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Old 31-03-2021, 12:42 PM
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Indeed, gone are the days where a Chinatown sole proprietor practising community law can earn a sizeable income to live in landed and drive a continental car. Family law is besieged with severe undercutting. Some firms charge $2k+ inclusive of disbursements for contested divorces, there is no way other players can compete unless they go for huge volumes.

However, despite the tech boom in Singapore, there is a dearth of tech and patent lawyers. If any lawyer is smart enough, he/she will learn programming to take advantage of up and coming tech startups who need legal advice. It is a pity but many uppity law undergrads in universities think tech is beneath them and only for uncool nerds.
I'm still in law school but I've spoken to a few senior lawyers in B4 (over networking sessions) and they have all said that learning to code is not actually necessary for being a tech lawyer. Can someone give concrete examples of how learning programming would help in giving legal advice ?
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