The Community Wealth Building Transactional Law Clinic provides hands-on legal training while supporting community organizations and movements focused on economic justice and neighborhood development. Students work directly with clients and develop practical transactional law skills through supervised representation.
The Community Wealth Building Transactional Law Clinic utilizes movement lawyering tactics and rebellious lawyering techniques to provide transactional legal services to community groups and organizations working on projects and socioeconomic movements aimed at creating systemic economic change within historically disinvested neighborhoods. Through the clinic, students gain practical experience in: Business Law, Securities Law, Nonprofit Law, Real Estate Law, Redevelopment Law, Land Use Law, Commercial Contracts, Urban Law and Policy.
The Clinic helps clients develop community wealth-building tools that create living-wage jobs, strengthen neighborhood stability and advance locally owned economic development. Through community-owned and resident-led initiatives, clients can make a lasting impact in Newark and communities across the New York metropolitan area and beyond, including:
Program Director:
Elizabeth L. Carter
[email protected]
Professor: Elizabeth L. Carter
Offered: Fall and Spring
Credits: 5
Syllabus Fall 2026 Community Wealth Building Transactional Law Clinic_Prof E. Carter 1
In addition to the general clinic prerequisites, consideration will be given to students’ relevant experience, interest in transactional law, commitment to community wealth-building and interest in working with historically disinvested and marginalized communities. Under the supervision of Professor Carter, students may work individually or in teams and participate in all phases of client representation, including:
Students may also participate in community outreach, educational workshops and community events focused on wealth-building and economic development. Students should expect to devote approximately 12-14 hours per week to the clinic, for a total of approximately 180 hours per semester.
