Economic and Community Development Clinic
Community Enterprise Track
The Economic and Community Development Clinic (ECD) is a transactional
clinic that provides legal counseling and representation to
non-profit groups and organizations that are committed to effecting
change through economic and community development in distressed
communities in the Greater Pittsburgh area.
While providing pro bono legal assistance to neighborhood and
regional community development organizations, as well as to a wide
range of other non-profit groups, clinic students acquire and sharpen
a particulary valuable set of lawyering skills. In the clinic, student
attorneys provide a broad range of transactional services, including
preparation of incorporation documents, and bylaws; applications for
recognition of 501(c) tax-exempt status;, real estate instruments and
documents relating to property closings and title searches. In addition
students learn to handle zoning matters land use cases, and attend
and participate in public hearings and meetings.
