Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Legal Services for Entrepreneurs

Case Restrictions

Legal Services for Entrepreneurs (LSE) is an economic justice project of the Lawyers? Committee for Civil Rights. LSE provides free business legal services to low-income individuals, including women and people of color, who want to start or develop for-profit businesses; and certain for-profit businesses commited to community economic development. The legal services provided by LSE and its participating law firms are limited to business law matters and do not include services related to disputes, claims, or lawsuits. Some examples of the types of business law matters we will help with are: entity formation, intellectual property (trademark, copyright), commercial leases, zoning compliance, employment issues, and customer and supplier contracts.