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SUMMARY:Business Resource Roundtable 9/30/2026
DESCRIPTION:Business Resource Roundtable: Understanding LegalCORPS and Its Business Resources\n\n\n\nJoin us for the Chamber's September Business Resource Roundtable featuring LegalCORPS\, Minnesota's only statewide nonprofit business-law legal aid organization. \n\n\n\nOur Resource Experts will be Francisco Martinez\, Staff Attorney\, and Mamoun Alassouli\, Communications and Development Manager. They will introduce the legal services and educational resources available through LegalCORPS and help participants understand where to turn when legal questions arise.\n\n\n\nLegalCORPS connects eligible entrepreneurs\, small businesses\, inventors\, and nonprofit organizations with free or low-cost assistance for non-litigation business matters. Services may include educational workshops\, brief legal advice\, and limited-scope representation from volunteer attorneys. LegalCORPS can assist with matters such as business formation\, contracts\, commercial leases\, employment practices\, regulatory compliance\, intellectual property\, and other legal issues that affect an organization's success.\n\nWhat can you expect?\n\n	Learn what legal resources are available: Discover LegalCORPS programs and how your business or nonprofit may qualify for assistance.\n	Understand common legal risks: Learn about issues that can create challenges for businesses and steps you can take to help prevent them.\n	Get guidance on business-law questions: Bring your questions about contracts\, business formation\, employment practices\, compliance\, leases\, intellectual property\, or other non-litigation matters.\n	Learn about Minnesota Paid Leave support: Hear about no-cost educational workshops and limited-scope legal assistance offered through a program supported by DEED.\n	Connect with the right assistance: Learn when you may benefit from speaking with an attorney and how LegalCORPS can help connect eligible organizations with legal support.\n\nThis is a conversation built around YOU. Come with a legal question\, a business challenge\, or simply a desire to better understand the resources available to help protect and strengthen your organization.\n\n\n\nSpace is limited to 25 participants.\n\nFree for Chamber members\n\n___________________________________________________________________________________\n\nWhat are Business Resource Roundtables?\n\nToday's business environment is constantly changing. Workforce issues\, state mandates\, rising costs\, economic uncertainty\, regulations\, technology\, and other challenges continue to impact organizations of every size.\n\n\n\nInspired by the Chamber's May 2026 Small Business Forum\, the Chamber's Business Resource Roundtable brings business leaders together on the last Wednesday of each month to discuss timely issues affecting our business community. Each session features a local expert who provides practical information\, resources\, and strategies\, followed by an interactive discussion where participants can ask questions\, share experiences\, and learn from one another.\n\n\n\nWhether you're a business owner\, nonprofit leader\, entrepreneur\, or manager\, you'll gain valuable insights and practical solutions you can apply in your organization.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<br />\n<strong>Business Resource Roundtable: Understanding LegalCORPS and Its Business Resources</strong><br />\n<br />\nJoin us for the Chamber&rsquo\;s September Business Resource Roundtable featuring <strong>LegalCORPS</strong>\, Minnesota&rsquo\;s only statewide nonprofit business-law legal aid organization.&nbsp\;<br />\n<br />\nOur Resource Experts will be <strong>Francisco Martinez\, Staff Attorney\,</strong> and <strong>Mamoun Alassouli\, Communications and Development Manager.</strong> They will introduce the legal services and educational resources available through LegalCORPS and help participants understand where to turn when legal questions arise.<br />\n<br />\nLegalCORPS connects eligible entrepreneurs\, small businesses\, inventors\, and nonprofit organizations with free or low-cost assistance for non-litigation business matters. Services may include educational workshops\, brief legal advice\, and limited-scope representation from volunteer attorneys. LegalCORPS can assist with matters such as business formation\, contracts\, commercial leases\, employment practices\, regulatory compliance\, intellectual property\, and other legal issues that affect an organization&rsquo\;s success.<br />\n<strong>What can you expect?</strong>\n<ul>\n	<li style="line-height:normal\;"><strong>Learn what legal resources are available:</strong> Discover LegalCORPS programs and how your business or nonprofit may qualify for assistance.</li>\n	<li style="line-height:normal\;"><strong>Understand common legal risks:</strong> Learn about issues that can create challenges for businesses and steps you can take to help prevent them.</li>\n	<li style="line-height:normal\;"><strong>Get guidance on business-law questions:</strong> Bring your questions about contracts\, business formation\, employment practices\, compliance\, leases\, intellectual property\, or other non-litigation matters.</li>\n	<li style="line-height:normal\;"><strong>Learn about Minnesota Paid Leave support:</strong> Hear about no-cost educational workshops and limited-scope legal assistance offered through a program supported by DEED.</li>\n	<li style="line-height:normal\;"><strong>Connect with the right assistance:</strong> Learn when you may benefit from speaking with an attorney and how LegalCORPS can help connect eligible organizations with legal support.</li>\n</ul>\nThis is a <strong>conversation built around YOU.</strong> Come with a legal question\, a business challenge\, or simply a desire to better understand the resources available to help protect and strengthen your organization.<br />\n<br />\n<strong><span style="font-family:aptos\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Space is limited to 25 participants.</span></span></strong><br />\n<span style="font-family:aptos\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;"><strong>Free for Chamber members</strong></span></span><br />\n___________________________________________________________________________________<br />\nWh<span style="font-size:12px\;"><strong font-size:="" style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet="">at are Business Resource Roundtables?</strong><br font-size:="" style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet="" />\n<span background-color:="" font-size:="" style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet="">Today&#39\;s business environment is constantly changing. Workforce issues\, state mandates\, rising costs\, economic uncertainty\, regulations\, technology\, and other challenges continue to impact organizations of every size.</span><br />\n<br font-size:="" style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet="" />\n<span background-color:="" font-size:="" style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet="">Inspired by the Chamber&#39\;s May 2026 Small Business Forum\, the Chamber&#39\;s Business Resource Roundtable brings business leaders together on the last Wednesday of each month to discuss timely issues affecting our business community. Each session features a local expert who provides practical information\, resources\, and strategies\, followed by an interactive discussion where participants can ask questions\, share experiences\, and learn from one another.</span><br />\n<br font-size:="" style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet="" />\n<span background-color:="" font-size:="" style="color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: sans-serif\, Arial\, Verdana\, " trebuchet="">Whether you&#39\;re a business owner\, nonprofit leader\, entrepreneur\, or manager\, you&#39\;ll gain valuable insights and practical solutions you can apply in your organization.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;
LOCATION:St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce 1411 West Saint Germain St. Suite #101 St. Cloud\, MN
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URL:https://chambermaster.stcloudareachamber.com/events/details/business-resource-roundtable-9-30-2026-12805
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