Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Distinguished Lectures in Business Law

The lecture series, sponsored by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP and directed by Professor Paul B. Miller, brings internationally recognized business law scholars to Queen’s. The Distinguished Lecturers deliver papers of the highest scholarly calibre to engage students, faculty and alumni in discussions on contemporary business law topics.

2011-12 Distinguished Lectures

September 12, 2011 – 1:00 P.M., Macdonald Hall, Rm 211
“The Corporation as Commons”
Simon Deakin, Professor of Law and Fellow of Peterhouse College, University of Cambridge

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News Story: Osler lecturer advocates radical shift to a ‘commons’ corporate concept; 2008 financial crisis showed weakness of corporations’ shareholder primacy

November 25, 2011 – 1:00 P.M., Macdonald Hall, Rm 211
“Workers on the Board of Directors: Prospects for Codetermination in European Law”
Wanjiru Njoya, Department of Law, London School of Economics

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News Story: Osler Lecturer makes a case for employees co-directing their organizations 

January 16, 2012 – 1:00 P.M., Macdonald Hall, Rm 211
“Fiduciary Boundaries”
Deborah DeMott, David F. Cavers Professor of Law, Duke Law School

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News Story: Osler lecturer clarifies basic distinction of fiduciary boundaries

March 2, 2012 - CANCELLED
“Fencing Fiduciary Duties”
Larry Ribstein, Mildred Van Voorhis Jones Chair in Law, University of Illinois College of Law

March 26, 2012 – 1:00 P.M., Macdonald Hall, Rm 211
"The New Concept of Loyalty in Corporate Law"
Andrew Gold, Professor of Law, DePaul College of Law

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Lecture Format

• Each lecture will feature a 60-minute talk by the Distinguished Lecturer, followed by 20 minutes of commentary from a Queen's Law faculty member or a prominent business law practitioner from Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP.
• Each lecture will be followed by a reception hosted by the Faculty and open to all in attendance.

Webcast

The lectures will be available by webcast for viewing by alumni at:

http://streaming.queensu.ca/vmp/html/osler.html

Viewers may enter the webcast site 15 minutes prior to the start time of the lecture. 

Academic Credit

The lecture series is also the basis of LAW-691 Osler Business Law Seminar, an advanced seminar course open to upper-year students and taught by Professor Miller.