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The University of Wisconsin Law School Law & Entrepreneurship
Clinic is recruiting students for the fall 2011 semester, with an option
to participate during the entire 2011-2012 academic year.
Applicants should email a cover letter and resume to Janet Christopher (jchristopher@bus.wisc.edu) no later than August 12, 2011. The cover letter should identify any experience and legal education in transactional law, intellectual property, entrepreneurship, client interface, or science. Rising 3Ls are given priority.
Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic Fall 2011 Program: The Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic (L&E Clinic) is a program providing students the opportunity to work with startup businesses and entrepreneurs. Students may elect to participate for 1 to 5 credits for the semester. The time commitment for the L&E Clinic is determined by the number of credits for which a students elects to participate. The L&E Clinic is located at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery (http://discovery.wisc.edu/discovery/)
Applicants should email a cover letter and resume to Janet Christopher (jchristopher@bus.wisc.edu) no later than August 12, 2011. The cover letter should identify any experience and legal education in transactional law, intellectual property, entrepreneurship, client interface, or science. Rising 3Ls are given priority.
Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic Fall 2011 Program: The Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic (L&E Clinic) is a program providing students the opportunity to work with startup businesses and entrepreneurs. Students may elect to participate for 1 to 5 credits for the semester. The time commitment for the L&E Clinic is determined by the number of credits for which a students elects to participate. The L&E Clinic is located at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery (http://discovery.wisc.edu/discovery/)
The
L&E Clinic operates as a law firm using the varied expertise of
individual L&E Clinic participants to provide collaborative,
quality legal services to startup businesses and entrepreneurs. The
L&E Clinic provides legal expertise in coordination with accounting
and business planning to clients and continually explores out-state
clients as part of Law in Action (http://www.law.wisc.edu/law-in-action/) and the personification of the Wisconsin Idea (http://www.wisconsinidea.wisc.edu/).
Students
use what they have learned in the classroom, what they discover through
research, collaboration and expert consultation and their life
experiences to prioritize and solve problems facing their clients.
Students are supervised by experienced business law and corporate
attorneys and respond to wide ranging legal issues, including business
formation, capital structure, funding, intellectual property and
contracts. The L&E Clinic helps students develop skills and
confidence in client interface while providing thoughtful and
productive solutions to legal, business, and ethical challenges
confronting early stage businesses and entrepreneurs.
Submitted by Academic Affairs on August 1, 2011
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