College Admissions Essay: My Passion For Law School

An academic subject that inspires me is pre-law, understanding the factors of life and the choices you make based off self interest is inspiring to understand how people's minds work depending on real life situations. I've always had an interest in understanding how the government is run. It's important to learn as an American citizen your rights to your laws. I will further my interest in college by studying more to have pre-law as my Major. Other opportunities that will benefit me in being universal in the area of law would include philosophy,social science, and Business throughout taking college courses. These majors all connect in the aspect in bettering a community or individual through some type of financial assistance. I intend using Pre-law outside of the classroom after I graduate throughout college

The romance began when I was four. I still remember when my mom dragged me, kicking and scratching, to the local Long and McQuade’s for violin lessons. At that age, I was more interested in making music with a purple dinosaur than I was with a wooden box. I have put thousands of hours of practice over thirteen years into taming its rough voice, and now, I am equally capable of producing roars of rage as I am sighs of satisfaction.

It is important for anyone convicted of a criminal case, especially those who are innocent, to have an adequate attorney, in order to atleast have a chance in proving their innocence, Therefore, instead of continuing to put most of our money in the prison system, we should use at least some of that money towards public attorneys. According to a 2008 estimate by the American Bar Association, state and county governments spent 200 billion dollars on criminal justice every year but only spent 5.3 billion dollars on public defence systems (Laughland, 2016). In addition, many public defenders are overworked. About 73 percent of county public defender offices exceeded the maximum recommended limit of case (150 felonies or 400 misdemeanors), according to the United States Department of Justice (Brunt, 2015). Therefore, it is necessary to limit the amount of work provided to the county public defender offices which would allow the defenders to provide the time necessary to each of their cases in order to have a fair trial for the

Beautiful young people are the whimsey of nature.Real beauty comes from learning ,growing ,and loving in the ways of life . That is the art of life. These programs leave a passion in me for the pure knowable world and these programs inflame me with a curiosity .Most people complain of fortune ,few of nature ; and the kinder they think the latter has been to them,the more they murmur at what they call the injustice of the former .The truth is ,that nature ,seldom profuse,has distributed her gifts more equally than she is generally supposed to have done.Education and situation make the great difference .Culture improves,and occasions elicit .I believe that enthusiasm will take me further than any amount of experience .Enthusiastic people can

“You have two hands, one to help yourself, the second to help others.” (Audrey Hepburn) Ever since I was young I have felt the need to help others and do my part. That is why I chose to pursue the criminal defense field. Even though it will be a long process of paper work, court appearances, heartaches and headaches, after it all I will have the pleasure of knowing I was able to make a difference in somebody else’s life. Although the hours can be intimidating, being a criminal defense attorney will provide a steady income to raise a family on and would allow me to pursue my passion of helping the less fortunate.

It is hard to believe that a system that is supposed to promote fairness wouldn’t be so corrupt. However, there are ways to help this section of the Criminal Justice System become less flawed. For the public defense attorneys, an increase in

Although our federal public defense system is often publicized as the “gold standard” of the public defense systems, it is, unfortunately, providing inadequate representation in far too many cases. Over the past year, the committee, which has been receiving testimony and analyses from experts and legal scholars around the country, has been hearing about these inadequacies and how they must be rectified.2. Excessive caseloads: Public defense caseloads frequently far exceed national standards. For example, national standards limit felony cases to 150 a year per attorney. Felony caseloads of 500, 600, 800 or more are common. A New York Times investigation found defenders with a total caseload of over 1,600 cases annually. Unmanageable caseloads mean that many defenders simply don’t have time to do the most basic tasks, such as talk to their clients or do an investigation. Many individuals get nothing more than a few minutes of their attorney’s time and a hurried guilty plea.

In the 1963 U.S. Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright, the Sixth Amendment’s right to counsel became incorporated, and as a result, those who are indigent are entitled to a court-appointed attorney to represent them in any courtroom. This landmark case led states to enhance their public defense systems because “public defenders assist in the fight against crime and contribute to the effective operation of programs that may help reduce recidivism, thereby increasing the effectiveness of our justice system” (Fabelo, 2001, p. 2). Ensuring that states allocate necessary funding and resources to their respective public defender systems will reduce individual public defenders’ caseloads. Policymakers examining the needs of public defender systems should use personal testimony from people who utilized the service, verdict and sentencing data, and public opinion polls as measures of

The philosophy that my parents have always held and passed onto me was to just fit in. Sit still, don’t let your opinions be known, just fit in. Their mindset was unstandable because they migrated from a place where challenging the status quo was dangerous. This always frustrated me because I love to talk, debate, protest, and advocate. My passion for this pushed me towards wanting to major in philosophy and go onto law school. I dream of being someone who fights for those who aren’t in a position to speak up, and to actually make a difference instead of just wishing that I could.

My passion is to succeed at my three largest purposes I have formulated through life. My foremost goal is to grow a stronger relationship with my savior Jesus, so that I can endure more comfortably trials in life, for I know I have a guide watching over me. If I know that my God is watching over me I can push for my second target in my life. And, that goal is to attend Georgetown University for law, and specialize in constitutional law. With constitutional law I can become a constitutional lawyer, but this is just a stepping stone in my blueprints. I want to be judge on the federal circuit someday. But, to do this I have to be a lawyer for several years to create connections with others who are in a position of power. My third and final goal

“Was that a gunshot!?”, someone yelled out. We ran as the lighting bug-like objects came hurtling down towards us filling the streets with a cloud of gas that’s sole purpose was to bring tears to our face. Well-wasted for we already had tears on our face before the gas. The cold November air was no match to the warmth of my frightened body. Running and not looking back I thought in the back of my mind, This isn’t what it’s supposed to be like.

Hi! this is Woo James Jin, ROK Air Force corporal. To briefly introduce myself, I graduated from Beverly Hills High School in California and studied in U.C. Berkeley. I had to come back to South Korea in Jan 2014 to finish my military duty as a Korean citizen. After finishing my duty, I'm planning to go back to the United States to finish my Bachelor's degree and apply to law schools.

Some people find passion in reading books, some people find passion in athletics, and some people find passion in writing. I qualify in obtaining enthusiasm in all of those areas, like many other people in the world, but there was another area where I found excitement that not many people can relate to: the ACT.

I was giving a second chance at life by a criminal defense lawyer. His effective and competent representation ensured that my cases were handled in an appropriate and timely fashion. I had the money to be able to pay for the cases at the time. However, many other defendants waiting trial in this country don’t. The ratio of public defenders to criminal defendants needing their services in some jurisdictions is unacceptable. I want to be a public defender, for a couple of reasons. First I eventually want to try to effect some policy change to enact better and more effective representation for all defendants no matter how much income they have. Second I want to able have a positive effect on society through helping those offenders who deserve a second chance.

At some point in your lives, all of you here are liable to wind up in a courthouse. Traffic ticket, wrongful accusations of robbery, assault, maybe even murder. Not all of you will be able to afford an attorney. But not to worry, ever since the Gideon vs. Wainwright decision, any person who cannot afford counsel is to be appointed public defense. So, unable to afford an attorney, your freedom and reputation will be in the hands of an underfunded, overworked public defense lawyer. But, as is stated on npr.org, “Sometimes people don 't get lawyers at all. Other times they get a lawyer who is so overworked and underpaid that there 's no way the accused can get a real defense.” Did I say not to worry? You should probably worry. Take Alan Crotzer, for example. Alan was accused of kidnapping and robbery. He was poor, indigent, without a single political connection, or dollar to his name. And he was innocent. The legal system failed Alan, who was unable to afford a decent attorney, and spent 24 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. After spending half his life in