Business Basics for Lawyers

Catalog description

Introduces basic business, economic and finance concepts and issues to students with little or no business knowledge or experience. Aims to reduce the insecurity that not knowing these basic concepts and issues can produce in students entering foundational post-1L courses dealing with, e.g, business associations, taxation, antitrust, securities, bankruptcy, and real estate. The material discussed also proves useful to students pursuing studies in areas such as divorce, estate planning, and small business. Introduces students to issues such as debt and equity, interest rates, present value, real estate, accounting and financial reporting, securities, trading in stocks and bonds, and related topics. Not open to students who had a major or minor in business as an undergraduate, or has earned or is enrolled in an MBA program.