Legal

Here are some legal resources for worker cooperatives.

Staff Picks
Title Format Source
28 questions to ask before meeting the lawyer PDF Katovich & Kassan Law Group
Center for Family Life Cooperative Startup Guides PDF
Choosing a Business Entity: A Guide for Worker Cooperatives PDF Democracy At Work Institute
Co-opLaw.org: Employment Law Web Page Sustainable Economies Law Center
El Proceso Legal Para Iniciar Tu Negocio PDF Sustainable Economies Law Center
Guide to Worker Cooperative Bylaws and Operating Agreements PDF Democracy at Work Institute
Legal Guide to Cooperative Conversions PDF Sustainable Economies Law Center
Tackling the Law, Together: A Legal Guide to Worker Cooperatives Generally and in Massachusetts PDF Community Enterprise Project of the Harvard Transactional Law Clinics
Choosing a Legal Entity
Title Format Source
28 questions to ask before meeting the lawyer PDF Katovich & Kassan Law Group
Legal Guide to Cooperative Conversions PDF Sustainable Economies Law Center
Tackling the Law, Together: A Legal Guide to Worker Cooperatives Generally and in Massachusetts PDF Community Enterprise Project of the Harvard Transactional Law Clinics
LLCs
Title Format Source
Center for Family Life Cooperative Startup Guides PDF
Legal Guide to Cooperative Conversions PDF Sustainable Economies Law Center
Incorporation Documents
Title Format Source
28 questions to ask before meeting the lawyer PDF Katovich & Kassan Law Group
Guide to Worker Cooperative Bylaws and Operating Agreements PDF Democracy at Work Institute
Legal Guide to Cooperative Conversions PDF Sustainable Economies Law Center
Employment Law
Title Format Source
Co-opLaw.org: Employment Law Web Page Sustainable Economies Law Center
Legal Guide to Cooperative Conversions PDF Sustainable Economies Law Center
Tackling the Law, Together: A Legal Guide to Worker Cooperatives Generally and in Massachusetts PDF Community Enterprise Project of the Harvard Transactional Law Clinics
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Title Format Source
"El Proceso Legal Para Iniciar Tu Negocio Cooperativa" PDF
28 preguntas: ¿Estas pensando en empezar una cooperativa de trabajadores? Unas preguntas para revisar antes de reunirse con un abogado PDF Katovich & Kassan Law Group
28 questions to ask before meeting the lawyer PDF Katovich & Kassan Law Group
A Layperson’s Guide to the Teamworks Cooperative Network’s Financial and Legal Structures PDF TeamWorks Cooperative Network
Asset Protection for Entrepreneurs PDF Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
Attorney Susan Zeme on Worker Cooperative Legal Issues Video/Audio
Center for Family Life Cooperative Startup Guides PDF
Choice of Legal Entity - Chart PDF
Choosing a Business Entity: A Guide for Worker Cooperatives PDF Democracy At Work Institute
Co-opLaw.org: Employment Law Web Page Sustainable Economies Law Center
Community Economic Development Lawyers and the New Democratic Economy Community Economic Development Clinic at Roger Williams University School of Law
El Proceso Legal Para Iniciar Tu Negocio PDF Sustainable Economies Law Center
Eligir una Entidad Empresarial PDF
Entity Choice for New Cooperatives (video) Video/Audio
Equal Exchange Bylaws PDF Equal Exchange
Estatutos y Acuerdos de Operación PDF
Expanding your Worker Co-operative Business: A Guide to Licensing & Franchising
Forming a Worker Coop LLC or Cooperative Corporation PDF Sustainable Economies Law Center
Guide to Worker Cooperative Bylaws and Operating Agreements PDF Democracy at Work Institute
Guideline for Cooperative Bylaws PDF USDA Rural Development
How A Worker Co-op Structured as a LLC Can Retain Earnings PDF Cooperative Development Institute
Legal Guide to Cooperative Conversions PDF Sustainable Economies Law Center
Limited Liability Companies as Worker Cooperatives PDF
LLC Taxed as a T Corporation Sample Operating Agreement PDF Democracy at Work Institute
LLC with a Permanent Capital Member Sample Operating Agreement PDF Democracy at Work Institute
Low-income & Immigrant Worker Cooperative Formation PDF Urban Justice Center Community Development Project
Non-Member Equity Instruments for Consumer and Worker Cooperatives PDF Center for Cooperatives, University of California
Protección de Activos Para Empresari@s PDF Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
Sample By Laws PDF
Sample Worker Cooperative Bylaws Word Processor Document
Sociedades de responsibilidad limitada como cooperativas de trabajo Word Processor Document Insight Center for Community Economic Development
Tackling the Law, Together: A Legal Guide to Worker Cooperatives Generally and in Massachusetts PDF Community Enterprise Project of the Harvard Transactional Law Clinics
The Application of Labor Law to Workers' Cooperatives Presentation
The Application of Labor Law to Workers' Cooperatives PDF
Worker Cooperative Creation as Progressive Lawyering? Moving Beyond the One-Person, One-Vote Floor PDF