# kaal:claim:2939127-040

**Claim.** For the parts of dealmaking and other legal tasks that cannot be placed on a blockchain, the role of non blockchainable agents of trust may expand, and blockchain driven disintermediation of law may itself create additional legal tasks requiring human lawyers.

**Type.** predictive  **Support.** speculative

**Holds when.**

- legal tasks that require the ambiguity and flexibility of law

**Source quote.**

> For the parts of dealmaking and the other legal tasks that are non-blockchainable, the role for other, non-blockchainable agents of trust may expand. It seems possible that the blockchain-driven disintermediation of law itself creates additional legal tasks that require human lawyer input.

**From.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, *Legal Education in the Blockchain Revolution* (2017), V. Conclusion, page 39

**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

**Topics.** decentralization, reputation, blockchain, law-and-legal-systems

**Keywords.** disintermediation, trust, lawyer-role, blockchain, legal-employment

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