AI & Law: No-Code

How does the no-code trends stack up for lawyers?

by Dr. Lance B. Eliot

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Key briefing points about this article:

• Lawyers and the legal profession are nowadays discussing code aplenty
• There is the notion of law-as-code
• There is the case made by some that lawyers ought to be coders
• A differing view asserts that lawyers should be using no-code toolsets
• The bottom-line about no-code is to do your homework and keep your eyes open

Introduction

Lawyers and the legal profession are keenly talking about and wringing their hands over the topic of code. Nearly any law industry conference, webinar, seminar, event, or legal news publication will inescapably have something to say about code.

Let’s explore what that’s about.

Many pundits tout the idea that the law itself is ostensibly code (i.e., akin to the “code” or program coding that is devised for computers) and therefore we need to rethink the fundamental nature of how our laws are written and implemented (I’ve…