Welcome to the Center for Law, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
UMKC’s Center for Law, Entrepreneurship and Innovation (“CLEI”) is committed to leveraging the power of law and collaborative efforts across educational disciplines, and among multiple organizations, to nurture entrepreneurs and drive innovation towards a more prosperous and equitable future.
Featured Initiatives
Missouri Expungement Tools
Solutions for better data presentation, a DIY tool for individuals seeking expungement of "simple" cases, and a one-stop solution for attorneys to streamline expungement cases.
Alternative Fuel Conversion
Interdisciplinary teams of students in a projects-based course analyze legal, tech, policy and practical aspects of converting local government fleets of gas-powered vehicles to alternative fuels.
KC Entrepreneurs Fund
Revitalized SBIC program aids underserved entrepreneurs through local philanthropy and innovative fund structure. Join us in fostering economic empowerment.
Stay Connected with our newsletter
Check out our newsletter archive here.
Who we are
The CLEI is a vehicle for multidisciplinary collaborators to form and deploy teams that promote the use of entrepreneurship and innovation in providing high-quality education, addressing societal needs with a diversity of knowledge bases and perspectives, and producing thoughtful and effective solutions to generate public good. UMKC’s CLEI is led by the Law School because laws are involved in virtually all challenging endeavors and the Law School emphasizes training context-aware, creative, brave, and generous lawyers to join in teams that are instruments of positive change in communities, businesses, policy, research, and the arts. We exemplify that belief by partnering with leaders from all fields in common missions to make all of the communities we serve more prosperous.