I find the entire thread sad. People know what's coming but are hoping to Google/hear alternative outcomes vs. what the weight of evidence says -- instead of just making better decisions while they have the chance.
The short answer is obvious:
If you mean the question literally, of course there are a handful of good legal jobs out there. Some people really like them. Some people really enjoy being a partner at law firms. Very few. Most will tell you their regrets after you get a little more senior.
The more accurate answer is, law is likely the worst career choice in the US. Pick your study or state. Lawyers have the lowest career satisfaction survey ratings. Every. Single. Time. Lawyers have the highest alcoholism rates (according to the biggest study, more than double dentistry, what people think of as having the highest rate). Lawyers have the highest depression rates. Lawyers have the highest suicide rates. Lawyers have the highest divorce rates. Lawyers score highest on the "life regrets" surveys.
Lawyers have an unemployment rate still in the double digits while every other industry is booming.
Almost nobody who has an option to do anything else decent does law anymore. For example, the rates of going to law school from Ivy League schools and similar have crashed through the floor. They're now almost zero and exponentially lower than two decades ago. The smartest kids, with the most information, those prone to doing the best and most research are staying away. What does that tell you?
Median
lawyer salary has been dropping (in a major economic boom), and is now about $110K. It's bimodal. There are big winners and big losers, money wise. For the medians/averages, things like accounting, nursing and skilled trades have almost caught up. Their salaries are increasing, and ours are decreasing, so the difference will be zero soon. Lawyers have a 12% unemployment rate. Big name school grads think they're immune, but I'm of partner age, and I have far more HLS classmates, almost all of whom did 2-6 years at firms, making less than $100K vs. over $400k at this point.
Or look at the work itself. It's mind numbing. Read the below cover to cover. Make sure no cross reference is wrong (could be worth hundreds of millions). Make sure no sentence is unclear. Make sure every defined term works exactly right. I bet most law students can't get through one, but they're signing up to do this the rest of their lives (even in house):
Finance/Banking/Credit:
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data ... ex1020.htm
M&A:
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data ... /dex24.htm
Capital Markets/Securities:
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data ... d424b3.htm
You can only screw up. Perfection is expected. Now picture doing that for 45 years where every person at every company you have to talk to hates you. They really despite having to "deal with the lawyers". They have to talk to you for 10 minutes, and it ruins their day. Then you get to spend 15 hours overnight revising the documents on the exact same points. The important business folks push lawyer time down to the least senior person on their team. So you have 29 year olds barking orders at 60 year old senior partners, who can only say thank you sir may I have another. A 60 year old senior business executive isn't caught dead on the phone with lawyers, except in highly unusual circumstances.
Then remember the law hasn't opened up other doors in 30 years. You're stuck for life, even with an HYS legal degree.
In before someone tries to explain how the overall picture doesn't apply to them. In before someone tells me law is better than laying railroad track in the Texas summer (as if that's what the kid from Duke undergrad considering law school would be doing if he did not go to Cornell law) is just a little worse.