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In this course from Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship at WashU, students pursue their own business idea or support community entrepreneurs. They work in the St. Louis area to create a program that caters to individuals mostly in the St. Louis area. Over half of the ventures launched have taken place in the St. Louis area with over two-thirds of the program still taking place. They have created over a hundred jobs in the St. Louis area.

The St. Louis Entrepreneurial Fellowship program gives WashU undergrad students a chance to explore entrepreneurship at WashU and in St. Louis. The program requires students to take a course as they engage in innovation and entrepreneurship in St. Louis. In the summer, students participate in an internship at a St. Louis-based startup and record what they have learned. Students are required to implement a capstone project aimed at identifying and addressing a perceived gap in the St. Louis entrepreneurial ecosystem.

IdeaBounce® is an online platform and event from the Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship where anyone in St. Louis can pitch an idea, get feedback, and network with other entrepreneurs and innovators.

The Midwest Climate Collaborative (MCC) is a cross-sector network with a vision of a carbon neutral, climate resilient, interconnected Midwest region. It amplifies climate successes, connects organizations across sectors and communities, and builds capacity for collective action on climate. The MCC does this by sharing knowledge, supporting climate research, and pursuing federal and private funds.

Partnering with K-12 schools, WashU bridges research and practice to provide educators with the resources of the mySci curriculum. The mySci approach empowers schools to cultivate curiosity-driven education that is accessible to all students. Schools can volunteer to be a mySci partner as WashU provides the materials.

WashULaw provides a guaranteed funding of $3000 to first-year law students to allow them to take on public interest jobs and setting that may not provide as much funding. Second year students may also apply for funding. These public interest fellowships allow for public service employment in the St. Louis area and beyond through non-profits, government, Non-Government Organizations, and Private public interest firms.

The Wrongful Conviction Clinic at WashULaw provides students with the opportunity to work with people who believe they have been wrongfully conviction (with credibility) in Missouri, and occasionally in neighboring states. Students work in partnership with clinic lawyers.

The Prosecution Law Clinic at WashULaw provides legal experience in the criminal prosecution system at the state trial level. In work with the St. Louis County’s Prosecutor’s Office, law students serve as Rule 13 certified attorneys. Students may help with organization and management to factual investigation.

This clinical practicum provides students with instruction in the laws and policies governing post-conviction relief in capital and life without parole cases coupled with lawyering experience in handling ongoing cases in Missouri and other capital jurisdictions. The course is taught by adjunct professors who litigate capital cases in Missouri and other states.

Students in the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) at WashULaw help low-income taxpayers in disputes with the Internal Revenue Services (IRS). Since 2014, the LITC has provided over 34,000 hours of free legal services to residents primarily in Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois.