BUSG 2370 - Legal Issues for Enterprise

Credits: 3

Legal Aspects of Enterprise explores both the for- profit and not-for-profit legal requirements and provides applications activities to help the beginning business entrepreneur or social entrepreneur actually set up a new enterprise. Topics include: types of business structures, types of not-for-profit structures, legal forms and paperwork required to set up each type of structure, resources for assistance in setting up enterprises (such as legal clinics, lawyers who provide pro bono services for social enterprise); important considerations in retaining a lawyer, and legal pitfalls for the beginning entrepreneur to avoid.

Lecture: 3
Lab: 0