How to Understand and Analyze Financial Statements for Lawyers

 
 
 

Basic Lawyers Seminar

This seminar begins with the basic concepts underlying financial reporting. This prepares lawyers with limited accounting and financial background to comprehend topics covered later in the day. The financial statement of a real company is used to demonstrate these concepts.

Participants will then see how basic analytical techniques are applied to a financial statement and will be introduced to ways they can detect manipulation of the reported results of a company.

Attorneys will learn how to determine whether they should place reliance on financial information and what questions should be asked in various circumstances.

This is a six hour course

Agenda includes:

Basic Concepts
The Financial Statements
Basic Analysis of Financial Statements
Introduction to Common Manipulative Techniques
Special Reporting Issues