Get a one-day crash course on the legal impact of business operations on your individual and corporate clients.  Pick up practical techniques for reading a balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows — helping you to spot vital financial and legal issues.  Examine the risk and return model, how stocks and bonds are priced, and the effective and ethical use of financial leverage.  You’ll hear about corporate governance and executive compensation requirements and changes to exemption registration requirements. There are also two ethics case studies in the context of financial accounting will be dissected to determine whether the attorneys involved potentially violated the rules of professional responsibility.

Topics covered are:  Key Business Concepts, Introduction to Accounting, Advanced Accounting Concepts, Financial Statement Analysis, Manipulating the Books, Accounting Concepts Applied to Legal Drafting, Introduction to Corporate Finance, Advanced Topics in Corporate Finance, Cash Flow Analysis, Understanding Stocks and Bonds and Mergers & Acquisitions.