Financial Decision making

In today’s competitive legal landscape, there is more at financial play than ever before. Valuable, golden opportunities are there for the taking.

Develop a deep, broad understanding of financial performance and the opportunities surrounding your organisations finances.

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Counts towards the MLB

A subject in or credit towards the Master of Legal Business

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Flexible learning custom designed for online study

Duration

12 weeks

Graduate Certificate

Option to receive Graduate Certificate by completing 2 subjects

4 start dates a year

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What will I learn?

Capital, cash flow, and making smart money moves

Explain foundational accounting concepts and common accounting reports used to report financial performance of a legal business

Interpret financial statements for the purpose of financial decision making for a legal business

Analyse management accounting data (including budgets, forecasts) for the purpose of informing managerial financial decision making

Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills to interpret financial data

Learn from the best in the business

Katherine Thomas

Teaching Fellow

Katherine has a reputation for strategic thinking combined with a large dose of pragmatism. She understands the challenges of managing and developing legal service businesses, given her experience both as a ‘fee-earner’ and as a business development adviser.

Katherine runs her own consultancy and has also recently launched Free Range Lawyers to help law companies resource their work more effectively and profitably by temporarily accessing the skills of lawyers based across the globe.

Designed for:

Anyone in a leadership role

Why students choose us

“I applied what I learnt from day one.”

“Study at your own speed, balanced with workshops and learn from your peers.”

“I’ve sharpened my skills and updated them. Now I have confidence to apply this in my firm.”