22 Sep 2014
Four Student Attorneys in the Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic gave a presentation Thursday, September 18th to representatives of more than 60 local non-profit organizations. The presentation, “Non-Profit Fundraising and the Law,” was hosted by at the Lincoln Community Foundation and Sarah Peetz, Vice President for Community Outreach.
Third-year law students Andrew Joyce, Ashlea Whitney, Aditya Ezhuthachan, and Brianna McLarty offered guidance on legal issues relating to fundraising, including licensing for raffles and lotteries, sales and use tax issues, federal tax issues and record keeping requirements for donors and non-profits. The students also provided information regarding best practices for non-profits in managing their fundraising efforts.
The presentation was given as a part of the ongoing outreach efforts by the Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic at the University of Nebraska College of Law. The Clinic, through the efforts of its Student Attorneys under the direction of Professor Brett Stohs, provides free transactional legal services for start-up endeavors throughout the State of Nebraska. For more information about the Clinic, please visit http://law.unl.edu/eclinic.