LAW 641

Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

(LAW 326) Directed at equipping law students with quantitative skills that will assist them in the practice of law. Topics that will be covered include the following: business concepts in the law (e.g., reading a balance sheet, the importance of and methods of computing net, internal, and real rates of return); statistical and other quantitative methods in the law (e.g., using statistical evidence and employing decision theory as a guide to litigation strategy); the theory and methods of computing compensatory damages; and methods of finding and using expert witnesses on economic issues.

3 professional hours. 4 graduate hours.