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Is this a good personal statement topic?
I am planning to write about how I feel that I have two feelings of "home". One in Ireland and one in the United States. I am going to write about how I have struggled with feeling stuck in between the two places, then tie it into what skills I learned as a result of my experiences. And how those skills would benefit me as an attorney.
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It depends on how you A. articulate what the difference means to you and B. whether that difference has a meaningful connection to what you want to pursue. I'm of the opinion that a PS needs to communicate a clear desire for why you want to pursue a legal career. If you choose to write on this, you should ask yourself why this warrants being that reason and how that will translate into you being a good attorney for what area you want to pursue. You could have had the most eye-opening connection between feelings of home, identity, other facets of life that can reasonably translate into good attorney skills, but if your pursuit in law is to be a criminal attorney in a US city, then it likely won't mesh that well. Again, it depends on how you write it but make sure you think about the audience this is intended for as you write it.
I believe the topic can be a good choice. I would advise you run a draft of it by people so you can get an idea of what sounds genuine, what can sound incredulous or nonsensical (if it is not intended by you), and what themes you want to run in what will likely be a 2-3 pg essay. The punchier the essay, the more weight a committee might give it.