Students will work with owners of limited liability companies (LLCs) to help them understand and come into compliance with their legal obligations. Small business owners and entrepreneurs form LLCs to protect themselves and their businesses from lawsuits and other business risks. But these protections only apply if the LLC complies with certain rules that many business owners are not aware of or do not have the resources to follow. Students will work through an interactive checklist with small business owners to review LLC governance practices and other obligations. Students then will prepare documents and provide counseling that will help position the small business for success. Students will lead the meetings and will be assisted by practicing attorneys.
Organization
Mithoff Pro Bono Program
The Small Business Wellness Project is an internal collaborative project of the Richard and Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program and the Texas Law Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic. This Small Business Wellness Project will be conducted in partnership with Economic Growth Business Income Incubator (EGBI). EGBI provides training, coaching, and support to aspiring and existing business owners who are traditionally underserved and face barriers to growing a successful business.
Project Details
- Project Start Date
Wednesday, April 13
- Project Time
- 6pm-8:30pm
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 8-10 hours, including training and preparation time
- Training
- Friday, April 8, 1:30pm-3:30pm (TNH 2.124)
- Skills used
- Client interviewing and counseling, document preparation, legal analysis
- Project location
- Huston-Tillotson University, 900 Chicon Street, Austin, TX 78702
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 20
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- The Small Business Wellness Project seeks students with an interest in exploring transactional practice and corporate governance; four volunteer positions are reserved for students who speak Spanish and will be comfortable working with Spanish-speaking small business owners
- To Apply
- Register at https://sbwp4-13-22.eventbrite.com