Small Business Legal Clinic sponsored by NC LEAP & Business Coalition of RC

Do you need legal advice for your business but don’t think you can afford it?  The answer may now be here for you!  The Business Coalition of Rockingham County would like to invite you to a free legal clinic sponsored by NC LEAP on October 29, 2007 located at the Rockingham County Business & Technology Center.  The program will run from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM and is located at 240 Cherokee Camp Rd, Suite 2, Reidsville, NC 27320 (behind the County governmental center in Wentworth).  Several lawyers will be available to answer business law questions in a Q&A forum format.  Following the forum, there will be an opportunity for a limited number of participants to speak one-on-one with a lawyer. 

Space is limited and registration is required.  Please RSVP to 342.7855.  Call early to ensure your seat. 

NC LEAP is a new program started by the North Carolina Bar Association, meaning North Carolina Lawyers for Entrepreneurs Assistance Program.  NC LEAP is committed to promoting community and economic development by providing legal services to low-wealth businesses that strengthen North Carolina’s economically distressed and underserved regions.   Their clients are low-wealth business owners across the state; however, NC LEAP prioritizes service to low-wealth business owners with five or fewer employees, located in rural and economically distressed areas that hire and train local workers.  NC LEAP assists business owners in identifying and responding effectively to civil, legal issues they encounter as they start or expand their businesses.  Neglecting the legal health of a business can threaten its operation and limit its future.  NC LEAP will assist low-wealth small business owners by direct representation with pro bono attorneys, legal clinics and the production of self-help materials.  NC LEAP's pro bono services are free to income eligible business owners.

The Business Coalition of Rockingham County is a collaborative economic development effort of the City of Eden Business Development, the City of Reidsville Economic Development, the Eden Chamber of Commerce, the Reidsville Chamber of Commerce, the Western Rockingham Chamber of Commerce, the Rockingham County Partnership for Economic & Tourism Development, the RCC Small Business Center and the Rockingham County Business & Technology Center.