Legal Research Guides by Course - Community Enterprise Clinic
Course Description
The Community Enterprise Law Clinic is a transactional clinic that provides legal counseling and representation to non-profit groups and organizations that are committed to effecting change through economic and community development in distressed communities in the Greater Pittsburgh area. The Community Enterprise Clinic assists nearly 75 non-profit initiatives in their efforts to provide charitable, educational, recreational, religious, youth-oriented, and community-benefit activities. While providing pro bono legal assistance to neighborhood and regional community non-profit organizations, clinic students acquire and sharpen a particularly valuable set of lawyering skills. In the clinic, student attorneys provide a broad range of transactional services, including preparation of incorporation documents and bylaws, applications for recognition of 501 (c) tax-exempt status, real estate instruments and documents relating to property closings and title searches. Co-requisite: Corporations
Enrollment is limited to 10 students. (6 credits)
Faculty Who Teach This Course
Subject Covered Presently in Collection by
Print Collection
KF1388-KF1390 Non-profit Corporations
KF2902 Professional Associations
KF6329 Tax Exemption
KF6449 Taxation - Income of Nonprofit Organizations, Nonprofit Corporations, Foundations, Endowments, Pension Funds
KFP211 Pennsylvania Nonprofit Corporations, Foundations, Endowments
KFP213.5 Pennsylvania Business Corporations - Incorporation - Corporate Charters and Bylaws
KFP475.7 Pennsylvania Taxation - Income of Nonprofit Organizations, Nonprofit Corporations, Foundations, Endowments, Pension Funds
Legal Research Databases
- Westlaw and Lexis
- Bloomberg Law
- CCH Library - Intelliconnec
- RIA Checkpoint
- Smart Litigator
- Bloomberg BNA Online
- Pa Legislative Bureau Capitol Toolbox
- Tax Analysts
- Application for Recognition of Exemption - http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=96109,00.html
- How to Obtain 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Status for Your Nonprofit: How to apply for tax-exempt status for your nonprofit - http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/nonprofit-tax-exempt-status-501c3-30124.html
- Pennsylvania Title Search FAQ - http://www.pennsylvaniatitlesearch.com/faq.php
- Pennsylvania Nonprofit Law Blog - http://pennsylvanianonprofitlawyers.wordpress.com/
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Office of the Attorney General. Handbook for Charitable Nonprofit Organizations - http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/uploadedFiles/Consumers/nonprofitbooklet.pdf
- Nonprofit Corporation Law in Pennsylvania (eHow) - http://www.ehow.com/about_6976484_nonprofit-corporation-law-pennsylvania.html
- Initial Filings for Pennsylvania Nonprofit Organizations - http://www.hurwitassociates.com/l_s_initial_pa.php
DCLI Webpage Links
- Primary Legal Research: Case Law, Statutory Law, Administrative Law (contains quick links to our federal and state statutes, our federal and state administrative codes, and federal and state case law)
- Legal Research Guides: Allegheny County (Pa) , Contracts, Practice Skills
rev. 10-15-2012
Patricia Horvath