I strive to gain the knowledge and experience that would allow me to make a difference to other people’s lives; to be the mouthpiece when they have the words, yet no voice – an aspiring solicitor’s musings on reason. Law, being universally polycentric, appeals greatly to me due to being a very analytical discipline, which has a high practicality through its tangibility. Throughout the ages, law has proved to be one of the most fascinating, yet applicable and necessary area of life – keeping order, laying foundation for societies, and causing anathemas when held in the wrong hands.
Reading McBride’s ‘Letters to a Law Student’ and ‘Understanding Law’ has allowed me to experience another perspective on the law; his helicopter analogy was especially engaging. I now understand the law to be a diverse terrain rather than the moral plateau as I once saw it – it is not aloof, rather
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My time within the firm taught me the fundamental legal process in practicality, while also giving me first hand practice at handling clients in counsel.
My natural ardour for debate and reasoning suits me well to a degree in law: during my academic years, I triumphed in several competitive moots, allowing me to better approach more controversial topics in an objective manner. The challenge of contriving an argument to carry a seemingly indefensible case is a task that I enjoy immensely; this skill, paired with my confidence from public speaking will greatly assist me in my student and professional life.
My love for reading has given me the ability to subsume vast sums of information swiftly and accurately, adding to my deep appreciation of language. The essence of legal regulation relies on the interpretation and meaning ascribed to the terms that shape them; Examining and discussing the elucidations of the language used in statues and case law is something I highly