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292B sec. 001 - New Business Legal Bootcamp (Fall 2021)

Instructor: William A. Kell  (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only | profile)
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Units: 1
Grading Designation: Credit Only
Mode of Instruction: In-Person

Meetings:

M 3:35 PM - 5:25 PM
Location: Law 141
From August 16, 2021
To September 13, 2021

W 3:35 PM - 5:25 PM
Location: Law 141
From August 18, 2021
To September 01, 2021

W 3:35 PM - 4:50 PM
Location: Law 141
From September 08, 2021
To September 15, 2021

Course Start: August 16, 2021
Course End: September 15, 2021
Class Number: 31768

Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 14
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 20
As of: 01/25 05:06 PM


New Business Law Bootcamp is a stand-alone offering of the intensive training in transactional law provided to New Business Law Clinic students. The Bootcamp is a six week mini-course that provides an efficient but thorough overview of the legal and business landscape which entrepreneurs must navigate to succeed. The Bootcamp and the New Business Law Clinic Seminar courses run concurrently for the first five weeks of the term, with the clinic students continuing on after week six to represent their start up clients for the remainder of the semester. Students who complete the Bootcamp can, in a future term, apply to become a New Business Law Clinic student (see below).

Teaching methods for the Bootcamp include classroom lectures and simulations. The course covers a wide range of legal and business knowledge, reflecting the many areas that entrepreneurs need help with: entity formation, business modeling, capitalization, employment, risk management, contracts, intellectual property, and others. The course will also cover the drafting of transactional documents commonly used by start-ups - formation documents, contracts, and capital raising documents such as term sheets, restricted stock agreements and convertible notes. In addition, the course introduces important "bedside manner" skills in interviewing and counseling for transactional attorneys, by having students attend and critique simulations of first client meetings conducted by clinic students. In the middle of the course, students will have the chance to meet real entrepreneurs in an informal reception setting to hear about their business vision and challenges of start-up. Students will also be expected to participate in two hours of walk-in office hours to interview and counsel new entrepreneurs about their legal needs. All student participation in incubator office hours will be supervised by a Clinic Supervising Attorney or Teaching Fellow.

​Students enrolled in New Business Law Bootcamp will not be eligible to enroll concurrently in the New Business Law Clinic and/or Seminar. However, students who have completed the Bootcamp may participate in the New Business Law Clinic (Law 295.5M) in a subsequent semester if they concurrently enroll in a one-unit version of the New Business Law Clinic Seminar called the Advanced New Business Legal Bootcamp Seminar (Law 292C) and also elect 4 credits of Clinical hours (Law 295.5M). The Advanced New Business Legal Bootcamp Seminar consists of the New Business Law Clinic seminar classes not included in the Bootcamp.

Note: Given the nature of this course, short of extraordinary circumstances, students will not be approved to drop after the Cal Central add/drop period ends.


Attendance at the first two weeks of class sessions is mandatory for all currently enrolled and waitlisted students; any currently enrolled or waitlisted students who are not present during the first two weeks of class (without prior permission of the instructor) may be dropped without notice. The instructor can continue to take attendance throughout the add/drop period and anyone who moves off the waitlist into the class must continue to attend or have prior permission of the instructor in order not to risk being dropped without notice.


Requirements Satisfaction:


Units from this class count towards the J.D. Experiential Requirement.


Exam Notes: (TH) Take-home examination
Course Category: Simulation Courses
This course is listed in the following sub-categories:
Business Law

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  • Business Model Generation
    Osterwalder
    Edition: 2010
    ISBN: 9780470876411
    e-Book Available: Yes
    e-Book procurement note: https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Business+Model+Generation%3A+A+Handbook+for+Visionaries%2C+Game+Changers%2C+and+Challengers-p-9781118656402
    Copyright Date: To Be Determined
    Price: $34.95
    Price Source: user provided
  • Entrepreneur's Guide to Law and Strategy
    Bagley
    Edition: 5th 2018
    ISBN: 9781285428499
    e-Book Available: Yes
    e-Book procurement note: https://www.cengage.com/c/the-entrepreneur-s-guide-to-law-and-strategy-5e-bagley/9781285428499/
    Copyright Date: To Be Determined
    Price: 132.75
    Price Source: user provided
  • Lawyers as Counselors
    Binder
    Edition: 4th 2019
    ISBN: 9781640203907
    e-Book Available: Yes
    e-Book procurement note: https://www.westacademic.com/Lawyers-as-Counselors-A-Client-Centered-Approach-3
    Copyright Date: To Be Determined
    Price: 118.00
    Price Source: user provided

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