Resources

Resources examining how law both shapes and is shaped by entrepreneurship and innovation

Trademark Presentation

How can you use and protect your trademarks during the World Cup.

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Vendor Requirements for Vending in Kansas City

What is required to be a vendor in Kansas City and some of the requirements and pitfalls of vending during the World Cup

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What Form Should My Business Take?

What is limited liability, why should I want it, and how do I get it?

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Understanding your Open Doors! Program License

You Open Doors! Program license functions like a temporary lease, here are the ins and outs of that.

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Copyrights During the World Cup – Don’t Infringe!

Copyright basics and how to legally use other people’s copyrights.

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Sales Tax Basics for Vendors in Kansas City

Description: Vendors in Kansas City have to collect sales tax on their sales during the World Cup. These are the basics of

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Video Resources for Entrepreneurial Legal Support

The CLEI has launched its “Run the Traps” series of short (approximately 8 to 12 minute) videos designed to introduce ent

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Choice of Entity for a Business Venture

This video explores information gathering to inform decisions about choosing a business organization form from among a rece

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Engaging Workers: Employees vs. Independent Contractors

This video explores the very common and challenging matter of deciding if a worker engaged to perform work for a business i

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Identifying and Protecting Intellectual Property

This video explores the definition of major categories of intellectual property (IP), including trademark, patent, trade se

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Sales Tax Considerations for Internet Businesses

This video provides a concise overview of key sales tax considerations for businesses selling goods or services online acro

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Introducing Spongey.app

This video highlights the Clear My Record project and demonstrates SPONGEY.APP, Missouri’s public expungement tool. CLE rec

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E-Discovery 101

This video offers a comprehensive overview of eDiscovery basics, presented by Lea Bays and John Pappas.

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Generative AI and Ethics

This video explores how to use generative AI responsibly, covering foundational concepts, ethical considerations, practical a

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Missouri and Kansas Expungement Tools

This video highlights new projects designed to streamline the expungement process in Missouri and Kansas.

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KS POP Celebrating Three Years of Tech-Driven Justice for All

AALL Spectrum – July/August 2024, Volume 28, Number 6.

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Covid-19: A Catalyst to Automate Protection Order Petitions to Support Self-Represented Litigants

Lessons learned in developing a state court protection order portal.

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KC Entrepreneurs Fund

In the 2023 Fall semester an interdisciplinary group of MBA and JD students devised a regional fund-of-fund structure that wo

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Pro Bono Services for Entrepreneurs

The Entrepreneurial Legal Services Clinic offers assistance to entrepreneurs with limited income, serving those at or below t

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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.