Students, supervised by a law school professor, spend one semester representing small businesses and non-profit organizations in the South Coast area of Massachusetts. Work includes drafting corporate documents, preparing state and federal filings, conducting legal audits, researching legal issues, and reviewing contracts. Students may also have the opportunity to research new developments in the law and make presentations to the board of directors and employees of nonprofit organizations and to study the law of and assist clients engaging in small for-profit business activity. Clinic students attend a weekly two-hour seminar, which will provide training in the relevant legal topics and in practical skills necessary for representation; legal drafting and public speaking skills; and reflections on and consideration of ethical and other issues arising in practice.

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