The Legal Aid Society's Annual CLE Pro Bono Training Program: Not-For-Profit Incorporation

Topics:
  • Nonprofit/Community Development

Hosted by Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, 919 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022


Acquire expertise in incorporating not-for-profit entities and securing their federal tax-exempt status. The faculty will cover basic due diligence by attorneys to access the needs of an organization prior to drafting any documents, preparation of the not-for-profit charter and governance documents, and application to the IRS for tax exempt recognition.

Faculty Chairs: Verity Van Tassel Richards, Esq., Michael Bolotin, Esq., Debevoise & Plimpton LLP; Rhea Gordon, Esq., American Museum of Natural History; David Stein, Esq., Withers Bergman LLP; Susan Chase, Esq., Civil Practice

  • CLE Credit Comments: CLE Credit: 2 credits total: .5 hour of professional practice/practice management, .5 hour skills, 1 hour ethics. This program provides transitional credit for newly admitted attorneys.
  • Attachment(s): Legal_Aid_CLE_Training_Program_2017-2018.pdf