# kaal:claim:2939127-037

**Claim.** Advising on blockchain contracts requires that law students and lawyers become familiar with the technology and learn at least basic coding as it pertains to Ethereum smart contracts.

**Type.** condition  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- lawyers who intend to advise on blockchain based contracts

**Source quote.**

> In order to advise on blockchain contracts, law students and lawyers have to become familiar with the technology and learn at least basic coding as it pertains to Ethereum smart contracts.

**From.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, *Legal Education in the Blockchain Revolution* (2017), IV. Educating the 21st Century Lawyer, page 36

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

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**Topics.** law-and-legal-systems, education-and-practice, open-source-and-code, smart-contracts

**Keywords.** legal-education, coding-for-lawyers, ethereum, smart-contracts

**Superseded by.** A later claim revises this one. Prefer quoting: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3227967-003, https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3227967-037

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