Self-study
Hey guys!! I'm drafting my personal statement and plan to mention the attorney/founder of the law firm I am working under as a transition into my "why". This is because his practice has focused on many of the flaws and hardships he faced during a personal probate proceeding and how he reformed these practices for the community. I want to relate this to why I want to go into family law.
Is this a bad idea?? I've heard it's not great to talk about other people in your PS. I have about 4 sentences about his firm, where I mentioned I have aided in these practices. #help
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There's going to be a lot of subjectivity here, @LLAW24, without actually reading the actual PS draft. It's alright to mention someone else and their background BUT it has to serve this key point - why do you want to go to law school and be a lawyer? If the exposition on firm's founder helps you to talk about you, you're ok. But if you're telling me an interesting story but it's really all about how awesome the founder of the firm is, that's not helping you. As an admissions officer reading your app, I want to hear about you and your motivations.
Let's put it another way! There are going to be a number of people who apply to law school after working in business. For many, their rationale for law school is something along the lines of "I've liked what I've been doing BUT the most interesting things I do are when I collaborate with our legal team and sit in on their conversations/work." For that argument to work, I need to know a little bit about what the legal team does. However, the personal statement shouldn't be about the legal team - they're just a necessary character or plot device that gets me to the conclusion.
I hope that all helps vis-a-vis the admissions perspective! I'll be curious to read from a few past applicants who may have handled similar situations!