Transactional Legal Clinic

Courses

• Transactional Legal Clinic – 2 credits
• Transactional Legal Clinic– 1 credit

Professor: Alexandra Kilduff
Offered: Fall and Spring semesters (weekend)
Credits: 3

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Introduction

With the support of the New Jersey State Bar Foundation, the Clinic focuses its efforts on providing transactional or business legal assistance to small businesses, nonprofit organizations, and entrepreneurs in the greater Newark area. This clinic provides hands-on experience for law students on topics such tax issues, corporate governance, real estate, contracts, and risk management. By focusing on the common legal projects that come with small business entities, students will gain practical skills through client interactions, document drafting, legal research, and other “hands-on” lawyering practice, while also learning the ethical and professional responsibilities involved in transactional practice.

A transactional lawyer, whether in the role of in-house counsel or at a law firm, needs to be flexible to deal with a wide range of legal issues for a wide variety of clients. Students should expect to work with multiple clients on more than one subject area at a time.

Students have assisted on the following types of matters:

• Represented a local Newark nonprofit in commercial lease negotiations for a new community center;
• Conducted a comprehensive legal review of governance documents and internal controls for a nonprofit in Newark;
• Represented a small healthcare provider looking to start an affiliated 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization;
• Represented a small business owner looking to register a number of trademarks and copyrights;
• Drafted MOUs and agreements for non-profit organizations in the greater Newark area;
• Drafted a suite of key practice documents for transactional lawyers, including a legal audit questionnaire and self-assessment tool for small organizations; and,
• Drafted templates for governance documents, letters of intent, and memoranda of understanding.

Course Structure

The weekend section of the Transactional Legal Clinic is a 3-credit clinic, with 1 credit for the seminar and 2 credits for the clinic legal work. The clinic seminar meets on Saturdays or Sundays as part of the weekend curriculum.