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MSU, Wayne State Seek Small Biz Owners To Study Barriers To Job Creation

EAST LANSING -- Michigan State University College of Law's Small Business & Nonprofit Clinic and the Wayne State University Business and Community Law Clinic will host Detroit small business owners for a Detroit Entrepreneur Social on Wednesday, Aug. 22 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights at Wayne State University.

Entrepreneurs are invited to assist with the Michigan Applied Public Policy Research Project to help identify legal and government barriers to entrepreneurial activity and job creation in the state. The event will bring together small business owners from a broad range of occupations to conduct a survey and investigate the regulations firsthand.

Clinic faculty and students are conducting the study, with a focus on legal barriers to entrepreneurship that affect Detroit's small business owners and hinder Michigan's ability to be more business friendly. The project is a multi-dimensional alliance between the academic, practitioner, government, and nonprofit legal business service communities. Student clinicians, faculty, staff, and project partners will review major city and state regulations that impact small businesses to determine whether they achieve a legitimate government objective without unduly burdening business activity.

The data collected through the project will be analyzed and presented to the newly elected 2013 Michigan Legislature and local lawmakers to inform them of regulatory hurdles and offer relevant reformation dialogue on making Detroit -- the state's urban core and most populous city -- more business friendly.

Hors d' oeuvres and refreshments will be served. For more information and to RSVP, contact MAPPR Project Manager André Dandridge.

The MSU College of Social Science Institute for Public Policy and Social Research awarded seven MAPPR grants to university professors to conduct research projects aimed at informing state and local lawmakers on various public policy issues.   The MSU Law Small Business & Nonprofit Clinic enhances law students' professional development through experiential learning in the specialized transactional areas of business and nonprofit law. The clinic trains confident and competent legal professionals to assist underserved Michigan small businesses and nonprofit organizations. Student clinicians facilitate entrepreneurial empowerment by engaging in community economic development and outreach initiatives that provide timely, quality, legally relevant information. The clinic also creates community and campus partnerships to expand resources available to Michigan small businesses and nonprofit organizations.

More at www.law.msu.edu

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