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Overview
Why you should attend
The ability to identify and appropriately use financial and accounting information is relevant to a wide range of legal and regulatory matters for attorneys and allied professionals. Litigators and transactional attorneys alike will benefit from this practical course designed specifically for non-accountants and taught by members of the nation’s top accounting, tax and advisory firms, leading law firms, in-house counsel and universities.
What you will learn
- Key factors shaping financial reporting
- Foundational finance, accounting and economics terminology and principles
- How to “navigate” and understand the basic financial statements - the balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash flows and statement of shareholders’ equity
- Practical corporate finance concepts, including financial ratios and analysis
- The use of valuations in business transactions and fairness opinions, as well as in common claims and defenses in litigation
- Strategies for uncovering fraud in financial statements
- Earn one hour of Ethics credit
- Earn Skills credit
- Designed specifically for non-accountant attorneys and allied professionals
- Case studies and practical examples employed throughout the program
Who should attend
External and in-house attorneys and allied professionals who work with financial information, whether in the course of litigation or in business transactions, will benefit from this program.