PENN LAW — Deputy Dean for Clinical Education Praveen Kosuri suspects that when most people think of “entrepreneurship,” they tend to think of greedy corporations, but for the students in the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic (ELC), entrepreneurship and creating positive social impact go hand-in-hand. “There’s a misperception that what we do doesn’t align with the public interest ethos of other clinics,” said Kosuri,who is also a Practice Professor of Law and the Director of the ELC. “Over the past 15 years, we have recast the ELC to focus on social impact. Everything we do is about creating positive social impact.” ELC is one of nine legal clinics housed in the Gittis Legal Clinics. In the ELC, students gain practical experience representing entrepreneurial and organizational clients through a diverse range of legal matters related to their businesses’ success. In Kosuri’s opinion, supporting local entrepreneurs is one of the most effective ways to encourage revitalization in neighborhoods that have historically seen disinvestment because locally run businesses tend to re-invest their profits back into their communities.