Navigate Business Ownership With Confidence

A Course to Legally Protect Your Business

Columbia Law School’s Executive Education Online Certificate

What Entrepreneurs Need to Know About Business and Law

Columbia Law School’s Executive Education program offerings now include a non-credit, online certificate program for business owners like you.

A Legal Toolkit for Starting and Scaling Your Business is a course developed for entrepreneurs who want to manage and protect their business.

This course outlines a clear path for business owners, influencers, content creators, and others to navigate the legal challenges they may encounter as a business owner, including: formalizing your business; the tax implications of choosing a business structure; legal boundaries of operations; and how to advance your business while following local, state, and federal regulations.

Secure your seat for $499 enroll today!

Pritzker Pucker Family Clinical Professor of Transactional Law at Columbia Law School
LYNNISE E. PANTIN

Learn how to navigate the potential legal pitfalls of business ownership from Professor Lynnise E. Pantin, director of the Columbia Law School Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic.

Professor Pantin has a passion for serving and empowering entrepreneurs, including those within the New York area. She has also provided legal expertise and support to tech entrepreneurs who have launched mobile and web-based applications, as well as nonprofits and social enterprises, focused on supporting their communities.


Hear from Professor Pantin:
“When a person has a business idea and is just getting started, the first questions they should ask are: How does the law intersect with my business idea? With the goods or services I want to provide? How do I navigate legal obstacles so that I can build my business with minimal risk and liability?”

Course Benefits

Video Lessons

Access high-definition video content delivered by Columbia Law Professor Lynnise E. Pantin.

Actionable Concepts

Receive step-by-step instructions and take part in engaging conversations with fellow entrepreneurs to learn how to start and scale your business responsibly and with confidence.

Course Resources

Download reference materials after you complete your Columbia Law certificate course.

Self-Paced Access

Access course contents and build your legal toolkit during the times that are most convenient for you.

Who Should Enroll

Small Business Owners
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
Influencers
INFLUENCERS
Freelancers
FREELANCERS
Creatives
CREATIVES
Podcasters
PODCASTERS
Startup Owners
STARTUP OWNERS