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Arizona

ASU Alumni Law Group
2 N. Central Ave, Suite 1600
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
(602) 251-3620


Kelly J. Flood
(602) 251-3622
[email protected]


Status of program: operational as of March 2014


James E. Rogers Community Law Group
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
1201 N. Santa Rita Ave.
Tucson, Arizona 85719


Negar Katirai
(520) 626-2256
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of November 2014

Arkansas

Rural Practice Incubator
University of Arkansas at Little Rock 
Bowen School of Law
1201 McMath Avenue
Little Rock, AR 72202


Amy Pritchard
(501) 324-9966
[email protected]

Status of program: will be operational September 2018

California

Access to Law Initiative (ALI)
California Western School of Law
225 Cedar Street
San Diego, California 92101

Matthew Lab
Director
(619) 515-1511
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of June 2012


BALI - Bay Area Legal Incubator
Volunteer Legal Services Corporation; the Alameda County Bar Association; University of California Hastings College of the Law; University of California, Berkeley School of Law; Golden Gate University School of Law; University of San Francisco School of Law; Santa Clara University School of Law; the Alameda County Law Library; and legal services providers.

125 12th St., Ste 100-BALI
Oakland, CA 94607
Phone: 510.473.5592 
www.bayarealegalincubator.org<

Cynthia Chandler
Mentoring Attorney
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of January 2016


Center for Solo Practitioners
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
707 Broadway
San Diego, California 92101

Lilys D. McCoy
Director, The Center for Solo Practitioners
(619) 961-4353
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of November 2012


Community Law Practice Incubator (CLPI)
Bar Association of San Francisco & The Justice and Diversity Center
http://www.sfbar.org/about/initiatives/clpi.aspx/#benefits


Hamid Yazdan Panah
BASF/JDC CLPI Coordinator
[email protected]
(415) 782-8912

Status of program: Operational as of September 2016


Lawyer Entrepreneur Assistance Program (LEAP)
Legal Aid Society of Orange County
2101 North Tustin Avenue
Santa Ana, CA 92705

(714) 571-5200
[email protected]


Status of program: operational as of January 2013

Chapman University, Fowler School of Law contact:
Laurie Ellen Park, Esq.
Assistant Director of Career Services
(714) 628-2550
[email protected]

Status of program: collaboration began in January 2015

Concord Law School at Kaplan University (online) contact:
Martin Pritikin, Dean
[email protected]

Status of program: launch date is October 17, 2017

See also the Whittier Legal Access Program


Lawyers for Family Justice
Family Justice Center

Tamina Alon
Lawyers for Family Justice
256 24th Street
Richmond, CA 94804
(510) 974-7200
[email protected]
www.cclawyers.org

Status of program: operational as of January 2016


Los Angeles Incubator Consortium
Southwestern, Loyola and UCLA law schools; Los Angeles County Law Library; and six legal aid organizations: Bet Tzedek, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, Community Legal Services, Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles, Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law and Public Counsel

Maria E. Hall
Southwestern Law School Legal Clinic
3050 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90010
(323) 741-2950
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of March 2015


Modest Means Incubator Program
California Lawyers for the Arts
Wells Fargo Building
2140 Shattuck Ave., Suite 310
Berkeley, CA 94704

Robert G. Pimm, Esq.
Chief Learning Officer & Director of Legal Services
(510) 990-6029
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of August 2014


Public Interest Advocacy Collaborative
William A. Adams
(619) 233-8200
[email protected]
http://piaclaw.org/

Status of program: operational as of January 2015


RoyseLaw Community Legal Services
Royse Law Firm, PC
1717 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303

Roger Royse
(650) 813-9700 Ext. 201
[email protected]


Status: operational as of Fall 2015


Sustainable Economies Law Center Fellowship Program
Cameron Rhudy, Staff Attorney
1428 Franklin Street
Oakland, CA 94612
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of September 2013


Whittier Legal Access Program
Whittier Law School
3333 Harbor Blvd.
Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Susie Dickman
Assistant Dean of Career & Professional Development, Whittier Law School
(714) 444-4141 ext. 291
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of January 2015

See also the Lawyer Entrepreneur Assistance Program

Colorado

Legal Entrepreneurs for Justice
3900 E. Mexico Ave. Suite 300
Denver, CO 80210
720.907.7691 (office)
917.576.5342 (mobile)
[email protected]

Status of program: Operational as of June 2019

Connecticut

Connecticut Community Law Center (CCLC)
University of Connecticut School of Law and the Hartford County Bar Association

Mark Schreier
Director
Connecticut Community Law Center
45 Elizabeth St.
Hartford, CT 06105
(860) 570-5156
[email protected]
www.law.uconn.edu

Status of program: operational as of March 2017


Justice Legal Center at the Center for Family Justice753 Fairfield Avenue
Bridgeport, CT  06604

Angela Schlingheyde
Director of Civil Legal & Court Advocacy Services
(203) 334-6154  ext. 127
[email protected]

Jennifer Ferrant
Incubator Program Coordinator
(203) 334-6154  ext. 165
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of January 2017

Florida

FIU LAW Practice
Florida International University College of Law

Michelle Mason
Senior Associate Dean and Community Liaison
Rafael Diaz-Balart Hall
11200 SW 8 Street RDB 1010
Miami, Florida 33199
(305) 348-7876
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of August 2017


Nova Southeastern University | Shepard Broad College of Law Legal Incubator
Jayme M. Cassidy
Director, Shepard Broad College of Law Veterans Clinic
Staff Attorney, Nova Southeastern University,
Shepard Broad College of Law 
3305 College Ave., Leo Goodwin Sr. Hall
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314 
phone: (954) 262-6184
fax: (954) 262-3832 
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of March 2016



The Legal LABB, Inc.
PO Box 1056
Ocoee, Florida 34761
(407) 385-5576
www.legallabb.org
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of February 2018

Georgia

Lawyers for Equal Justice
229 Peachtree St. NE
International Tower Ste. 450
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
(404) 474-7447
https://lawyersforequaljustice.legal.io/

JoAnna Smith
Executive Director
(574) 309-4715
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of March 2016

Hawai'i

Hawai'i Emerging Legal Practitioners (HELP) Access to Justice Project
William S. Richardson School of Law, Legal Aid Society of Hawai'i, and Volunteer Legal Services Hawai'i

Daniel L. Barnett
Professor of Law
William S. Richardson School of Law
University of Hawai'i
2515 Dole Street
Honolulu, HI  96822
(808) 956.9774
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of Fall 2015

Illinois

Justice Entrepreneurs Project
Chicago Bar Foundation
321 S. Plymouth Ct., Suite 3B
Chicago IL 60604
(312) 546-3282

Jessica Bednarz
Director of Innovation & the JEP
[email protected]

Samoane Williams
JEP Community & Training Manager
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of June 2013


Solo & Small Practice Incubator
IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
565 W Adams St.
Chicago, IL 60661

Dawn Young
Director, Solo & Small Practice Incubator
(312) 906-5003
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of November 2012

Louisiana

Legal Innovators for Tomorrow (LIFT) Fellowship Program
Louisiana State Bar Association
601 St. Charles Ave
New Orleans, LA 70130

Amy Duncan
Access to Justice Training and Projects Counsel, Louisiana State Bar Association
(504) 619-0148
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of February 2014


Incubator Program
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
7214 St. Charles Avenue
Campus Box 902
New Orleans, LA 70118

Davida Finger
Clinic Professor
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of January 2015

Maine

Maine Community Law Center
75 Pearl Street, Suite 470
Portland, ME 04101

Elizabeth F. Stout
(207) 482-3832
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of September 2015

Massachusetts

Justice Bridge Legal Center
67 Batterymarch Street
Lower Level
Boston, MA 02110-3110
(intake line) 617-860-3414
(fax) 857-263-8881
[email protected]

Justice Bridge Legal Center
257 Union Street
New Bedford, MA 02740-5947
(intake line) 508-449-9296
(fax) 774-202-2214
[email protected]

Principal contact:
Len Zandrow
Executive Director
Justice Bridge Legal Center
617.860.3415 (direct line)
www.justice-bridge.org


Academic sponsor:
University of Massachusetts School of Law
Eric Mitnick, Dean

Status of program: operational as of August 2014


Lawyers for Affordable Justice, Inc.
Independent Nonprofit originally formed by Boston College Law School, Boston University School of Law, and Northeastern University School of Law

Online Community
857-277-1963
[email protected]
Portal.lawyers4aj.org

Damian J. Turco, Esq.
Executive Director
Turco Legal, PC
29 Water Street, Suite 301
Newburyport, MA 01950
www.turcolegal.com
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of January 2016

Michigan

Solo & Small Firm Incubator Program
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
651 East Jefferson Ave.
Detroit, MI 48226

Tammy M. Kudialis, Esq., LL.M.
Director & Clinical Program Administrator
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
(313) 596.9409
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of October 2014

Minnesota

Collaborative Community Law Initiative (CCLI)
St. Paul, Minnesota


Karin Ciano
Acting Executive Director
[email protected]
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of November 2016

Missouri

UMKC Solo and Small Firm Incubator
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
4743 Troost Ave.
Kansas City, Missouri 64110

Malika S. Simmons
Assistant Clinical Professor
816.235.6139
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of January 2011

Montana

Rural Incubator Project for Lawyers with Montana Legal Services Association
Hannah S. Cail
Staff Attorney & Coordinator
Montana Legal Services Association
616 Helena Ave., Ste. 100
Helena, MT 59601
(406) 442-9830 ext. 151
[email protected]

Status of program: will be operational August 2018

New Jersey

Associates Fellowship Program
Rutgers School of Law - Newark
Center for Law and Justice
123 Washington St.
Newark, NJ 07102

Andrew J. Rothman, Esq.
Associate Dean
(973) 353-5671
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of February 2014

New Mexico

Entrepreneurs in Community Lawyering
New Mexico State Bar Foundation

Ruth O. Pregenzer, Attorney at Law
Program Director, Entrepreneurs in Community Lawyering
(505) 797-6077
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of October 2016

New York

Access to Justice Incubator
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University

Lisa M. Petrocelli, Esq.
Executive Director/Managing Attorney
Hofstra Law Access to Justice Incubator
121 Hofstra University, Room 029H
Hempstead, NY 11549
(516) 463-4157
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of February 2014


ArtWorks Legal Incubator and Residency Program
Merchitect Development Institute, Inc., Waseme PLLC
14 Wall Street
New York NY 10005
(646) 768-9990

Status of program: inaugurated in 2016; updated and fully operational in 2020


Community Justice Center of Long Island (CJCLI)
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
225 Eastview Drive
Central Islip, NY 11722

Daniel G. De Pasquale  
Coordinating Attorney
(631) 881-0040
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of November 2013


Court Square Law Project
New York City Bar Association and the City University of New York School of Law

Court Square Law Project
at CUNY School of Law
2 Court Square
Long Island City, NY 11101
(718) 340-4412
[email protected]

Cynthia Domingo-Foraste
Executive Director
718-340-4156
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of February 2016


Pace Community Law Practice
Pace University School of Law
33 Crane Ave.
White Plaines, NY 10603
(914) 422-4022
[email protected]

Karin Anderson Ponzer
Executive Director
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of September 2012


Resident Associate Mentoring Program (RAMP)
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Yeshiva University, Brookdale Campus
55 Fifth Avenue (at 12th Street)
New York, NY 10003

Dean Patricia Morrissy
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of October 2013

North Carolina

Durham Opportunity and Justice Incubator
Provident 1898
411 W Chapel Hill St c2,
Durham, NC 27701

Mark Atkinson
Executive Director
[email protected]
919-907-0528

 

Elon Law Legal Incubator
Elon Law School

Peter T. Hoffman
Professor of Law and Director of Skills Programs
(336) 279-9235
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of October 2015

Ohio

Akron Bar Association Incubator Program
57 South Broadway
Akron, OH 44308

Allen Nichols
Executive Director
Akron Bar Association and Foundation
(330) 253-5007 
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of September 2015


Cleveland-Marshall Solo Practice Incubator
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University
2121 Euclid Ave. LB 138
Cleveland, OH 44115

Chris Sagers
James A. Thomas Distinguished Professor of Law
(216) 687-2319
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of January 2014


Columbus Bar, INC
175 South Third Street, 11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215

Jill Snitcher McQuain
Executive Director
[email protected]

Jocelyn Armstrong
Program Administrator
614-340-2051
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of April 2011


Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services
159 South Main Street, Suite 1030
Akron, Ohio 44308
(412) 614-9001

Emily Collins
[email protected]

Status of Program: operational as of April 2014

Oklahoma

Tulsa Immigrant Resource Network
University of Tulsa College of Law's Boesche Legal Clinic
407 S. Florence Ave.
Tulsa, OK 74104

Mimi Marton
Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor and Director of TIRN
(918) 631-5799
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of 2008

Oregon

The Commons Law Center
Amanda Caffall, Executive Director
4380 SW Macadam Ave, Suite 190
Portland, OR 97239
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of January 2017


The Legal Empowerment Accelerator Program
Clackamas Women's Services
256 Warner Milne Rd.
Oregon City, OR 97045

Melissa Erlbaum
Executive Director, Clackamas Women’s Services
(503) 557-5810
[email protected]

Status of program: will be operational Winter 2018

Pennsylvania

Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services
3445 Butler Street, First Floor
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15201
(412) 614-9001

Emily Collins
[email protected]

Status of Program: operational as of April 2014


Pitt Legal Services Incubator
The University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Ann Sinsheimer
Co-Director
[email protected]

Martha M. Mannix
Co-Director
[email protected]

Status of Program: operational as of January 2016


Widener University/Dauphin County Bar Association Incubator Program
213 N. Front St
Harrisburg, PA 17101

J Palmer Lockard, II
Associate Professor of Law
Director, Civil Law Clinic
Widener University School of Law
3800 Vartan Way, Harrisburg, PA 17110
(717) 541-3924
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of January 2015

Rhode Island

 

South Dakota

Collaborative Legal Incubator Program (CLIP)
East River Legal Services

Taneeza Islam
CLIP Director, A Program of East River Legal Services
335 N. Main Ave Suite 300
Sioux Falls SD 57104
(605) 336-9230 ext. 3
[email protected] 
www.clipsd.org

Status of program: operational as of November 2015; will launch with its first cohort October 2016

Tennessee

Holistic Legal Incubator
The Justice Intiative
606 W. Main St. Ste. 100
Knoxville, TN 37902
www.justiceinc.org

Mark Stephens
[email protected]

Sarah Buchanan
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of July 2019

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Tennessee Law Lab, Inc.
800 South Gay Street, Suite 700
Knoxville, TN 37929

Michael J. Stanuszek
(865) 766-4170
(865) 381-1340 (Fax)
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of July 2018

Texas

Entrepreneurs in Community Lawyering
Dallas Bar Association

Saedra Pinkerton
Program Director
2101 Ross Ave
Dallas, TX 75201
214-220-7430
[email protected]

Status of program: Operational as of July 2019.

Texas Apprenticeship Network
Texas A&M University School of Law

Professor Susan Fortney
Texas A&M University School of Law
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
[email protected]

Status of program: funding received April 2016; launching September 2016


Texas Opportunity & Justice Incubator (TOJI)
State Bar of Texas
1414 Colorado Street
Austin, TX 78701

Anne-Marie Rabago
Director, Texas Opportunity & Justice Incubator
(512) 427-1484
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of April 2017

Utah

Open Legal Services
66 Exchange Place
Salt Lake City, UT 84111

Shantelle Argyle
(801) 433-9915 ext. 201
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of November 2013


University Law Group

S. J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah

Christian A. Johnson
The University of Utah
332 South 1400 East
S. J. Quinney College of Law
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
(801) 585-5201
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of February 2012

Vermont

Vermont Lawyer Incubator Project
The Vermont Bar Association and Vermont Law School

Mary C. Ashcroft
Legal Access Coordinator
Vermont Bar Association
(802) 223-2020
[email protected]

Margaret Martin Barry
Professor and Assoc. Dean
of Clinical and Experiential Programs
Vermont Law School
(802) 831-1036
[email protected]

Status of Program: operational as of May 2014

Virginia

Richmond Legal Development Center
8310 Midlothian Turnpike
Suite B
Richmond, VA 23235
[email protected]

Status of Program: operational as of September 2013

Washington

Family Law Fellowship
Eastside Legal Assistance Program (ELAP)

Jerry Kroon, Executive Director
Lou Manuta, Managing Attorney
(425) 747-7274
[email protected]

Status of Program: operational as of April 2014


Low Bono Incubator Program
Seattle University School of Law
901 12th Ave., Sullivan Hall 117
Seattle, WA 98122-1090

Cindy Yeung
Associate Director
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of January 2014

International

Centro Comunitario de Servicios Legales (Community Legal Services Center) CECSEL, Dominican Republic
Luis Calcaño Nuñez, Esq.
(829) 922-3421
[email protected]

Status of program: operational as of April 2014


Insaf Centre for Legal Excellence, Islamabad, Pakistan
Syed Ali Raza, program director
Insaf Network of Pakistan
House #278, Street #14, Sector F-10/2
Islamabad, Pakistan
+92 301 8559845
[email protected]
http://www.inp.org.pk/

Status of program: operational as of February 2016


National Federation of Associations of Roma Women Incubator
Carmen Santiago Reyes
Federacion Nacional de Asociaciones de Mujeres Gitanas-KAMIRA
Calle Jesús María
14003 – Córdoba, Spain
+34 606 939 339
[email protected]

www.federacionkamira.es

Status of program: operational as of February 2016


Symbiosis Law School, Symbiosis International University, Pune, India
Professor Santosh Aghav
[email protected]

Status of program: inaugurated in 2010; updated and fully operational as of 2014

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