[HN Gopher] Ask HN: Opportunities for Programmer/Lawyers?
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       Ask HN: Opportunities for Programmer/Lawyers?
        
       There's a lot of talk about switching careers from law to tech. But
       are there any opportunities in law where my programming background
       would be a valuable asset? I don't have a technical degree, so I
       don't think I'm a candidate for patent law.
        
       Author : maxgeist
       Score  : 3 points
       Date   : 2021-11-07 21:49 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
       | b20000 wrote:
       | you can teach basic computer skills for lawyers most lawyers are
       | not even capable of using google drive
        
       | Jugurtha wrote:
       | Not necessarily patent law, but litigation in general. It would
       | be a completely different matter when there's a legal dispute on
       | in tech, say on a project where a deliverable is a software
       | product, if the lawyer had a programming background.
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       | The conversation would be _so_ different, whether interacting
       | with both parties, the potential experts, the judge. It would be
       | just an incredibly valuable asset.
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       | Not just in litigation, but drafting contracts having a
       | programming background and knowing how projects go, how estimates
       | work, and the common problems would also be helped if the lawyer
       | drafting them has a programming background.
        
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