Well, in that case, she doesn't need my advice.
I'll put in my plug for patent law, though. It also has the advantage that you don't need a lab, and lots of practitioners work from home, which might be safer for her. You can be pretty technologically broad if you want, or you can focus in on a narrower area. And it does pay well enough to support hobbies. It doesn't seem to have been hit nearly as hard by the oversupply of lawyers - there still aren't very many lawyers with science degrees (which you need to sit for the patent bar).
