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OUR PARTNERS INCLUDE

Bingham McCutchen
Bronx Women’s Business
Resource Center
Business Outreach Center Network
Checkspring Bank
Debevoise & Plimpton
East Side House Settlement
Fordham University
Graduate School Of Social Service
The NYC Mayor’s Office of Financial Empowerment
Per Scholas
Phipps Opportunity Center
Supporting Healthy Marriage
The Urban Justice Center’s
Community Development Project

TO DATE, START SMALL THINK BIG HAS BROUGHT PRO BONO FINANCIAL AND LEGAL SERVICES VALUED AT CLOSE TO $450,000 TO THE SOUTH BRONX

LEGAL WORKSHOPS & CLINICS

Our Workshop Series include:

Small Business Legal Education Workshops (topics include Choosing the Right Legal Structure for Your Small Business, Social Media and the Law, Protecting Your Intellectual Property, Understanding Contracts, Employment Law and Personnel Management, Understanding Commercial Lease Agreements, Managing Risk, How to Start a Non-Profit Organization)

Personal Financial/Consumer Debt Education Workshops (topics include Understanding and Managing Your Credit, Debt Collection, Identity Theft, Defending Creditor Lawsuits)

See our Upcoming Events Calendar for a complete listing of all events >

Our Legal Clinics include:

The Small Business Legal Clinic, the mission of which is to foster economic development in disadvantaged neighborhoods and to aid low- and middle-income individuals by assisting in creating and sustaining small businesses in the Bronx.

The Clinic partners with Bingham McCutchen to provide free legal advice and referral services to low-income entrepreneurs and small business owners. Clinic attorneys can help you decide whether or not to incorporate, and will answer questions about contracts, lawsuits, commercial leases, intellectual property rights, and taxes.

To schedule a Small Business Legal Clinic intake appointment, please complete this online request for assistance. Once you submit your completed request for assistance, you can expect to hear from us within 3 business days regarding next steps.

Start Small has also partnered with the Business Outreach Center Network to offer "Childcare Means Business," a 55-hour/11-week training program for home-based childcare providers. "Childcare Means Business" is a training opportunity offered as a part of the Business Opportunity Center Network's Childcare Business Development Project, which helps home-based childcare providers develop and enhance their businesses. For more information about this training program, please contact us.  

The Consumer Debt Legal Clinic (identity theft, frozen bank account/garnished wages, consumer debt judgments, credit reporting errors/disputes, debt collection harassment/general problems with creditors, student loans, medical debt) (*COMING SOON*)

The Bankruptcy Clinic (for individuals in serious financial difficulty contemplating filing for bankruptcy and individuals otherwise involved in a bankruptcy case) (*COMING SOON*)

Registration and intake are required for all Clinics. To make a Clinic appointment, please contact us.