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Pro Bono and University Consulting Services
Please note that the resources below are not administered by the IPA. For questions on these resources please contact appropriate entities responsible for these resources.
Each year, the Kellogg Impact Consulting Club (KICC) at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, partners with 15+ organizations including socially responsible entrepreneurs in the Chicago area to provide their 8-week-long pro-bono consulting projects to work on strategic planning, market-entry, fundraising strategy, growth strategy, operation, organization, and brand awareness. To learn more, visit the Kellogg Impact Consulting Club website.
The Community Enterprise & Solidarity Economy Clinic at the University of Illinois-Chicago represents worker-owned cooperative businesses, non-profits, or small businesses that operate for the benefit of an underserved community. The Clinic is committed to providing access to quality business and transactional legal representation to persons with limited financial resources to engage a lawyer in connection with their business and transactional matters, preferably from an underserved community and not-for-profit organizations. To learn more, visit the Community Enterprise & Solidarity Economy Clinic website.
The Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights is a non-partisan, non-profit group of civil rights lawyers and advocates working to secure racial equity and economic opportunity for all. We provide legal representation through partnerships with the private bar, and we collaborate with grassroots organizations and other advocacy groups to implement community-based solutions that advance civil rights. To learn more, visit the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights website.
The Donald Pritzker Entrepreneurship Law Center provides Illinois start-up companies and social entrepreneurs. Under the supervision of clinical faculty and staff, law students represent clients in a range of transactional matters, including entity selection, protection of intellectual property, operational contracts including customer contracts, drafting website terms and conditions, licensing matters, and worker contracts. To learn more, visit the Donald Pritzker Entrepreneurship Law Center’s website.
The Magelli Office of Experiential Learning at the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign allows startups to tap into its talented pool of undergraduate and graduate students who will use their well-developed, career-ready skills to solve business challenges. To learn more, visit the Magelli Office of Experiential Learning website.
The UIC Entrepreneurial Support Program includes consulting for Chicago area entrepreneurs and future business owners. The UIC Entrepreneurial Support Program helps new and established business owners in the Chicago area start, scale, and succeed in business. To learn more, visit the UIC Entrepreneurial Support Program website.
Women Employed’s (WE) Women’s Entrepreneurship Hub provides curated business resources to women entrepreneurs in Illinois. To learn more, visit the WE Hub website.