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A practical course on creating effective prompts for large language models, with a focus on legal applications. It covers the principles of effective prompts, including general rules, common pitfalls, and best practices.

A review of the two methods of calculating franchise tax, and why there’s no need to panic when a corporation receives its first bill.

Teaches associates how to delegate clearly and effectively. Covers how to structure a productive assignment meeting, convey context and expectations, and set up team members for success.

Procedure for noticing or subpoenaing a deposition, examples of a deposition notice and subpoena, and the process of scheduling depositions.

How to calculate dividends and liquidation preference in a venture financing deal.

Best practices for appearing before a judge virtually, and how best to prepare.

How to nail your oral argument, both in person and virtually; how to draft your brief persuasively; and how to make sure everything in your brief is cited properly.

This track explores how private equity deals are financed, how management incentives are structured, and the strategies funds use to create value.

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 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.

Explains three critical issues for a company as it goes through a bankruptcy case: the methods of financing available to the company, the process and procedure of bankruptcy litigation, and how contracts and leases are dealt with when a company goes through a restructuring.

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.