The Community & Economic Development Clinic (CEDC) will be offered for the first time in the Fall 2008. Students who took the CED or Not-for-Profit lawyering seminars are eligible to take this 12-credit clinic. Building on their lawyering seminar work, students will continue to develop lawyering skills that are needed to do transactional work for organizations that are trying to make a difference in building vibrant, sustainable communities. Students will represent start-up organizations in obtaining incorporation and tax-exempt status. Students will also work on CED projects with established CED lawyers in the community to learn from working on more complex and diverse projects. This work may involve contracts, leases, employment issues, and construction and regulation issues. Classroom work will focus on Community & Economic Development theory; skills for organization development and more complex lawyering tasks; the role of the lawyer in transactional work; as well as substantive law related to not-for-profits and their work. Classroom work will also be tailored to the actual CEDC projects that students are assigned.