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Well personally I would still finish it. You can't go through life putting in 70% of the effort to succeed and then giving up every time when you get to that point. This is already your second career path. You already did 75% of a business degree then quit. Now you're 70% of the way through your law degree and thinking about doing it again.
The counterpoint to what I said about "doing what you love" is that if you are a passionate person you will be able to love almost anything that you commit yourself to. On the other hand, if you are a generally unhappy person, you will be unhappy doing anything as well.
For example, like someone mentioned above, if you went into med school, by the second or third year of studying about leukemias or diabetes that you don't care about, you might be complaining again that you "hate it". If you persevere, make it to the end, and become a transplant surgeon, you might then complain about how tedious it is to just be cutting tiny holes in people's heads all day and slotting in follicles only to have them be unhappy because they have unrealistic expectations.
Life is a lot about perspective. Some people will never be happy no matter what. And some people can find happiness in almost anything.
In the end, it is great if you love a job, but love is not truly necessary, and sometimes depending on your personal nature it is impossible. A job is primarily something you do so you can feel like you have contributed something to society, keep busy, and pay the bills. If you don't find it fulfills a certain part of who you are, then that is what hobbies and interests are for.
From your pattern of wanting to be in business, then law and politics, and now transplant surgery, I am not sure if you will be happy anywhere or if you aren't just chasing an ideal that doesn't exist.
There's an expression, "Wherever you go, there you are." I think it's very applicable to many things in life. No matter what career path you choose, you will still be the same fundamental person. And if you are someone who is incapable of working through the challenges life provides or incapable of finding satisfaction, then that will follow you everywhere you go.
It's hard to give more particular advice without actually knowing you personally. But perhaps this is something to think about as well.
