Legal Issues
Many non-profit organizations, such as: CSOs, CBOs and Social Enterprises are facing the legal challenges and need assistance to handle them. At the same time, legal experts or law firms would like to invest a few percent of their time in social projects.
- Formation Package
Lawyers or law firms specialized in corporate and tax law provide advises to non-profit organizations on pro bono basis free of charge. They consult non-profit organizations on various legal issues such as: start-up expenses, liability risks, defining the appropriate status for non-profit with the tax office, accounting, publicity responsibilities, ongoing management responsibilities, charter formation, formulation of partnership contracts, etc.
- Employment Law
Lawyers and law firms specialized in employment law advise non-profit organizations within the context of pro bono mandates free of charge on current labor law issues or problems. For example, they clarify the rights and obligations of non-profit organizations as employers, create model contracts for permanent, freelance or volunteer employees and interns, or assist with international employment law.
- Online Presence and Personal Data Protection
An appealing and informative own homepage is the business card of the respective organization. Specialized attorneys advise free of charge on all questions concerning the internet appearance, such as: processing of personal data (collection, use and storage of personal data), imprint creation and provision of their own terms and conditions, linking to other homepages, etc.
- Trade Mark
The protection of the name, logo or brand can be important to non-profit organizations. Which criteria are important, what is to be observed or how to proceed with the registration? Lawyers or law firms specialized in trademark and trademark law advice non-profit organizations pro bono to protect or register their brands and trademarks.
- Copyright and Personality rights
The protection of personality rights - such as the right to one's own image and copyright law - also plays an important role for non-profit organizations. Specialized lawyers provide free advice on specific issues in this area.
- Court Issues
Lawyers or law firms consult or assist non-profit organizations on trial issues, such as: filing the lawsuit, representing them in court on different legal issues, creating precedents of defending civilians’ rights through court cases (consumers’ rights, environmental rights), consulting the beneficiaries of non-profit entities on trial issues (representing different vulnerable groups) or even representing them in court, etc.
- Legislative Analysis
Lawyers and law firms assist non-profit organizations in conducting legislative analysis on separate issues, discovering legislative gaps and developing recommendation package on legislative amendments etc.
- Create Categories Suitable for You
Legal advice is essential for many areas. If you are a non-profit organization and consider that you need a legal advice but have not found the right category, simply address us and we will assist you to formulate the right category or create a new one based on your needs, because responding to your needs is our promise.
- Commit Yourself as a Pro Bono Law Firm
CSRDG enables professionals in Georgia to use their skills for our society’s welfare in new areas of responsibility. As a pro bono intermediary organization, CSRDG is working to forward the pro-bono inquiries from non-profit organizations to the pro-bono-interested companies and to save their effort. If you are a dedicated lawyer and want to provide pro bono service but you have not found the right category here, simply address us and we will help you to connect with appropriate beneficiary.
The Text is adapted from online source provided by Proboneo.