I was a dev for a few years, went to law school, worked in law for a bit, and have now switched back to being a software engineer (thank God).
And I am not the only person I know with backgrounds in both--there are dozens of us!
Feel free to reach out to me if you'd like to chat. samier_saeed@protonmail.com
Perhaps a better question would have been, as a SWE how can I get involved with interesting problems relating to law? Maybe working implementing tax law related software? I did work on a cloud billing system and found that aspect interesting.
Most people wouldn't find this to involve interesting problems, but to each their own lol
Check out the Freelaw Project, they operate a couple open source things with which you can get involved. I have been a contributor there myself. Can invite you to the Slack if you find it interesting