[Lapg] June 3 & 4/Legal Strategies for Social Enterprise and Sustainable Economies

Sun May 15 07:08:56 PDT 2011

Learn about the new field of Sustainable Law with Janelle Orsi and 
Jenny Kassan of the Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC).

Janelle Orsi and Jenny Kassan founded the Sustainable Economies Law 
Center (SELC) to enable a different kind of economy and help social 
entrepreneurs with questions that puts them in a legal gray 
area.  They intend to create tools & resources that enable a more 
sustainable, just and sharing alternative economy.

Please see below for a description of a public talk on the evening of 
Fri, June 3, and a morning workshop on Sat, June 4 (3 MCLE credits 
offered).  To sign up for the workshop only, please go to EventBrite 
for payment & reservations:

http://selc.eventbrite.com

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Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
  presents:
The Legal Landscape of Social Enterprise & the Sharing Economy
with Janelle Orsi & Jenny Kassan
Evening Talk, Friday, June 3, 7-9pm 2011
Santa Barbara Central Library, Faulkner Gallery
Admission $10/$5 students & seniors
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We all want a more sustainable society, but what are the legal 
implications and changes needed to move society beyond the ongoing 
legal/illegal dance of sustainability and the challenges of emerging 
local economies?

Please join Jenny Kassan & Janelle Orsi from the Sustainable Law 
Center (SELC) for a stimulating discussion of sharing economies, 
collaborative consumption, social enterprise, and other intriguing 
and promising trends affecting our local economies and livelihoods.

Urban agriculture, community-owned enterprises with locally raised 
capital, local currencies, barter economies, worker-owned 
cooperatives, intentional communities, car sharing, these are many of 
the key ingredients in the transition to more sustainable local 
economies.  What are the possibilities, the challenges, and the 
practical and legal barriers?  How might these trends transform our 
communities and what steps can we all take to catalyze change?

The evening talk takes place on Friday, June 3, 7pm, at the Santa 
Barbara Public Library, Faulkner Gallery, 40 E. Anapamu Street. 
Donation $10 general/$5 students & seniors; no reservations required.

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WORKSHOP:

"Legal Strategies for Social Enterprise and Sustainable Economies"
with Jenny Kassan & Janelle Orsi
from the Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC)

Workshop, Saturday, June 4, 9am-Noon, 2011
Santa Barbara Recreation Center, 100 E. Carrillo St, Santa Barbara
Admission Limited to 45 attendees
Lawyer 3 MCLE Credits, $125 (early bird $100 by May 27)
General Public $70 (early bird $50 by May 27)
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Jenny Kassan and Janelle Orsi, pioneers in the new field of 
Sustainability Law, invite entrepreneurs, attorneys, and 
community-members to learn about the possibilities and challenges 
presented by an economy built around unique enterprise models, including:
    * social enterprise
    * cooperative enterprise
    * community-owned enterprise
    * community-supported enterprise
    * enterprise in "private club" contexts
    * nonprofit/for-profit hybrids
    * micro-enterprise and "nano-enterprise"
    * barter/gift economy enterprise

Presenters will showcase innovative organizations and enterprises, 
and discuss their place in the movement to build sustainable and 
localized economies. Participants will learn about the new 
organizational structures designed for social enterprise, and the 
interactions of social enterprise and nonprofit tax exemption. In 
addition, the workshop will address the unique legal barriers and 
grey areas that arise in efforts to build more sustainable economies, 
including those relating to securities laws, employment laws, tax 
laws, zoning laws, and consumer protection laws.

Jenny Kassan and Janelle Orsi are co-directors of the 
<http://www.sustainableeconomieslawcenter.org/>Sustainable Economies 
Law Center (SELC), which facilitates the growth of more sustainable 
and localized economies through education, research, and advocacy to 
support practices such as barter, sharing, cooperatives, urban 
agriculture, shared housing, local currencies, community-supported 
enterprises, and local investing. Janelle and Jenny are co-authors of 
the American Bar Association's forthcoming book, "Sharing Law: 
Understanding the Legal Landscape of the Sharing Economy".

Jenny Kassan is an attorney and community development consultant, 
specializing in creative capital raising and socially responsible 
ventures. She is the Managing Director of 
<http://www.katovichlaw.com/>Katovich<http://www.katovichlaw.com/> 
Law Group, and CEO of <http://www.cuttingedgecapital.com/>Cutting 
Edge Capital. Her legal practice areas include small business 
start-up and financing, securities regulation, nonprofit law, 
business agreements, real estate development, franchising, 
cooperatives, and assessment districts. Jenny earned a masters degree 
in City and Regional Planning from the University of California at 
Berkeley and earned her J.D. from Yale Law School.

Janelle Orsi is a "sharing lawyer" in private practice, specializing 
in helping communities share housing and cars, form cooperatives, 
launch urban farming initiatives, and form social enterprises. She is 
co-author of "The Sharing Solution: How to Save Money, Simplify Your 
Life & Build Community" (Nolo Press 2009). Janelle earned her J.D. 
from the UC Berkeley School of Law.

The workshop takes place on Saturday, June 4, 9am-Noon, at the Santa 
Barbara Recreation Center,100 East Carrillo Street, Santa Barbara, 
CA.  Reservations are required, Sign up on EventBrite:

http://selc.eventbrite.com

~Sponsored by Santa Barbara Permaculture Network~
  More information, visit www.sbpermaculture.org, 
margie at sbpermaculture.org, (805) 962-2571.

Event Supporters: SBBC Center for Sustainability, SBCC Scheinfeld 
Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, the Permaculture Credit 
Union, Loa Tree, Slow Money Santa Barbara Chapter, Island Seed & 
Feed, Permaculture Guild of Santa Barbara, Nutiva, Green2Gold, Johnny 
Sacko, UCSB Sustainability Program, Oasis Design, and the Fund for 
Santa Barbara.

More Info/Resources:
Sustainable Economies Law 
Center   http://www.sustainableeconomieslawcenter.org/

Janelle Oris, Lawyer <http://janelleorsi.com/>http://janelleorsi.com/

Jenny Kassan, Lawyer
President Cutting Edge Capital   http://www.cuttingedgecapital.com
Katovich Law Group  http://www.katovichlaw.com

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(805) 962-2571
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margie at sbpermaculture.org
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