Empowering Small Businesses, Startups, and Solopreneurs
At the Business Law Impact Lab, we help you move fast without the legal tangles. Let us handle the complexities so you can focus on growing your vision with clarity and confidence. We believe that access to quality business law services shouldn’t be a barrier to success. The Business Law Impact Lab taps into the UC Berkeley ecosystem to bring practitioners, academics, students, and industry leaders together to provide pro bono business law support to those who need it most.
Whether you're:
- A legal professional looking to share your expertise
- A law student eager to gain hands-on experience
- A solopreneur, pre-seed start-up, small business, or nonprofit seeking legal support
Our lab connects those who need business law services with those who can help. From incorporation assistance to contract reviews to regulatory advocacy, we’re working to fill critical gaps in pro bono business law support nationwide.
Services offered:
- Entity formation and incorporation assistance
- Contract review and drafting
- General business and legal advisory
- Grant writing
- AI, Ethics, and ESG Governance
- Regulatory advocacy & Amicus Brief writing
- Other projects matching your needs
Our theory of change:
- By engaging stakeholders through a process of engagement, evolution, and endurance, we enable small businesses and entrepreneurs to make sustainable profits and cultivate a generative business ecosystem.
- Ultimately, the lab is about practical, impactful work that connects knowledge, resources, and expertise to drive positive outcomes for the community, the environment, and the economy.