Blockchain and Smart Contracts: The Impact on Your Legal Practice, Startups, and the World (2025 Edition)
Andrew is the founder of Bull Blockchain Law LLP. After finding Bitcoin in 2011, Andrew ran one of the first cryptocurrency mining companies in the U.S. He has written several publications for legal journals, been quoted in Forbes on digital assets, spoken at international blockchain conferences, contributed to a European Union publication on U.S.
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Program Summary
This program provides a comprehensive outline of blockchain and smart contracts, emphasizing their legal and practical implications. It begins with essential definitions, exploring how smart contracts function as "code as law" and their broader legal ramifications. The session delves into global and U.S. regulatory frameworks, highlighting compliance challenges, privacy concerns, and jurisdictional complexities. Attendees will discover real-world applications, including corporate law, intellectual property, and startups leveraging blockchain for fundraising and governance.
Additionally, the course addresses common risks, enforceability issues, and effective dispute resolution strategies, while offering ethical considerations and tools for legal professionals to integrate blockchain into practice, alongside emerging trends shaping the global market.
This course is co-sponsored with myLawCLE.
Key topics to be discussed:
- Understanding blockchain technology and smart contracts
- Regulatory developments and compliance
- Real-world applications for blockchain and smart contracts
- Navigating risks and disputes
- Practical considerations for legal professionals
Closed-captioning available
Speakers
Andrew Bull | Bull Blockchain Law LLP
Andrew is the founder of Bull Blockchain Law LLP. After finding Bitcoin in 2011, Andrew ran one of the first cryptocurrency mining companies in the U.S. Since writing a thesis on Bitcoin regulation in 2013, he has written several publications for legal journals, been quoted in Forbes on digital assets, spoken at international blockchain conferences, contributed to a European Union publication on U.S. blockchain legislation, and developed some of the first blockchain-focused courses for law schools and graduate programs. In 2020, he was one of the American Bar Association’s Top 40 Young Lawyer Award nominees and is currently an adjunct professor of law at Drexel University’s Thomas R. Kline’s School of Law, teaching blockchain and cryptocurrency law. Today, Bull Blockchain Law LLP is one of the largest solely blockchain technology focused law firms in the U.S., representing clients in domestic and international jurisdictions.
Agenda
I. Understanding blockchain technology and smart contracts | 1:00pm – 1:30pm
- Key legal definitions and essential terminology
- How smart contracts work: Code as law and its implications
II. Regulatory developments and compliance | 1:30pm – 2:00pm
- Global and U.S. regulatory frameworks for blockchain
- Addressing legal challenges, privacy concerns, and jurisdictional issues
- Federal and state regulatory precedent
- General applications of the technology and conflicts with the law
Break | 2:00pm – 2:10pm
III. Real-world applications for blockchain and smart contracts | 2:10pm – 2:30pm
- Use cases in corporate law, intellectual property, and contract automation
- Blockchain’s role in startups: Fundraising, governance, and operational strategies
IV. Navigating risks and disputes | 2:30pm – 2:50pm
- Common vulnerabilities in blockchain systems and mitigating legal risks
- Enforceability and dispute resolution strategies for smart contracts
V. Practical considerations for legal professionals | 2:50pm – 3:10pm
- Ethical implications and tools to implement blockchain in legal practice
- Future trends shaping the legal profession and global markets
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