Came across this interesting article, arguing why lawyers would make good programmers. The article argues why lawyers would be good programmers, and how lawyers can apply programming to their sphere.
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Programming is definitely a useful skill for laywers and that is why it has started being incorported in the optional training for the ones that are keen to learn!
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That sounds intriguing! I never thought about the connection between law and programming before. Do you think learning programming could enhance a lawyer’s skill set in their legal practice?
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It is very possible. I’ve seen on subreddits and other forums such as for engineers and supply chain specialists, people asking for advice on learning programming to use in their sectors. Typically, most of the uses of programming are for dealing with data sets for analysis, and for automating certain tasks. I’m not too sure whether lawyers need to deal with large datasets, but I can certainly see them using programming to automate certain tasks,
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This is so interesting! I never thought about how similar the skills could be. I can see how the attention to detail and logical thinking in law would transfer well to programming. Cool read!
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Would have never occurred to me that law and programming can be interconnected like that! Things you find out 
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