Law and Accounting

Catalog description

The course explores accounting theory and practice. The focus is on what lawyers need to know to engage effectively in a wide range of practice areas including, but not limited to, corporate and securities law, family law, bankruptcy, probate, trust and estate law, real estate law, administrative law and regulated industries. In these fields of practice, as in others, financial information presented in a organized manner is essential for industry and governmental decision making. It is account theory put into practice which provides the rules and rationale for the presentation of this financial information. Graded.