LAW 308 - Financial Literacy for Lawyers.

A brief, yet intense, one-week course, exposing students to basic financial statements; sources of business capital; mergers and acquisitions; deal structure; and how lawyers encounter these subjects in their professional lives. The course takes a real-world, versus theoretical, approach to the subject matter. The objective is to provide students with a basic understanding of financial vocabulary and core concepts, which will not only assist them in other business courses, but also better equip them to encounter business concepts in their careers. One hour. Alessi Second-year students only. Class meets for one week.