Financial management for law firm GCs

This subtopic covers financial management and budgeting for law firm GCs.

It contains guidance and tools designed to give law firm GCs an insight into finance and accounting, including in relation to:

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the language of finance
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financial accounting
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assessing financial health
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decision-making using financial information
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budgeting
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getting

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