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Overview
A confident understanding of finance is valuable for every lawyer, regardless of practice area or seniority. This course deepens your ability to read and interpret accounts, moving beyond the basics to explore provisions, consolidation, equity and key financial ratios.
With realistic case studies and hands‑on exercises, you’ll learn how to analyse financial information, identify risks and engage more effectively with clients, colleagues and finance professionals—building skills that enhance your credibility and broaden your career options.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this Finance Fundamentals for Lawyers course at BPP University you will be able to:
- Analyse and interpret a full set of accounts
- Recognise the subjective and judgement‑based elements within financial statements, including provisions
- Understand equity and key terminology associated with shareholder funding
- Explain intangible assets and how they are recorded and valued
- Describe what a provision is, how it is accounted for and how it affects financial reporting
- Understand at a high level the different methods of consolidation, including concepts such as goodwill and non‑controlling interest
- Use key financial ratios to support analysis
- Identify warning signs of financial distress
- Appreciate the impact of different accounting frameworks on company reporting
Programme Structure
Topics include:
- Structure and interpretation of financial statements
- Subjective areas in accounts: provisions, estimates and judgement
- Equity and shareholder funding terminology
- Accounting for intangible assets
- Provisions: recognition, measurement and impact
- Consolidation: methods, goodwill and non‑controlling interests
- Ratio analysis: liquidity, profitability and solvency
- Indicators of financial distress
- Accounting frameworks and reporting differences
- Practical application through case studies and exercises
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 1 days
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
Delivered
Online
Campus Location
- London, United Kingdom
Disciplines
Finance Legal Studies View 116 other Short Courses in Finance in United KingdomWhat students do after studying
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
Who is the course for?
- This course is ideal for lawyers and managers across all practice areas who need to interpret financial information, assess business performance or understand the financial implications of client decisions.
- It is particularly suitable for those who already feel comfortable with the concepts covered in Finance for Non‑Finance Managers Modules 1 and 2 and who now want to develop the ability to analyse accounts, evaluate financial health and engage confidently with finance professionals.
- It will also benefit practitioners seeking to understand their own organisation’s financial performance and risk.
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents738 GBP / full≈ 738 GBP / full -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents738 GBP / full≈ 738 GBP / full
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