Advanced Small Business Legal Clinic

Advanced Small Business Legal Clinic - Professor Susan Felstiner

• Course Number: LAW-793
• Course Type: Highly Specialized & Experiential
• Credits: 1-4
• Enrollment Limit: 2 students
• Description:  Advanced Small Business Legal Clinic (SBLC) is available to students who have completed the business or patent SBLC course and is by invitation only. Under the supervision of the clinical professor, advanced interns take the lead role in the representation of low-income, small, and emerging businesses and nonprofit organizations and serve as mentors for SBLC interns.

Below is the number of hours per week interns would need to work at the SBLC over the 13-week semester for the corresponding number of credits:

1 credit = 38.5 hours
2 credits = 77 hours
3 credits = 115.5 hours
4 credits = 154 hours

• Registration Restrictions:  By permission of the clinical professor. Please contact Prof. Susan Felstiner at sfelstiner@lclark.edu or Cera Oh at ceraoh@lclark.edu.
• Additional Information:  The SBLC website has additional information about the SBLC. The SBLC’s address is 333 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 400, Portland, Oregon 97204.
• Prerequisite: Small Business Legal Clinic or Small Business Legal Clinic Patent Program
• Evaluation Method: Credit/no credit, based on adherence to the Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct and clinic rules, attendance, diligence in client representation, preparation for client meetings, organization and clarity of written work, professional decorum towards SBLC staff, fellow interns, and clients, and maintenance of client files and time records.
• Capstone: no
• WIE: yes