legal advice and assistance for non-profits in Minnesota

Welcome to LegalCORPS

LegalCORPS offers non-litigation transactional business and intellectual property protection legal aid to entrepreneurs, business owners, inventors, and nonprofits with limited resources and/or access to the legal system.

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Clients

LegalCORPS offers non-litigation legal aid in transactional business law and intellectual property protection to entrepreneurs, business owners, inventors, and small nonprofits. We offer brief advice clinics, limited scope representation, and educational workshops.

Volunteers

Attorney volunteers are the backbone of our services. By providing pro bono legal assistance though LegalCORPS, you empower individuals, support economic growth, and increase access to transactional business and intellectual property protection legal services.

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Partners

Each of our listed partners, whether federal, state or in our local communities, offer unique and impactful services that complement our pro bono legal assistance. We do our best to connect our clients with additional resources whenever possible and appropriate, helping them to increase their knowledge and likelihood of eventual business success.

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Donors

Our donors are critical to executing our mission. As a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, your donations to LegalCORPS are both impactful, tax-deductible and can be made via PayPal Giving Fund, GiveMN,  or by sending a check by mail.

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Helping Businesses and Entrepreneurs

LegalCORPS provides assistance in transactional business law matters to entrepreneurs and business owners, giving them access to the advice and limited representation essential for success and helping them avoid legal problems that can adversely affect their bottom line and community standing.

We maintain a client-focused and collaborative approach to transactional business law, empowering our clients to build intergenerational business stability.

Entrepreneurs in Our Communities

The Entrepreneurs in Our Communities program is a LegalCORPS initiative to make non-litigation business law services more accessible to under-resourced communities throughout Minnesota. We partner with locally-focused organizations that have built trusting relationships with their service areas who then refer these clients to LegalCORPS when appropriate.

We recognize that business owners need to learn the impactful role that legal advice and representation play in starting, growing, and protecting their business interests and flourishing cultural corridors.

Inventor Assistance

The LegalCORPS Inventor Assistance program allows inventors with great ideas to overcome one of the financial roadblocks to bringing innovations to market. We provide legal representation to qualifying under-resourced inventors in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota, and South Dakota who are seeking to patent their inventions.

Nonprofit Support

A nonprofit’s mission and programs can be at risk without sound legal advice that can help avoid future difficulties. LegalCORPS provides transactional assistance to new and small established nonprofits to set them up for success or stay on sound legal ground.