networking requirements; all with the guidance of Supervising Attorneys (Managing Partners in our analogy). Students are encouraged to share their knowledge and seek assistance within the Clinic, but also from our Advisory Committee of respected attorneys in the Wisconsin legal community.
We have a number of practice areas that students can participate in to seek more specific guidance and direction:
Tax and Corporate Law
Trademark Law
Patent Law (Design and Utility)
Intellectual Property Licensing
Securities
Employment Law
Internet Policies
Food and Beverage and other Regulatory
Economic and Site Development
Buying or Selling a Business
Business Planning
Internship Programs and Student Services
Legal and Intellectual Property Services
Manufacturing, High Tech, Life Sciences Development
Nonprofit and Social Enterprise
Space and Equipment
Product Development
Public Policy and Government Relations
Regulatory Compliance
Selling to the Government and Large Corporations
Starting a Business
Tax Services
Technical Assistance
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