When I began law school I knew one thing: I wanted to find a practice area where I would be challenged, interested, and fulfilled. At the start, I was unsure what that meant, but I hoped through taking more classes my answer would become clearer. As time progressed, I realized my ideal career was always clear to me, but I was hesitant to embrace it. My dream job is to become a professor, and transferring to Harvard Law School will give me the best opportunity to achieve that dream.
Before going to law school, I had struggled with whether to pursue a Ph.D. in Africana Studies and try my luck in the uncertain world of academia or pursue my other passion, the law. I sought advice from my professors and some still encouraged me to follow the academic route, while my closest professor, Dr. Michael West, warned me of the harsh realities of becoming a professor in the current market. I heeded his advice
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When I think of myself in 20 or 30 years, it has always been in a classroom telling a corny joke to get a point across or reading alone in an office searching for that last crucial piece of information for an article. Law school made me realize my interest in the law itself, not just becoming a lawyer. Learning subjects was not a bore to me; it was an ongoing challenge. I went beyond the minimum and searched for information. I did not read treatises and law review articles to pass the test; I read them to truly understand the material. In office hours, my questions were not about what would be on the final, I asked about whether the Supreme Court foresaw affirmative action policies being subjected to strict scrutiny, under Equal Protection, when they decided race-based classification scheme were. My infatuation with the academic study of the law made me realize I could combine both of my passions and strive to become a professor of