The JD/MBA is your path to a career in business and law. We help you take the vital first steps toward your goals.
The first point of contact for Hennick JD/MBA students seeking career development guidance is our Associate Director, who provides one-on-one counselling and coordinates efforts with the career services teams of both Schulich and Osgoode. The Associate Director also advises on the latest professional requirements, as well as the expectations of law firms and business organizations that partner with our program. In addition, career-bound students benefit from professional and social networking opportunities arranged by the JD/MBA Students’ Association.
Preparing for Your Future Career
The Assistant Director provides individual counselling sessions on a wide range of career-related topics, including how to set personal priorities, researching potential future paths, choosing an area of legal or business practice, pursuing opportunities (or creating them), dealing with societal expectations around career choices, navigating the recruitment process – and most importantly, developing career management skills that you’ll use and build on for years to come. Before your third and fourth year of the program, you will receive academic counselling to ensure you are meeting all graduation requirements of both degrees and taking courses to help you achieve your career goals. The Assistant Director can help you plan when is the best time to go on exchange (either through Osgoode or Schulich). As a lawyer, the Assistant Director can also advise you on all aspects of qualifying for professional licensing bodies, including the New York State Bar.
Osgoode’s Career Development Office
A broad suite of services, including individual career counselling and coaching, résumé reviews, analyzing job postings and interview preparation.
Schulich’s Centre for Career Design
Innovative career development programs and resources, along with personal mentoring and coaching.
Hennick Business Law Internships
Allow you to gain valuable firsthand experience in legal practice, giving you an added edge with potential employers.
Sabrina Jackson-Nazareth '02
Corporate Tax Associate, Fasken LLP
“When anyone asks me what my favorite part of the program was, it's always the people. Whether we're talking about faculty or students, it was an amazing community, and I've developed personal and professional relationships that I keep to this day.”
Konata Lake '08
Partner, Torys LLP
“In both my New York and Toronto work experiences, I have found that recruiters and colleagues place great value in the JD/MBA degree. … The respect that the legal and business [communities] have for the program makes it one of the most important factors in helping me advance in my career.”
Ryan Szainwald '04
Managing Partner, Private Equity
Brookfield Asset Management
“One of the key benefits to having participated in the JD/MBA program is that…I became acutely aware of the importance of collaboration and open-mindedness in the context of solving problems. This theme has been a constant during my career – both during my time practicing corporate law and, more recently, being part of a team of private equity investment professionals.”
Career Support
Osgoode’s Career Development Office (CDO) offers a broad suite of services, including individual career counselling and coaching, résumé reviews, analyzing job postings and interview preparation, as well as networking, skills building and recruiting events. The CDO also helps with opportunities such as summer jobs, clerkships and part-time work during the Osgoode-focused years of the Hennick JD/MBA.
Schulich’s Centre for Career Design (CCD) offers innovative career development programs and resources, along with personal mentoring and coaching. In addition to providing excellent online career-building tools, the CCD presents regular alumni networking events and corporate information sessions where you can connect with recruiters and business leaders.
Hennick Business Law Internships allow you to gain valuable firsthand experience in legal practice, giving you an added edge with potential employers.
The JD/MBA Mentorship Program connects current Hennick program students with past graduates who generously share their insights and experiences, along with guidance on the wide range of opportunities you can pursue in business and law.
The Osgoode Venture Capital Clinic (OVC), a partnership between Osgoode and Wildeboer Dellelce LLP, engages JD/MBA and JD students – under the supervision of practising lawyers – as they provide legal support to early-stage entrepreneurial ventures in the financing and equity structuring stages of growth.