Personal Statement Essay
People often shy away from challenges and being challenged yet others like myself [strive at it and] embrace it. In college, I chose to study philosophy primarily because its’ challenging and it was. Certainly, law is challenging too and I believe in the end such challenges will make me a stronger, smarter and far better citizen as well as make me a more productive member of the community and society al large.
Ever since I can remember, I always felt that education was a requirement and not an option. Perhaps because in my family education had been the tradition as far back as to my grandparents and their parents. It is through the education that I believe will enable me to achieve my full potential and bring out the very best in me.
Philosophy provided me with intellectual tools such as critical thinking, analytical skills, and writing skills. …show more content…
From each legal theory I learned something new and different about justice, fairness and law. I learned that what the law "ought to be" is different from what the law "is", knowing the differences between the two allowed me to separate moral reasoning and analytical reasoning. Most interesting and important I learned that justice is, eventually, according to the law. Whereas previously I thought justice was not limited to the law that justice was always above the law, not below it. This course helped me develop clear understanding and rationality of law, justice and fairness; what constitutes justice, how laws are created and how it operates, as well as how it shapes social institutions. I believe law is intrinsically valuable and
People often shy away from challenges and being challenged yet others like myself [strive at it and] embrace it. In college, I chose to study philosophy primarily because its’ challenging and it was. Certainly, law is challenging too and I believe in the end such challenges will make me a stronger, smarter and far better citizen as well as make me a more productive member of the community and society al large.
Ever since I can remember, I always felt that education was a requirement and not an option. Perhaps because in my family education had been the tradition as far back as to my grandparents and their parents. It is through the education that I believe will enable me to achieve my full potential and bring out the very best in me.
Philosophy provided me with intellectual tools such as critical thinking, analytical skills, and writing skills. …show more content…
From each legal theory I learned something new and different about justice, fairness and law. I learned that what the law "ought to be" is different from what the law "is", knowing the differences between the two allowed me to separate moral reasoning and analytical reasoning. Most interesting and important I learned that justice is, eventually, according to the law. Whereas previously I thought justice was not limited to the law that justice was always above the law, not below it. This course helped me develop clear understanding and rationality of law, justice and fairness; what constitutes justice, how laws are created and how it operates, as well as how it shapes social institutions. I believe law is intrinsically valuable and