Summary Advice Legal Clinic

Yes. It is a free service.

The Clinic is offered to current full and part-time Toronto Metropolitan University students, Chang School learners, and members of the various learning zones on campus such as the DMZ.

The Clinic offers advice on a wide variety of business law and contract law, including: 

• Business start-ups
• Choosing the form of business organizations
• Shareholders' agreements and partnership agreements
• Business names

If you are unsure whether your issue falls under the scope of the Legal Clinic, please email us to find out: lawclinic@torontomu.ca (opens in new window) . If we are unable to assist, we will provide you with some helpful referrals and resources.

No. The Clinic offers a one-on-one appointment with a lawyer to get free legal advice on your situation. This is held in a confidential, private setting, either in-person or virtually. You are given 45 minutes for your appointment to go through the legal issue listed on your intake form and get advice from experts.

The Clinic is by appointment only. There is a process in which you provide your information and describe your legal issue on an Intake Form for the lawyers to process. This process has to be completed prior to your appointment. Everything is kept confidential.

To book an appointment, please email lawclinic@torontomu.ca with a brief description of your legal issue in order for us to determine whether your issue is within the scope of the Clinic. If you have a legal concern that we can assist with, you will be asked to complete an intake form.

Please carefully read the acknowledgement section and provide your signature (either written or an e-signature) when returning the completed intake form. Please type out your information electronically on the Intake Form and email it back to lawclinic@torontomu.ca. Appointments will be scheduled on an ongoing basis and will be arranged based on the availability of the lawyer(s).

Please provide any documentation that is relevant to your issue and that may assist the lawyers in providing any advice. This may include a contract that you have signed or are creating, or an outline of your business plan.

All documentation is kept entirely confidential. 

If someone else is highly involved in the legal matter or is your business partner, and a current Toronto Metropolitan University student, we may be able to allow both of you to be in the appointment. However, this request must be specified in your Intake Form and approval will be given on a case-by-case basis.

An opposing party will not be allowed in the meeting with you on the day of your appointment.

To gain access to the Clinic, you are required to be a current Toronto Metropolitan University student (full-time, part-time, or continuing education), or a member of the university's learning zones. If you have misplaced your student card or identification, you must provide sufficient documentation on the day of the appointment.

Please email lawclinic@torontomu.ca (opens in new window)  to notify the coordinator in advance. 

Yes. While you are a Toronto Metropolitan University student, or a member of the university's learning zones, the service is provided for you to use as often as you need. You must always fill out an Intake Form and email it to lawclinic@torontomu.ca (opens in new window)  to book your appointment.