I assume prospects = $$$ and job security/prestige.

Well if you are talking about short-term prospects, law is terrible. Two factors are relevant to short-term prospects - regulatory hurdle and salary.

1.regulatory hurdle => besides getting an undergraudate LLB that is recognised, unlike other graduates, you will have to pay to take the expensive BPTC or the cheaper CLP. BPTC has a higher pass rate while the CLP's passing rate is legendary (low). If you go to local unis' recognised LLB programmes, you can circumvent the BPTC/CLP hurdle. Next up is the vocational hurdle, where, despite finishing a year later than others, you are required to undertake 9 months of chambering before u qualify. If you are a good student and manage to snag a good firm, pay will be reasonably (not good, reasonable). If you are in smaller firms, the pay is laughable. You assume some financial risks without even having qualified as a lawyer yet
2. salary=> You thought qualifying as a lawyer means life gets easier? Wrong. The peanuts pay continues. First year associates in smaller firms are comparable/lower to standard graduate pay (2000-3000 in KL), and only reasonable in large and more established firms (4000-5000). Not gonna buy a house anytime soon, which is especially painful if you are from outside KL.
Long-term prospects are awesome, if you are awesome too. Making partner in large firms allows you to earn from 200k-millions depending on seniority. Not to mention the potential business/political opportunities you get from rubbing shoulders with the nation's wealthy elite. If you start your own firm, sky is the limit. Even if you aren't the ambitious type, opening a small coffeeshop firm allows you to lead to a relatively comfy life.

If you want to do good to society, you don't have to be a lawyer for sure.

There are people who contributed more to society without a law degree. ( Steve Jobs, Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, the list goes on and on )

Joining politics is all about networking. You can do that over a night club if you are skilled enough.

Basically, landing a job for law graduates or in fact, any graduates are almost similar.

I stand by my point.

You don't have to read law to be able to fight for justice and etc.

If you have time, please read up an article by Alia Abdullah dated 29 April 2016.

That's the real picture you are going to face, rather than some garbled version of law in Suits or etc.

It's not my place to say that it's a silly idea or not.

I only share what I personal experience.

Cheers 

Let's just say that every single one of my law school mates who started out with aspirations such as yours ended up either (1) working in big/mid-sized firms (2)working back in their hometown (3) Trying their best to leave the country, which is hard as a lawyer. (4) Left law for other fields. For those of my mates who ar practising, I am sure they will do some pro bono/human rights on the side - but that is it - as a side project rather than full time.

Just an experience of my own that I want to share

But it is good to have a dream, making it a reality takes careful planning nad hard work - asking this question here before you start your law degree is a good start.

That said, I agree with chiahau that justice isn't ONLY served by lawyers/politicians (in fact a huge number of them obstruct justice), anyone can pitch in to help out. Also, the values of justice aren't absolute, and they are always subject to debate.

Most of my peers who did law suffered the same fate as yours.

70% don't even practice law afterwards, choosing to work in unrelated field.

As I mentioned above, a Law degree does not bring you closer to your goal of being a politician.

Your English is fine, I believe we understand what you were trying to convey.

Political science has nothing to do with politics as well. It's just a program to make you understand what politics are about, basically. And even that does not teach much.

Karpal Singh is an exceptional lawyer even before he was a politician. He specialized in cases where people don't want to take and he was not rich back then. Being a criminal lawyer don't make much in M'sia, sadly.

So, you can attribute Karpal's success not to his law degree nor his law firm. He has a sharp mind and a very skilled litigator, compared to what you can see nowadays.

Even if you have a law firm, it might not do well at current economy.

But hey, on the bright side, at least you have a goal rather than some kids who are busy playing DOTA at your age 

Good for you then.

Yes, law and politician science can develop critical thinking but so can others such an engineering and etc.

Scrub the idea of race can hold someone back.

It's not the race that matters, it's the brain that does.

Public uni = Take it without a second thought.

You can skip CLP if I am not mistaken.

Much easier pathway.

If you intend on working in Malaysia, sure.  It's a good deal because it's cheap.  But make sure you do well in your law degree so that you can compete with those who graduated from good overseas unis and good local unis like UM and UKM.