The Marquette Legal Volunteer Clinic is providing legal assistance to small businesses and small business owners in Wisconsin with non-litigation business law services they could not otherwise afford.
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Services
Eligible participants can receive brief assistance on a wide variety of business law matters including:
- Finance and lending
- Insurance claims/coverage
- Commercial leases and contracts
- Tax
- Labor and employment
- Real estate
- Commercial debtor/creditor
- Regulatory compliance, including privacy and COVID-19 related requirements
Please note that this assistance is for business owners, not employees. Employees seeking legal help should visit
Wisconsin Free Legal Answers.
Exclusions
The Small Business Assistance will not handle:
- Litigation
- Patent or trademark issues, or
- Commercial real estate transactions.
Brief Advice
The Business Law Section is partnering with the Marquette Volunteer Legal Clinic (MVLC) to offer brief free advice with respect to business law issues as noted above. Consultations will be coordinated through MVLC on Thursday's. Beginning January 2024, the clinic will run from 11:30 AM-1:30 PM. The waitlist will open at 11:00 and you can click here to join.
Attorneys interested in volunteering are encouraged to sign up using the
State Bar Pro Bono Portal.
Questions? Contact Kara Olson at
kolson@wisbar.org.
