The Business Law Clinic has been in operation since 1998. It is staffed by upper-year UVic Law students who have a demonstrated interest in providing business law services to the community. Through their studies and extracurricular activities at UVic Law, these students have clearly expressed an interest in corporate law and small business operations and in helping British Columbia's entrepreneurs achieve their business goals.
UVic Law's Business Law Clinic course (LAW 349) gives students an opportunity to develop their legal skills and understand the lawyer's role in facilitating business transactions for clients, all within a clinical context. They also learn about client interviewing, problem-solving, legal research, legal analysis and ethical issues.
Here's what clients have said about working with the Business Law Clinic:
"Thank you so much for this letter. Your writing on copyright is very clear and extremely thorough... I am now better informed and certainly more confident approaching this discussion with the advice you have given."
"A note of thanks for your terrific work at the UVic Business Law Clinic. I very much appreciate all of your hard work and research on (my) project. I received your memo and found the legal information to be incredibly helpful to me. I especially appreciated your investigation and review in the process for formation of a not-for-profit society..."