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2021 California Worker Cooperative Law Practice Guide: For Lawyers Advising Worker Cooperative Corporations

A SELC practice guide written for attorneys advising worker cooperative corporations.

Source: Sustainable Economies Law CenterAdded June 12, 2026Published 2021
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Why it matters

Worker cooperative law can be specialized, and advisors need more than generic small-business legal knowledge.

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Attorneys, cooperative developers, and advanced founders working with California worker cooperative corporations.

SELC continues to provide this free, view-only guide, published in September 2021, for attorneys advising worker cooperatives formed as California cooperative corporations. Its issue maps, client-readiness questions, attorney-role guidance, governance considerations, and practical checklists remain useful for identifying workstreams and preparing a cooperative to work with counsel.

The publisher does not represent the legal text as continuously updated and expressly warns that law varies by place and may become outdated. Do not rely on its formation procedures, statutory citations, forms, tax treatment, securities rules, worker-classification and employment analysis, or dissolution instructions without checking current federal and California law with qualified counsel; outside California, use it only as comparative practice context.

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