Program Objectives
This two and a half-day program introduces the important business skills you need in order to succeed in today's competitive environment. As the line between business and legal advice blurs, in-house counsel are required to understand the business pressures of their clients and employers.
Program curriculum includes:
- Management skills for in-house counsel;
- Corporate strategy for lawyers;
- Financial accounting for lawyers;
- Risk analysis;
- Managing people;
- Corporate finance; and
- Implementing corporate strategies.
Why management education for in-house counsel?
To provide the leadership their organizations require, in-house counsel must be more than attorneys, you need:
- An in-depth understanding of the business;
- An ability to speak the language of your clients;
- An understanding of business operations; and
- The ability to make critical recommendations about substantial risk and perhaps the very existence of your organization.
What is the advantage of the Mini MBA for In-house Counsel?
At Mini MBA for In-house Counsel, you will:
- Enhance your ability to understand financial statements;
- Learn the financial tools to increase value to all or part of a business;
- Make an impact on a business' strategic decisions and marketing goals;
- Learn how to effectively manage work relationships; and
- Develop methods for minimizing the risks of decision-making.
With greater knowledge comes better decision-making and strategic planning.
The Mini MBA for In-house Counsel explores the essential business skills that enhance and sharpen an in-house counsel's management knowledge in critical MBA disciplines: accounting, finance, strategy, and organizational behavior.
We are confident your time invested with this program will prove valuable, both personally and professionally.