Program Overview

Advanced Start-Up Ventures Clinic

The Advanced Start-Up Ventures Clinic is for students who have already completed a semester in the Start-Up Ventures Clinic (Law 441) and wish to continue their experiential education in the start-up space, whether it be a to-be-determined project on a specific area of entrepreneurial law, or working with a specific client or in a specific industry. Typically, the course is two credits and permission to take the Advanced Start-Up Ventures Clinic must be approved by the Clinic Director.

Course Areas of Practice

• Business and Corporate Law
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Intellectual Property, Science, and Technology Law

Evaluation Methods

• Group project(s)
• Practical exercises
• Live-client representation and case management
• Class participation

Degree Requirements

• JD elective
• LLM-LE (JD) elective
• PIPS elective
• PIPS experiential

Course Type

• Clinic

Learning Outcomes

• Other professional skills needed for competent and ethical participation as a member of the legal profession

Offerings

The Advanced Start-Up Ventures Clinic has been offered in the following semesters:

• Spring 2026
• Fall 2025
• Spring 2025
• Fall 2024
• Spring 2024
• Fall 2023
• Spring 2023
• Fall 2022
• Spring 2022
• Fall 2021
• Spring 2021
• Fall 2020
• Spring 2020
• Spring 2019
• Fall 2018
• Spring 2018
• Fall 2017
• Spring 2017
• Fall 2016
• Spring 2016

Instructors

The clinic has been taught by the following instructors:

• Bryan McGann
• Michael Murphy
• Thomas Williams
• Andrew Foster
• Darrell Fruth
• Jeff Ward

Pre/Co-requisites

• Start-Up Ventures Clinic (Law 441) is a prerequisite for the Advanced Start-Up Ventures Clinic.

Additional Information

Please note that this information is for planning purposes only, and should not be relied upon for the schedule for a given semester. Faculty leaves and sabbaticals, as well as other curriculum considerations, will sometimes affect when a course may be offered.