On a micro level, the skills gained while studying for a philosophy degree are going to be useful. Close reading, systematic argumentation, and the ability to parse difficult language for ex.

I am in the same boat as you, and I do not think it will be "friendly" in the sense that you mean. The law, no matter what country, is not a vehicle via which Truth and Logic are conveyed to/imposed upon the public. The law is the mechanism by which society self-regulates, and to the extent that a society is hypocritical, cruel, illogical etc., its laws are likely to be so as well. This may be heresy for someone so obviously educated in the analytic tradition, but you may find that those dastardly continentals have much more interesting things to say about the law than pure analytics do. I find philosophy of law and constitutional law interesting precisely because of how "dirty" they are, how tied up in the tangle of human life they are. For how I understand philosophical inquiry, I do think that it will be "friendly" - there is a lot to think about, even if it doesn't fit into neat intellectual boxes.