If you are interested in obtaining legal assistance from our office, please review our intake guide and contact information.

The Transactional Law Clinic provides legal services to small businesses, entrepreneurs, and non-profit organizations.

For Students

Students Can Expect

Students with Faculty

Services provided by student attorneys include assisting clients with business and non-profit formation; contract drafting and review; business permits; licensing; trademarks; copyright and trade secret protection; employee and confidentiality agreements; partnership and shareholder agreements; corporate governance issues; applications for tax-exempt status; and regulatory compliance. 

This Clinic participates in the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Law School Clinic Certification Program for Trademarks and has an affiliation with the College of Law’s Innovation Law Center.

Students Learn:

  • Business law
  • Transactional law 
  • Economic justice
  • For-profit and not-for-profit corporations law
  • Law of tax exemption
  • Contracts and leases
  • Copyright and trademark law

Credits & Requirements

  • 1 Semester Clinic
  • 6 credits for fall semester and 4 credits for spring semester
  • 20-25 Hours per week time requirement
  • Pre- or Co-Requisites: Professional Responsibility

Faculty

Jessica MurrayJessica Murray
Director, Transactional Law Clinic, and Associate Teaching Professor
315.443.4582
jrmurray@syr.edu