This clinic will give students opportunities to develop skills in key business law topics by providing service to clients starting or operating entrepreneurial businesses. Initially, the target client base will be limited to FSU faculty, staff, and student led enterprises and preference will be given to clients seeking to commercialize “University IP.” Students will work on a variety of legal issues typically of importance to entrepreneurs including:

• selecting forms for and establishing business entities;
• working with founders to formalize relations among them;
• negotiating and drafting IP related agreements; and,
• general contract issues such as independent contractor relations, real property leases, etc.