Yes, than most likely law is not the best choice for you. Like others have said, trials are not the norm. You spend a lot of time doing legal research, writing court motions and briefs, and correspond with clients, etc. You have LOTS of deadlines to keep up with, so you may have some odd hours when something is due at midnight. 
We sure do need more equine vets!
Just FYI, I had the vet out last week to treat my gelding. He had green snot flowing out of one nostril. You could smell it from 10 feet away. It was the most putrid smell I have ever smelled on an animal.
I had to take two showers when I got home and the smell was in my nose for the rest of the night. It was a sinus infection. And so, so gross.
Moral of the story is that some things that come out of horses have a disgusting smell.
Sheilah
Is there a vet clinic near you that you can volunteer with or get a job with to get a better feel for the day to day reality of being a vet?
I know of a few vets local to me that found they didn’t actually want to do the vet work once they graduated. One became a chiropractor and opened her own rural clinic, one became a dental specialist, and one went into pathology and teaching. A former student was a vet who got tired of the hours required by job and so went back to school to be a vet ophthalmologist.
There are options if you get into the job and realize it isn’t quite what you thought.
Over my academic years at a medical college, we almost always seemed to have one veterinarian in each class. I recall talking to one former small animal vet who said he was just tired of having to sell dog food in his office to make ends meet. He ended up specializing in ER Medicine and joined our faculty. I never encountered a large animal vet who crossed over to the human side, though.
OP mentions “ fun” often, perhaps that is not the best choice or word for what you want out of a career. Much of vet work deals with difficult decisions and heart break and those decisions by both vet and owners are part of why people leave the profession. Does not help that end of life choices are a big part of those difficult choices
Need to physically spend time in both large and small animal situations to be sure you will be emotionally able to handle owners who will not or cannot pay for lifesaving treatments. That’s what gets you, the animals can be fun but sending them home still sick or hurt or putting them down not so much.
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