Have you considered starting out with IT work for other lawyers? Then you can make good use of both skillsets. I'd imagine a lawyer is going to be more open to

Have you considered starting out with IT work for other lawyers? Then you can make good use of both skillsets. I'd imagine a lawyer is going to be more open to paying a fellow lawyer for some IT help to improve or automate their work than a random programmer. But you'll have to pitch them and sell them on it.