<story><title>Should lawyers learn to code? Arguments for and against</title><url>https://lawtomated.com/to-code-or-not-to-code-should-lawyers-learn-to-code-3-2/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dotancohen</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m really waiting for the corollary. Should coders learn law? I&amp;#x27;m of the opinion that engineers most certainly should.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>otoburb</author><text>&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;i&gt;Should coders learn law? I&amp;#x27;m of the opinion that engineers most certainly should.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Canadian engineers have to take a short closed book 3-hr Professional Practice Examination (PPE) covering &amp;quot;ethics, professional practice, engineering law and professional liability&amp;quot; as part of the licensing process.[1]&lt;p&gt;The reference is from Professional Engineers of Ontario as Canada&amp;#x27;s engineers are regulated at the provincial level, but thankfully is also generally similar across the provinces. I&amp;#x27;d imagine the American version (PE)[2] is somewhat similar.&lt;p&gt;While engineering law (typically torte) is a very small slice of The Law (TM), at least it&amp;#x27;s a start in the right direction.&lt;p&gt;Note that this would only apply to a subset of coders who actively seek out a professional &amp;quot;Engineer&amp;quot; title designation. Most computer engineering or electrical engineering graduates (probably the most likely population) don&amp;#x27;t need to, and don&amp;#x27;t actually end up, becoming professionally designated.[3]&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.peo.on.ca&amp;#x2F;index.php&amp;#x2F;ci_id&amp;#x2F;2060&amp;#x2F;index.php?ci_id=2060&amp;amp;la_id=1#PPE&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.peo.on.ca&amp;#x2F;index.php&amp;#x2F;ci_id&amp;#x2F;2060&amp;#x2F;index.php?ci_id=20...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nspe.org&amp;#x2F;resources&amp;#x2F;licensure&amp;#x2F;how-get-licensed&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nspe.org&amp;#x2F;resources&amp;#x2F;licensure&amp;#x2F;how-get-licensed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[3] Anecdata</text></comment>
<story><title>Should lawyers learn to code? Arguments for and against</title><url>https://lawtomated.com/to-code-or-not-to-code-should-lawyers-learn-to-code-3-2/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dotancohen</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m really waiting for the corollary. Should coders learn law? I&amp;#x27;m of the opinion that engineers most certainly should.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>afarrell</author><text>Beyond lawcomic[1], what is a good resource for this? If a lawyer wants to learn enough python to create a script that joins PDFs together, they can pick up a copy of  Automate the Boring Stuff with Python[2] of the law.&lt;p&gt;If an engineer wants to answer a question like “The IRS and HMRC consider these stock options to have a specific tax status if an employee exercised them within 90 days of leaving a company. What defines the date of purchase of a stock? The date the payment is received or the date the stock certificates are delivered?”, what can they do (besides ‘ask a solicitor’) to learn an answer they can be sure of?&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;lawcomic.net&amp;#x2F;guide&amp;#x2F;?page_id=5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;lawcomic.net&amp;#x2F;guide&amp;#x2F;?page_id=5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;automatetheboringstuff.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;automatetheboringstuff.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>