In October 2010, the 2010-11 Davies Fund Business Law Lecture was presented by H. Rodgin Cohen, a partner and senior chairman at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. In the midst of the financial crisis and its aftermath, Mr. Cohen has remained the pre-eminent advisor to numerous major financial firms. Mr. Cohen is a highly influential figure on Wall Street renowned for his practice in the areas of acquisition, corporate governance, and regulatory and securities law, as well as his expertise in non-traditional investments, and sales and restructuring arrangements in connection with the global credit crisis. Mr. Cohen addressed students, faculty, and local leaders in business and law on "the recent economic meltdown and the dawning financial era it has precipitated".

In March 2010, the 2009-10 Davies Fund Business Law Lecture was presented by Professor Ben Heineman. As former General Counsel at GE, Mr. Heineman helped create the modern in-house legal department and redefined the role that lawyers play in business. He is currently a fellow at the Harvard Law School Program on the Legal Profession and at the Harvard Kennedy School, as well as Senior Counsel to WilmerHale. He is the author of High Performance with High Integrity.

In 2008, Osgoode and Schulich were proud to host a Davies Fund lecture with the Honourable William T. Allen, Nusbaum Professor of Law and Business, and Director of the Pollack Center for Law and Business at New York University School of Law. Mr. Allen addressed students, faculty, and local leaders in business and law on “Modern Corporate Governance and the Eroding Business Judgement Rule.”