Summary:
Several European law school clinics (called “incubators”) connected through the “iLINC ICT Law Incubators Network” provide legal assistance to technology-based startups. For more information, please visit their website here.
Summary:
The following is a list of clinics operated at law schools in the United States that provide assistance to entrepreneurs and innovators. The list is organized geographically, state by state, and the District of Columbia, in alphabetical order, and each clinic entry includes a link to their specific website.
The scope of matters handled by these clinics varies significantly. While many clinics deal primarily with formation and other transactional work for small and emerging for profit businesses, other areas of assistance include: intellectual property protection, technology commercialization, community economic development, nonprofit organization formation/operations and social economic justice.
Summary:
Consumer access to affordable legal services is an issue in general in the United States, and certainly includes concern about affordable legal services to small businesses and entrepreneurs.
The following are links to groups and studies exploring or pursuing affordable legal services of interest to small business and entrepreneurs.
Summary:
State and local bar associations and other organizations throughout the United States offer on-line means to search for lawyers licensed to practice law in various jurisdictions. This section contains links to several examples of on-line resources that may be of uses in locating lawyers in various practice areas, including in many cases the ability to search for lawyers practicing in areas of interest to entrepreneurs and innovators, as well as resources for information on pro bono programs and the ability to check on the standing of lawyers in terms of licensing and disciplinary actions.