Coding for Lawyers

We introduce the basics of programming, using the computer language Python. While a 2-day lecture will not make you a professional programmer, it will allow you to understand the main concepts and get a feeling of the capabilities and limitations of software. After the lectures you will be able to build simple programs in the programming language Python.

You will learn the basic principles of coding :

• Sequence of instructions
• Loops and repetitions
• Conditional execution
• Variables
• Exercises on writing small programs
• Functions as a tool for abstraction
• Manually build a classification system