College Admissions Essay: A Career In Law

The idea of being a lawyer has always been something that has interested me. Despite my major being finance my second interest has been law. My freshman year I took Business Law 1 with Cecilia Cook. I didn’t realize that an elective that my advisor at freshman orientation would suggest I take a class that I would truly benefit from. In that class I got introduced to the basics of law. I came out of that class with an A and I believe that that was not due to the fact that I had to study hard and force myself to work at it, it was because I was truly interested in the class and wanted to read and learn more about business law. I have learned that being a lawyer is not about driving fancy cars or living in a big house. It’s about working …show more content…
The thought of having to solve or defend a problem that someone is facing excites me. Everyone has seen shows where there are lawyers and they drive the fancy cars and have lots of money but that isn’t the reason I want to go into the profession. I don’t necessarily want to be in front of a jury presenting my case, the behind the scenes problem solving is what I find the coolest about the law profession. I have always had a passion for helping people and I feel that being a lawyer would be a great platform for me to carry that out on. My ideal law job would be working for the government in some form as a lawyer in an advisory role to political figures. Helping to keep them in line legally would be a pretty cool job. I have been made more aware of what law school is like, the good and the bad, which is why I believe my drive to become a lawyer is not based on the money or other material reasons, but because I want to make my community better. My experiences with the classes I have taken in college, the different perspectives from current lawyers, and my drive to help people has led me to want to take the next step in my educational career and go to law