Students provide free transactional legal services to entrepreneurs and start-ups, small businesses, artists and musicians, non-profit organizations, and community development organizations in Tuscaloosa and surrounding Counties. The matters may include pre-venture counseling to founders and co-founders; choice of entity counseling and drafting of organizational and operational documents; strategizing, negotiating, and drafting agreements; employee and independent contractor management counseling; intellectual property counseling and trademark and copyright protection; nonprofit counseling and board governance training; and assisting with applications for tax-exemption and financing. The students may also work on policy projects on issues affecting Alabama business organizations.
