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What to look for in a company’s financials and annual report to give you a quick picture of a company’s financial health and current and future financial prospects.

An overview of the UK statutory reporting regime and how to use Companies House filings in legal practice. Covers the main categories of required filings — including financial accounts, confirmation statements, PSC registers, and event-driven filings — and explains what these documents reveal about a company's structure, governance, and financial position. Also addresses the practical limitations of public filings and how lawyers use them as a starting point for due diligence and verification.

Strategic considerations for how (and when) to choose an expert for your case. Includes tips for your initial search and vetting process, and a detailed discussion of how to effectively interview candidates and assess them for the role.

An introduction to depositions, including why they’re used, the different types of depositions, deposition procedure, and objections made during depositions.

An explanation of sandbagging in private M&A deals, including a discussion on pro and anti-sandbagging provisions and how different courts and jurisdictions handle the issue. Features interviews with ABA M&A Committee members Nate Cartmell from Pillsbury LLP and Lisa Hedrick from Hirschler Fleischer PC.

The importance of reviewing your transcript after the deposition, things to look for, and how to learn from your mistakes.

Tips and strategies for working effectively with experts on your case. Covers how to prepare for direct of your expert, prepare your expert for cross, and conduct cross examination of the other side’s expert. Gives tips for maximizing your expert’s performance and steering clear of mistakes. Also discusses tricky ethical areas like privilege over communications and draft reports, as well as how to choose the right expert in the first place.

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.

An introduction to the corporate form, the four stages of a corporation’s life cycle—startup, growth, maturity, and decline—and key stages of corporation formation, including incorporation, organization, and capitalization, as well as the biggest governance issues faced by corporations at each stage and an overview of the role lawyers typically play at each stage.

An advanced look at trial practice. Includes how to create and use a master trial plan, run a trial team, set yourself up well for an appeal, and make sure your witnesses are ready.

An introduction to corporate restructuring practice, including how restructuring practice groups are organized, the roles of the key players, the types of restructuring transactions distressed companies may consider, and overviews of Chapter 11 cases and 363 sales.

This program covers the ethical use of AI across core areas of legal practice, helping lawyers understand both the opportunities and the ethical considerations of these powerful tools. The program covers AI’s role in transactional work and litigation, guidance on prompting large language models, and the ethical and professional responsibility issues that arise when using AI in legal practice. Lawyers will gain practical knowledge to use AI tools effectively and responsibly in real-world settings