Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center has established a Small Business Legal Assistance Clinic on Long Island, New York, with funds from a grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Elena Langan, dean of Touro Law, said the clinic will provide much needed help to startups while providing valuable hands-on experiences for law students.
Under the close supervision of faculty, clinic students will advise clients and appear on their behalf in court or at administrative hearings, developing professional skills such as interviewing, drafting legal documents, and investigating and developing evidence.
The clinic will advise clients at no cost on legal issues such as incorporation, negotiation and lease drafting for commercial space, by-laws, employee and personnel practices and other basic legal issues.
The clinic will give preference to minority and women-owned businesses with 10 or fewer employees located in either Nassau or Suffolk County on Long Island.
The clinic is being directed by Denise Marzano-Doty, assistant clinical professor and 1994 graduate of Touro Law.
Touro Law is located adjacent to both a state and a federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York, and has a branch campus in Manhattan.
