CML 4304 Financial Skills for Lawyers

3 units
Common Law
Faculty of Law - Common Law
This course will focus on understanding financial statements after they have been prepared by an accountant in order to interpret and analyze them in the context of business transactions, including white collar crime. This course will prepare lawyers for practice in all areas of law, corporate, commercial, tax, securities, investment analysis and litigation, where lawyers use financial statements in contracts, agreements and computation of damages.

Components:

Lecture

Previously Offered Terms:

Fall

Organized

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Clear Expectations

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Learned a Lot

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Recommend

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Workload

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Fair Assessments

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