CLIN: Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic (Kosuri/Robau)
Faculty
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| Praveen Kosuri Deputy Dean for Clinical Education, Practice Professor of Law, Director Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic pkosuri@law.upenn.edu |
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| Peter Robau Clinical Legal Supervisor & Lecturer in Law probau@law.upenn.edu |
Additional Information
Experiential CourseYes
Skills Training
Oral Presentations
Team Projects
Drafting Legal Documents
Other Professional Skills:
Grading
100% Other (See Course syllabus.)
No
Class meets in person.
Meeting Times/Location
TR 1:30PM - 2:50PM
Tanenbaum Hall 345
Category
Clinics/Externships
Credits
7.0
PLEASE SEE IMPORTANT ENROLLMENT PROCEDURES FOR CLINICS AVAILABLE ON THE REGISTRATION INSTRUCTION PAGE.
Students in this clinical course directly represent entrepreneurs, businesses, and social ventures primarily from the Philadelphia area. With guidance and supervision from full-time faculty with significant transactional experience, students serve as primary counsel to both for-profit and non-profit clients on matters such as business structuring and formation, contract drafting and review, intellectual property protection, managing employees, negotiating with third parties, asset acquisitions and dispositions, creating business strategy, and meeting regulatory requirements. The clinic does not litigate.
Through weekly seminars, concepts and skills involving substantive law, business, and professional development are introduced to enable students to best serve their clients and learn the fundamentals of transactional practice and positively impact distressed communities and society. In addition to the regularly scheduled class meetings, students will meet with Faculty supervisors at least once a week for approximately one hour to receive individualized guidance and feedback. Students also may conduct live workshops for area entrepreneurs on various legal topics associated with starting or growing a business.
Enrollment in this course is limited. There are no prerequisites but Contract Drafting, Transactional & Corporate Legal Research, Intro to Intellectual Property, Corporations, and the Wharton Certificate in Management program may be useful.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a time-intensive experience. You should not enroll in this clinic in a semester in which you have other significant demands on your time or a heavy exam schedule. Please contact clinic faculty if you have questions or concerns.
You may not enroll in this course if: a) you are enrolled in another clinical course or an externship in the same semester; or b) you have 1 or more incomplete grades at the beginning of the semester. Work in the clinic continues through the end of the exam period.
PLEASE NOTE: The clinic is not just a class, it’s a professional commitment to clients, peers, and faculty. If you are enrolled in a clinic, you will have until July 29, 2024, at 5pm to confirm and commit to your seat. Additional instructions will be provided via email after you are enrolled. After you confirm and commit, you will be fully enrolled in the clinic and may not drop without permission from the instructor and the Dean of Students. Students who elect to use their enrollment in the Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic toward their public service requirement will receive one less credit for this course.
Business and Corporate Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of business and corporate law; Perform legal analysis in the context of business and corporate law; Communicate effectively on topics related to business and corporate law; Demonstrate an understanding of the interconnection between the world of business and finance and that of business and corporate law, and how they affect other areas of law and society.
Skills Learning outcomes: Demonstrate an understanding of the individual course skill; Demonstrate the ability to receive and implement feedback; Demonstrate an understanding of how and when the individual course skill is employed in practice.
Intellectual Property and Technology Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of intellectual property law; Perform legal analysis in the context of intellectual property law; Communicate effectively on topics related to intellectual property; Demonstrate an understanding of the interconnection between technology and intellectual property, and how they affect other areas of law and society.
Tax Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of tax law and policy; Perform legal analysis in the context of tax law and policy; Communicate effectively on topics related to tax law and policy; Demonstrate an understanding of how tax law and policy affect other areas of law and business.
Public Interest Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of the varied legal aspects of public interest law; Perform legal analysis in the context of public interest law; Communicate effectively on topics related to public interest law; Demonstrate an understanding of how public interest law is connected to and affected by a wide variety of legal and regulatory structures and doctrines.
Equity and Inclusion Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of the varied legal aspects of equity and inclusion; Perform legal analysis in the context of topics related to equity and inclusion; Communicate effectively on the legal aspects of equity and inclusion; Demonstrate an understanding of how equity and inclusion are connected to and affected by a wide variety of legal and regulatory structures and doctrines.
Textbooks
"PA Rules of Professional Conduct" by PA Supreme Court |