The Davies Fund for Business Law in the Jay and Barbara Hennick Centre for Business and Law supports innovative programs and projects related to the practice of business law. Created in 2006 by the firm of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, the fund seeks to inspire interest in business law among students and build ties with the broader legal and business communities in Toronto.

The 2011-12 Davies Fund Business Law Lecture was presented by The Honourable Leo E. Strine, Jr., Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery. As the chief judge for the Court of Chancery in Delaware, Chancellor Strine is charged with overseeing the court which has served as the battleground for some of corporate America's biggest legal fights. Confirmed as Chancellor on June 22, 2011, having previously served as Vice Chancellor since 1998, Chancellor Strine also has long-standing positions as the Austin Wakeman Scott Lecturer in Law at the Harvard Law School, Senior Fellow at the Harvard Program of Corporate Governance, and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt University Law Schools.

Previous Davies Fund Business Law Lecturers: (Click here for their biographies)

• 2010-11 - H. Rodgin Cohen
  
• 2009-10 - Ben Heineman
• 2008 - Honourable William T. Allen