Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship

This summer the clinical law program plans to hire a number of law students to work in their various clinics in the Kane Center.  The Mandel Legal Aid Clinic projects, the Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship, The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights, and the Exoneration Project Clinic seek energetic, dedicated and motivated students for these positions.  Students

Street food has been a part of America’s culinary history since the hot dog met the bun. For many families, hocking ice cream, tamales, and other fare has helped buy homes and finance college educations.

Should the city of Chicago be allowed to turn business districts into No-Vending Zones to protect brick-and-mortar restaurants from competition?

On Tuesday, August 23, 2011, Beth Milnikel, Director of the Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago Law School, appeared on the Chicago Public Radio Program Eight Forty-Eight to discuss the regulations facing Chicago food trucks.

If you think you're ready to hire employees for your start-up, think about this: a daylong conference for entrepreneurs looking to hire.

The biggest economic news in Chicago this week may be what happens in politics.

On Tuesday voters in Chicago will choose almost a third of the city council. And for small business owners, that has big ramifications. They know their success can hinge on who their alderman is.

This summer the IJ Clinic on Entrepreneurship, the Immigrant Children’s Advocacy Project, the Exoneration Project and the Edwin F.

Americans from coast to coast are gathering together with family this week to celebrate Thanksgiving, feasting on staples like turkey, cranberries and pumpkin pie. In Chicago, we also delight in a delicious local treat: Jim Mullen's apple sauce.

So many Chicagoans are out of work.  So why do Chicago and Illinois laws continue to make it so difficult for people to start a business that creates jobs?  And why do they make job creation hardest for the very people who need these opportunities the most—the poor?