Clinical Internship Seminar: Business Advising-Center for Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Law (CTEL)

This course is limited to 12 students who have completed Business Associations I. The students will attend a weekly two-hour seminar offered jointly to 12 law students and 12 MBA students from Portland State University. Students will acquire hands-on experience working with real start-up venture business clients in small teams of law and MBA students for a collaborative clinical project. All legal work will be supervised by licensed attorneys.

The seminar portion will:

• Be jointly taught by faculty from the law school and the business school and utilize guest speakers from

the local business and legal communities.

• Concentrate on issues pertinent to both the law and emerging technology businesses, such as negotiations, use of legal counsel, business and legal ethics, intellectual property, firm governance, raising capital and exit strategies, and the anatomy of business/legal transactions.

• Be graded based on a mix of written assignments and class participation.

For the clinical portion of the class, students will work in mixed JD/MBA teams on the business and legal needs of an early stage company. Law students will be required to spend the equivalent of 10 hours per week on the project and produce a legal strategy memorandum, entity documents or other materials approved by the professors. They also may prepare formation documents, contracts, filings and other materials to be used by the business.

Students will have class in the Portland Business Accelerator (PBA) building, 2828 SW Corbett, Portland, a 10 minute drive from the law school.

This 3 credit seminar is graded on a credit/no credit basis.

Applicants for this course will be screened through an interview process. To apply, submit a cover letter and resume to the Registrar by the deadline for registration. In the cover letter, students should describe the basis for their interest in the seminar. Some business background or experience may be helpful but is not required.

Students shall not be compensated for work performed in connection with a CIS placement.

Prerequisite:

Business Associations I

Business Principles for Lawyers is strongly encouraged for students without prior business background.