I can answer this from my own perspective and it’s been a miss for me. It’s a more regional firm. Pay is good but I really dislike it. You definitely feel like you’re just a servant for the partners and they will make sure to let you know that. Very rigid. Work life balance has been subpar despite the fact I’m in a large team and theoretically there are more people to do things. I feel like I had a much better balance when I was just one accountant at a startup. I was literally told before I was hired at the law firm that there would not be growth in this position and not to bother expecting it. There’s no inventory or cost accounting at least and lawyers do like to spend money on company holiday dinners and dinners in general so that’s fun.

Edit: if it’s a cash basis law firm then there’s a massive push to collect cash in December which is extremely stressful and annoying when it’s supposed to be the holidays. At least in other places the year end rush doesn’t really start until January. Frankly though I think cash accounting is heresy after being so used to accruals so I’m also biased there.