Press
“The program combines an academic class that teaches relevant doctrine with fieldwork in which law students pair with supervising attorneys to provide legal work for early-stage tech and biotech startups.
Students also bring sanitized versions of the deals they are working on into the classroom, so they can see doctrine in context and learn from each other’s projects. “Startup Legal Garage is the best traditional law school pedagogy with the incomparable experience of working with live clients and seasoned attorneys in the field,” said Professor Robin Feldman, whose Institute for Innovation Law oversees the program.”
“The Startup Legal Garage at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law is one program reenergizing legal education, immersing more students in real-world experiences, capitalizing on the best that traditional law school pedagogy has to offer, and remaining cost-effective for law school budgets.”
“Students within the program perform corporate and intellectual property work for early stage tech companies under the supervision of outside law firms.”
“The Startup Legal Garage provides corporate and intellectual property counsel to early-stage startup companies under the supervision of leading attorneys throughout the Bay Area, with some supervising attorneys as far away as San Diego and Washington, D.C. Students gain an in-depth understanding of the incentive structures that drive businesses outside of and in addition to the law; clients get high-quality legal services supervised by leading practitioners in the field.”
Association of American Law Schools
“To give early-stage companies a solid legal foundation and empower students with hands-on experience as they work to become practicing attorneys, the UC Hastings Law School created the Startup Legal Garage. The program matches qualified startups with a supervising attorney from a top law firm and two law students, who offer legal resources free of charge at the school’s Center for Innovation in San Francisco, California. Services include privacy policies, regulatory research, incorporation, trademark, vendor, customer and employment contracts, basic funding work, and more.”
International Association of Privacy Professionals
“Companies receiving assistance are first vetted by incubators, including Hackers/Founders, Women 2.0 and Black Founders, to ensure they're project-ready. Consistent with Hastings' public mission, the Startup Legal Garage is particularly committed to assisting female and minority founders.”
“Startup Legal Garage Celebrates Nobel for Jennifer A. Doudna.”
See article at UC College of Law, San Francisco Press.
“Startup Legal Garage Wins Two Prestigious Awards.” See article at UC College of Law, San Francisco Press.
Awards
American Bar Association Business Law Section National Public Service Award. See award ceremony video.
California Bar and California Lawyers Association Wiley W Manuel Certificates
Innovative and Other Outstanding Programs (Association of American Law Schools).
Innovative Program (National Jurist).
Innovator Award (Recorder).
LA Times In House Counsel Leadership Award. See award ceremony video.
