2018 Summer Program

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2018 Summer Program

The candidate will join Community Economic Justice Clinic (CEJ) – Community Economic Development division. The Community Economic Justice Clinic (formerly known as Green-Collar Community Clinic) is a transactional clinic that inspires, informs and incubates worker-owned cooperative businesses to promote resilient East Bay communities. Students conduct community legal workshops, client counseling and representation for clients on a wide array of business law matters. Researching, organizing and presenting a legal workshop to the community. Interviewing clients and conducting intake for follow-up legal clinics. Conducting legal research and writing legal memos regarding a wide range of issues affecting cooperative businesses. Legal research to assist incubator clients with matters such as entity choice; drafting documents such as operating agreements, articles of incorporation, contracts; permitting and licensing assistance; assisting with creation of business plans; and financing assistance for worker-owned businesses. Have primary responsibility for legal work, including conducting client interviews, counseling clients, negotiating settlements, drafting pleadings and representing clients in administrative hearings and court proceedings. Make a substantial contribution to meeting the legal needs of the low-income community at a time when resources to address these needs are increasingly scarce.

Note : The summer session is ten weeks long; May 29, 2018 through August 3, 2018.

Deadline : March 31, 2018.

Company info

East Bay Community Law Center
3130 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley
California
United States 94705
Website : http://www.ebclc.org