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Information for Applicants

• Legal Issues Regularly Handled by Clinic
• Client Application and On-Board Process
• Clinic Selection Criteria
• Application
• Costs and Fees

Legal Issues Regularly Handled by Clinic 

The ELC provides various types of assistance, including:

• Corporate Work
  • Helping clients choose an effective entity structure
  • Forming companies
    • LLCs, C-Corps, S-Corps, B-Corps
  • Assisting clients in issuance of founders’ equity and creation of founders’ agreements
  • Advising clients on how to comply with ongoing corporate legal requirements
  • Advising on the fundraising process and on corporate finance issues

• Commercial Work
  • Drafting contracts and agreements relating to a client's business (or non-profit entity)
    • Employee & Independent Contractor agreements
    • Vendors agreements
    • Customer contracts
    • Website terms and conditions of use and privacy policies
    • Confidentiality agreements
    • Non-Disclosure agreements
    • Licensing agreements

• Intellectual Property
  • Advising clients on how to protect their intellectual property
  • Working with the US Patent & Trademark Office 

There are a few areas of practice that the Clinic does not cover, mainly: litigation (or situations where litigation appears likely); pure tax advice; and immigration law.

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Client Application and On-Board Process

Applications to the ELC should be submitted in late-July through mid-August.   The majority of the Clinic’s clients are on-boarded and engaged at the beginning of the school year in late-August and early September.  Although applications are accepted throughout the year, there is often a large wait list by late August, and applicants are only accepted from the wait list if Clinic resources are available. 

Submission of an application does NOT create an attorney/client relationship between the applicant and the ELC. To apply for ELC assistance:

• Carefully read all the information on this page.
• Read the Acceptance Process information below.
• Complete the ELC Client Application Form electronically and save it.
• Send the completed Application Form as an e-mail attachment to the ELC Student       Manager at ELawClin@colorado.edu. 

Acceptance Process:  The three steps listed below must be completed before the ELC can accept and commence work for an applicant. The following client selection process is typically completed in late August.  All client selection decisions are subject to ELC staffing availability and are solely within the ELC’s discretion.

• The ELC will review the application and determine if the request is appropriate for ELC assistance.
• If the assistance requested appears appropriate, an ELC student is assigned to your file. The assigned student will contact you to set up an initial interview. Initial interviews typically occur in the first two weeks of the school year in early September.
• Following the initial interview, the ELC will make a final determination as to whether to accept you as a client.

If the application is accepted, the client must sign an engagement letter prior to any ELC assistance.  Once the engagement letter is signed, the student team will begin substantive legal work for the client.

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Clinic Selection Criteria

The ELC selects applicants on the basis of all four of the following criteria:

1. The applicant would otherwise be unlikely to obtain qualified legal advice;
2. The applicant has not received a significant round of outside funding or financing from investors;
3. The applicant’s place of business is within 60 miles of Boulder County (clients from other Colorado areas may be accepted as ELC resources and adequate means of communication permit); and
4. The work requested by the applicant is appropriate for students and presents an interesting educational opportunity.

All client selection decisions are subject to the ELC staffing availability and are made solely with the ELC Director’s approval.

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Application

If you want to apply to the ELC, please read all of the information on this webpage.  Then complete this application, and email it (in PDF or Word format) to ELawClin@colorado.edu. 

Costs and Fees

The ELC does not charge fees for its services. However, clients must pay any out of pocket costs associated with ELC work (e.g., state filing fees for entity formation).

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