In 2021, XXcelerate and Rational Unicorn Legal Services established the Legal Support Services Program to serve vulnerable womxn- and BIPOC- owned businesses with legal guidance and support. The pandemic has had a disproportionate effect on womxn and communities of color. It accelerated barriers and heightened already precarious access to legal services, especially in the retail and hospitality sectors in Oregon. This program attempts to remedy the hardships vulnerable entrepreneurs face so they can survive and thrive as an important and critical part of Oregon’s economic landscape.

Rational Unicorn Legal Services, via XXcelerate’s One-on-One Coaching Program, offers targeted guidance for a range of legal issues common to growing small businesses, including but not limited to: Entity formation, Trademarking, Copyrighting and other Intellectual Property, Business Contract Review, Revising and Drafting Partnership and Equity Agreements, Lease Negotiation and Contract Review. The program also may subsidize 50% of the cost of qualifying legal services for our community’s most vulnerable owners seeking critical business law services that could make a difference in their livelihoods.