Legal 101 for Startup Founders is an essential workshop with top legal expert ​Jared Sorin of Brown Rudnick. Jared will share practical, founder-focused insights to help you avoid costly legal mistakes and build on a solid foundation for your business.

You’ll learn the legal essentials every startup needs to know, including:

• Entity Formation: Choosing the right structure and where to incorporate
• Intellectual Property: Protecting your ideas and innovations
• Hiring & Incentives: Legal basics for building and motivating your team
• Capital Raising: Navigating angels, VCs, and investor relationships from a legal standpoint

Perfect for founders who want to move fast—without legal missteps.

More about the speaker:

Jared Sorin, Partner at Brown Rudnick and Co-Practice Group Leader of the Emerging Growth Companies & Venture Capital Group, is a distinguished figure in the legal startup landscape. He represents startups, early-stage, and emerging-growth companies, as well as their supporting investors, across various technology-driven industries. Jared's expertise covers a broad spectrum of corporate, finance, and transactional matters. He is a frequent speaker on entrepreneurial topics and serves as a mentor and advisor for multiple accelerator and incubator programs, including NYU Startup School and the NYU Summer Launchpad Accelerator Program.

The NYU Leslie Entrepreneurial Institute provides reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities. Requests for accommodations for events and services should be submitted at least two weeks before the date of the accommodation need. Please email [email protected] for assistance.

NOTE: THIS EVENT IS ONLY OPEN TO CURRENT NYU STUDENTS, FACULTY, & STAFF. EACH ATTENDEE WILL BE REQUIRED TO SIGN IN WITH THEIR NYU ID CARD

THIS EVENT IS NOT OPEN TO ALUMNI