Law clinics provide free resources to startups, using supervised law students to perform the work:

Drexel Law Clinic

The Entrepreneurial Law Clinic provides legal advice for Philadelphia start-ups. Clients work with a collaborative team of law students who are specializing in areas important to the success of the entrepreneur. Main focus is on commercial/business law. Details at https://drexel.edu/law/academics/kline-difference/clinics/entrepreneurial-law-clinic/.

Penn Detkin Intellectual Property & Technology Legal Clinic.

The Penn clinic is suitable for patents, trademarks, copyrights, GDPR, privacy, data protection and trade secrets (but not regulatory). Details at https://www.law.upenn.edu/clinic/intellectualproperty/

Penn Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic

Encourages any Philadelphia-area for-profit or non-profit organization in need of legal counsel related to starting or operating their business to apply. Details at https://www.law.upenn.edu/clinic/entrepreneurship/clinic-client.php.

Small Business Development Project

The Drexel Law Small Business Development Project will provide free start-up legal assistance to selected area businesses and non-profit organizations. Student volunteers create and host workshops at the Dornsife Center for community members interested in learning more about forming and operating a small business or non-profit organization. After attending a workshop, if a community member or group meets our requirements, we will take them on as a client and student volunteers will handle the transactional legal issues that arise when forming and running a business. Details at https://drexel.edu/law/academics/kline-difference/public-interest-law-pro-bono-service/pro-bono/Opportunities/ and contact Richard Freedman at [email protected]