Free legal help for small businesses worldwide
72 organisations
72 organisations in 29 countries offer free or low-cost legal help for small businesses. Types of organisation: 33 pro bono services, 20 university law clinics, 12 NGOs, 7 associations and networks. Access: 8 free for everyone, 11 free subject to income conditions, 21 reserved for specific groups, 1 for members only. Most offered languages: English, Spanish, French, Dutch, German.
What this covers
Choosing a legal form, contracts, leases, licences and regulatory compliance for micro-entrepreneurs, non-profits and social enterprises.
By country
- Armenia 1 organisation
- Australia 3 organisations
- Bahamas 1 organisation
- Canada 5 organisations
- Chad 1 organisation
- Chile 2 organisations
- Czech Republic 1 organisation
- Estonia 1 organisation
- France 8 organisations
- Germany 3 organisations
- Hong Kong 2 organisations
- India 1 organisation
- Israel 1 organisation
- Italy 1 organisation
- Kenya 1 organisation
- Laos 1 organisation
- Mexico 2 organisations
- Netherlands 4 organisations
- Nigeria 1 organisation
- Panama 1 organisation
- Paraguay 1 organisation
- Peru 1 organisation
- Portugal 1 organisation
- Slovakia 1 organisation
- South Africa 3 organisations
- Switzerland 2 organisations
- Turkey 1 organisation
- United Kingdom 5 organisations
- United States 16 organisations
Other needs
- 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
Orientation only, not legal advice. Information aggregated from public sources: always check with the organisation before relying on any entry.