After completing my O' Levels like any other teen of my age, with multiple choices and dreams, I simply had no idea as to where I should set my feet on. It was my parents who recommended that I study law as according to them I have the natural talent of speaking and influencing people which is dated way back to my childhood. As the youngest family member with parents who believed that older people deserved a better share of everything, I had developed certain persuasive and negotiating skills which made my way easier with certain family disagreements, and I somehow managed to make my point with my 'cutthroat debates' and it goes on till this day.
When I had first stepped into the boundary of law, things seemed a bit unclear. Having a background of subjects like geography, biology and economics, it was quite hard for me to settle down with major legal principles and vast case laws. I still remember the day that I had walked into my first law class. I joined in late and the class was already solving past paper questions. I sat all through the class with criminal law terms flying above my head, as more or less all legal terms were out of my boundary of knowledge. Other few subsequent classes that followed were nothing better. It was when I had almost persuaded my parents again with my persuasive skills to enroll me in some other degree that I realized that all that I was lacking was not the intelligence but the positive perception and enthusiasm towards law. I started reading my text books, as reading is one my passion, and I remember interesting case law facts were my bed time stories for quite some time. However after that phase of confusion disappeared, the more that I submerged under the vast surface of law, the more interesting that it got for me; be it the fascinating parts pf criminal, tort or evidence law, the more engrossing topics like contract, trusts, land and jurisprudence or the intriguing company and administrative law. There was just no looking back for me since then and now I of course believe that this choice had been one best achievement to steer myself into the right way .
Moreover, after I had made up my mind of choosing this path of career, every time that I had read any fictitious character of a female lawyer in a novel I had tried to picturise myself with their thoughts, character and positions someday in the near future. One character named Jennifer Parker from the novel 'Rage of Angels' had particularly motivated me. It was the story of a small town girl with no legal contacts, who had made her big space in the legal world striving with her determination. It made me feel less concerned about the fact I came from a family background which was completely cut-out from the legal world, unlike my peers. I knew it would get hard for me with no known faces around and no one to support on while I walk up the stairs, but that is what I grace myself for. Many people had tried to demoralize me with pointing out that working in legal chambers meant immense work load and no pay initially but now it is law that I breathe, sleep and eat. I did work as a part time teacher for some time but my comfort level and job satisfaction from working as an intern in a legal firm could not be compared with that of any other as it allowed me to enhance my passion of reading by researching through vast case laws and ever changing legal principals. Though my experience had not given me a chance to explore more by applying my skills of persuasion and negotiation on people, I intend and hope to practice my 'cut throat debate' approaches to prove my point in a more commercial scale as I believe that its not chance but choice that determines ones destiny.
Edit for conciseness. I'd say you could probably reduce the word count by a third and still make all of the same points you currently do. As an example, consider the following sentence: "It was my parents who recommended that I study law as according to them I have the natural talent of speaking and influencing people which is dated way back to my childhood." This could be rewritten as "My parents recommended that I study law, as I have always been persuasive and good at public speaking." The revised version says exactly the same thing as the original, only in 18 words instead of 32. I'd do something similar for the entire thing.
When I had first stepped into the realm of law, things seemed a bit unclear.
fascinating parts of criminal, tort or evidence law...
Although my experience did not give me a chance to explore (...) and negotiation on people, I do intend to practice my 'cutthroat debate' approaches to prove my point ...
