Lawyers regularly interact with business people. Business people have their own language. Phrases like EBITDA, NOPAT, Gross Profit, Operating Profit, Net Income, on a fully diluted basis, retained earnings, current versus long term assets and liabilities, Free Cash Flow. If these terms are a foreign language to you, then this course is for you.

In this CLE course, you will learn how to read and understand the basic financial statements---the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows---and in the process decode the language of business. Soon enough you will be talking the same language as your business clients!