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Lawyer, Code Thyself

By Dan Lear
February 28, 2015

Chances are you don't need to be convinced of the merits of learning to program or, in the parlance of today's startup culture, learning “to code.” You already understand not only the professional opportunities it opens but also how it empowers you to solve your own problems: Don't like your website? Build a new one. Think your network security isn't strong enough? Improve it. Want to deliver legal services over the Web? Code a platform for it. You also understand that “coding is the new typing.” As software disrupts industry after industry, the winners will be either those writing the code or those who understand enough about coding to organize others to do it. If you need additional convincing, search for Sam Rysdyk's “Ignite Style” talk called “Law Students Should Learn to Code” on the ReInvent Law Channel from Michigan State University Law School.

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