>>12261604British lawfag here. We operate a sort of similar legal system, as your system is based on English common law. Obviously specific laws and case law development is different as well as system of governance.
I'm second year of law university course and I can tell you that so far it's interesting as hell and not that mentally challenging, provided you can read a lot of materials.
The reason people really do it is for the money though, being honest.
Here are the average wages in different major cities.
New York: $160,000
Los Angeles: $125,000
London: £52,500 ($73,000)
Birmingham: £47,500 ($66,000)
Perth: $AUD100,750 ($77,000)
Christchurch: $NZD60,000($43,000)
Ontario: $CAD80,000($65,000)
All English speaking countries are relatively easy to cross qualify in as it's based upon an English common law system.