Small Business Legal Clinic - Fact Sheet

The Lewis & Clark Law School Small Business Legal Clinic provides low-income, minority and women-owned businesses with transactional legal assistance. Law students, working under the supervision of an experienced business transactions legal instructor, will provide transactional legal services. In addition, the clinic will coordinate a network of local business transactions attorneys who will provide free legal services to low-income business clients at the clinic.

Services: The Legal Clinic will provide transactional legal assistance only, not litigation. Some of the matters students and attorneys may assist clients with include the following:

• Choice of entity and entity creation (including drafting of articles of incorporation and organization, bylaws, and partnership agreements)

• Contract review and drafting (real estate and leases, non-competition and employment contracts, franchises, licensing agreements)

• Debt Problems (obtaining, reviewing and correcting credit reports)

• Business Financing (review of lending contracts and advice about loans)

• Compliance with consumer, licensing and regulatory issues

• Copyright and trademark creation

Clients: Due to high demand, the clinic is only able to assist a small number of eligible clients. To be eligible for services, clients must have a written business plan.

Staff: Maggie Finnerty, clinical professor, Lewis & Clark Law School, 503-768-6940, finnerty@lclark.edu

Executive Director: Lisa LeSage, assistant dean, Lewis & Clark Law School, 503-768-6677, Lesage@lclark.edu

Board of Directors:

Steven C. Goebel, MBA, J.D., CEO, DePaul Treatment Centers, Inc.

Brian Blum, professor of law, Lewis & Clark Law School

Amy Bushaw, professor of law, Lewis & Clark Law School

Jerry Carleton, V.P., Keen Mobility, Inc.

David Ellis, J.D., V.P., General Counsel, Lewis & Clark College

Roger Groves, visiting professor of law, Lewis & Clark Law School

Jennifer Johnson, professor of law, Lewis & Clark Law School

Chip Lazenby, J.D., Attorney & Consultant

Sponsors:Community Leadership Partners: Portland Development Commission, City of Portland, Tonkon Torp, Stoel Rives, and Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt

Community Supporting Partners: Bank of the West, Portland Business Alliance

Enterprise Associates:Miller Nash

Mailing address: 222 NW Fifth Avenue, Portland, OR 97209

Street address: 422 SW Everett, Portland, OR 97209

Web address: http://www.lclark. edu/org/sblc