The Entrepreneurship and Community Development (ECD) Clinic provides transactional representation to entrepreneurs, nonprofits, community groups, and small businesses.
ECD clients seek to positively impact the St. Louis community in a variety of ways, including neighborhood revitalization, job creation, producing and preserving affordable housing, offering needed goods and services, and working to generate solutions to common community problems.
Opportunities for students in the ECD Clinic may include representing entrepreneurs and small business enterprises in a variety of transactional and regulatory matters; working on issues related to vacant and abandoned property; drafting organizational documents and contracts; providing counseling for small businesses, neighborhood groups, and nonprofit organizations; and working with clients to address policy-related issues.