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.
Alabama
University of Alabama School of Law:
Community Development Law Clinic [ Website ]
Alaska
None
Arizona
Arizona State University-Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law School:
Healthcare Entrepreneurship Clinic [ Website ]
Innovation Advancement Program [ Website ]
Lisa Foundation Patent Law Clinic [ Website ]
Arkansas
University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) School of Law:
Transactional Clinic [ Website ]
California
Chapman University School of Law:
Entertainment Contracts Law Clinic[ Website ]
Pepperdine University School of Law:
Microfinance Program[ Website ]
Santa Clara Law:
Entrepreneurs' Law Clinic[ Website ]
Stanford Law School:
Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic[ Website ]
Organizations and Transactions Clinic[ Website ]
Thomas Jefferson School of Law:
Community Economic Development (CED) Clinic [ Website ]
UCLA School of Law:
Community Economic Development Clinic[ Website ]
Transactional Clinical Offerings[ Website ]
University of California-Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall):
New Business Counseling Practicum[ Website ]
The Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic[ Website ]
University of California-Hastings College of the Law:
Community Economic Development Clinic[ Website ]
BioTech Startup Clinic[ Website ]
Technology Startup Clinic[ Website ]
Social Enterprise & Economic Empowerment [ Website ]
University of San Diego School of Law:
Entrepreneurship Clinic[ Website ]
University of San Francisco School of Law:
Entrepreneurship Venture Legal Services Project[ Website ]
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 ]
Yale Law School:
Community and Economic Development Clinic[ Website ]
Community Development Financial Institutions Clinic[ Website ]
Nonprofit Organizations Clinic[ Website ]
Delaware
None
District of Columbia
American Law School-Washington College of Law:
Community and Economic Development Law Clinic[ Website ]
Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Law Clinic[ Website ]
Georgetown University Law Center:
Harrison Institute for Housing and Community Development Clinic[ Website ]
Social Enterprise and Nonprofit Clinic[ Website ]
George Washington University School of Law:
Small Business & Community Economic Development Clinic[ Website ]
Howard University School of Law:
Intellectual Property and Trademark Clinic[ Website ]
University of the District of Columbia-David A. Clarke School of Law:
Community Development Law Clinic[ Website ]
Florida
Ave Maria School of Law:
Community Development Law Clinic[ Website ]
Florida A & M University College of Law:
Community Economic Development Clinic[ Website ]
Florida International University College of Law:
Small Business Clinic[ Website ]
Nova Southeastern University-Shepard Broad Law Center:
Business Practice Clinic[ Website ]
Georgia
Emory Law School:
Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results (TI:GER) Program[Website ]
University of Georgia:
Business Law Clinic[ Website ]
Community Economic Development 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:
Economic Development Clinic[ Website ]
Small Business Legal Clinic[ Website ]
Illinois
The Entrepreneurial Law Clinic at Chicago-Kent:
Entrepreneurial Law Clinic[ Website ]
Intellectual Property Law Clinic[ Website ]
DePaul University College of Law:
Technology/Intellectual Property Clinic[ Website ]
John Marshall Law School:
Intellectual Property Patent Law Clinic[ Website ]
Loyola University Chicago School of Law:
Center for Business and Corporate Governance Law Business Law Clinic[Website ]
Northwestern University School of Law:
Entrepreneurship Law Center[ Website ]
University of Chicago:
Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship[ Website ]
University of Illinois College of Law:
Community Preservation Clinic[ Website ]
Patent Law Clinic[ Website ]
Indiana
Indiana University Maurer School of Law (Bloomington):
Elmore Entrepreneurship Law Clinic[ Website ]
Nonprofit Legal Clinic[ Website ]
University of Notre Dame School of Law:
Community Development Project [ Website ]
Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Clinic[ Website ]
Iowa
Drake University Law School
Transaction-Nonprofit Clinic[ Website ]
University of Iowa College of Law:
In-House Clinic[ Website ]
Kansas
Washburn University School of Law:
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
None
Maine
University of Maine School of Law:
Intellectual Property Clinic[ Website ]
Maryland
University of Baltimore School of Law:
Community Development Clinic[ Website ]
University of Maryland School of Law:
Intellectual Property Law Clinic[ Website ]
Massachusetts
Boston College Law School:
Community Enterprise Clinic[ 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 and Recording Artists Project)[ Website ]
Northeastern University School of Law:
Community Business Clinic[ Website ]
University of Massachusetts School of Law-Dartmouth:
Community Development Clinic[ Website ]
Western New England University School of Law:
Small Business Clinic[ Website ]
Michigan
Michigan State University College of Law:
Small Business & Nonprofit Clinic [ Website ]
University of Michigan Law School:
Community and Economic Development Clinic[ Website ]
Entrepreneurship Clinic[ Website ]
International Transactions Clinic[ Website ]
The Transactional Lab & Clinic [ Website ]
Wayne State University School of Law:
Small Business Enterprises and Nonprofit Corporations Clinic[ Website ]
Minnesota
Hamline University School of Law:
Small Business/Non-profit Clinic[ Website ]
University of Minnesota Law School:
Business Law Clinic[ Website ]
William Mitchell College of Law:
Community Development Clinic [ Website ]
Intellectual Property Law Clinic[ Website ]
Law and Business Clinic [ Website ]
Mississippi
University of Mississippi School of Law:
Transactional Clinic [ Website ]
Missouri
St. Louis University School of Law:
Community & Economic Development Clinic [ Website ]
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law:
Entrepreneurial Legal Services Clinic [ Website ]
University of Missouri School of Law:
Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic [ Website]
Washington University in St. Louis School of Law:
Intellectual Property and Nonprofit Organizations Clinic [ Website ]
Montana
None
Nebraska
Creighton University School of Law:
Community Economic Development Clinic [ Website ]
University of Nebraska College of Law:
Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic [ website ]
Nevada
None
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 School of Law (Camden):
Community and Transactional Lawyering Clinic [ Website ]
Intellectual Property Law Clinic [ Website ]
Rutgers Law School (Newark):
Community Law Clinic [ Website ]
New Mexico
University of New Mexico School of Law:
Business and Tax Clinic [ Website ]
New York
Brooklyn Law School:
Brooklyn Law Incubator & Policy Clinic [ Website ]
Community Development Clinic[ Website ]
Corporate and Real Estate Clinic[ Website ]
City University of New York School of Law:
Community & Economic Development Clinic [ Website ]
Columbia Law School:
Community Enterprise Clinic[ Website ]
Cornell University-The Johnson School & Law School:
BR Advisory [ Website ]
Fordham University School of Law:
Samuelson-Glushko Intellectual Property and Information Law Clinic[ Website ]
Community Economic Development Clinic[ Website ]
Hofstra University Law School:
Community & Economic Development Clinic [ Website ]
New York University School of Law:
Business Law Transactions Clinic [ Website ]
Community Development & Economic Justice Clinic [ Website ]
Syracuse University College of Law:
Community Development Law Clinic [ Website ]
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center :
Institute for Business, Law & Technology Program [ Website ]
Not-for-Profit Corporation Law Clinic [ Website ]
Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law:
Indie Film Clinic[ Website ]
North Carolina
Charlotte School of Law:
Community Economic Development Clinic [ Website ]
Entrepreneurship Clinic[ Website ]
Duke University Law School :
Community Enterprise Clinic[ Website ]
Start-Up Ventures Clinic[ Website ]
Elon University School of Law:
Small Business Incubator 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 ]
Wake Forest University:
Community Law and Business Clinic [ Website ]
North Dakota
None
Ohio
Case Western Reserve University School of Law:
Community Development Clinic [ Website ]
Cleveland State University Cleveland-Marshall College of Law:
Urban Development Law Clinic [ Website ]
Ohio Northern University-Claude W. Pettit College of Law:
Corporate 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) Legal Clinic[ Website ]
University of Cincinnati College of Law:
Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic[ Website ]
Oklahoma
None
Oregon
Lewis & Clark Law School:
Small Business Legal Clinic[ Website ]
Community Development & Nonprofit Law Practicum[ Website ]
University of Oregon School of Law:
Small Business Clinic[ Website ]
Willamette University College of Law:
Business Law Clinic[ Website ]
Pennsylvania
Duquesne University School of Law:
Urban Development Clinic[ Website ]
Pennsylvania State University 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 School of Law:
Detkin Intellectual Property Law and Technology Clinic [ Website ]
Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic[ Website ]
University of Pittsburgh School of Law:
Innovation Practice Institute [ Website ]
Villanova University School of Law:
Entrepreneurship Law Clinic [ Website ]
Thomas R. Kline School of Law, Drexel University:
Entrepreneurial Law Clinic [ website ]
Rhode Island
None
South Carolina
University of South Carolina School of Law:
Nonprofit Organizations Clinic[ Website ]
South Dakota
None
Tennessee
University of Tennessee College of Law:
Business Law Clinic [ Website ]
Vanderbilt University School of Law:
Intellectual Property and the Arts Clinic [ Website ]
Texas
Southern Methodist University-Dedman School of Law:
Small Business Clinic[ Website ]
University of Houston Law Center:
Transactional 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 ]
Utah
University of Utah-S.J. Quinney College of Law:
The New Ventures Clinic[ Website ]
Vermont
None
Virginia
George Mason Law School :
Legal Clinic-Practical Preparation of GMU Patent Applications[ Website ]
University of Richmond School of Law:
Intellectual Property and Transactional Law Clinic[ Website ]
University of Virginia School of Law:
Nonprofit Clinic[ Website ]
Patent and Licensing Clinics[ Website ]
Washington
Gonzaga University School of Law:
Business Law Clinic[ Website ]
Seattle University School of Law:
Arts Legal Clinic[ Website ]Community Development and Entrepreneurship Clinic[ Website ]
Not for Profit Organization 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:
Entrepreneurship Law Clinic [ Website ]
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Law School:
Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic[ Website ]
Marquette University Law School:
Marquette Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic[ Website ]
Wyoming
None