Admissions Essay: My Journey To Become A Racist

I am fascinated by the complexity of many legal issues and this has drawn me to consider law as a career. The documentary ‘Common’ for example opened my eyes to the controversy surrounding the law of joint enterprise. I particularly enjoy watching such documentaries and following current affairs and my interest in contemporary issues led me to take Law as one of my AS subjects. I live in a rural, agricultural area and land law is an area I would like to study further and having studied Sociology for GCSE, I am also particularly interested in family law.

Law simply underlies our societies, it protects our rights, imposes duties on each of us, and establishes a framework for the conduct of almost every social, political, and economic activity. The punishment of crime, compensation of the injured, and the enforcement of contracts are merely some of the tasks of a modern legal system. It also strives to achieve justice, promote freedom, and protect our security. Law affects our everyday lives and impacts on almost every aspect of society, it gives innovative aspects of Law providing a valuable opportunity to develop more versatile skills and perspectives whilst achieving an honour degree, and will equip me with a broad foundation in legal principles, allowing me to progress into a career specialising in areas such as

To start off, both of my parents are white Americans. My father’s great grandparents came to america from czechoslovakia in the late 1800’s and same for my mothers German great grandparents. Born and raised in primarily white small towns, my parents are your stereotypical middle class white americans. About 10 years into their relationship when my mom first got pregnant with my oldest brother Dalton (23), they bought a 3 story house that was right outside of a suburban neighborhood on the outskirts of Anoka, Mn. The nearest gas station was about a 8 minute drive, and the nearest restaurant was 10. They had 3 boys together, and took in my oldest cousin Chey when she was 10 because my aunt had passed.

As stated in my personal statement, I was intuitively drawn to law as a system that requires a high level of logical and analytical skills, but my motive lies deeper in the belief that law as a powerful social factor can exert palpable impacts on the society. Throughout the course of my study, I have developed a strong interest in biotechnology and the health industry; it is my hope to pursue a legal education that will enable me to participate in and even bring changes to their regulatory systems.

I’m a high school senior from a small town in Central Washington. Since I was thirteen years old, I’ve known exactly what I want to do “when I grew up”: I want to become a professor of linguistics at a major research university. I want to research and write papers and teach. Because I have had this answer ready for so long, people started to ask me what I want to specialize in. I’d say that I wasn’t sure, but perhaps an indigenous language family in Central America, because I already spoke Spanish and had studied the culture and politics of the region. Then it struck me: what has made me who I am does not have to be what I become.

The school was very far away, inside this old neighborhood, and was on the other side of Columbia; while we were passing the neighborhood, I had this eerie feeling and I didn’t like it, I knew from there this isn’t going to be a fun experience. My sister, my mom, and I got inside the school and were settled in from there; my 5th grade teacher name was Karen Bowling and she was the sweetest and kindest teacher, if it wasn’t for her I probably wouldn’t get comfortable with the new school and new environment that quickly. I made a few friends but still was shy and reserved, but I made a best friend that year her name was Kathryn Hamm. She had the same thinking like I did, she was funny, and we got attached quickly but by mid year things changed. I suddenly gained a lot of weight; I started looking very healthy, I had hair on my face,

I stared at the piece of paper on the table in front of me. I had sat at the same desk, in the same chair for over an hour now, staring at the same piece of paper. My mind had gone blank with a serious case of writer's block. I looked at the clock on the plain, beige colored wall and sighed. An hour had passed and I continued to look at that dusty, old clock on the wall. Seconds turned into minutes, which eventually turned into an hour. My long, wavy brown hair brushed over the paper that decided if I would become a lawyer or not. I had endured almost seven years of school all to stare at this paper for an hour and have nothing. My vision was blurry, but I ignored it and tried to push through my pounding headache so that I could start my LSAT

There is never a dull moment when it comes to school and home. Although there are not any consistently favorable or atrocious moments, it is these times that make an acceptable week tolerable. While carrying on the topics of racism, relationships, and the first AP Language essay of the semester, this certainly has been an engrossing week. Even though most of the population have some type of freedom there is always that want to escape. Even if it’s just for a moment because being alone and escaping are two different conditions to be under.

My race is black. I feel like I always be constrained due to my race. I’m proud to be black and love that im black. Being blacks haves it benefits. Thought out history we is as being strong and can get thought a lot of things. A lot of people doubt us but us proving them wrong. Black people are making history in many different ways, ways that you never thought would happened. We our getting degrees. We our becoming presidents. Building and owning our own business. We doing thing that people thought we wouldn’t do. The only thing about my race is that a lot of us our getting killed by cops. They say it not a race thing but to me it is. Every day you see an example of this on the news. A white person kill cop or just people. They just get handcuff

Those students show a great commitment and had had experience working in these fields. This article relates to what we discussed in class by showing how the interest in law careers have changed throughout time. During week 2, we talked about how professions have been reshaped by our modern ethics and beliefs. When the law profession was adopted in the United States, the practice of law was based on the Great Britain’s law structure, where there were two types of lawyers: barristers and solicitors. Barristers were in charge of arguing a case and taking it to court and solicitors were in charge of handling minor cases. However, as the nation expanded because of new immigrants, the need for the legal profession in the industrial economy increased. The legal profession shifted from ligation to negotiation (Seron). As pointed out by the reading, one of the main reasons law students shifted from public interest practice to pursuing business and corporate law was because of the few resources and limited control they have over their

The Legal Studies Academy is the right fit for me because of it’s focus on legal and ethical issues. I believe that this academy will prepare me best for post-secondary education and allow me to explore different law-related careers. I am very interested in the way that legal studies are infused into units in the core subjects. I would be very excited to be able to focus on these issues that I’m passionate about, across different subjects.

I feel sick. I’m nervous and my stomach’s turning. The room is lined with neat rows of desks, each one occupied by another kid my age. We’re all about to take the SATs. The proctor has instructed us to fill out section four: “race.”

I came to learn how important the legal system is to the sustainability of society as it is essential in upholding contracts, human rights, operation of organizations, and most importantly justice. Courses in my undergraduate studies have improved my analytical and critical skills as well as understanding of human institutions and values, but most importantly helped me to further solidify my career choice. I see myself contributing to society with my law degree in the future by upholding justice and therefore contributing to the creation of economically stable, just, and diverse

The course covered a range of topics including,. Although I initially experienced difficulty, the course enabled me to understand the importance of self-motivation, commitment and determination as it required various hours of independent learning in addition to my current studies, extra curriculums and work - considered essentials to be able to successfully combat the challenges of university. ‘Learning the law’ by Glandville Williams alongside Gary slappers, ‘How the law works’ both summarised what the academic study of law entails, giving a unique

My desire to study Law was firmly rooted in my inner need to defend my rights in a fully rotten system. I have been raised in Greece, a country which is considered by its population as highly corrupted (Communities, 2014, p. 8). When I was a child I could not fully understand the size of the problem, but as I was getting older I realized that it was a cruel environment for an honest and decent man. This realization became stronger when I decided to study sociology at the University. As a researcher, I delved into the phenomenon of nepotism, bribery, and clientelism and I found out that they were reportedly high in my country. Consequently, when I was in the 5th semester of my studies I started thinking about studying Law. In my opinion, this was the only way to defend my rights and affect societal change. As a lawyer, I could write the laws and impact policymakers. I have to admit that I was disappointed when I encountered how low was the percentage of admissions from academic institutions to Law School. However, when I graduated, and I faced the high unemployment rate of my profession, I came to the decision on giving graduate admission exams to Athens Law School. So, my overall experience as a student and as a job applicant has been key to my choice to study Law.