Student entrepreneurs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this year are getting help from an unlikely place: Boston University School of Law.

The two Boston institutions have partnered to launch a new clinic in which law students offer legal help to MIT and other Boston University students launching start ups or technology projects.

As part of the new Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property Clinic, law students will spend Fridays on the MIT campus, advising student entrepreneurs on everything from how to set up and finance their fledgling ventures to negotiating contracts and registering trademarks and copyrights. The clinic will also help the student entrepreneurs evaluate any regulatory matters their ideas or startups might encounter.