Business Law Clinic

Participating students will be responsible for:

• Interviewing clients
• Understanding clients' business enterprises
• Preparing a variety of documents pertaining to their formation and operation, including:
  • Charter documents
  • Employment agreements
  • Member and shareholder agreements
  • Licensing agreements
  • Vendor and customer contracts
  • Trademark applications

In limited instances, they will prepare disclosure documents pertaining to capital formation.

In most cases, students will have an opportunity to work with start-up and development-stage enterprises that are being incubated at the Sirti Foundation and other regional economic development agencies, including Gonzaga's Hogan Entrepreneurial Leadership Program.

This is a rigorous program that involves significant research and drafting, and a strong commitment to producing good work under tight timetables. Eligible students should have some familiarity with financial statements and how businesses generally work. Preference will be given to applicants who have successfully completed such business-related law-school classes as:

• Business Corporations
• Agency and Partnership
• Corporate Tax
• Securities Regulation
• Professional Responsibility
• Taxation of Business Entities
• IP Transaction and Licensing
• Transactional Skills and Professionalism lab

Students will be supervised by attorney Stephen Faust.

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