Can Anyone Offer Law School Insight?

I'm considering law school...but I'm not exactly sure and was wondering if someone could give me a little insight. Here's some perspective about me... For the last couple years I've basically been gearing up for an academic career, but I'm strongly reconsidering because I'm not as naive as I was as a freshman, and I know the market sucks for phd's, especially in my field. Anyways, I'm a junior at a pretty prominent liberal arts college in the US. I'm majoring in Linguistics and Spanish and speak 5 languages, 3 of them fluently. I TA for composition/oral communication and symbolic logic classes, so my writing/speaking and logical reasoning skills are high. Also, for those unfamiliar with linguistics, it REALLY hones your analytical skills. In addition, My GPA is a 4.0 (on a 4.0 scale), and I've received some high academic honors and grants from my college (for research that I've carried out here). Basically what I'm trying to say is that I'm not worried about getting IN to law school. Nor am I really worried about hating law school while I'm in it. The reason why I'm considering it so strongly is because I love a good intellectual challenge. What I'm worried is that I might get into law school, get a JD, and hate my job/life afterwords. If anyone here has experience in law (with my multi-cultural and multi-lingual background I'm drawn to International Law, but IP Law also interests me), could you describe the average curriculum, job prospects, and typical work involved? I'm looking for some insight into the discipline. Given my background, do you think this sort of career would be a good fit for me? Thanks a bunch.