Clinic: Community Development - Skills
Students must register for both 397C and 397D for a total of 6 hrs.
The Community Development Clinic provides students with a unique opportunity to develop business law and problem solving skills while addressing systemic causes of poverty.
Students will provide nonprofit organizations with business law services needed to promote sustainable economic development in low-income communities including job creation, affordable housing, and asset building strategies. Students will also represent small businesses. Students will learn how to represent their clients on a broad variety of business law matters. Typical legal matters include:
- incorporating nonprofit corporations
- applying to the IRS for tax exempt status
- drafting and negotiating contracts
- providing legal advice to nonprofit board of directors and staff
- drafting lending and real estate documents
- assisting businesses with choice of entity decisions
Class Details
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Additional Information
- Course Type
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- Upperclass-only elective
- Clinic
- Grading Method
- Pass/Fail Mandatory