tetrishead

Then your post is useless because you do not know what you want. And if you knew what you wanted, you wouldn't be making this post. You need to delve deeper into the fields you're interested in, but asking someone to answer an age-old question for you is an act of irresponsibility. You have to try and determine a proper value for each variable in this equation, and then put it together on your own. If you look to someone else for an answer you're going to get the wrong one.

And if there's one thing I can say in contrast to GR Elton's post: (1) the law field is far more overpopulated than finance (which is saying something), (2) "partner" at a law firm doesn't mean anything unless it's partner at a good law firm, which will take you a significant chunk of your life to get, (3) a first year associate at a major law firm making "at least $160,000" will be working more hours (yes, it's possible) than any investment banker, will generally be treated like **** because they're expendable and might not even be looking at advancement without playing a tremendous amount of office politics.

Arguably the single most unattractive field and unattractive job market for prospective graduates in any industry is law, with the explicit exception of IP and tax. If you cannot go to a top 10 law school you won't get a job in the top firms, which is something you can say about no other field, and if you go to anything other than a top 10 school without getting significant scholarship money/having a rich family you'll be paying off debt for 25 years. Do not go into law for money. Do not. Do not. You can make money there, but if you think that's the path to riches then you're not going to make money anywhere, because while there are plenty money-hungry lawyers, there are about a billion other industries where your chances of serious wealth creation are better.