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Small Business Legal Clinic

• Student Resource Page
• Client Education Page
• Syllabus

Form Collections

• Forms Collection #1:  intake, file opening, file closing
• Forms Collection #2:  communications about deliverables
• Forms Collection #3:  transactional forms

Case Handling Protocols

• Trademark Registration Protocol
• Non-profit corporation Protocol
• 501(c)(3) Protocol
• LLC Protocol
• For-profit corporation Protocol
• Copyright Protocol

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Nonprofit Resources
Tools and Information Useful to Nonprofit Corporations

SELF HELP GUIDES

Self Help Guide to obtaining 501(c)(3) Status
• Self Help Guide to Florida Property Tax Exemption
• Self Help Guide to becoming a "CHDO"
  

SAMPLE NONPROFIT CORPORATE POLICIES

• Personnel Policy Manual
• Procurement Policy Manual
• Accounting Policy Manual
• Sexual Harassment Policy
• Conflicts of Interest Policy (IRS approved)
• Lease/Purchase Program Policy Manual
• Affirmative Action Policy
• Code of Ethics Policy
• Document Retention and Destruction Policy

NONPROFIT CORPORATION GOVERNANCE

• Self-assessment of nonprofit for legal compliance
• Avoiding Liability as a Board Member
• How to follow the "Corporate Formalities"
• Disclosure requirements for non-profits
• Fiduciary Duties of Board Members
• Directors and Officers Liability Insurance
• Board - Staff Relations
• Merger or Consolidation of two nonprofits
• Corporate dissolution - "how-to"
• IRS Guide to good governance of nonprofits
• Can boards of directors act without a meeting?
  

OBTAINING 501(C)(3) TAX EXEMPT STATUS

• Self Help Guide to 501(c)(3)
• Economic Development as a "charitable" activity
• Economic Development as a "charitable" activity - more
• 24 Questions About 501(c)(3) status and Economic Development
• How to obtain an IRS "group exemption"
• Obtaining 501(c)(3) status for an LLC
• IRS Guidance - exempt entity as general partner in a tax credit deal

OTHER ISSUES WITH 501(C)(3) CORPORATIONS

• Charitable Contributions: substantiation & disclosure requirements
• IRS - terminating or merging an exempt organization
• "Unrelated Trade or Business" - a short overview
• Lobbying and Political Activity 501(c)(3) Tax Exempt Status
• Incentive Compensation - is it "private inurement"?
• Private Inurement - "intermediate sanctions"
• IRS market rate housing "Safe Harbor" - IRS Revenue Ruling
• IRS market rate housing "Safe Harbor" - an article

HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

• Miami-Dade Infill Development Program Guidelines
• The Housing Development Game - a primer (Tom Zuniga)
• Beginners Overview - Low Income Housing Tax Credits
• Nonprofit as a partner in a Low Income Housing Tax Credit deal
• The federal HOME Program and how to become a "CHDO"
• Converting an Ordinary Nonprofit into a "CHDO"
• Putting Together a Housing Development Team
• Ways to re-capture Subsidy in Affordable Housing
• Construction Liens and Bonds (the nuts and bolts)
• Issues with Nonprofits making Home Repair Loans
• Negotiating a Joint Venture Agreement
• Using a Sales Tax Exemption to Lower Construction Costs
• Operating government funded home repair lending programs
• What is a "Certificate of Use and Occupancy"?
• Tax deeds and tax certificates
• Title Insurance - a Primer
• Using "surplus lands" in Florida for affordable housing

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

• Evictions without the need for a lawyer

COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT

• Enhancing the Capacity of Nonprofit Developers
• Commercial Revitalization - An Implementation Outline
• Creating a Comprehensive Community Revitalization Plan
• How to use the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)

PERSONNEL ISSUES

• "Independent Contractor" vs. "Employee" (avoiding IRS penalties)
• Human Resources: Reasonable Compensation Reviews
• Guide to Fair Labor Standards Act (a/k/a minimum wage law)
• Employee evaluation form

PURCHASING REAL ESTATE

• Checklist for Real Estate Purchases
• Rental Property Takeover Documentation Checklist
• Title Insurance and Deeds "for Dummies"

FISCAL AGENCY AGREEMENTS

• Overview of "fiscal agency" relationships