Accounting and Corporate Finance For Lawyers, Second Edition

• ISBN: 9798886142020

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• Description

  Accounting and Corporate Finance for Lawyers is designed to teach law students how to read and understand financial statements and footnotes, assess a company’s financial position, determine whether a company can issue a dividend, assess whether a contingency has to be disclosed, apply time value of money concepts, and evaluate financial provisions and covenants in contracts. The goal of this book is to prepare law students to be successful in the practice of law by providing the critical foundation of understanding accounting and corporate finance concepts and principles, or the language of business people. 

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  New to the Second Edition:  

  •  Updates of information, statistics, concepts, and examples to bring current 

  •  New section discussing interactions between accountants and attorneys 
  •  Addition of a Present Value of an Annuity Due table 
  • Clarifications and minor corrections throughout 

  Professors and students will benefit from: 

  • A reader-friendly organization and style 
  • Detailed explanations of concepts and principles through examples 
  • Discussion of how various principles are applied in practice 
  • Real-world illustrations  
  • Examples and exhibits that supplement the substance 

  • Exercises and problems designed to build a student’s knowledge base 

  Teaching materials include: 

  • A text-based discussion of possible talking points for each of the textbook chapters. The Teacher’s Manual chapter text includes cross-references to the corresponding page numbers of the text chapter and the corresponding slide number for the PowerPoint presentation that accompanies each chapter. 

  • A PowerPoint presentation for each textbook chapter, which includes both bullet points to guide the discussion, as well as embedded examples drawn primarily from the corresponding textbook chapter. The PPT slide headings correspond to the chapter headings and chapter structure to facilitate ease of use. 
  • A prepared solution for each of the problems set forth in the textbook with explanations where warranted. 
  • A sample syllabus of the content that might be covered in a 3-credit Accounting for Lawyers course. 
  • Sample exam questions with a corresponding grading rubric that sets forth the potential information a student should address in their answer. The sample exam questions may be used to create a midterm and final exam or just a final exam. 
  • A sample small group presentation project with a corresponding grading rubric that sets forth the content areas the group will be graded on as a part of the presentation project.