# kaal:claim:2939127-001

**Claim.** The core lawyer characteristics and skillsets produced by the existing legal education and regulatory framework are incompatible with what the practice of law in the 21st century demands.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- existing law school curricula and bar regulatory frameworks
- 21st century practice conditions shaped by disruptive technology

**Source quote.**

> Key lawyer characteristics and lawyers' core skillsets in the existing legal education and regulatory framework are incompatible with the demands on lawyers of the 21st century.

**From.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, *Legal Education in the Blockchain Revolution* (2017), I. Introduction, page 5

**Cite as.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, Legal Education in the Blockchain Revolution (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2939127

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `abcef529c7200261c59eec43018375b3b26e3186239fb9d002bacc298dba26ff` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Fenwick%20et%20al.%20-%202017%20-%20Legal%20Education%20in%20the%20Blockchain%20Revolution.pdf

**Failure mode.** education-skillset-mismatch  (family: adoption-and-usability-barrier)

**Topics.** law-and-legal-systems, education-and-practice, innovation

**Keywords.** legal-education, lawyer-skills, disruptive-innovation, regulatory-framework

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