Hennick Centre for Business & Law

The Clarke Program on Law, Finance, and Transactions focuses on the intersection of law and finance, including analyses of business relationships from a finance perspective, as well as the structure of the financial markets, the behavior and governance of the institutions that comprise them, and the transactions that occur within them. The Clarke Program on the Law and Regulation of Financial Institutions and Markets is devoted to understanding the key functions performed by banks, broker-dealers, investment companies, and other financial institutions in the U.S. and global economic systems, as well as the roles played by law both in optimizing those functions and in constituting the market environments in which they are performed.

The Pollack Center for Law & Business is designed to enrich the professional education of students of law and business and to facilitate joint teaching in order to involve leaders in banking, business, and law in the intellectual life of the University. The center does this through sponsorship of meetings, conferences, and dinners.

The Centre for Economic Institutions and Business History promotes innovative inter-disciplinary research on economic institutions, business history and economic history. Its research provides rigorous analysis and long-run historical perspectives on topical issues.

The courses by Center for Business Law are given within the framework of the B.A. curriculum at the Stockholm School of Economics. Research and teaching at the department is focused on laws that are relevant to business. The legal methods in use are mainly traditional, but strongly influenced by European law, international instruments like treaties and trade agreements as well as multi-lateral and bi-lateral agreements. Comparative law methods are often used and studies of foreign law forms is an important part of current research.

The Robert B. Rowling Center for Business Law & Leadership is the only center of its kind in Texas and has emerged as a national leader in the conversation on the intersection of business law and leadership. The Center builds upon the dynamic business and economic environment in Dallas - Fort Worth and the rich business tradition of SMU and the Dedman School of Law. We offer Dedman Law students, alumni, faculty, and friends networking opportunities, innovative courses and programming, hands-on legal interactions, and cutting-edge faculty research.