Our latest accomplishments

Now Accepting Applications for Spring Food Biz 101 →

Food Biz 101 is now accepting applications for our Spring 2017 program! The course will run for 12 weeks from February 6th to May 1st. This course is an incredible opportunity to gain information and resources to help you launch and grow your food business -- from finance and labeling...

Join us in East Boston on November 16th for a Small Business Forum →

 

New Food Business Start-Up Program Helps Launch Women and Minority-Owned Businesses →

  Commonwealth Kitchen and the Economic Justice Project of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights have teamed up to launch a new Food Biz 101 class.  The ten-week series is taught by a dynamic range of industry experts, including pro bono attorneys from Goodwin, to guide aspiring entrepreneurs through the...

Economic Justice Project Guest Blog: 7 Steps to Start Marketing Your New Business →

7 Steps to Start Marketing Your New Business So you just started a business or are very close to launching one. Great! There are SO many details and tasks to handle when you’re a new business owner. One of them is getting the word out about your new business. How...

Priya Lane Appointed New Director of the Belin Economic Justice Project, featured in Bay State Banner →

  Priya A. Lane Appointed Director of LCCR's Economic Justice Project The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice (LCCR) announced the appointment of Priya A. Lane as its Director of the Belin Economic Justice Project. She will oversee the organization’s work providing free business legal support to small minority-owned businesses across Massachusetts. The...

Catering Business Legal Workshop at Haley House Bakery Café →

Last week on March 25, The Economic Justice Project partnered with the Haley House Bakery Café, Goodwin Proctor, and SkyLab to bring a tailored Catering Workshop to entrepreneurs and small business owners. This Catering Business Legal Workshop provided entrepreneurs and small business owners with the ABCs of opening and operating...

Connecting with Hyde Park & West Roxbury Business Owners →

Last Thursday, March 19, the Economic Justice Project partnered with Foley Hoag, Hyde Park Main Streets, and West Roxbury Main Streets to provide a business legal workshop on entity formation. The workshop was led by Amanda Vendig and Patrick Connolly and attended by several small business owners, including a optical store owner,...

Highly Successful Collaboration in Chinatown →

The Economic Justice Project was excited to partner with Ropes & Gray and the Asian American Civic Association again on Wednesday, February 25 for another business legal clinic. A business legal clinic is an opportunity for entrepreneurs to speak one-on-one with an attorney about their discrete business legal issues. After weeks...