Developing an entrepreneurial mindset entails cultivating an environment where students are empowered to think beyond the traditional legal landscape, identify innovation opportunities, and take calculated risks to effect legal practices and policy change. It means fostering critical thinking, adaptability, and resilience, instilling in them the courage to venture into uncharted legal territories, start new initiatives, and leverage the law to create a broader societal impact.
Our students are provided a unique opportunity to develop an entrepreneurial mindset through startup courses, pitch competitions, internships and experiential learning opportunities.
“Whether your goal is to join a firm, start a business, work with non-profits or consult, you will develop the tool kit necessary to add value and succeed wherever you work.”
Kristen Boon - Susan & Perry Dellelce Dean of Common Law
Entrepreneurial skills in a legal profession stimulate :
Global Entrepreneurship Week
Nov 13-17 2023
Oh the Places You’ll Go with a Law Degree
Nov 13 2023
Dejardins Elevator Pitch Competition
Nov 14 2023
Keep up to date with entrepreneurship events at the Faculty of Law and at the University of Ottawa’s Entrepreneurship Hub.
Startup Weekend
Connect with students across all faculties to encourage and promote entrepreneurship. Learn more about the Startup Weekend.
Startup Garage
Provides three essential ingredients to accelerate your venture over the summer term: cash, space and support. Check out the Startup Garage.
More to come.
Beyond skill development, experiential learning offers students real-world opportunities to apply their skills through internships, hackathons, and pitch competitions, as well as starting their own business.
The 2023 World Economic Forum report identifies top skills for the future as: creative thinking, analytical thinking and technological literacy, as well as flexibility, adaptability and resiliency. Our course offerings in Law & Entrepreneurship will contribute to skills development in all of these areas.
Studies in Business Law: Community Wealth Building Law
Studies in Business Law: Small and Solo Practice
Studies in Business Law: Becoming a Social Entrepreneur
Studies in Business Law: Law for Start-Ups
The University of Ottawa’s Entrepreneurship Hub provides the resources, programs and networks to support students at any point in their entrepreneurial or intrapreneurial journey, whether they are dreaming about launching their own business, pursuing their ideas or seeking to acquire entrepreneurial skills for the job market.
