This must sound pretty weird coming from a lawyer but yes, that's what I said, don't be a lawyer, atleast not in India. Besides the illusional job profiles and decent salary(wait did I mention it is an illusion!) There is no coming back from this..You work like dogs for 16 hours,you come home tired, barely eaten and sleep cycle has been taken by Yamaraja, you tend to get frustrating,in your 20s' .Your social life plummets to the zero, you get cranky and unlikeable to many of your colleagues and the pain does not end here. The bosses are horrible. Since they have kissed asses for I don't know how long,they expect yo to do the same. And believe you me, if you don't hold ass kissing as one of your major skills your are doomed till eternity! Well it is not all bad, there are some perks to this profession too. It includes premature balding cycle, incessant reading about topics you don't have any interest in, decent salary which you cannot spend doing fun stuff and constant swearing. So if you are in for a ride or worse, you are a WORKOHOLIC, be my guest. 

So one may think what other options one can opt when got sucked up by law schools. Well for one, you could do whatever the hell you want. YES, I SAID THAT. That is the only thing that will pay you mentally and financially. Be independent, don't run for money.Trust me,it is not pretty. If you want to teach,teach. DO FREELANCING,SOCIAL WORK, and whatever you want to. You could be a vendor if you want to or MCd employee,anything. The designations are a scam. Everybody is serving everybody. They all are nothing but servants to one another. Don't be them. Be better than them. You could be an IAS topper but when it comes to groundwork,it is all political. You sell your soul to the government once you have cleared the exam. It is nothing but this. Sure, the income and respect come handy but what is the use when the designation doesn't allow you to work for the poor or the needy. So,go with your guts. Unless absolutely necessary to work for something, don't.Just be yourself. You will see  that things have turned out super for you and if it hasn't,who cares..just don't have kids..you will be fine.