Technology,
Law Practice
Feb. 4, 2021
Lawyers as coders
Much discussion is taking place about whether lawyers ought to be coders, meaning that they would learn about and know how to do programming. The topic is a quite divisive one and some fisticuffs come out when bringing up the notion. Here are both sides of the argument.
Lance Eliot
Chief AI Scientist
Techbrium Inc.
Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a Stanford Fellow and a world-renowned expert on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Law with over 6.8+ million amassed views of his AI columns. As a seasoned executive and high-tech entrepreneur, he combines practical industry experience with deep academic research and serves as a Stanford Fellow at Stanford University.
You can summarily halt the conversation at any gathering of lawyers by proclaiming loudly, brazenly and without reservation that lawyers ought to be coders (it's one of those proverbial drop-the-mic moments).
The shock of silence won't last long, perhaps a millisecond or just a nanosecond in length.
Be assured that the proclamation will spur a plethora of conversations to shift into high gear and be...
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