The Entrepreneurial Law Clinic provides free transactional legal services to startups in New York, helping turn entrepreneurs’ ideas into flourishing enterprises. The ELC helps entrepreneurs achieve ambitious business goals, build a talented workforce, and protect their budding brands. Upper-level law students advise clients under the close supervision of Bernice Grant, the ELC’s founding director.

The ELC is part of a larger Entrepreneurial Law Program at Fordham that combines a foundational curriculum in law and entrepreneurship with the opportunity for students to work directly with startups in New York’s vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem.

The ELC advises clients on transactional matters in the following three areas of law: