Program in Law & Business

How do lawyers gain a sufficient understanding of business practices and culture to negotiate, structure, and advise clients with respect to complex business transactions? Most learn the hard way—on the job. Others enroll in combined M.B.A./J.D. programs, requiring an additional year of study. The Law School offers a third, and we think, better way: the Program in Law & Business, which integrates business and legal analysis in the law school classroom.

The Program in Law & Business brings business school faculty into the law school to teach the basics of accounting and finance. It provides students the opportunity to hone these skills through enhanced versions of core business law courses, and it gives students the chance to review key transactional documents and strategic decisions alongside senior counsel and executive officers. In short, the Law & Business Program allows students to develop the skills necessary to understand and better serve their future business clients. Our students have responded; these courses fill up quickly and are fast becoming a fundamental component of the Virginia experience.

Presently, unrestricted annual giving donations fund the Program, a temporary arrangement until we establish a sufficient endowment.

GOAL $5 Million

Law & Business Leadership Giving