Essay on Personal Statement to Study Law

I am drawn to AmeriCorps because of its commitment to service and matching members to non-profit organizations. I am truly interested in AmeriCorps' service missions including poverty reduction, literacy and youth development, and mentoring. I served as a volunteer helping organize activities for neglected and abused children at the Children’s Advocacy Center, served on a committee for children’s literacy with Better World Books Drive, and volunteered for Big Brothers Big Sisters and American Red Cross. I am comfortable interacting with youth and children. I have always envisioned myself as a leader involved in improving the health of populations and serving my community and I aim to continue the work of improving the missions of anti-poverty

Aristotle once said, “The law is reason, free from passion.” Aristotle might have been on to something, since he is one of the all-time great thinkers. However, I would disagree with him on this legendary quote. The quote should sound something like this; “The law is passion, with reason sprinkled in.” We are on this earth to find our passions and pursue them one hundred percent, with full confidence. If I told you my greatest passion was law; this wouldn’t be the truth. My passion is helping others. My passion has come from an early age and has seemed to grow throughout my years at college along with my first job. In college, I volunteered to be a part of a program called Freshmen Connections. This sparked my passion once again. My main jobs

Following college, I moved to Portland, Oregon and looked for ways to continue developing my skills and fostering my passion for social responsibility. I started at Impact NW as an AmeriCorps member, where I served two terms helping run the AKA Science program. In my role, I managed hundreds of volunteers, wrote curriculum, and trained instructors; but above all, I learned how to work with corporate partners. Aided by corporate volunteers, our program served thousands of students each year. I quickly realized the importance of establishing meaningful, long-term relationships. Companies gave back to our community and in return we provided them a chance to hold an engaging experience for their employees. Every committed corporate team we cultivated helped us build capacity and redirect vital resources back into our program. We also encouraged volunteers to share their skills and as a result they would provide us with amazing insights. For example, one group of volunteers from Nike world headquarters helped streamline our processes by sharing ideas from their work in lean manufacturing. These experiences sparked something for me and I realized that my strengths as a creative thinker and a leader and my passion for giving back unite.

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

Growing up in a small town, with the knowledge of a small town community can have an effect on you. Having the respect and dignity to know between right and wrong adds and interesting aspects into a life style. Growing up in a small community makes you realize what it is like to have small class rooms and having your teachers know you by a first name basis.Knowing everyone on each sport team because “everyone knows everyone in a small town”. I had the ability to be able to ride my bike down the street without a real question of my safety where I grew up in Worland Wyoming. I have different academic interests than others may, I enjoy different extracurricular activities than other students, and life experiences that are unlike anyone else that have shaped me into who I am today.

I was first introduced to healthcare as a member of AmeriCorps in 1995. I learned in the corps as a family support worker that poverty and health disparity are interrelated. After the corps I went to work to a for-profit healthcare receivables company that taught me the business of healthcare. I transitioned out of healthcare for a short time before returning to a not for profit health care organization whose mission closely aligned with my own and I’m still there.

I am a non-terminating senior at Fordham University pursuing both a physics, and a joint mathematics and computer science degree. I’ve chosen to apply to contribute to Cornell’s CNF and PARADIM REU program because of my interest in the intersection of experimental condensed matter physics and nanotechnology. Since May of 2016, I have been doing an independent study on quantum computation with the assistance of two advisors. Among learning about the many facets of quantum computation, my obligations also include developing computer programs using both python and C++ to simulate quantum computational phenomena, seeking contemporary advancements in this field, and presenting short talks on quantum computational phenomena. In particular, I had

Judicial precedent refers to the sources of law where past decisions made by judges create law for future judges to follow. An example would be the Donoghue vs Stevenson case, where Stevenson had bought ginger beer, and Donoghue had drank it after their been a decomposed snail in it, however their was no charge because she was not in a contract with

I was born and raised in China, and I moved to New York when I was 17 years old. The experience of living in two totally different countries had always got me thinking, why is the United States so unique, and why are so many people willing to leave their home to start a new life here. The more I learned about U.S. politics and history, the more I realized the fundamental impact that political systems have on societies, and that fundamental was the law. Hence, I always wanted to dig more into the legal study, deciding to come to law school seemed to be very rational. However, coming to Utah was nothing foreseeable, even today I still feel very unreal about how I ended up becoming a law student of Brigham Young University. It all started with a tour bus trip to the Western Coast.

I always knew that going to school and getting an education was important. Nelson Mandela once said “ Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” I highly believe in education being the most powerful weapon a human can use.

The core foundation to my beliefs and values are based on biblical teachings. I believe that God provided us the bible in order for guidance and communion. My beliefs and values affect my personal conduct daily because I guide my life of the word of God. For the fact that, I am a daughter of God and I am held accountable for my choices.

The career I have chosen is to become a lawyer, in either a private practice or firm, or for the government. The definition of a lawyer is an advocate or advisor in society, that is as an advocate, to represent one of the opposing parties in a criminal or civil trial, and as an advisor to counsel clients as to their legal rights and suggest courses of action. But that is not all a lawyer is about. Being a lawyer takes hard work, dedication, and many years in school.

Working with nonprofit agencies and AmeriCorp V.I.S.T.A. (Volunteer in Service to America), I had the opportunity to learn firsthand at the efforts given within agencies to service the environment and the public by making changes, and implementing reforms on different issues. I found I have a passion for people, legal policies, compliances, and I am very good as a spokes person, or advocate speaking on change. During the time when I was facilitating as a General Education Development instructor for

The main reason why I wanted to study Law was the importance it takes in the world. Law builds civilization, protect fundamental rights and protect ideas and inventions through patenting. Anyone can defend his or her right through the legal system. Law can bind an agreement to allow an aircraft to fly from country A to country B. Law is continuously relevant in many context including banking, construction, sports, land, media, commerical, human rights etc. And this excites me more, as it is very broad and in my perspective not going to be repetitive or dull.

In this essay we will discuss the process of legal research, writing, and analysis. The subject matter will be presented in a clear, concise and objective manner. The textbook that we will be referencing is "Gilbert Law Summaries: Legal Research, Writing, and Analysis" 10th ed, BarBri Group, 2006.