In response to Blitzkreig,
While it's true that the lowest paid lawyer makes a lot less than the lowest paid doctor, and that there are a ton of lawyers who make $25,000 to $35,000 a year, I believe that everyone on this site would make more money as an attorney than the average physician does.
Now let me first say that I am a lawyer and I know tons of lawyers, so I know something about the profession. Although there are tons of lawyers who do not make large amounts of money out of law school, people that graduate in the top 25% of their class from one of the top 15 ranked law schools in the country are virtually guaranteed of a six figure salary. The salary will vary depending on the city you go to, but for reference you could expect coming out of law school making $125,000 in Chicago or $140,000 in New York. The average partner at most of these law firms makes over $500,000 a year and I've known partners that make millions every year. And the thing about law is you always have the potential to make more. Medicine, on the other hand, is a field where most people plateau quickly after they begin their practice.
As most of you know, anybody can become a lawyer. In fact, I know people that had barely over a 2.0 in college that are now practicing attorneys. Many of these people do not go to top law schools nor do they perform extremely well at these schools. Your typical pre-med is a much more motivated individual with about a 3.5 GPA. From what I've seen, the people on this site or particularly motivated people who have been quite academically successful. I think they would have no problem getting into a top law school and performing well. By point of reference, I applied to 20 medical schools in 1994 and I was not accepted to one of them. The next year, I went to one of the top law schools in the country where I wound up performing quite well.
Even if you do not perform well in law school, you can make a lot of money in law if you are a motivated person. It may take you a little longer, but it is definitely possible. As I just indicated, I don't think anyone on this site is lacking for motivation.
Having said all this, I would like to stress that you not go into law to make money. If that is your reason, you will be miserable. Just as you would be miserable if you went into medicine to make money. Most attorneys I know went to law school because they did not know what else to do. They hate their jobs.
As I have posted elsewhere, going to law school was the biggest mistake of my life. A mistake I am trying to make up for now. I know people that feel the same way about medicine. Never go into either one of these fields if your primary motivation is to make a good living and have a respectable job. You will regret it.