The Equitable Entrepreneurship & Innovation Law Clinic (EEILC) supports Michigan’s underserved, high-impact entrepreneurial ventures who transform the marketplace and society more broadly with their innovations and creations. If think you may qualify but are unsure, apply anyway – we’d love to help.

Completing this application does not create an attorney-client relationship or a prospective attorney-client relationship, and information you share with the EEILC in this application is not confidential. Please share only information that is not confidential. The EEILC cannot provide you with any legal advice unless and until you become a EEILC client and execute a written engagement letter with the EEILC. Additional information about the process for considering applications will be provided at the end of this form before you submit your application. 

To determine if we can assist your venture, please fill out this short, 20 question application for our services:

• A. Getting to Know You and Your Venture (5 questions)
• B. Information About Your Venture's Work (5 questions)
• C. Your Venture's Legal Needs (4 questions)
• D. Financial Information About Your Venture (3 questions)
• E. Working with the EEILC (3 questions)

We look forward to receiving your venture’s application to become a EEILC client, and hope you will find the application form easy to complete. If you have any questions as you fill it out, or would prefer to fill out the form online, please reach out to us at (517) 432-6880 or eei.law.clinic@law.msu.edu, or visit eeilawclinic.law.msu.edu. All questions in this application marked with an asterisk (*) are required to be completed.

(Administrative use only: application updated 2/5/2024)