Financial Statements
Learn how to read balance sheets, income statements, and cash-flow statements in a practical way, with emphasis on the business meaning behind the numbers attorneys encounter in corporate settings.
Strengthen your command of financial statements, business numbers, and corporate finance fundamentals with a CLE-eligible course built specifically for attorneys. This on-demand accounting-focused program helps JDs move beyond legal analysis into the financial language used by executives, hiring managers, boards, and business teams—so you can speak more credibly in interviews, advisory work, and career transitions.
Focused accounting and finance training that helps attorneys understand business numbers and earn CLE-eligible professional development.
Learn how to read balance sheets, income statements, and cash-flow statements in a practical way, with emphasis on the business meaning behind the numbers attorneys encounter in corporate settings.
Understand revenue, expenses, margins, cash flow, and other business numbers that shape executive decisions, hiring conversations, and strategic recommendations beyond traditional legal analysis.
Build foundational corporate finance vocabulary so you can participate more confidently in interviews, advisory discussions, board-track conversations, and nonlegal business roles requiring financial fluency.
Begin by learning how balance sheets, income statements, and cash-flow statements work together. The course emphasizes the practical reading skills attorneys need to interpret business health, performance, and risk.
Explore how JDs use targeted business education to translate legal training into credible career momentum.
A focused way for attorneys to build practical financial confidence.
The course is built specifically for JDs, not generic finance students or accountants.
Financial Fluency for Lawyers is a 3-hour, CLE-eligible on-demand course with certificate included.
ex judicata connects course learning to broader career-transition tools, coaching, community, and job opportunities.
Founded by legal-industry veterans with over 75 years of combined experience serving lawyers and executives.
Founder-led guidance for attorneys building business fluency.
Co-Founder
Neil Handwerker is the Co-Founder of Ex Judicata, the world's only comprehensive employment platform dedicated to helping lawyers transition from legal practice to fulfilling nonlegal careers. After earning his JD, Neil briefly practiced law before recognizing it wasn't the right fit and pivoting to a career in business. That firsthand experience became the foundation of his mission. He co-founded Fulcrum Information Services, which grew into a market leader in management education for outside counsel, in-house lawyers, and C-suite executives. Neil later became a seasoned legal recruiter before launching Ex Judicata in 2022 alongside his long-time business partner Kimberly Fine. With over 75 years of combined industry experience between the two founders, Neil brings deep expertise in legal recruiting, career transitions, and platform building to every aspect of the company.
Co-Founder
Kimberly Fine is the Co-Founder of Ex Judicata and a seasoned business leader with an MBA and decades of experience at the intersection of legal services and publishing. As the long-time business partner of Neil Handwerker, Kim helped build Fulcrum Information Services into a market leader in management education for outside counsel, in-house lawyers, and C-suite executives. She subsequently held prominent roles at several leading legal publications, deepening her expertise in the legal industry and the career challenges facing JDs. In 2022, Kim co-founded Ex Judicata to create a first-of-its-kind platform connecting lawyers seeking nonlegal career paths with organizations eager to hire JD talent. Her business acumen and media savvy have been instrumental in growing the platform to over 500,000 unique users and launching the groundbreaking EXJ Community.
The course covers the financial concepts attorneys most often need when moving into business-facing work: balance sheets, income statements, cash-flow statements, business numbers, and corporate finance basics. It is designed for JDs who need practical fluency, not an accounting degree, so the focus is on interpreting financial information and connecting it to business decisions.
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Designed to support attorney continuing education goals
Large audience of lawyers exploring career transition
Built by JD and MBA legal-industry veterans
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