Legal Accounting

This course will introduce law students to accounting, giving them a basic understanding of financial statements, accounting mechanics, and underlying accounting concepts and principles. The course is designed for students with little-to-no background in accounting. In addition to basic accounting, we will discuss such issues as professional governance and standard setting, topics currently being reviewed by the accounting regulators and/or Congress, recent past accounting scandals, Sarbanes-Oxley, and differences between the practice of law and of accounting (including ethical foundations).

Course Schedule

  • Date: Monday 5:30-6:30PM; Tuesday 5:30-6:30PM
  • Location: Chase 210

Course Information

  • Catalog number-Section number: 701-01
  • Course Type: Lecture
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Credits (min/max): 2/2
  • Subjects:

Enrollment

  • Enrollment status: Open
  • Current enrollment/capacity: 41/50
  • Reserve population/capacity: 0/0
  • Waitlist enrollment/capacity: 0/0

Grading

  • Grade basis: Student option
  • Satisifies Writing Requirement: No
  • Exam type: PROCTORED