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Get Legal Help

Ways for low-to-moderate income entrepreneurs and non-profit community organizations to access free legal services through law school clinics or volunteer lawyers’ programs.
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Get Educated

Access a wide array of educational opportunities for community members, students, and organizations interested in learning about intersections of law, entrepreneurship, and innovation.
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Get involved

Collaborate in interdisciplinary and multi-institution projects that approach community economic development and growth, and access to justice through entrepreneurship and innovation.

Welcome to the Center for Law, Entrepreneurship and Innovation

UMKC’s Center for Law, Entrepreneurship and Innovation (“CLEI”) is committed to leveraging the power of law and collaborative efforts across educational disciplines, and among multiple organizations, to nurture entrepreneurs and drive innovation towards a more prosperous and equitable future.

Featured Initiatives

Video Resources for Entrepreneurial Legal Support

The CLEI plans to develop high-quality videos addressing common legal issues in company formation to meet the high demand for accessible legal guidance.

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Missouri Expungement Tools

Solutions for better data presentation, a DIY tool for individuals seeking expungement of "simple" cases, and a one-stop solution for attorneys to streamline expungement cases.

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KC Entrepreneurs Fund

Revitalized SBIC program aids underserved entrepreneurs through local philanthropy and innovative fund structure. Join us in fostering economic empowerment.

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Who we are

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.