Business Law (Area of Concentration)
Faculty Advisor/Director: Professor Chris Nicholls
The Business Law Area of Concentration offers students interested in the legal aspects of business the opportunity to develop their knowledge and expertise in business law and policy. Students who complete this area of concentration will have the notation “Area of Concentration: Business Law” included on their transcripts. In order to receive the notation, a student must, by the end of the final add-drop period of the winter semester in third year, inform the Director of the area of concentration of the student’s intention to complete the program. There will be no limit on numbers eligible for this area of concentration.
Who Should Pursue This Area of Concentration?
Many students who pursue the Business Law Area of Concentration are interested in careers with large business law firms in major financial centres. This area of concentration may also appeal to students with an interest in careers in public policy, government or regulatory agencies, or who simply wish to develop their knowledge, expertise and critical perspective on business in society, and the impact of law and regulation on business and financial institutions.
Why Study Business Law at Western Law?
Western Law is uniquely positioned to offer an especially strong business law program of study. Our vision of business law is multi-dimensional and inclusive. Our faculty teach and research business law in areas encompassing a wide range of economic, critical, public law and social justice perspectives. Our faculty includes some of the nation’s leading scholars in Corporate Law, Commercial Law, Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Securities Regulation, Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Finance, as well as International Business and Trade and many other fields. Indeed, our strength in business law complements our nationally and internationally recognized strengths in many other areas including, among others, international and comparative law, law and philosophy, public law, and intellectual property, information, and technology law.
First-Year Corporate Law
In the 2015/16 academic year, Western Law became the first law school in Canada to offer first-year J.D. students the option of taking Corporate Law in the Winter Term of their first year. This option allows interested students to begin taking more advanced courses immediately in the fall of second year, one term sooner than students at any other Canadian law school.
Western Law is one of the liveliest centres of business law activity in the country and has developed an incredibly strong visiting speakers and scholars program in business law that is among the best in the world.
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All students in the Area of Concentration: Business Law must successfully complete a research paper in the business law area on a topic approved by the Director of the Area of Concentration, as well as the following courses:
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Module One: Mandatory Courses All of the following: Law 5210 - Corporate Law |
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Module Two: Commercial and Insolvency Law Law 5515 – Advanced Restructuring and Insolvency |
Module Three: Business Law Electives Law 5540 - Advanced Corporate Law |
Module Four: The Global Environment Law 5665 - Conflict of Laws |
Relevant Co-Curricular Opportunities
- Chaitons LLP Corporate Restructuring Advocacy Competition
- International Summer Law Internship Program (ISLIP) (includes opportunities at the World Bank)
- Torys LLP Negotiation Competition
- Western Business Law Clinic
