Summary:
The following is an index of clinics operated at law schools in the United States that provide legal services assistance to entrepreneurs and innovators, in many cases on a pro bono (free) basis. The indexed list is organized geographically, state by state, and the District of Columbia, in alphabetical order, and each clinic entry includes a link to its website.
The scope of matters handled by these clinics varies significantly. Many law school clinics provide legal services on the formation of small and emerging for profit businesses, nonprofit organizations and/or hybrid organizations. Other types of services offered by some of the clinics listed include intellectual property matters, technology commercialization, community economic development, and various types of transactional work.
Alabama
University of Alabama School of Law:
Entrepreneurship & Nonprofit Clinic [ Website ]
Alaska
None
Arizona
Arizona State University-Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law School:
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Clinic [ Website ]
Lisa Foundation Patent Law Clinic [ Website ]
Arkansas
University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) School of Law:
Community and Rural Enterprise Development (CRED)Clinic [ Website ]
California
California Western School of Law
New Media Rights Clinic [ Website ]
Chapman University School of Law:
Entertainment Law Clinic [ Website ]
Pepperdine University School of Law:
Geoffrey H. Palmer Startup Law Clinic [ Website ]
Santa Clara Law:
Entrepreneurs' Law Clinic [ Website ]
Stanford Law School:
Entrepreneurship Clinic [ Website ]
Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic [ Website ]
Thomas Jefferson School of Law:
Nonprofit & Small Business Clinic [ Website ]
Patent Clinic & Trademark Clinic [ Website ]
UCLA School of Law:
Patent Clinic [ Website ]
Real Estate Law: Affordable Housing Clinic [ Website ]
University of California-Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall):
Social Enterprise Clinic [ Website ]
The Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic [ Website ]
University of California College of Law San Francisco:
Startup Legal Garage [ Website ]
Social Enterprise & Economic Empowerment Clinic [ Website ]
University of San Diego School of Law:
Entrepreneurship Clinic [ Website ]
University of San Francisco School of Law:
Internet and Intellectual Property Justice Clinic [ Website ]
University of Southern California-Gould School of Law:
Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic [ Website ]
Small Business Clinic [ Website ]
Colorado
University of Colorado Law School:
Entrepreneurial Law Clinic [ Website ]
University of Denver Sturm College of Law:
Community Economic Development Clinic [ Website ]
Connecticut
University of Connecticut School of Law:
Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Law Clinic [ Website ]
Transactional Law Clinic [ Website ]
Yale Law School:
Community and Economic Development Clinic [ Website ]
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Clinic [ Website ]
Financial Markets and Corporate Law Clinic [ Website ]
Delaware
None
District of Columbia
American Law School-Washington College of Law:
Community Economic and Equity Development Law Clinic [ Website ]
Entrepreneurship Law Clinic [ Website ]
Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic [ Website ]
Georgetown University Law Center:
Intellectual Property and Information Policy Clinic [ Website ]
Social Enterprise and Nonprofit Law Clinic [ Website ]
George Washington University School of Law:
Access to Justice Clinic – Nonprofit & Entrepreneurship Division (NEC) [ Website ]
Intellectual Property & Technology Law Clinic [ Website ]
Small Business & Community Economic Development Clinic [ Website ]
Howard University School of Law:
Intellectual Property Patent Clinic [ Website ]
Intellectual Property and Trademark Clinic [ Website ]
University of the District of Columbia-David A. Clarke School of Law:
Community Development Law Clinic [ Website ]
Ave Maria School of Law:
Intellectual Property Law Clinic [ Website ]
Florida A & M University College of Law:
Economic Justice (EJ) Clinic [ Website ]
Florida International University College of Law:
Business Innovation & Technology Clinic [ Website ]
Nova Southeastern University-Shepard Broad Law Center:
Berger Entrepreneur Law Clinic [ Website ]
Georgia
Emory Law School:
IP and Innovation Clinic [ Website ]
Georgia State University College of Law:
Community Development & Entrepreneurship Law Clinic [ Website ]
University of Georgia School of Law:
Business Law Clinic [ Website ]
Hawaii
University of Hawaii at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law:
Entrepreneurship & Small Business Clinic [ Website ]
Idaho
University of Idaho College of Law:
Entrepreneurship Law Clinic [ Website ]
Illinois
Chicago-Kent College of Law:
Intellectual Property, Entertainment & Entrepreneurship Law Clinic [ Website ]
DePaul University College of Law:
Business Law Clinic [ Website ]
Technology/Intellectual Property Law Field Clinic [ Website ]
Loyola University Chicago School of Law:
Business Law Clinic [ Website ]
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law:
Donald Pritzker Entrepreneurship Law Center [ Website ]
University of Chicago:
Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship [ Website ]
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law:
Community Enterprise & Solidarity Economic Clinic [ Website ]
IP Patent Clinic [ Website ]
IP Trademark Clinic [ Website ]
University of Illinois College of Law:
Intellectual Property Clinic-Patent [ Website ]
Intellectual Property Clinic-Trademark [ Website ]
Indiana
Indiana University Maurer School of Law (Bloomington):
Elmore Entrepreneurship Law Clinic [ Website ]
Intellectual Property Law Clinic [ Website ]
University of Notre Dame School of Law:
Community Development Clinic [ Website ]
Lindsay and Matt Moroun Religious Liberty Clinic [ Homepage Site and Transactional Advising Section ]
Iowa
Drake University Law School
Entrepreneurial and Transaction Law Clinic [ Website ]
University of Iowa College of Law:
Law Clinic-Technology Law [ Website ]
Kansas
Washburn University School of Law:
Law Clinic-Small Business & Nonprofit Transactional Law Clinic [ Website ]
Kentucky
Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law:
Small Business and Nonprofit Law Clinic [ Website ]
Louisiana
Louisiana State University Law School
Small Business and Community Development Clinic [ Website ]
Southern University Law Center
Technology and Entrepreneurship Law Clinic [ Website ]
Maine
None
Maryland
University of Baltimore School of Law:
Community Development Clinic [ Website ]
University of Maryland School of Law:
Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship Law Clinic [ Website ]
Massachusetts
Boston College Law School:
Community Enterprise Clinic [ Website ]
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Clinic [ Website ]
Project Entrepreneur [ Website ]
Harvard Law School, Cambridge:
Transactional Law Clinics (including Business and Non-Profit Clinic, Real Estate Clinic and Entertainment Law Clinic and the Community Enterprise Project) [ Website ]
Northeastern University School of Law:
Community Business Clinic [ Website ]
Intellectual Property Law Clinic [ https://law.northeastern.edu/experience/clinics/ip-clinic/]
University of Massachusetts School of Law-Dartmouth:
Community Development Clinic [ Website ]
Western New England University School of Law:
Small Business Clinic [ Website ]
Michigan State University College of Law:
Equitable Entrepreneurship Innovation Law Clinic [ Website ]
University of Michigan Law School:
Community Enterprise Clinic [ Website ]
Entrepreneurship Clinic [ Website ]
International Transactions Clinic [ Website ]
Transactional Law Clinics Program [ Website ]
Wayne State University School of Law:
Business and Community Law Clinic [ Website ]
Minnesota
Mitchell-Hamline School of Law:
Business Law Clinic [Website ]
Economic Inclusion Clinic [ Website ]
Intellectual Property Clinic: Patents [ Website ]
Intellectual Property Clinic; Trademark [ Website ]
Nonprofit Tax Planning Clinic [ Website ]
University of Minnesota Law School:
Business and Nonprofits Clinic [ Website ]
Business Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic [ Website ]
Mississippi
University of Mississippi School of Law:
Transactional Law Clinic [ Website ]
Missouri
St. Louis University School of Law:
Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic [ Website ]
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law:
Entrepreneurial Legal Services Clinic and Intellectual Property Clinic [ Website ]
University of Missouri School of Law:
Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic [ Website]
Washington University in St. Louis School of Law:
Entrepreneurship Clinic [ Website ]
Intellectual Property Clinic [ Website ]
Montana
None
Nebraska
University of Nebraska College of Law:
Weibling Entrepreneurship Clinic [ Website ]
Nevada
University of Nevada-Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law:
Economic Justice and Small Business Clinic [Website ]
New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire School of Law (formerly Franklin Pierce Law Center):
Intellectual Property and Transaction Clinic [ Website ]
International Technology Transfer Institute (ITTI) Clinic [ Website ]
New Jersey
Rutgers Law School:
Community and Transactional Lawyering Clinic [ Website ]
Entrepreneurship Clinic [ Website ]
Intellectual Property Law Clinic [ Website ]
New Mexico
University of New Mexico School of Law:
Economic Justice Clinic [ Website ]
New York
Albany Law:
Community Economic Development Clinic [ Website ]
Brooklyn Law School:
Community Development & Movement Infrastructure Clinic [ Website ]
City University of New York School of Law:
Community & Economic Development Clinic [ Website ]
Columbia Law School:
Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic [ Website ]
Cornell Law School:
Entrepreneurship Law Clinic [ Website ]
Fordham University School of Law:
Community Enterprise Clinic [ Website ]
Entrepreneurial Law Clinic [ Website ]
Hofstra University Law School:
Community & Economic Development Clinic [ Website ]
New York University School of Law:
Business Transactions Clinic [ Website ]
Entrepreneurship Clinic [ Website ]
International Transactions Clinic [ Website ]
Social Enterprises and Economic Empowerment Clinic [ Website ]
Technology Law and Policy Clinic [ Website ]
Syracuse University College of Law:
Transactional Law Clinic [ Website ]
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center :
Not-for-Profit Clinic [ Website ]
Small Business Legal Assistance Clinic [ Website ]
Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law:
Entrepreneurship and Community Business Clinic [ Website ]
Filmmakers Legal Clinic [ Website ]
North Carolina
Duke University Law School :
Community Enterprise Clinic [ Website ]
Start-Up Ventures Clinic [ Website ]
Elon University School of Law:
Intellectual Property Legal Clinic [ Website ]
Small Business & Entrepreneurship Clinic [ Website ]
North Carolina Central University School of Law:
The Small Business and Community Development Clinic [ Website ]
University of North Carolina School of Law:
Community Development Law Clinic [ Website ]
Intellectual Property Clinic [ Website ]
Startup NC Law Clinic [ Website ]
Wake Forest University:
Intellectual Property Law Clinic [ Website ]
Trade & Development Clinic [ Website ]
North Dakota
University of North Dakota School of Law:
Business & Non-Profit Law Clinic [ Website ]
Ohio
Case Western Reserve University School of Law:
Intellectual Property Venture Clinic [ Website ]
Cleveland State University Cleveland-Marshall College of Law:
Transactional Law Clinic [ Website ]
Ohio Northern University-Claude W. Pettit College of Law:
ONU Transactional Clinic [ Website ]
Ohio State University-Moritz College of Law:
Entrepreneurial Business Law Clinic [ Website ]
University of Akron School of Law:
Small Entrepreneur and Economic Development (SEED) Clinic [ Website ]
Trademark Clinic [ Website ]
University of Cincinnati College of Law:
Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic [ Website ]
Patent and Trademark Clinic [ Website ]
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City University School of Law:
The Collaborative: Law Clinic for Business and Innovation [ Website ]
Oregon
Lewis & Clark Law School:
Small Business Legal Clinic [ Website ]
University of Oregon School of Law:
Business Law Clinic [ Website ]
Nonprofit Clinic [ Website ]
Pennsylvania
Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law:
Entrepreneurial Law Clinic [ Website ]
Duquesne University School of Law:
Urban Development Practicum [ Website ]
Pennsylvania State Dickinson School of Law:
Art, Sports and Entertainment Law Clinic [ Website ]
Entrepreneur Assistance Clinic [ Website ]
International Sustainable Development Law Projects Clinic [ Website ]
Rural Economic Development Clinic [ Website ]
University of Pennsylvania PennCary Law:
Detkin Intellectual Property Law and Technology Clinic [ Website ]
Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic [ Website ]
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law:
Clinic for Law & Entrepreneurship [ Website ]
Intellectual Property Law Clinic [ Website ]
Rhode Island
Roger Williams University Law:
Business Start-Up Clinic [ Website ]
South Carolina
University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law:
Family & Small Business Program [ Website ]
Nonprofit Organizations Clinic [ Website ]
South Dakota
None
Tennessee
University of Tennessee College of Law:
Transactional Law Clinic [ Website ]
Vanderbilt University School of Law:
Intellectual Property and the Arts Clinic [ Website ]
Turner Family Community Enterprise Clinic [ Website ]
Texas
Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law:
Patent Law Clinic [ Website ]
Small Business and Trademark Clinic [ Website ]
University of Houston Law Center:
Entertainment Law Clinic [ Website ]
Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic [ Website ]
University of Texas at Austin School of Law:
Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic [ Website ]
Texas A&M University School of Law:
Community Development Clinic [ Website ]
Entrepreneurship Law Clinic [ Website ]
Patent Clinic [ Website ]
Trademark and Copyright Clinic [ Website ]
Utah
Brigham Young University:
Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic [ Website ]
Vermont
Vermont Law & Graduate School:
Small Business Law Clinic [ Website ]
Virginia
George Mason Law School :
Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Clinic [ Website ]
University of Richmond School of Law:
Intellectual Property and Transactional Law Clinic [Website ]
University of Virginia School of Law:
Community Organization and Social Enterprise Clinic [ Website ]
Entrepreneurial Law Clinic [Website ]
Nonprofit Clinic [ Website ]
Patent and Licensing Clinic [ Website ]
Washington
Gonzaga University School of Law:
Business Innovation Clinic [ Website ]
Intellectual Property Law Clinic [ Website ]
Sports Law Clinic [ Website ]
Seattle University School of Law:
Arts Legal Clinic [ Website ]
Not for Profit Organization Clinic [ Website ]
Trademark Law Clinic [ Website ]
University of Washington School of Law:
Entrepreneurial Law Clinic [ Website ]
Technology Law & Public Policy Clinic [ Website ]
West Virginia
West Virginia University College of Law:
Land Use and Sustainable Development Law Clinic [ Website ]
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School:
Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic [ Website ]
Marquette University Law School:
Marquette Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic [ Website ]
Wyoming
None