The Sustainable Economies Law Center has been working with an international team (no joke!) to create our new logo that will help shape the look for our eResources websites like Co-opLaw.org, UrbanAgLaw.org, CommunityCurrenciesLaw.org, and more! Our developer, Timo ten Feld, researched the Sustainable Economies Law Center’s efforts, accomplishments, and vision and had this to say about how he came… Continue Reading
At our recent Think Outside The Boss Workshop in Berkeley, we asked participants to tell us what co-ops meant to them. Check out the slideshow below to see the diversity of faces and answers we received. Cooperatives aren’t some utopian, hair-brained, hippie scheme. They support an incredibly diverse range of people from all over our… Continue Reading
Watch SELC’s new video on the legal roots of just and resilient local communities:… Continue Reading
It’s almost that time of year again… …green shoots of new growth are just emerging as the fragrant blossoms of fruit trees begin to burst forth. At SELC, our programs are also beginning to blossom in a variety of colorful ways. However, this wouldn’t be possible without the strong root system we have been cultivating… Continue Reading
An American Bar Association Bestseller: Practicing Law in the Sharing Economy: Helping People Build Cooperatives, Social Enterprise, and Local Sustainable Economies, By Janelle Orsi Buy the Book! Purchase your copy on the American Bar Association’s website. All royalties from this book go to the nonprofit Sustainable Economies Law Center! What People Are Saying Book Description About the… Continue Reading
What: The Sustainable Economies Law Center will offer between one and three fellowships to new attorneys. Fellows will work for SELC half-time for one year, beginning August 2013, while receiving support and training to become lawyers specializing in the legal needs of local, sustainable economies. Program Work: Each fellow will develop a specialty and provide leadership in… Continue Reading
Find all Dates, Times, and Locations Here! The Resilient Communities Legal Cafe provides direct legal support to individuals and groups who are working to create new solutions for resilient local economies in Oakland, Berkeley, and the greater East Bay community. We’re currently running the Legal Cafe as a 6-month pilot program between February and August 2013 as… Continue Reading
Thanks to everyone who wrote to and called Assemblymembers, Senators and the Governor! Your efforts were instrumental in getting the bill passed through the various steps in the legislature. We at SELC can’t wait to buy homemade food and support small-scale food enterprises with legal resources to start cottage food operations. Now that Governor Brown… Continue Reading
We want to live in a society where enterprises are cooperatively owned by workers and consumers. SELC’s Cooperatives Program works to vastly expand the legal resources available to cooperative enterprises of all types. We provide education, advocacy, and advice for cooperatives, including legal documents and guidance for best practices. Why Cooperatives? SELC prioritizes cooperative ventures… Continue Reading