The Social Enterprise Clinic is a seminar-long course. Students enrolled in the Social Enterprise Clinic must concurrently take a two-credit companion seminar taught by Alina Ball. This seminar provides an overview of substantive areas in transactional law, with a focus on social enterprise statutes and corporate governance models. Students in this course also explore various lawyering theories within corporate and social justice contexts. In addition to the assigned readings, students must analyze their client representations to ground their conclusions and deepen their understanding of the theoretical themes of the seminar.
In the role of lead attorney, students in the Clinic are exposed to a variety of transactional matters including contract drafting and analysis, project management, real estate matters, regulatory compliance issues, corporate structure advising and entity formation. They must work an average of 16 hours per week on client matters to earn the Clinic units, though the actual number of hours worked may vary from week to week to address client needs. Students are paired with a Clinic partner and together they meet weekly with their supervising attorney in addition to the weekly seminar.
The seminar meets Wednesdays from 3:35-5:25 p.m. Enrollment in the seminar (2 units) and Clinic (4 units) is by permission of the instructors. The seminar and Clinic are CR/NC. While prior coursework is not required, students who have not already taken Business Associations must be concurrently enrolled.