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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

CLE credit details

  1. Arizona

    State category:
    General
    Credit hours:
    1.0
    Status:
    Available for Credit

  2. California

    State category:
    General
    Credit hours:
    1.0
    Status:
    Approved

  3. Idaho

    State category:
    General
    Credit hours:
    1.0
    Status:
    Approved

  4. Minnesota

    State category:
    General
    Credit hours:
    1.0
    Status:
    Approved

  5. Missouri

    State category:
    General
    Credit hours:
    1.2
    Status:
    Available for Credit

  6. Montana

    State category:
    General
    Credit hours:
    1.0
    Status:
    Approved

  7. New Jersey

    State category:
    General
    Credit hours:
    1.2
    Status:
    Reciprocity

  8. New Mexico

    State category:
    General
    Credit hours:
    1.0
    Status:
    Approved

  9. New York

    State category:
    Areas of Professional Practice
    Credit hours:
    1.0
    Status:
    Approved

  10. Oregon

    State category:
    General
    Credit hours:
    1.0
    Status:
    Approved

  11. Washington

    State category:
    Law & Legal Procedure
    Credit hours:
    1.0
    Status:
    Approved

  12. West Virginia

    State category:
    General
    Credit hours:
    1.24
    Status:
    Approved
Start Track
  1. still frame from Data Visualization 7 min

    Data Visualization

    An overview of charts and other data visualization techniques used in business and finance. Covers concepts such as line and bar charts, histograms, scatter plots and heat maps.

  2. still frame from Getting Started with Excel 5 min

    Getting Started with Excel

    If you’re new to Excel, start here. This course introduces the concepts of cells, rows and columns, shows how to navigate Excel 2016 for Windows, and describes the basics of entering data and doing calculations.

  3. still frame from Introduction to Statistics 11 min

    Introduction to Statistics

    This course provides an overview of key statistical concepts that are relevant to legal practice, including averages, sampling and distribution curves.

  4. still frame from Valuation 16 min

    Valuation

    Valuation is one of the most fundamental concepts in corporate finance. This course describes the different measures of a company’s value, and the various techniques used to value businesses and their assets.

  5. still frame from Where to Find Company Financial Information 8 min

    Where to Find Company Financial Information

    Lawyers often want to look for financial information about a company, whether it’s to better understand a client’s business, to learn about the other side in a transaction or litigation, or for business development purposes. This course provides some tips on where to look.

  6. still frame from Present and Future Value Calculations 13 min

    Present and Future Value Calculations

    The math behind calculations related to the time value of money, including calculations for interest rates, present and future value, annuities and perpetuities.