Vienna Law Clinics

Name

Vienna Law Clinics

Legal name

Vienna Law Clinics

Website

https://vlc.univie.ac.at

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Clinical Legal Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Clinical Legal Education & Legal Aid Clinics (Law School–Run) (EDAHAIAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Migrant & Refugee Legal Aid and Documentation Services (BPADAHAE), Refugee & Immigrant Support Services (BPAGAEAI)

Keywords

• Clinical legal education
• Refugee legal clinic
• Startup legal advisory
• University law training
• Legal aid services

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Vienna Law Clinics runs clinical legal education programs at the University of Vienna, combining academic instruction with supervised practical casework. The Refugee Law Clinic offers free legal advice to asylum seekers and refugees on asylum and foreign law, while the Startup Clinic provides free legal advisory to early-stage startups on corporate, civil, IP, trade, labor, and tax law. Both clinics are supported by prerequisite academic courses (KU Refugee Law Clinic I/II and KU Startup Clinic) that award ECTS credits, with casework overseen by experienced partner law firms.

Product overview

Vienna Law Clinics is an educational and legal aid organization at the University of Vienna, Austria, founded in 2014. It operates as a platform combining academic legal education with free legal consultation services. The organization comprises two main clinic programs: Refugee Law Clinic (asylum and foreign law) and Startup Clinic (startup legal advisory), each supported by prerequisite academic courses (KU Refugee Law Clinic I/II and KU Startup Clinic) that award up to 18 combined ECTS credits. After completing courses, students provide supervised legal consultation through the clinics. The portfolio also includes digital educational resources (Asyl-FAQ multilingual asylum information portal), research services (JuRe case law research), child welfare monitoring projects, moot court competitions, and publications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• asyl-faq.at: A multilingual website project of the Refugee Law Clinic that explains the Austrian asylum procedure in German, English, Farsi, Somali, Pashto, Arabic, and easy German language.
• JuRe (Judikaturrecherche der Refugee Law Clinic)

Products and services

• Refugee Law Clinic Educational clinic where students learn asylum and foreign law through workshops, BFA hearing interview preparation, and case-law research. Includes foundational theory course (KU Refugee Law Clinic I) and advanced practice course (KU Refugee Law Clinic II), covering asylum procedure law, residence and settlement law, administrative procedure law, fundamental rights, foreign employment law, and citizenship law.
• Startup Clinic Legal advisory service in which students counsel early-stage startups in person under supervision of experienced attorneys. Topics addressed include corporate law, civil law, intellectual property, trade law, labor law, and tax law.
• Asyl-FAQ Multilingual online resource and publication that explains the Austrian asylum procedure. Available in German, English, Farsi, Somali, Pashto, Arabic, and Easy German language; the 2023 revised edition doubles content and is available as print and e-book.
• JuRe - Judikaturrecherche der Refugee Law Clinic Case-related research service providing relevant Austrian jurisprudence in asylum law. Targets aid organizations, NGOs involved in legal representation, and pro bono attorneys.
• KU Refugee Law Clinic I / II Two-semester academic course sequence on asylum law. KU I covers theory (asylum procedure steps, grounds, legal protection, rights and obligations); KU II provides advanced practice including legal briefs, research skills, interview preparation, and rhetoric training. Awards up to 15 ECTS credits.
• KU Startup Clinic Academic course on the legal and business questions facing startups from idea to exit. Taught by attorneys with contributions from tax consultants, investors, and founders. Covers corporate law, labor law, intellectual property, trade law, and tax law. Awards up to 15 ECTS credits.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Netzwerk AsylAnwält*innencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of asylum lawyers providing professional support and collaboration for the Refugee Law Clinic activities.
• PROSA Projekt Schule für AllecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchool project supporting educational access, partnership related to refugee support and integration activities.
• Teach for AustriacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational nonprofit supporting access to education, aligned with refugee integration mission.
• [sic!] - students' innovation centrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStudent innovation center at University of Vienna supporting startup-related activities and collaborations.
• Junior Enterprises AustriaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational organization connecting student consulting enterprises, relevant for startup clinic activities.
• INiTScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVienna University Incubation and Innovation Support, providing startup ecosystem connections for the Startup Clinic.
• BeehivveminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStartup support organization potentially providing mentorship or resources for Startup Clinic.
• Linde VerlagminorOthersLegal publishing house providing publishing support for educational materials.
• LawStar GmbHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLegal services company supporting law clinic activities.
• Refugee Law Clinic MunichcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational exchange and collaboration with similar clinical legal education initiative in Munich, Germany.
• Humboldt Consumer Law CliniccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Humboldt University's consumer law clinic in Berlin for international knowledge exchange.
• Law Clinic TübingencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Tübingen law clinic for cross-institutional collaboration and best practice sharing.
• Pravna klinika Pravnog Fakulteta u ZagrebuminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLegal clinic at University of Zagreb Faculty of Law, Croatia - international academic partnership.
• Pravno ekonomska klinika OsijekminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLegal-economic clinic at University of Osijek, Croatia - regional Eastern European collaboration.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Refugee Law Clinic Munich: Closest direct peer — a DACH clinical legal education initiative focused on asylum and refugee law, explicitly listed as a Vienna Law Clinics international exchange partner operating an almost identical supervised-student legal advisory model.
• Humboldt Consumer Law Clinic (Berlin): Humboldt University's student-staffed legal clinic and a named partner of Vienna Law Clinics; directly comparable as a university-based clinical legal education program providing pro bono advice under faculty supervision.
• Law Clinic Tübingen: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen's law clinic and a formal cross-institutional partner of Vienna Law Clinics; comparable as a German university-affiliated clinic delivering supervised, free legal services.

Broad incumbents

• Asylkoordination Österreich: Austrian umbrella organization coordinating asylum legal aid across NGOs; comparable in that it materially serves the same beneficiary population and addresses access-to-justice gaps in Austrian asylum procedures, but at a coordination/advocacy level rather than direct casework.
• Caritas Österreich – Bereich Asyl & Integration: Large Austrian social-services NGO running refugee legal counseling programs; directly comparable beneficiary population and service overlap with the Refugee Law Clinic, though delivered by paid professional staff rather than supervised students.
• Diakonie Flüchtlingsdienst Österreich: Established Austrian NGO providing legal counseling and representation to asylum seekers; overlaps with Vienna Law Clinics' Refugee Law Clinic on beneficiary population and Austrian asylum-law subject matter, but operates as a paid professional services provider rather than a student-training program.

Regional players

• Pravna klinika Pravnog Fakulteta u Zagrebu: University of Zagreb Faculty of Law's legal clinic, listed as a Vienna Law Clinics partner; comparable clinical legal education model with regional (Croatian) focus and shared continental-European methodology.

Others

• INiTS Universitäres Gründerservice Wien: Vienna's university-affiliated startup incubator and named Vienna Law Clinics partner; comparable as an ecosystem node connecting early-stage startups with advisors, including legal support provided through the Startup Clinic.
• Linde Verlag: Austrian legal publishing house and a publishing partner of Vienna Law Clinics (notably for the Asyl-FAQ print/e-book edition); adjacent as the distribution channel that converts the clinic's multilingual asylum content into a published, commercially distributed resource.
• [sic!] – students' innovation centre (Universität Wien): University of Vienna's student innovation hub and named Vienna Law Clinics partner; comparable as a co-located university program feeding the Startup Clinic's founder pipeline and providing the entrepreneurial training layer underneath legal advisory.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

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