Please do not let BP mensch scare you about your most worthy occupation. Even though college education is not encouraged in some very religious communities, nobody in the US will expect you to forget your training post-facto and switch careers.
Mammele, I am glad you consider law a “worthy occupation.” Nevertheless, you have told only part of the story.
aurora77, it may be true that a certain Jewish group would not ask you to give up the practice of law but would you like to belong to one where they say you are doing something that would be prohibited to them?
How would like to have your daughter come home from school and ask you if going to college is forbidden, why did you go to college?
I repeat what I said earlier; you have a choice in which group you choose to join. Ask and go into things with your eyes open.