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This Clinic trains law students to be critical and creative human rights lawyers, effect social change, and serves as a lab for the human rights and conflict resolution fields. Students work with civil society on a range of human rights advocacy projects and participate in a seminar where they learn a broad array of skills from the human rights and conflict resolution fields. Throughout the quarter students complete assignments for the seminar and participate in Clinic project rounds where they discuss their work on projects with their peers and supervisors. The core of students' time in Clinic is spent on project work focused on urgent and under-addressed human rights issues in close partnership with lawyers, practitioners, and impacted communities around the globe. The Clinic's practice spans four global legal practice areas: peace and justice, equality and non-discrimination, rights across borders, and climate justice. Clinic students work on project teams, supported by the close oversight from Clinic supervisors. Students engage directly with partners and may travel, if such travel is required to conduct the work. Student project work often involves extensive legal research and writing and the production of a range of legal, research, and advocacy documents that might include, among other items, litigation briefs and affidavits, fact-finding reports, amicus briefs, and other advocacy or analysis documents. The Clinic also serves as a lab for innovative advocacy strategies and provides a space for practitioners to connect across geographies and disciplines and reflect on and test innovative and critically-responsive advocacy strategies through joint projects. Projects may therefore involve multiple partners in the United States and around the world. The Clinic aims to create a space where all students are able to bring their full selves and participate in all aspects of the Clinic. Given the collaborative nature of human rights work, the Clinic intentionally fosters building community and sustained relationships between students, supervisors, partners and Clinic alumni. Special Instructions: General Structure of Clinical Courses. The Law School's clinical courses are offered on a full-time basis for 12 units. This allows students to immerse themselves in the professional experience without the need to balance clinical projects with other classes, exams and papers. As a general rule, students enrolled in a clinic are not permitted to enroll in any other classes, seminars, directed research or other credit-yielding activities within the Law School or University during the quarter in which they are enrolled in a clinic. Nor are they allowed to serve as teaching assistants who are expected to attend a class on a regular basis. There is a limited exception for joint degree students who are required to take specific courses each quarter and who would be foreclosed from ever taking a clinic unless allowed to co-register. These exceptions are approved on a case-by-case basis. Clinic students are expected to work in their clinical office during most business hours Monday through Friday. Students are also expected to be available by e-mail or cell phone when elsewhere during those hours. Because students have no other courses (and hence no exams or papers), the clinical quarter begins the first day of classes and runs through the final day of the examination period. Students should not plan personal travel during the Monday to Friday work week without prior authorization from the clinical supervisor. The work during a typical week in a clinic is divided into three components. First, as they are for practicing attorneys, most of the hours of any week are taken up by work on client matters or case work/projects (this time includes meetings with instructors to discuss the work). Again, as is the case for practicing lawyers, in some weeks these responsibilities demand time above and beyond "normal business hours." Second, students will spend approximately five-to-seven hours per week preparing for and participating in weekly seminar sessions, team meetings and other group work in their individual clinic (scheduling varies by clinic). Third, over the course of the quarter each clinic student (with the exception of those enrolled in the Criminal Prosecution Clinic) is required to prepare for and attend inter-clinic group rounds sessions. Students will be awarded three separate grades for their clinical quarter, each reflecting four units. The three grades are broken into the following categories: clinical work product; clinical methods; and clinical coursework. Grading is pursuant to the H/P system and restrictions. Elements used in grading include: Attendance, class participation, written assignments, professionalism, ability to work with others successfully, creative thinking, peer review, and commitment to the clinical enterprise. Specific details regarding grading elements can be found in the orientation guide provided at the start of the quarter. Enrollment in a clinic is binding; once selected into a clinic to which he/she/they have applied, a student may not later drop the course except in limited and exceptional cases. Requests for withdrawal are processed through the formal petition and the clinical faculty review process described in the clinic policy document posted on the SLS website. Students may not enroll in any clinic (full-time or advanced) which would result in them earning more than 27 clinical units during their law school career. The rules described here do not apply to advanced clinics for students who are continuing with a clinic in which they were previously enrolled. For information about advanced clinics, please see the course descriptions for those courses. For more information about clinic enrollment and operations, please see the clinic policy document posted on the SLS website.

Advanced clinic allows students who have taken the Advanced Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic to continue working on cases. Advanced clinic may be taken for 2-7 units. Students may not enroll in any clinic (basic or advanced) which would result in them earning more than 27 clinical units during their law school career. Elements used in grading: TBA.

In the Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic, students help shape the course and outcome of significant legal and policy debates before courts, regulatory bodies, legislators, and other policy makers. Students in the clinic engage in hands-on representation of clients in cutting-edge matters involving IP (copyright, patent, and trademark) and other laws and technology policy that affect innovation, such as online speech and content moderation, AI regulation and accountability, tech and racial justice, antitrust, open science and open access, pharmaceutical regulation, privacy, cybersecurity, and more. Students draft amicus briefs for the Supreme Court or federal appellate and district courts, pursue litigation in district court, or submit detailed comments and live testimony in rulemaking proceedings before the FCC, Copyright Office, PTO, FDA, FTC, and other agencies. Students also provide counseling and legal advice to help their clients solve complex tech, IP or other innovation-related legal, technical, and business problems. Students may draft public-facing policy whitepapers or "best practices" documents to influence tech policy in ways that benefit innovators and innovation. Throughout the quarter, clinic students engage with and seek to understand the role that race, racism, and structural inequality play in the development, deployment, use, and regulation of technology. Our clients are non-profits and advocacy organizations; groups of innovators, entrepreneurs, technology users/consumers, legal academics, computer scientists, or technologists; or sometimes individual entrepreneurs, startups, biohackers, media critics, or open-source advocates, among others. Students' work ranges across tech areas such as internet/information technology, biotech, pharmaceuticals, and online speech and media. Our policy advocacy will often involve intertwined factual, technological, business, economic, political and public relations considerations along with the substantive legal issues. Students in the clinic may be called upon to collaborate with technologists, researchers, doctors, economists, social scientists, industry experts, and others to develop and articulate the appropriate advocacy for their clients. The bi-weekly clinic seminar focuses on student-led workshops regarding client projects, as well as engaging with current thinking around race, technology, and the legal system; innovation and innovation economics; and the impact of IP, antitrust, and other law and regulation on innovation. Students will critically examine the role of lawyers advocating for the public interest and for sound and sensible innovation policy outcomes. A background in technology may be useful in some cases but is not necessary to a successful experience in the clinic.--Special Instructions: General Structure of Clinical Courses -- The Law School's clinical courses are offered on a full-time basis for 12 units. This allows students to immerse themselves in the professional experience without the need to balance clinical projects with other classes, exams and papers. Students enrolled in a clinic are not permitted to enroll in any other classes, seminars, directed research or other credit-yielding activities within the Law School or University during the quarter in which they are enrolled in a clinic. Nor are they allowed to serve as teaching assistants who are expected to attend a class on a regular basis. There is a limited exception for joint degree students who are required to take specific courses each quarter and who would be foreclosed from ever taking a clinic unless allowed to co-register. These exceptions are approved on a case-by-case basis. Clinic students are expected to work in their clinical office during most business hours Monday through Friday. Students are also expected to be available by e-mail or cell phone when elsewhere during those hours. Because students have no other courses (and hence no exams or papers), the clinical quarter begins the first day of classes and runs through the final day of the examination period. Students should not plan personal travel during the Monday to Friday work week without prior authorization from the clinical supervisor. The work during a typical week in a clinic is divided into three components. First, as they are for practicing attorneys, most of the hours of any week are taken up by work on client matters or case work (this time includes meetings with instructors to discuss the work). Again, as is the case for practicing lawyers, in some weeks these responsibilities demand time above and beyond "normal business hours." Second, students will spend approximately five-to-seven hours per week preparing for and participating in weekly discussions or other group work in their individual clinic (scheduling varies by clinic). Third, over the course of the quarter each clinic student (with the exception of those enrolled in the Criminal Prosecution Clinic) is required to prepare for and attend a few inter-clinic group sessions. Students will be awarded three separate grades for their clinical quarter, each reflecting four units. The three grades are broken into the following categories: clinical practice; clinical methods; and clinical coursework. Grading is pursuant to the H/P system. Enrollment in a clinic is binding; once selected into a clinic to which he or she has applied, a student may not later drop the course except in limited and exceptional cases. Requests for withdrawal are processed through the formal petition and clinical faculty review process described in the clinic policy document posted on the SLS website. Students may not enroll in any clinic (full-time or advanced) which would result in them earning more than 27 clinical units during their law school career. The rules described here do not apply to advanced clinics for students who are continuing with a clinic in which they were previously enrolled. For information about advanced clinics, please see the course descriptions for those courses. For more information about clinic enrollment and operations, please see the clinic policy document posted on the SLS website. Elements used in grading: Attendance, preparation for and participation in clinic seminar; reflection papers; and clinical case and project work including specific elements of methodical analysis, critical thinking, close reading, efficient writing, effective collaboration, and strategy development, applicable across client and seminar work.

In the Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic, students help shape the course and outcome of significant legal and policy debates before courts, regulatory bodies, legislators, and other policy makers. Students in the clinic engage in hands-on representation of clients in cutting-edge matters involving IP (copyright, patent, and trademark) and other laws and technology policy that affect innovation, such as online speech and content moderation, AI regulation and accountability, tech and racial justice, antitrust, open science and open access, pharmaceutical regulation, privacy, cybersecurity, and more. Students draft amicus briefs for the Supreme Court or federal appellate and district courts, pursue litigation in district court, or submit detailed comments and live testimony in rulemaking proceedings before the FCC, Copyright Office, PTO, FDA, FTC, and other agencies. Students also provide counseling and legal advice to help their clients solve complex tech, IP or other innovation-related legal, technical, and business problems. Students may draft public-facing policy whitepapers or "best practices" documents to influence tech policy in ways that benefit innovators and innovation. Throughout the quarter, clinic students engage with and seek to understand the role that race, racism, and structural inequality play in the development, deployment, use, and regulation of technology. Our clients are non-profits and advocacy organizations; groups of innovators, entrepreneurs, technology users/consumers, legal academics, computer scientists, or technologists; or sometimes individual entrepreneurs, startups, biohackers, media critics, or open-source advocates, among others. Students' work ranges across tech areas such as internet/information technology, biotech, pharmaceuticals, and online speech and media. Our policy advocacy will often involve intertwined factual, technological, business, economic, political and public relations considerations along with the substantive legal issues. Students in the clinic may be called upon to collaborate with technologists, researchers, doctors, economists, social scientists, industry experts, and others to develop and articulate the appropriate advocacy for their clients. The bi-weekly clinic seminar focuses on student-led workshops regarding client projects, as well as engaging with current thinking around race, technology, and the legal system; innovation and innovation economics; and the impact of IP, antitrust, and other law and regulation on innovation. Students will critically examine the role of lawyers advocating for the public interest and for sound and sensible innovation policy outcomes. A background in technology may be useful in some cases but is not necessary to a successful experience in the clinic.--Special Instructions: General Structure of Clinical Courses -- The Law School's clinical courses are offered on a full-time basis for 12 units. This allows students to immerse themselves in the professional experience without the need to balance clinical projects with other classes, exams and papers. Students enrolled in a clinic are not permitted to enroll in any other classes, seminars, directed research or other credit-yielding activities within the Law School or University during the quarter in which they are enrolled in a clinic. Nor are they allowed to serve as teaching assistants who are expected to attend a class on a regular basis. There is a limited exception for joint degree students who are required to take specific courses each quarter and who would be foreclosed from ever taking a clinic unless allowed to co-register. These exceptions are approved on a case-by-case basis. Clinic students are expected to work in their clinical office during most business hours Monday through Friday. Students are also expected to be available by e-mail or cell phone when elsewhere during those hours. Because students have no other courses (and hence no exams or papers), the clinical quarter begins the first day of classes and runs through the final day of the examination period. Students should not plan personal travel during the Monday to Friday work week without prior authorization from the clinical supervisor. The work during a typical week in a clinic is divided into three components. First, as they are for practicing attorneys, most of the hours of any week are taken up by work on client matters or case work (this time includes meetings with instructors to discuss the work). Again, as is the case for practicing lawyers, in some weeks these responsibilities demand time above and beyond "normal business hours." Second, students will spend approximately five-to-seven hours per week preparing for and participating in weekly discussions or other group work in their individual clinic (scheduling varies by clinic). Third, over the course of the quarter each clinic student (with the exception of those enrolled in the Criminal Prosecution Clinic) is required to prepare for and attend a few inter-clinic group sessions. Students will be awarded three separate grades for their clinical quarter, each reflecting four units. The three grades are broken into the following categories: clinical practice; clinical methods; and clinical coursework. Grading is pursuant to the H/P system. Enrollment in a clinic is binding; once selected into a clinic to which he or she has applied, a student may not later drop the course except in limited and exceptional cases. Requests for withdrawal are processed through the formal petition and clinical faculty review process described in the clinic policy document posted on the SLS website. Students may not enroll in any clinic (full-time or advanced) which would result in them earning more than 27 clinical units during their law school career. The rules described here do not apply to advanced clinics for students who are continuing with a clinic in which they were previously enrolled. For information about advanced clinics, please see the course descriptions for those courses. For more information about clinic enrollment and operations, please see the clinic policy document posted on the SLS website. Elements used in grading: Attendance, preparation for and participation in clinic seminar; reflection papers; and clinical case and project work including specific elements of methodical analysis, critical thinking, close reading, efficient writing, effective collaboration, and strategy development, applicable across client and seminar work.

In the Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic, students help shape the course and outcome of significant legal and policy debates before courts, regulatory bodies, legislators, and other policy makers. Students in the clinic engage in hands-on representation of clients in cutting-edge matters involving IP (copyright, patent, and trademark) and other laws and technology policy that affect innovation, such as online speech and content moderation, AI regulation and accountability, tech and racial justice, antitrust, open science and open access, pharmaceutical regulation, privacy, cybersecurity, and more. Students draft amicus briefs for the Supreme Court or federal appellate and district courts, pursue litigation in district court, or submit detailed comments and live testimony in rulemaking proceedings before the FCC, Copyright Office, PTO, FDA, FTC, and other agencies. Students also provide counseling and legal advice to help their clients solve complex tech, IP or other innovation-related legal, technical, and business problems. Students may draft public-facing policy whitepapers or "best practices" documents to influence tech policy in ways that benefit innovators and innovation. Throughout the quarter, clinic students engage with and seek to understand the role that race, racism, and structural inequality play in the development, deployment, use, and regulation of technology. Our clients are non-profits and advocacy organizations; groups of innovators, entrepreneurs, technology users/consumers, legal academics, computer scientists, or technologists; or sometimes individual entrepreneurs, startups, biohackers, media critics, or open-source advocates, among others. Students' work ranges across tech areas such as internet/information technology, biotech, pharmaceuticals, and online speech and media. Our policy advocacy will often involve intertwined factual, technological, business, economic, political and public relations considerations along with the substantive legal issues. Students in the clinic may be called upon to collaborate with technologists, researchers, doctors, economists, social scientists, industry experts, and others to develop and articulate the appropriate advocacy for their clients. The bi-weekly clinic seminar focuses on student-led workshops regarding client projects, as well as engaging with current thinking around race, technology, and the legal system; innovation and innovation economics; and the impact of IP, antitrust, and other law and regulation on innovation. Students will critically examine the role of lawyers advocating for the public interest and for sound and sensible innovation policy outcomes. A background in technology may be useful in some cases but is not necessary to a successful experience in the clinic.--Special Instructions: General Structure of Clinical Courses -- The Law School's clinical courses are offered on a full-time basis for 12 units. This allows students to immerse themselves in the professional experience without the need to balance clinical projects with other classes, exams and papers. Students enrolled in a clinic are not permitted to enroll in any other classes, seminars, directed research or other credit-yielding activities within the Law School or University during the quarter in which they are enrolled in a clinic. Nor are they allowed to serve as teaching assistants who are expected to attend a class on a regular basis. There is a limited exception for joint degree students who are required to take specific courses each quarter and who would be foreclosed from ever taking a clinic unless allowed to co-register. These exceptions are approved on a case-by-case basis. Clinic students are expected to work in their clinical office during most business hours Monday through Friday. Students are also expected to be available by e-mail or cell phone when elsewhere during those hours. Because students have no other courses (and hence no exams or papers), the clinical quarter begins the first day of classes and runs through the final day of the examination period. Students should not plan personal travel during the Monday to Friday work week without prior authorization from the clinical supervisor. The work during a typical week in a clinic is divided into three components. First, as they are for practicing attorneys, most of the hours of any week are taken up by work on client matters or case work (this time includes meetings with instructors to discuss the work). Again, as is the case for practicing lawyers, in some weeks these responsibilities demand time above and beyond "normal business hours." Second, students will spend approximately five-to-seven hours per week preparing for and participating in weekly discussions or other group work in their individual clinic (scheduling varies by clinic). Third, over the course of the quarter each clinic student (with the exception of those enrolled in the Criminal Prosecution Clinic) is required to prepare for and attend a few inter-clinic group sessions. Students will be awarded three separate grades for their clinical quarter, each reflecting four units. The three grades are broken into the following categories: clinical practice; clinical methods; and clinical coursework. Grading is pursuant to the H/P system. Enrollment in a clinic is binding; once selected into a clinic to which he or she has applied, a student may not later drop the course except in limited and exceptional cases. Requests for withdrawal are processed through the formal petition and clinical faculty review process described in the clinic policy document posted on the SLS website. Students may not enroll in any clinic (full-time or advanced) which would result in them earning more than 27 clinical units during their law school career. The rules described here do not apply to advanced clinics for students who are continuing with a clinic in which they were previously enrolled. For information about advanced clinics, please see the course descriptions for those courses. For more information about clinic enrollment and operations, please see the clinic policy document posted on the SLS website. Elements used in grading: Attendance, preparation for and participation in clinic seminar; reflection papers; and clinical case and project work including specific elements of methodical analysis, critical thinking, close reading, efficient writing, effective collaboration, and strategy development, applicable across client and seminar work.

Advanced clinic allows students who have taken the Organizations & Transactions Clinic to work on ongoing projects. Advanced students may arrange with the instructor to receive between two and seven units. No student may receive more than 27 overall clinical credits, however, during the course of the student's law school career. Students must have taken Organizations & Transactions Clinic ( Law 916). Elements used in grading: Written assignments and client interactions.

The Entrepreneurship Clinic is the successor to the Organizations & Transactions Clinic, which was Stanford's first corporate experiential course involving representation of real clients. Under the leadership of a new professor, the clinic will continue to be a corporate experiential course, with a shift in focus toward representing low-income entrepreneurs. The clinic is designed for students interested in pursuing corporate law careers, such as in general corporate practice; emerging companies and venture capital; mergers and acquisitions; capital markets; technology transactions; executive compensation and employee benefits; or other corporate work. The clinic is also designed for those wanting to explore a non-litigation, advisory-oriented practice. Prior experience in business or corporate law is welcome but not necessary. Students represent multiple clients during the term. Our clients include low-income entrepreneurs, social impact enterprises, and non-profit organizations. Students also provide educational legal workshops for entrepreneurs with limited resources. Client engagements provide students with opportunities to assess facts; conduct legal research; develop advice; read and draft contracts, legal memoranda, corporate governance materials, emails, and other client communications; lead meetings and calls with clients; collaborate with colleagues; and manage projects. Our practice is document-intensive and service-oriented; we focus on clear communication and crisp execution. In addition to learning fundamental skills of transactional lawyers, students develop their judgment and business acumen, and learn to add value to clients and their transactions by problem-solving. Students also see the many ways corporate lawyers can carry out pro bono work and how business ownership can promote economic empowerment and social justice. The course includes a class that meets twice a week. Topics include transactional lawyering skills such as client interviewing, legal research, contract drafting, client counseling, design thinking, cross-cultural competency, and professional responsibility, as well as substantive legal topics such as entity formation, corporate governance, corporate finance, employment law, and intellectual property. Guest speakers will join us to provide valuable insight. In addition, students will share issues in their client matters and get advice from classmates during case rounds. Special Instructions: General Structure of Clinical Courses - - The Law School's clinical courses are offered on a full-time basis for 12 units. This allows students to immerse themselves in the professional experience without the need to balance clinical projects with other classes, exams and papers. Students enrolled in a clinic are not permitted to enroll in any other classes, seminars, directed research or other credit-yielding activities within the Law School or University during the quarter in which they are enrolled in a clinic. Nor are they allowed to serve as teaching assistants who are expected to attend a class on a regular basis. There is a limited exception for joint degree students who are required to take specific courses each quarter and who would be foreclosed from ever taking a clinic unless allowed to co-register. These exceptions are approved on a case-by-case basis. Clinic students are expected to work in their clinical office during most business hours Monday through Friday. Students are also expected to be available by e-mail or cell phone when elsewhere during those hours. Because students have no other courses (and hence no exams or papers), the clinical quarter begins the first day of classes and runs through the final day of the examination period. Students should not plan personal travel during the Monday to Friday work week without prior authorization from the clinical supervisor. The work during a typical week in a clinic is divided into three components. First, as they are for practicing attorneys, most of the hours of any week are taken up by work on client matters or case work (this time includes meetings with instructors to discuss the work). Again, as is the case for practicing lawyers, in some weeks these responsibilities demand time above and beyond "normal business hours." Second, students will spend approximately five-to-seven hours per week preparing for and participating in weekly discussions or other group work in their individual clinic (scheduling varies by clinic). Third, over the course of the quarter each clinic student (with the exception of those enrolled in the Criminal Prosecution Clinic) is required to prepare for and attend a few inter-clinic group sessions. Students will be awarded three separate grades for their clinical quarter, each reflecting four units. The three grades are broken into the following categories: clinical practice; clinical methods; and clinical coursework. Grading is pursuant to the H/P system. Enrollment in a clinic is binding; once selected into a clinic to which he or she has applied, a student may not later drop the course except in limited and exceptional cases. Requests for withdrawal are processed through the formal petition and clinical faculty review process described in the clinic policy document posted on the SLS website. Students may not enroll in any clinic (full-time or advanced) which would result in them earning more than 27 clinical units during their law school career. The rules described here do not apply to advanced clinics for students who are continuing with a clinic in which they were previously enrolled. For information about advanced clinics, please see the course descriptions for those courses. For more information about clinic enrollment and operations, please see the clinic policy document posted on the SLS website.

The Entrepreneurship Clinic is the successor to the Organizations & Transactions Clinic, which was Stanford's first corporate experiential course involving representation of real clients. Under the leadership of a new professor, the clinic will continue to be a corporate experiential course, with a shift in focus toward representing low-income entrepreneurs. The clinic is designed for students interested in pursuing corporate law careers, such as in general corporate practice; emerging companies and venture capital; mergers and acquisitions; capital markets; technology transactions; executive compensation and employee benefits; or other corporate work. The clinic is also designed for those wanting to explore a non-litigation, advisory-oriented practice. Prior experience in business or corporate law is welcome but not necessary. Students represent multiple clients during the term. Our clients include low-income entrepreneurs, social impact enterprises, and non-profit organizations. Students also provide educational legal workshops for entrepreneurs with limited resources. Client engagements provide students with opportunities to assess facts; conduct legal research; develop advice; read and draft contracts, legal memoranda, corporate governance materials, emails, and other client communications; lead meetings and calls with clients; collaborate with colleagues; and manage projects. Our practice is document-intensive and service-oriented; we focus on clear communication and crisp execution. In addition to learning fundamental skills of transactional lawyers, students develop their judgment and business acumen, and learn to add value to clients and their transactions by problem-solving. Students also see the many ways corporate lawyers can carry out pro bono work and how business ownership can promote economic empowerment and social justice. The course includes a class that meets twice a week. Topics include transactional lawyering skills such as client interviewing, legal research, contract drafting, client counseling, design thinking, cross-cultural competency, and professional responsibility, as well as substantive legal topics such as entity formation, corporate governance, corporate finance, employment law, and intellectual property. Guest speakers will join us to provide valuable insight. In addition, students will share issues in their client matters and get advice from classmates during case rounds. Special Instructions: General Structure of Clinical Courses - - The Law School's clinical courses are offered on a full-time basis for 12 units. This allows students to immerse themselves in the professional experience without the need to balance clinical projects with other classes, exams and papers. Students enrolled in a clinic are not permitted to enroll in any other classes, seminars, directed research or other credit-yielding activities within the Law School or University during the quarter in which they are enrolled in a clinic. Nor are they allowed to serve as teaching assistants who are expected to attend a class on a regular basis. There is a limited exception for joint degree students who are required to take specific courses each quarter and who would be foreclosed from ever taking a clinic unless allowed to co-register. These exceptions are approved on a case-by-case basis. Clinic students are expected to work in their clinical office during most business hours Monday through Friday. Students are also expected to be available by e-mail or cell phone when elsewhere during those hours. Because students have no other courses (and hence no exams or papers), the clinical quarter begins the first day of classes and runs through the final day of the examination period. Students should not plan personal travel during the Monday to Friday work week without prior authorization from the clinical supervisor. The work during a typical week in a clinic is divided into three components. First, as they are for practicing attorneys, most of the hours of any week are taken up by work on client matters or case work (this time includes meetings with instructors to discuss the work). Again, as is the case for practicing lawyers, in some weeks these responsibilities demand time above and beyond "normal business hours." Second, students will spend approximately five-to-seven hours per week preparing for and participating in weekly discussions or other group work in their individual clinic (scheduling varies by clinic). Third, over the course of the quarter each clinic student (with the exception of those enrolled in the Criminal Prosecution Clinic) is required to prepare for and attend a few inter-clinic group sessions. Students will be awarded three separate grades for their clinical quarter, each reflecting four units. The three grades are broken into the following categories: clinical practice; clinical methods; and clinical coursework. Grading is pursuant to the H/P system. Enrollment in a clinic is binding; once selected into a clinic to which he or she has applied, a student may not later drop the course except in limited and exceptional cases. Requests for withdrawal are processed through the formal petition and clinical faculty review process described in the clinic policy document posted on the SLS website. Students may not enroll in any clinic (full-time or advanced) which would result in them earning more than 27 clinical units during their law school career. The rules described here do not apply to advanced clinics for students who are continuing with a clinic in which they were previously enrolled. For information about advanced clinics, please see the course descriptions for those courses. For more information about clinic enrollment and operations, please see the clinic policy document posted on the SLS website.

The Entrepreneurship Clinic is the successor to the Organizations & Transactions Clinic, which was Stanford's first corporate experiential course involving representation of real clients. Under the leadership of a new professor, the clinic will continue to be a corporate experiential course, with a shift in focus toward representing low-income entrepreneurs. The clinic is designed for students interested in pursuing corporate law careers, such as in general corporate practice; emerging companies and venture capital; mergers and acquisitions; capital markets; technology transactions; executive compensation and employee benefits; or other corporate work. The clinic is also designed for those wanting to explore a non-litigation, advisory-oriented practice. Prior experience in business or corporate law is welcome but not necessary. Students represent multiple clients during the term. Our clients include low-income entrepreneurs, social impact enterprises, and non-profit organizations. Students also provide educational legal workshops for entrepreneurs with limited resources. Client engagements provide students with opportunities to assess facts; conduct legal research; develop advice; read and draft contracts, legal memoranda, corporate governance materials, emails, and other client communications; lead meetings and calls with clients; collaborate with colleagues; and manage projects. Our practice is document-intensive and service-oriented; we focus on clear communication and crisp execution. In addition to learning fundamental skills of transactional lawyers, students develop their judgment and business acumen, and learn to add value to clients and their transactions by problem-solving. Students also see the many ways corporate lawyers can carry out pro bono work and how business ownership can promote economic empowerment and social justice. The course includes a class that meets twice a week. Topics include transactional lawyering skills such as client interviewing, legal research, contract drafting, client counseling, design thinking, cross-cultural competency, and professional responsibility, as well as substantive legal topics such as entity formation, corporate governance, corporate finance, employment law, and intellectual property. Guest speakers will join us to provide valuable insight. In addition, students will share issues in their client matters and get advice from classmates during case rounds. Special Instructions: General Structure of Clinical Courses - - The Law School's clinical courses are offered on a full-time basis for 12 units. This allows students to immerse themselves in the professional experience without the need to balance clinical projects with other classes, exams and papers. Students enrolled in a clinic are not permitted to enroll in any other classes, seminars, directed research or other credit-yielding activities within the Law School or University during the quarter in which they are enrolled in a clinic. Nor are they allowed to serve as teaching assistants who are expected to attend a class on a regular basis. There is a limited exception for joint degree students who are required to take specific courses each quarter and who would be foreclosed from ever taking a clinic unless allowed to co-register. These exceptions are approved on a case-by-case basis. Clinic students are expected to work in their clinical office during most business hours Monday through Friday. Students are also expected to be available by e-mail or cell phone when elsewhere during those hours. Because students have no other courses (and hence no exams or papers), the clinical quarter begins the first day of classes and runs through the final day of the examination period. Students should not plan personal travel during the Monday to Friday work week without prior authorization from the clinical supervisor. The work during a typical week in a clinic is divided into three components. First, as they are for practicing attorneys, most of the hours of any week are taken up by work on client matters or case work (this time includes meetings with instructors to discuss the work). Again, as is the case for practicing lawyers, in some weeks these responsibilities demand time above and beyond "normal business hours." Second, students will spend approximately five-to-seven hours per week preparing for and participating in weekly discussions or other group work in their individual clinic (scheduling varies by clinic). Third, over the course of the quarter each clinic student (with the exception of those enrolled in the Criminal Prosecution Clinic) is required to prepare for and attend a few inter-clinic group sessions. Students will be awarded three separate grades for their clinical quarter, each reflecting four units. The three grades are broken into the following categories: clinical practice; clinical methods; and clinical coursework. Grading is pursuant to the H/P system. Enrollment in a clinic is binding; once selected into a clinic to which he or she has applied, a student may not later drop the course except in limited and exceptional cases. Requests for withdrawal are processed through the formal petition and clinical faculty review process described in the clinic policy document posted on the SLS website. Students may not enroll in any clinic (full-time or advanced) which would result in them earning more than 27 clinical units during their law school career. The rules described here do not apply to advanced clinics for students who are continuing with a clinic in which they were previously enrolled. For information about advanced clinics, please see the course descriptions for those courses. For more information about clinic enrollment and operations, please see the clinic policy document posted on the SLS website.