Bloomberg Law
Feb. 20, 2018, 6:35 PM UTC

How Blockchain Technology Is Transforming the Legal Industry

Jasmine Ye Han

→ Automated contract drafting, self-executing legal agreement could save time, lower cost

→ Blockchain can confirm the existence and authenticity of legal documents, reduce disputes

→ Lawyers don’t need to be coders, but technology will be an important skill set

Blockchain is making its way in to the day-to-day legal practice of major law firms, such as K&L Gates.

It’s not just a technology that law firms are learning about for client matters. Blockchain could become a core way of how the modern legal practice operates.

“You don’t need to be doing initial coin offerings or issuing tokens to benefit ...

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