The Rural Entrepreneurship Program, part of the UW–Madison Law School's Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic, helps businesses in smaller communities around the Badger state get started and grow. The program helps navigate small business owners through various legal questions, like dealing with trademarking their brand. Entrepreneurs can also schedule a consultation to have a variety of legal questions answered for free. When Ruby Coffee Roasters got started, co-founder and CEO Jared Linzmeier obtained the free legal help that the Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic provides. Now, Ruby Coffee Roasters has a successful roastery in Nelsonville and a café in Stevens Point. In addition to helping entrepreneurs around the state, the Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic's program helps connect UW–Madison law students with lawyers so they can gain experience to perhaps practice in a rural community after graduation.

To learn more about the Rural Entrepreneurship Program, click here: https://law.wisc.edu/uwle/services/ru...

To learn more about the Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic, click here: https://law.wisc.edu/uwle/