I ask this question of myself daily and never have a good answer. Today in legal writing, a class which I am usually marginally disinterested despite finding the actual skills it teaches useful, we were prompted to think about what we want out of law school and what we expect from our jobs. I haven\u2019t thought about this much since getting to school. The work has taken over and I\u2019ve been coasting with regard to questioning the purpose of my education. Now, I\u2019m wondering, thanks to legal writing, why I\u2019m here.<\/p>\n
Thinking about this – whatever this is – makes me tense because it highlights how little I know about the life path I\u2019m actively paying to follow. Before I got to law school I didn\u2019t know why I wanted to come here, except that it seemed interesting. I may have told you some bullshit answer like, \u201cIntellectual property is compelling.\u201d If I did, I\u2019m sorry. I had no idea what I was talking about at the time. IP is apparently, although I will have no personal experience with the subject matter until the beginning of next semester when I take an IP elective, similar to watching paint dry on a wall.<\/p>\n
So, why then? What\u2019s the draw? Do I like it now that I\u2019m here?<\/p>\n
Yeah, I like it more than I thought I would. I like that there are rules within which we operate. There is structure, but at the same time a creative mind can work within the structure (in an ethical manner) to do some good. To get a better case for their client. To gain the respect of their peers. And, ultimately, for one\u2019s own satisfaction, to accomplish something. To be able to look back and say that I worked hard and I was sincere and I hope that I made some other people\u2019s lives better as a result.<\/p>\n
The day to day of law school isn\u2019t so bad. Civil Procedure and Legal Writing on MWF and Contracts and Torts on TTh. Two classes a day. There\u2019s a lot of free time, which I guess you could call study time, but no sane person would spend all of it in the noble pursuit of law. And those that do bug me. I\u2019m sorry, but there\u2019s more to life than school.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t know where I\u2019m going with this other than to get it off my head and out there. I\u2019ve said a lot of it before, but it won\u2019t get old. Not for three more years, and even then, I\u2019ll be spending the rest of my life being a lawyer.<\/p>\n
Hmmm\u2026 I\u2019m becoming more OK with that. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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