Couple PS Questions Forum

[tre531]

A couple of questions I wanted to ask before starting my PS drafts that I will work on the next couple of weeks. Thanks for any help, I appreciate any insight you can provide.

1) I spent the past two summers (post sophomore and post junior undergrad) interning in the finance department of a relatively big law firm. While I do enjoy finance (my major), my main takeaway from my experience there was that I am much more interested in the law and want to make that what I do with the rest of my life. That being said, I have been frequently cautioned to not put things into my personal statement that are discussed in-depth on my resume. Do you think I should focus my PS on what revelations my work experience has given me at the risk of being perceived as uninteresting and/or not having enough focus on non-law related aspects of myself? I feel I could write well on this topic but this obviously does not give admissions board great insight into my personality or life away from career goals.

2) Although going to law school straight out of undergrad is not uncommon, there is obvious preference for candidates who are coming back to school from full time employment experience. Is there any point in sacrificing personal statement real estate for expressing why I am making this decision and "abandoning" the finance path (assuming I do this well) or is the mere process of applying to law school adequate expression enough and needs no explanation?