About the Transactional Law Clinics Program
The Transactional Law Clinics Program offers a range of legal services for transactions including:
- entity formation
- entity structuring and governance
- advising on fundraising and financing issues
- advising on nonprofit formation and federal tax-exemption issues
- counseling on intellectual property matters
- drafting commercial contracts
- advising on real estate and land use matters
- advising on employment law issues
- advising on various community and economic development matters
The program provides Michigan law students with the opportunity to develop the skills needed to be effective and ethical transactions attorneys including:
- client intake
- client interviewing
- client matter and project planning
- client counseling
- contract drafting
- strong oral and written communication
- ethical legal practice
- cross-cultural lawyering
- reflective lawyering
Students interested in bidding for the Entrepreneurship Clinic and the Community Enterprise Clinic must bid through the Transactional Law Clinics Program.
Students will be assigned to a transactions clinic based on experience, interest, and client need.
