Community Development Law Clinic
Academic Year Clinic
6 Credits / Semester
Professor Deborah Kenn, Director
Our Community Development Law Clinic (CDLC) is one of the oldest community development law clinics in the country. It was founded in 1988 and represents not-for-profit organizations involved in improving low income communities. The caseload also includes representation of low and moderate income individuals starting businesses and buying homes for the first time. Student attorneys practice transactional law for clients engaged in activities such as the development of affordable housing; creation of business and job development programs; creation and development of community centers, after-school programs, day care centers; neighborhood advocacy organizations, disability advocacy organizations; and community development corporations. Students may also represent individual clients in real estate closings and development of start-up businesses. The work in the CDLC applies corporation law, tax law, business law, contract law, poverty law, intellectual property law, and real estate law.
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For more detailed information about the CDLC, please visit our web site at: http://www.law.syr.edu/faculty/kenn/communitydevelopmentlawclinic.