{"id":188,"date":"2015-09-01T17:42:48","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T17:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clinics.law.harvard.edu\/tlc\/?p=188"},"modified":"2015-09-01T17:42:48","modified_gmt":"2015-09-01T17:42:48","slug":"aba-community-partnerships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clinics.law.harvard.edu\/tlc\/aba-community-partnerships\/","title":{"rendered":"Many Advocates, One Goal: How Lawyers Can Use Community Partnerships to Foster Local Economic Development"},"content":{"rendered":"

via the American Bar Association, Business Law Section Community Economic Development Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n

By: Amanda L. Kool, Attorney and Clinical Fellow, Harvard Transactional Law Clinics, and Brett Heeger, JD Candidate May 2014, Harvard Law School<\/strong><\/p>\n

Introduction<\/span><\/h2>\n

Community partnerships provide a promising mechanism through which lawyers can promote economic\u00a0development. When lawyers serve to connect valuable resources rather than solely respond to the\u00a0needs of individual clients, they can better contribute to the dismantling of legal barriers to economic\u00a0development. This article will highlight the efforts of the Harvard Transactional Law Clinics, specifically\u00a0the clinic\u2019s Community Enterprise Project, to use collaborative, project-based lawyering to address\u00a0systemic legal barriers in the City of Boston. Though law school clinics are well-positioned to implement\u00a0innovative models for the delivery of legal services, practitioners in other settings can leverage similar\u00a0models for the benefit of their clients and local communities.<\/p>\n

The Traditional Clinical Legal Services Model<\/span><\/h2>\n

Law school clinical programs have risen in popularity as a means to provide law students with an\u00a0experiential education while delivering valuable legal services to the communities to which the schools\u00a0belong. In recent years, many law schools have expanded their clinical offerings beyond the traditional\u00a0model that paired a law student (under the supervision of a practicing attorney) with a low-income\u00a0individual facing a court appearance or other litigation-related matters. These law schools now offer a\u00a0range of clinical programs tailored to the interests of the student body, the expertise of faculty, and the\u00a0particular needs of clients in the area. In addition to expanded litigation-based offerings and policy\u00a0clinics, some schools have instituted transactional clinical programs. These programs often assist\u00a0individuals, small businesses, and nonprofit organizations of limited means with some combination of\u00a0entity formation, contract negotiation and preparation, advice on protecting intellectual property, and\u00a0(less often) real estate transactions. By participating in these clinics, law students gain not only the\u00a0substantive legal skills necessary to complete such transactions, but also develop valuable \u201csoft\u201d skills, including experience with client interviewing, issue identification, and case management; in turn, clients\u00a0of transactional clinics enjoy access to types of legal services not typically offered by other low-cost or\u00a0pro bono legal services providers.<\/p>\n

Read the full article here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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