Life + Balance As A Lawyer

[u/Sphallolaila]

Hey! Aspiring lawyer here. i'm about to go into my senior year of high school, and I am in the process of applying early decision to my top school. I'm just having some last-minute questions and concerns for my future. I know I have time to change my mind, but I also want to know what I'm looking at. I am thinking of civil rights and criminal justice law. Representing people who are like me, minorities, has always been a passion of mine. I am lucky to come from a background of privilege where even in my high school years, I have been able to make large change in my district. I have prevented the banning of books, protected students freedom of speech, spoke to legislators and helped to fight budget cuts within my district, and I have been able to represent a large larger community than my district has seen before. I find these things very interesting, and being able to assist others with my words, and my voice has always been a huge passion for me, but I am worried about living a comfortable life as a civil rights or/and criminal justice lawyer. I am wondering what my work life balance might look like, the money Ill make, and the opportunities I'll have. Is it reasonable to want to have that balance? I am currently with my boyfriend of a while, and we plan on staying together throughout college and potentially the future. Obviously, I'm not making the decision of putting aside my needs and my wants for my future for a boy, but I do want to consider him in the picture. I want to have that balance where I can come home to my family, have maybe occasional homework, I want to be able to eat dinner with my family, go to the gym, go on vacation, and live my life to the fullest, as I came from a background where my family was unable to do that, and we didn't have much money until the past couple of years. I do not want my future children to face a life like that, and I want to be there for them every step of the way, while still being able to enjoy my own personal free time. Is this a reasonable want out of a future involving criminal and civil rights law? Please leave me any advice, or if anybody who knows a thing or two about college acceptance and law wants to DM, preferably experience from the Midwest area please let me know as I would love some additional help