Accounting for Lawyers
Covers principles of accounting for lawyers, focusing on financial accounting issues, double-entry bookkeeping, and applying accounting concepts in legal contexts.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2016: 3.50 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2025: 2.33 GPA, 0.0% A/AB (n=3 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Understand and apply the double‐entry bookkeeping process that produces financial statements
Read, analyze, and apply financial statements (and the notes that accompany those statements) in business and legal contexts
Apply the latitude and judgment that management exercises to arrive at reported numbers and to know the potential economic and legal consequences of those choices
Recognize and understand financial accounting issues important to every lawyer
Appropriately apply accounting terminology or concepts when drafting or negotiating agreements or settlement agreements
Recognize potential “red flags” that suggest financial difficulties‐‐or even financial fraud
Recognize opportunities to obtain accounting‐related information about an underlying legal situation and, when appropriate, to be familiar with potential ways to use that information in litigation
Source: UW Guide
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Prerequisites
Course mapDeclared in Law JD
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- Declared in Law JD
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2016: 3.50 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2025: 2.33 GPA, 0.0% A/AB (n=3 letter grades).
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Topics
- Principles of accounting
- Double-entry bookkeeping
- Financial statement analysis
- Accounting information in litigation
Skills
- Apply the double-entry bookkeeping process to produce financial statements
- Read, analyze, and apply financial statements and accompanying notes in business and legal contexts
- Evaluate management judgment in reporting numbers and understand associated economic and legal consequences
- Apply accounting terminology and concepts when drafting or negotiating agreements
- Recognize red flags suggesting financial difficulties or fraud
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