Working as a lawyer is actually increasingly a low paid job unless you graduate with top results from a top school. In the UK, the average solicitor earned about 10% less than the UK average as of a few years ago, and that is pulled up by a tiny elite at a small number of the top firms, where starting salaries are twice or more the national average for solicitors in general, and where equity partners can easily earn 100-200 times the average solicitor.
Getting an education doesn't mean you can cherry pick jobs.
Edit to add a saying popular in my family: "Ubi amatur non laboratur, aut si laboratur, labor amatur."