Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA)
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To Volunteer, Contact:
612-259-6597
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Location:
1256 Penn Avenue NorthSuite 4800Minneapolis, MN 55411
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- Phone: 612-259-6597
- Website: http://www.meda.net
Make a difference by sharing your expertise and knowledge as a volunteer business mentor. MEDA matches attorneys with BIPOC entrepreneurs in the eleven county metro area who want to start or grow a business. Areas of service include, but are not limited to, incorporation, partnership agreements, contracts, labor and employment law, tax and business planning and real estate. Legal assistance is provided pro bono or at a reduced rate, depending on need. Attorneys may also volunteer to conduct community education seminars or participate in special onetime projects. Volunteer attorneys should have business or corporate law experience. Volunteers are not expected to provide litigation services. Attorneys generally meet clients at their own offices. However, space can be arranged at MEDA. Most meetings are held during regular business hours. Attorneys with language fluency other than English are needed.
- State(s) of Volunteer Opportunity: Minnesota
- Area of law: Community Development, Consumer, Debt/Credit/Bankruptcy, Employment, Taxes, Business, Corporate Law, Intellectual Property
- Populations Served: Communities of Color, General Public, Immigrants, Low Income, Native Americans, Women
- Opportunities For: Interpreters, Law school clinic, Law Students, Lawyers, Mentors, Mentors/consultants, Nonlitigation Projects, Paralegals, Senior Lawyers, Small and medium law firm attorneys
- Need for non-English services: Spanish, All
- Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Flexible, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm
- Malpractice insurance is provided for volunteers: No
- Training Provided: Yes
- Training Required: Yes
- CLE credit for trainings: No
- CLE credit for pro bono: No
- Mentoring or supervision offered: Yes
- Volunteer lawyers need to meet a caseload or hours requirement: No
- Types of projects in need of Pro Bono help: Client counseling (e.g., brief advice), Draft legal documents (e.g., briefs), Legal Research, Mentor volunteer lawyers or law students, Prepare legal education materials
- Other Long Distance Opportunities: Mentoring
- Volunteers may participate long-distance: Yes