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The CV-19 Clinic is no longer accepting requests.

Through its Neighborhood Entrepreneur Law Project (NELP), the City Bar Justice Center’s (CBJC) COVID-19 Small Business Remote Legal Clinic (the CV-19 Clinic) provided pro bono legal consultations and referrals to over 1,250 small business owners to help them understand and act upon options available under the federal government’s COVID-19 stimulus package and other opportunities available through federal, state and local programs. Qualifying small businesses were offered free 45-minute consultations with pro bono attorneys who answered broader legal questions on COVID–related matters. The initiative helped entrepreneurs in New York City determine the best path forward for their small businesses in these particularly challenging times.

Although the CV-19 Clinic is no longer accepting requests, NELP continues to work with small businesses as they pivot beyond the pandemic and towards economic recovery. For more information on how NELP could help your small business, please visit our main page.

For NYC-based small businesses with matters related to COVID-19

At this time, CBJC’s CV-19 Clinic is no longer accepting requests. If you are seeking assistance with a matter related to COVID-19, you may visit the following websites for further assistance:

–   Small Business Legal Relief Alliance

–   New York State CV-19 Resources Page

If your legal matter is not related to the COVID-19 pandemic, you may contact NELP’s intake line at 212-382-6633 or send an email to nelp@nycbar.org for more information about our services including legal presentations, remote legal clinics and direct pro bono representation. We assist with issues such as entity formation, contract drafting & review, commercial lease reviews & negotiations and intellectual property registration.

Si está buscando recursos para pequeñas empresas perjudicadas por la pandemia del COVID-19, visite las páginas recomendadas arriba. Si su asunto legal no está relacionado con la pandemia de COVID-19, puede comunicarse con NELP llamando al 212-382-6633 o enviar un correo electrónico a nelp@nycbar.org para obtener más información sobre nuestros servicios, incluyendo presentaciones legales, clínicas legales remotas y representación gratuita. Ayudamos con problemas relacionados con la formación de entidades, la redacción y revisión de contratos, las revisiones y negociaciones de arrendamientos comerciales y el registro de propiedad intelectual.

Our Supporters

The City Bar Justice Center and NELP are deeply grateful to their pro bono partners for their unwavering support and collaboration in launching this much needed initiative. Thank you to the 900+ attorneys who volunteered to support NYC’s most vulnerable communities and helped small businesses to navigate the impact of COVID-19. Many have participated, but we particularly thank our project launch and management partners Kirkland & Ellis and Lawyers for Good Government, as well as our training launch partners Cleary Gottlieb, Mayer Brown, Orrick, Pillsbury, Proskauer, and Sullivan & Cromwell.

We look forward to continuing our work together to assist small businesses through the recovery process.