Legal resources

  • UDC David A. Clarke School of Law

    Community Development Law Clinic

    Students learn transactional and business lawyering skills while representing nonprofit organizations and small, urban entrepreneurs. The clinic works with community-based business centers and other professionals to provide clients with professional consulting services.

  • District Of Columbia Official Code

    Title 29 of the District of Columbia Official Code provides regulations governing the creation, management, and dissolution of nonprofit and for-profit corporations.

  • DC Bar Pro Bono Center

    Nonprofit Legal Assistance Program

    Matches community-based nonprofits with pro bono legal counsel; Offers legal clinics and in-person and webinar training sessions.

  • George Washington University Law School

    Small Business & Community Economic Development Clinic

    Provides free start-up legal services to Washington, DC-area small businesses, social entrepreneurs, nonprofit organizations, and artists.

  • Georgetown University Law Center

    Social Enterprise & Nonprofit Law Clinic

    Provides business and transactional legal services to social enterprises, nonprofit organizations, small businesses, and worker cooperatives in DC and northern Virginia.

  • Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts

    Provides access to education, advocacy and legal services through workshops and seminars, legal clinics and pro bono referral services for individual artists and cultural organizations.

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