Ah, law school, the last resort of scoundrels with a useless academic degree and no imagination about what to do next - which is about all the personal experience I have with this topic. My sister's a tenured professor, I know she did one postdoc before taking the tenure track position, but I don't know the intimate details of her journey.

But it sounds like you're at one of those deep-breath places. Do you still love your research - or anything about your field? Do you have friends on the tenure track (maybe best if they're in other fields) who can tell you how it's been worth it for them?