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  • Protecting Your Innovations: An Essential Guide to Intellectual Property for Small Businesses

    Virtual

    Free to attend; registration required.   Join us for an enlightening and interactive educational session in collaboration with the Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center. This webinar is designed to provide small business owners and entrepreneurs with a comprehensive understanding of intellectual property (IP) fundamentals. Learn from an attorney specializing in the different types of IP – trademarks, [...]

    Free
  • Grand Opening of New Vermont Business storefront

    Legal Basics for Startups – Thursday, 10/16

    Virtual

    Legal Basics for Small Businesses: A Free Bi-Monthly Presentation with Q&A Thinking about starting a business, or have some questions you have been waiting on since you started? Join faculty and students from the Vermont Small Business Law Center at Vermont Law & Graduate School, for a conversation about the legal essentials of launching and [...]

    Free

  • How to Hire and Work With a Lawyer

    Virtual

    CANCELED How to Hire and Work With a Lawyer Wednesday, November 5, 2025 Virtual • 12:00pm - 1:00pm • Free, Registration Required   Navigating the legal system can be scary, costly and time consuming.  The process of securing a lawyer who will have your best interest in mind is key.  Join us in collaboration with [...]

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  • Grand Opening of New Vermont Business storefront

    Legal Basics for Startups – Monday 11/3

    Virtual

    CANCELED - Please sign up for future events. This webinar repeats twice a month on 1st Mondays and 3rd Thursdays.   Legal Basics for Small Businesses: A Free Bi-Monthly Presentation with Q&A Thinking about starting a business, or have some questions you have been waiting on since you started? Join faculty and students from the [...]

    Free

  • Legal Landscape for Vermont’s Arts & Nonprofit Community

    Virtual

    In this webinar presented in partnership with the Vermont Arts Council, the Vermont Small Business Law Center will host a conversation exploring recent federal actions impacting Vermont's nonprofit and arts organizations, the state's legal response, and what these developments mean for our creative communities and those serving them. Panelists will offer insights into the evolving [...]

    Free
  • Food Businesses & the Law - flyer for upcoming webinar

    Legal Basics for Food-Based Businesses

    Virtual

    Thinking about staring or growing your food-based business in Vermont? Join the Vermont Small Business Law Center for a free webinar covering the essential legal considerations for food entrepreneurs to stay compliant and protect their business as it grows. A panel of faculty and students will walk through key topics like business entity formation, licensing [...]

    Free
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    Shoring Up: Legal Building Blocks for Crisis-Ready Operations

    Virtual

    In this two-hour webinar with Q&A, the faculty and student team from the Vermont Small Business Law Center will unpack the tools that make small businesses shock-proof - whether disruption is from flooding, equipment failure, or a business dispute. This session focuses on the preventive side of resilience: policies, contracts, and governance tools that strengthen [...]

    Free
  • Grand Opening of New Vermont Business storefront

    Legal Basics for Startups – Thursday, 11/20

    Virtual

    Legal Basics for Small Businesses: A Free Bi-Monthly Presentation with Q&A Thinking about starting a business, or have some questions you have been waiting on since you started? Join faculty and students from the Vermont Small Business Law Center at Vermont Law & Graduate School, for a conversation about the legal essentials of launching and [...]

    Free

  • Grand Opening of New Vermont Business storefront

    Legal Basics for Startups – Monday, 12/1

    Virtual

    Legal Basics for Small Businesses: A Free Bi-Monthly Presentation with Q&A Thinking about starting a business, or have some questions you have been waiting on since you started? Join faculty and students from the Vermont Small Business Law Center at Vermont Law & Graduate School, for a conversation about the legal essentials of launching and [...]

    Free
  • Grand Opening of New Vermont Business storefront

    Legal Basics for Startups – Thursday, 12/18

    Virtual

    Legal Basics for Small Businesses: A Free Bi-Monthly Presentation with Q&A Thinking about starting a business, or have some questions you have been waiting on since you started? Join faculty and students from the Vermont Small Business Law Center at Vermont Law & Graduate School, for a conversation about the legal essentials of launching and [...]

    Free

  • Grand Opening of New Vermont Business storefront

    Legal Basics for Startups – Thursday, 1/15/26

    Legal Basics for Small Businesses: A Free Bi-Monthly Presentation with Q&A Thinking about starting a business, or have some questions you have been waiting on since you started? Join faculty and students from the Vermont Small Business Law Center at Vermont Law & Graduate School, for a conversation about the legal essentials of launching and [...]

  • Regulatory Compliance Deep Dive

    Virtual

    Navigating Vermont’s patchwork of land-use rules, environmental permitting, and industry licenses can be daunting—but it doesn’t have to slow your momentum. Join faculty and students from the Vermont Small Business Law Center at Vermont Law & Graduate School for an overview of some of Vermont's most-asked permitting and compliance questions for small businesses. We will cover [...]

    Free

  • Grand Opening of New Vermont Business storefront

    Legal Basics for Startups – Monday, 2/2/26

    Virtual

    Legal Basics for Small Businesses: A Free Bi-Monthly Presentation with Q&A Thinking about starting a business, or have some questions you have been waiting on since you started? Join faculty and students from the Vermont Small Business Law Center at Vermont Law & Graduate School, for a conversation about the legal essentials of launching and [...]

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    Legal Strategies for Separating Business and Personal Life

    Virtual

    Legal Strategies for Separating Business and Personal Life Improperly separating your business and personal life can put your personal property at risk and leave you vulnerable to legal and tax risks. In this webinar, hosted by Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO), an expert from the Vermont Small Business Law Center at Vermont Law [...]

  • Grand Opening of New Vermont Business storefront

    Legal Basics for Startups – Thursday, 2/19/26

    Virtual

    Legal Basics for Small Businesses: A Free Bi-Monthly Presentation with Q&A Thinking about starting a business, or have some questions you have been waiting on since you started? Join faculty and students from the Vermont Small Business Law Center at Vermont Law & Graduate School, for a conversation about the legal essentials of launching and [...]

  • Grand Opening of New Vermont Business storefront

    Legal Basics for Startups – Monday, 3/2/26

    Virtual

    Legal Basics for Small Businesses: A Free Bi-Monthly Presentation with Q&A Thinking about starting a business, or have some questions you have been waiting on since you started? Join faculty and students from the Vermont Small Business Law Center at Vermont Law & Graduate School, for a conversation about the legal essentials of launching and [...]

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    Raising Growth Capital Beyond Vermont

    Virtual

    This two-hour webinar with live Q&A is designed for Vermont small businesses looking to raise larger amounts of capital and grow beyond local markets and lenders.  The session focuses on national-scale capital options such as angel investment and venture capital, as well as alternative methods of fundraising. Our team of experts will break down how [...]

    Free
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    Legal Basics for Vermont Food-Based Small Businesses

    Virtual

    Thinking about starting or growing your food-based business in Vermont?  Join the Vermont Small Business Law Center for a free webinar covering the essential legal considerations for food entrepreneurs to stay compliant and protect their business as it grows.  A panel of faculty and students will walk through key topics like business entity formation, licensing [...]

  • Grand Opening of New Vermont Business storefront

    Legal Basics for Startups – Thursday, 3/19/26

    Virtual

    Legal Basics for Small Businesses: A Free Bi-Monthly Presentation with Q&A Thinking about starting a business, or have some questions you have been waiting on since you started? Join faculty and students from the Vermont Small Business Law Center at Vermont Law & Graduate School, for a conversation about the legal essentials of launching and [...]

  • Ask Me Anything (about legal matters for Vermont businesses)

    Legal Roundtable AMA In this virtual roundtable hosted by the Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center (VMEC), Vermont Small Business Law Center faculty and students open the floor to your toughest legal and regulatory questions. Whether you need clarity on contract clauses with suppliers, guidance on workers’ compensation and employment law, or help choosing the right business [...]

  • Grand Opening of New Vermont Business storefront

    Legal Basics for Startups – Monday, 4/6/26

    Virtual

    Legal Basics for Small Businesses: A Free Bi-Monthly Presentation with Q&A Thinking about starting a business, or have some questions you have been waiting on since you started? Join faculty and students from the Vermont Small Business Law Center at Vermont Law & Graduate School, for a conversation about the legal essentials of launching and [...]

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    Intellectual Property Basics

    Virtual

    Have you ever wondered how to protect your art, your website, your designs, or your brand? Have you come up with a new innovation, but don’t know how to protect it? Registering one's creative or innovative work, and knowing when to ask for permission to use someone else’s work, can help a business build its [...]

    Free
  • Grand Opening of New Vermont Business storefront

    Legal Basics for Startups – Thursday, 4/16/26 – (This session is at capacity)

    Virtual

    Legal Basics for Small Businesses: A Free Bi-Monthly Presentation with Q&A Thinking about starting a business, or have some questions you have been waiting on since you started? Join faculty and students from the Vermont Small Business Law Center at Vermont Law & Graduate School, for a conversation about the legal essentials of launching and [...]

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    Business Contracts 101: Understanding Common Agreements

    Virtual

    The Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation (BDCC), in partnership with the Vermont Small Business Law Center, will host two upcoming educational workshops designed to help small business owners understand legal issues that commonly arise in day-to-day operations. This first session will cover foundational contract concepts and terms, key risk considerations, and practical guidance for small businesses [...]

    Free