Tracks & CLE
Curated course lists for self-paced learning. You can earn certificates of completion and share them on LinkedIn, and many tracks offer CLE credit.
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Bankruptcy: Financing, Litigation, and Contracts
Explains three critical issues for a company as it goes through a bankruptcy case: the methods of financing available to the company, the process and procedure of bankruptcy litigation, and how contracts and leases are dealt with when a company goes through a restructuring.
- CLE Available
- 5 courses
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Chapter 11 Cases, Process, and Documents
The different types of Chapter 11 cases, the process of a Chapter 11 case (including the “first days” and 363 asset sales), and the major documents in Chapter 11 (including Chapter 11 plans, disclosure statements and orders, and restructuring support agreements).
- CLE Available
- 7 courses
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Civil Litigation: Practice and Process
An introduction to the practice and process of civil litigation. Covers the typical roles in a law firm’s civil litigation group, the life cycle of a typical civil case, and the main tasks involved in discovery, motion practice and trial preparation.
- CLE Available
- 5 courses
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Claims 'If True' and Indemnifiable Losses
This program teaches lawyers about various aspects of two advanced M&A concepts found in acquisition agreements – Claims ‘If True’ provisions and the concept of indemnifiable losses (with a focus on the definition of “Loss”). It covers drafting and negotiating tips, buyer and seller perspectives, and market trends information for both provisions based on the ABA M&A Committee’s 2020-21 Private Target Deal Points Study.
- CLE Available
- 7 courses
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Commercial Lending Documents
This track introduces the main documents involved in commercial lending deals. It includes walk throughs of the documents and their main provisions, covers key legal and business points, as well as strategic considerations for drafting, reviewing, and filing the documents. Documents covered include commitment letters and other preliminary documents, UCC-1 financing statements, UCC-3s, payoff letters, security agreements, and credit agreements.
- CLE Available
- 7 courses
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Commercial Provisions: Part I
Explains key legal, business, and drafting issues for the most common terms and provisions that appear in day-to-day commercial agreements. This track covers amendment and waivers, arbitration provisions, assignment, audit rights, confidentiality, counterparts, data privacy provisions, disclaimers of implied warranties, entire agreement clauses, and jury trial waivers.
- CLE Available
- 10 courses
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Commercial Provisions: Part 2
Explains key legal, business, and drafting issues for the most common terms and provisions that appear in day-to-day commercial agreements. This track covers force majeure, indemnification, limitation of liability, notice, publicity, reps & warranties, schedules and exhibits, severability, survival, and term and termination provisions.
- CLE Available
- 10 courses
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Deal Documents for Venture Deals
Explains the main documents involved in venture financing deals, including key legal and business points and considerations for drafting and reviewing the documents. Documents covered include amended and restated certificates of incorporation, stock purchase agreements, voting agreements, convertible notes, and more.
- CLE Available
- 7 courses
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Deal Structures and Documents for M&A Deals
Explains the main documents and key provisions in M&A deals, and provides an overview of the M&A deal process from start to finish. This track also explains the structures of M&A deals including asset and stock sales, direct mergers, and forward and reverse triangular mergers.
- CLE Available
- 10 courses
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Defending a Corporate Deposition
Key strategies and procedures for defending a corporate deposition. This track covers responding to a corporate deposition notice, selecting and preparing the corporate witness, deposition objections, protective orders, confidentiality designations, and more.
- CLE Available
- 5 courses
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Defending a Deposition
Key strategies and procedures for defending all types of depositions. This track covers the ins and outs of witness preparation, how to protect the witness during the deposition, how to correct transcripts, and special considerations for defending remote depositions.
- CLE Available
- 7 courses
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Doc Review, Privilege, and Litigation Holds
An introduction to the document review and production process, privilege and work product protection, and litigation holds.
- CLE Available
- 5 courses
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Due Diligence and Closings in M&A Deals
The basics of due diligence and closings in M&A deals. Includes an overview of the diligence process, tips for conducting due diligence, the closing process, the differences between simultaneous and delayed closings, and guidance on drafting key closing documents.
- CLE Available
- 8 courses
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Expert Depositions
Rules, procedures, tips and strategic considerations for taking and defending expert depositions. This track covers qualifying as an expert, expert and rebuttal reports, witness prep, questioning techniques, attorney-client privilege, and more.
- CLE Available
- 6 courses
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Expert Reports and Daubert Motions
Advanced guidance on expert reports and rebuttals, including how to work with your expert to help them effectively plan and draft their reports. Focuses on the Opinions section, but then looks closely at the other sections of the report as well. Also gives strategic advice on drafting Daubert motions and Daubert oppositions. Covers specific ways to attack and defend an expert’s methodology, as well as how to select the best arguments.
- CLE Available
- 5 courses
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Financial Concepts in Legal Practice
Covers key financial and accounting concepts and how they apply in specific legal practice areas, including M&A, litigation, finance, securities, emerging companies, bankruptcy, and real estate.
- CLE Available
- 7 courses
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Financial Literacy for Lawyers
An introduction to finance and accounting basics including valuation, statistics, data visualization, and where to find financial information about a company. This track also provides an introduction to Excel and explains how to perform present and future value calculations.
- CLE Available
- 6 courses
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First-Year Associates: Corporate
The basics of M&A and securities offerings. Introduces associates to deal structures, diligence, closings, registered and unregistered offerings, finance concepts, and other important aspects of corporate practice.
- 15 courses
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First-Year Associates: Litigation
Introductory courses for junior civil litigation associates, covering concepts such as discovery, motion practice, doc review, and financial aspects of litigation practice.
- 20 courses
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First-Year Associates: M&A
The basics of M&A for junior associates. Covers deal structures, due diligence, and closings for M&A deals, and provides an overview of key financial concepts related to M&A.
- 17 courses
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Financial Reporting and Accounting
Explains key concepts in financial reporting and accounting, such as accrual accounting, revenue recognition, and depreciation and amortization. This track also covers the roles in a finance department; the processes of accounting, financial reporting, and audits; and how to analyze a company’s annual report and financials.
- CLE Available
- 7 courses
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Financial Statements for Lawyers
An introduction to the four main financial statements for companies: balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements, and statements of shareholder equity. This track also explains key accounting and financial concepts for understanding the statements.
- CLE Available
- 5 courses
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Fraud Carve-Outs and Updating Disclosure Schedules
An introduction to various aspects of two advanced M&A concepts found in acquisition agreements – disclosure-schedule-updates provisions and the concept of defining “Fraud” in fraud carve-outs. This track covers drafting and negotiating tips, buyer and seller perspectives, and market trends information from the ABA M&A Committee’s 2020-21 Private Target Deal Points Study.
- CLE Available
- 6 courses
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Introduction to Civil Discovery
An introduction to the discovery process in civil litigation, including discovery requests, written responses and objections, interrogatories, requests for admission, depositions, and e-discovery.
- CLE Available
- 5 courses
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Introduction to Corporate and Litigation Practice
An overview of major corporate and litigation practice areas, designed for people preparing to join large law firms as first-year associates.
- 7 courses