# kaal:claim:3227967-030

**Claim.** Building lawyers' capacity to think about the social and ethical implications of code is both essential and inevitable, but saying anything sensible about the ethics of technology first requires understanding coding and coders.

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

**Holds when.**

- ethical questions raised by automation, artificial intelligence and driverless vehicles

**Source quote.**

> Building the capacity of the lawyers of the future to think about the social and ethical implications of code is both essential and inevitable. But, to say something sensible about the ethical aspects of technology, it is necessary to understand both more about coding and coders.

**From.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, *Legal Education in a Digital Age Why 'Coding for Lawyers' Matters* (2018), VIII. No Turning Back, page 29

**Cite as.** Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, Legal Education in a Digital Age Why 'Coding for Lawyers' Matters (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3227967

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**Topics.** education-and-practice, open-source-and-code, law-and-legal-systems, ai-and-agents

**Keywords.** ethics, coding-for-lawyers, legal-education, artificial-intelligence

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