Finance and Accounting - LAW 691 - Law Practice Management - Research Guides at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

E-Books

The links below will direct you to full-text books from our catalog. You will find useful sample forms contained in these electronic books.

Guide to Analysing Companies
The aim of this book is to provide an understanding of how to analyze and assess the performance and financial position of a company. It explains the content and intent of the main financial statements: the balance sheet; the income statement (profit and loss account); and the cash flow statement.
Practical Financial Management: A Guide to Budgets, Balance Sheets, and Business Finance
Now in its seventh edition, this title continues to provide advice on proper financial planning and control, and reinforces essential points through the use of questions within each section.
Business Finance For Managers
This volume offers practical advice to managers on all aspects of financial planning, control and decision-making. This third edition covers: the balance sheet; the profit and loss of a business; financial control; capital investment decisions; taxation and financial decisions; and more.

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Accountant's Handbook
Content of the chapters in this edition has been prepared and/or reviewed by professionals practicing in accounting firms, financial executives, university professors, and financial analysts and executives. Every major international accounting firm is represented among the authors.
Financing a Massachusetts Business
This resource is also available in print on the first floor of the library Permanent Reserves (KFM2614.A1 F66 2010 ).
Setting the Fee
In-depth discussion of fees presented by American Jurisprudence Trials.

Suggested CALI Lessons

The library subscription to CALI provides students with a vast selection of interactive lessons on law topics. Lessons are often 30 – 60 min in length. CALI also houses a collection of electronic books. For access to CALI, request a username and password at the library circulation desk.

Management and Financial Rights of Partners
This lesson introduces the student to the management and financial rights of partners of an ongoing partnership.
Fees
This lesson reviews an attorney's responsibilities when setting, sharing and collecting fees. By the end of the lesson, students should be able to identify how much, by what method, and under what circumstances they can charge fees from clients, share fees with others, and take actions to collect fees.

Legal Blogs

The blogs below are written by legal practitioners and offer valuable advice for the financial component of law practice management.

Librarian

Rebecca Valentine

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Contact:

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Subjects: Law