Over the last 12 months, the legal application of blockchain technology has been growing in sophistication, complexity and acceptance. However, this brings with it several practical challenges.
Michael Bacina, Partner at
Piper Alderman will be covering this at
Australasian Lawyer’s next
Contract Law Masterclass being held on 1 March. The session will cover how distributed database (ledger) technology works in practice; some of the challenges and opportunities presented by Ethereum and how to overcome some of the privacy issues associated with smart contracts.
More information about the program is available
here.
This session qualifies for 1 CPD unit in the area of Practice Management and Business Skills or Substantive Law. For lawyers who need to fulfil these requirements prior to the 31 March deadline, the Contract Law Masterclass qualifies for up to 6 CPD points overall.
The Contract Law Masterclass will be held on Thursday 1 March 2018 at the Amora Jamison Hotel, Sydney.
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