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dani7
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Goal score: 180
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2027
Hello! Thank you so much for doing this!
I'm currently working on my personal statement and I have a dilemma about my "Why Law". My original spark for the field comes from a family tragedy involving major power imbalance and lack of legal resources, but my actual career goals are in business law.
How do I lead with that personal statement without "boxing myself in"? I'm worried admissions will assume I'm only interested in public interest or trial work, or that I'll be expected to specialize in that once I'm actually in law school. Is the personal statement viewed as a binding career plan or just the initial spark of why we want to do law?