FREE legal help is available for start-ups, small businesses, entrepreneurs, artists, arts organizations, charities and non profits.

1. Corporate
Pro Bono Clinic
FREE legal help is available for start-ups, small businesses, entrepreneurs, artists, arts organizations,
charities and non profits.
Our Corporate Pro Bono Clinic helps eligible applicants navigate the complexities of conducting
business in Ontario.
Apply online at LawHelpOntario.org/application. For more information or to book an
appointment, email corporate@ProBonoOntario.org or call 416-597-0770 x 930
START-UPS,
ENTREPRENEURS, SMALL
BUSINESSES, IMMIGRANT
ENTREPRENEURS.
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NON-PROFITS AND
CHARITIES
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INDEPENDENT
ARTISTS AND ARTS
ORGANIZATIONS
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Services include:
✓Advice and assistance on employment issues such as contract reviews, personnel
manuals and terminations
✓Commercial contract reviews (leases, partnership or sponsorship agreements)
✓Board governance training and support
✓Help developing privacy policies and protocols.
✓Reviewing incorporation or charitable status applications
Services include:
✓General legal information on business structure
✓Advice on incorporating and partnership agreements
✓Reviewing commercial leases, contracts, and employment agreements
✓Advice on brand protection and intellectual property issues
✓Information on insurance and by-law implications
✓Legal advice on Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL)
Services include:
✓Incorporating non-profit arts organizations
✓Forming for-profit arts businesses
✓Reviewing work-space leases
✓Reviewing commercial contracts with galleries, publishers and production
companies
✓Advice on protecting copyright and patents
✓Help recovering unpaid fees.
Pro Bono Ontario (PBO) was founded in 2001 to bridge the gap between lawyers
who want to donate their services and low-income Ontarians who have nowhere else
to turn. PBO creates and manages programs that enable lawyers to donate their time
so that low-income Ontarians can better navigate the justice system, understand
their options and resolve their problems. We have helped more than 100,000 clients
across Ontario since 2001. To Learn more visit www.pblo.org