Personal Statement: A Career As A Defense Attorney

Determination breeds success. It’s making a choice and following it no matter how hard it is for you. My mother always told me that you have to be determined with anything that you do. For a person to be truly successful they have to be determined to work hard to accomplish their goals. I always knew that I would have be determined. My goal is to be a defense attorney which is one of the hardest occupation. Most people never understand why I want to be a defense attorney. I want to be a defense attorney because I want to save a life from being taken away. People look at defense attorneys as people who just defend criminals. I see a defense attorney as someone who is trying to save someones life from being taken away because of one mistake. Just because a person committed a criminal doesn't mean their a bad person. I chose to become a defense once I noticed how many young kids were being sentenced to prison for multiple years. Also I become more interested in …show more content…
He was seventeen going on eighteen at the time. We all knew weeks ahead that he was leaving but it really hit that day. I didn't go to school that day and all my close family came over. Everyone tried make it seem like a regular day by just talking and laughing until it was time for him to leaving but I couldn't do it. I remember just walking away from everyone and I started crying. My mom saw me and told my brother to come talk to me which was the hardest conversation. He tried his best to make me feel comfortable about the situation and I tried to relax. Once it was time for him to leave, we all started saying our good-byes and everyone was crying. My mother never really cries and she tried her hardest to hold it in that day. After my mother and brother left it was kind of awkward. Once my mother came back she was completely different person. She couldn't conceal her grief anymore. She started to break down and we all knew that we couldn't help