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a) LI and the usual cribbing about law firms always paints a bad picture. But it is not entirely true. Law firms all across the globe have intense hours. It pays you a lot of money that will ensure a good enough and comfortable upper-middle class life. It is not necessarily ALL BAD.
b) No good, high-paying profession with great career prospects is without long hours and toxicity. Being at the top of your field, be it medicine, law, engineering, finance, UPSC, you will have to sacrifice a lot of things. If you think corporate law is demanding and toxic, you have no clue about medicine.
c) Embrace the opportunity that has presented itself to you. Always remember that most problems have a way of working out themselves. You don't know how your law firm experience is going to be. Wait till you find out, and then worry about these things.