小企业和商标诊所
“我们努力为客户提供超出他们期望的服务."
在2005年秋季学期, 新大戴德曼法学院 Small Business Clinic began providing free legal services to small businesses and non-profit organizations that couldn’t afford legal fees. Trademark services were added to the Clinic in the Fall 2014 semester.
我们的使命和目标
Our mission continues to be to provide free legal services to new and existing small businesses and non-profit organizations that cannot afford to pay legal fees. Our goal is to provide our students with the experiential learning to become competent transactional lawyers. Our law students gain experience and learn necessary skills by actually representing real clients in real legal matters as associate members of the State Bar of Texas.
工作描述
小企业和商标诊所是一家律师事务所, providing law students interested in transactional law with practical skills and training in many areas used by business lawyers in private practice.
Our law students (associate members) assist small businesses and non-profit organizations with various legal matters that these entities and individuals face. Associate members advise clients regarding the start-up of their businesses and assist in preparing necessary legal documents. Associate members also form and give advice to non-profit organizations. Associate members learn how to work with clients by acquiring hands-on experience in representing clients with their business and trademark needs, 包括美国专利局 & 商标局(USPTO).
作为USPTO法学院诊所认证项目的一部分, our associate members actually practice Intellectual Property Law before the USPTO under the strict guidance of a law school faculty Clinic supervisor. 在小企业和商标诊所, our associate members draft and file trademark applications and gain experience answering Office Actions and communicating with trademark examining attorneys for the applications they have filed.
为客户提供的服务
The 小企业和商标诊所 and its associate members (law students) offer a wide range of services, including:
- 为非营利组织提供开办服务, 包括协助申请免税
- 为小型营利企业提供创业服务, 包括组织结构和运营方面的咨询
- Preparation of various documents used in the formation of new businesses
- Negotiation and drafting of legal contracts and documents used by small businesses and non-profit organizations
- Legal advice regarding the implications and use of various contracts, leases and other documents
- Review of contracts presented to small businesses and non-profit organizations by third parties
- 准备版权和商标申请
客户的角色
潜在客户应通过以下方式申请代理 完成初始申请. This is the first step in the Clinic’s consideration of whether or not to accept the client. 填妥的申请表应扫描并通过电子邮件发送至 carranzag@mail.jishuoba.com 或传真至214-768-1760或邮寄至新大戴德曼法学院, 小企业和商标诊所, P.O. 750116号信箱，达拉斯，德克萨斯州75275-0116. Please keep in mind that there is a WAITING LIST for Clinic legal services.
申请将由一名教员审查, 是否符合诊所的要求, the prospective client will be called for an initial telephone screening. 电话筛选之后, an in-person interview will be scheduled with one of our associate members. The interview is a required step before the Clinic will determine if it will offer to accept the applicant as a client. Decisions to offer representation to clients are based on a number of factors, 比如案件的性质, 诊所的工作量, 准会员的教育需要, 以及我们是否相信诊所可以很好地帮助客户. The Clinic only represents those who cannot afford to pay private lawyer fees.
面试结束后, 诊所主任, in consultation with the associate member who conducted the interview, will make a decision about whether the applicant will be accepted as a client. 一旦一个潜在的客户被暂时接受, the client must enter into a formal engagement agreement with the Clinic and pay an administrative fee of $25.00. 届时，申请人将成为诊所的客户.
Clients are expected to communicate with the assigned associate member in a timely manner, including reviewing drafts of documents and attending any necessary meetings. 虽然没有服务费(除了25美元).00行政费), clients will be responsible for paying all costs or filing fees required by applicable governmental entities (such as the filing fees mandated by the IRS or the application fees required by the Patent & 商标局及版权局), 以及诊所所产生的任何相关自付费用.
We reserve the right to terminate any relationship at any time if we believe it is required by the Rules of Professional Conduct or if we determine that the client is not cooperating with the associate member or fails to pay required filing fees or other costs.
Importantly, we do not give legal advice or answer questions unless and until the person seeking advice is a client who has been formally accepted by the Clinic, 聘书签了吗, 并支付了25美元.00行政费. Any comments or information provided prior to or outside the formal Clinic-client relationship (including as part of the telephone screening and in-person interview) do not constitute the giving of legal advice and do not operate to create an attorney-client relationship.
Location
The 小企业和商标诊所 is located on the SMU campus in the lower level of Storey Hall, which is located at the southeast corner of Hillcrest and Daniel Streets.
其他诊所
新大戴德曼法学院 also offers assistance to low income individuals in its Tax, Patent, Civil, 刑事辩护, 消费者权益, Family Law, 侵害妇女罪, 真正的无罪和儿童权益诊所. 有关这些诊所的资料，请致电214-768-2562.
联系信息
教职员工
Kandace D. Walter
Director, 小企业和商标诊所 and Associate Clinical Professor of Law
格洛丽亚卡
法律助理
刑事司法，无罪，专利，
小企业、税务和商标诊所
邮寄地址
新大戴德曼法学院
P.O. Box 750116
达拉斯，德克萨斯州75275-0116
物理地址
新大戴德曼法学院
丹尼尔大道3315号，30室
达拉斯，德克萨斯州75205