Why I became a Software Developer after Law School

The decision to learn software development wasn’t a sudden pivot away from law; it was an evolution.

As a lawyer from Nigeria now based in Lithuania, I observed how many legal processes were bottlenecked by archaic software. Contracts, compliance checks, and IP tracking are heavily text-based systems that are ripe for automation.

The Intersection of Law and Code

We often think of law as a static set of rules, and code as a dynamic engine. However, they share a fundamental similarity: they are both systems of logic designed to govern behavior. A well-written contract is simply a program that executes in a courtroom rather than a computer.

By learning to write code, specifically Go and Python, I am now able to build the tools that I, as a lawyer, always wished existed.

Stay tuned as I document my journey building tools at this fascinating intersection.