Free legal help for small businesses in the United States

What this covers

Choosing a legal form, contracts, leases, licences and regulatory compliance for micro-entrepreneurs, non-profits and social enterprises.

Organisations

Ann Arbor

• Clinical Law Program University clinic · English

Boston

• Neighborhood Business Initiative Pro bono service · English, Spanish

Chicago

• Lawyers for the Creative Arts NGO · English, Spanish

Cleveland

• Squire Patton Boggs Domestic Violence Legal Clinic Pro bono service · English, Spanish

Houston

• Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts NGO · English, Spanish

New York

• Filmmakers Legal Clinic University clinic · English
• The Door Youth Legal Clinic Pro bono service · English, Spanish
• Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (VLA NYC) Pro bono service · English, Spanish
• WE Legal Clinic for Women Entrepreneurs Pro bono service · English, Spanish

Philadelphia

• DLA Piper Small Business Legal Clinic Pro bono service · English, Spanish

San Francisco

• California Lawyers for the Arts NGO · English, Spanish

St. Louis

• Pro Bono Legal Intake Clinic (Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis) Pro bono service · English, Spanish
• St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts NGO · English, Spanish

Washington

• District of Columbia Bar, Pro Bono Center Association / Network · English, Spanish
• Pro Bono Institute Association / Network · English
• Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts NGO · English, Spanish

Other needs covered in the United States

• Children & youth
• Civil rights & discrimination
• Consumer & debt
• Criminal & prisoners' rights
• Disability
• Domestic & family violence
• Elder law
• Employment & workers' rights
• Environment
• Family
• Generalist
• Health
• Housing & tenancy
• Human rights
• Immigration & asylum
• Indigenous rights
• Intellectual property
• Public interest litigation
• Refugee rights
• Tax
• Technology & digital rights
• Veterans
• Welfare & social assistance
• Women's rights