Fall 2023
Professor(s):
Christopher Heard (CLINICAL FACULTY [405(b)])
Credits: 3
Course Areas: Practice Skills - Clinics and Externships
Time: ARRANGED Location:
Course Outline: Students represent entrepreneurs, small businesses, and non-profit organizations in connection with entity formation, drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, raising capital, buying and selling equity and assets, working with employees and independent contractors, and other transactional business law matters. Students work under the supervision of a professor who is a member of the State Bar of Texas.
The course has a classroom component that meets once each week during the semester. Student attorneys present and discuss their client matters during class meetings.
Students must apply to the Clinic by submitting the online application at https://uhlc.wufoo.com/forms/m1263f5v0xj9tln/. Students should not attempt to enroll themselves in this course. If you are accepted, the Clinic Program Manager will enroll you via the Office of Student Services. For fullest consideration, please apply before course registration opens.
Students must work in the Clinic 50 hours per course credit hour.
Course Syllabus: Syllabus
Course Notes: Quota = 3
Clinic students are invited to attend the Clinical Program group picture during Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic I’s orientation. The date and time of the picture can be found in the Clinic webpage at www.law.uh.edu/clinic/clinic-orientation.asp
Prerequisites: Yes Good academic standing and completion of Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic I.
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Final Exam Schedule:
This course will have:
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Paper:
Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: No
Experiential Course Type: clinic
Bar Course: No
DistanceEd ABA: No
Pass-Fail Student Election: Conditional Availability (not for required credits)
Course Materials
No book required for this course
