My uncle is a lawyer, it's a pretty though job as you have to apply abstract legal theories and knowledge to practical individualized problems.
I bet it is hard and often stressful b/c you want to get the best results for your clients
Definitely, especially because he's in civil law so there are a lot of legal tasks that he's responsible for and the outcomes can be quite important in the clients' lives.
wow I couldn't imagine having that job.  the amount of knowledge he must need to remember has to be hard 
Law school is certainly no joke, and the profession is also strange because the role of a lawyer varies greatly across legal jurisdictions.