Boston College Law School's new Business Advisory Council held its kickoff breakfast on June 21, 2007. The Business Advisory Council's focus is to advise the Dean, faculty and students on the latest trends in the business world and emerging business needs as they relate to legal training.
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"Our goal is to bring some of the remarkable corporate talent we have within the ranks of our alumni back to campus, to mentor our students and help us strengthen our business law offerings," said BC Law Dean John H. Garvey. "This synergy of business leaders and legal academia will ensure that BC Law graduates will be well prepared for work in the business world."
The Council's objectives are to enhance the intellectual life of the Law School in the areas of business law, and to enhance the quality of students' educational experience and of faculty research by increasing exposure to and engagement with contemporary business law issues.
Initially, the Council's focus will include areas such as corporate law and the law of other nongovernmental organizations; the regulation of financial markets and intermediaries; the legal framework of finance, including the law of bankruptcy, corporate reorganization, and secured transactions; and antitrust law and the law of regulated industries. Council programs will consist of roundtables, symposia, lectures, and a colloquium series at the Law School, and a breakfast program for alumni in strategic regions, in which academics, government officials, and members of BC Law alumni and business community will participate.
For more information about the Business Advisory Council and how you might become more involved, email the Alumni Affairs Office at bclaw.alumni@bc.edu.