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bearsfan23 wrote:I see no problems with this plan

Carter1901 wrote:BigSENATE or bust.

arklaw13 wrote:Do the world a favor and never hold political office.

Do yourself a favor and don't go to law school.

But if you do, don't use this as your PS.

HRomanus wrote:A lot of problems with the framing of the narrative:
1. You didn't know what the hell a senator was in fourth grade, so you didn't have the ability to (rationally) want to be one.
2. "Since (x) grade, I've always wanted to be..." should never be in a personal statement.
3. So a majority of senators (57) are attorneys, but 46,000 people graduated from law school just last year. So if every senate position were available to only those graduates, you'd have a 0.2% chance of becoming a senator. And you want to go to law school to be a senator. Moreover, the senators that are lawyers are successful attorneys in their own right (or have rich parents?) so wanting to be a senator isn't enough.
4. A personal statement doesn't have to be about "Why Law."


That being said you could use your passion and enthusiasm to write about how law school will equip you to work as a congressional counsel or other legislation-related position. The downside is that those are incredibly difficult to get and adcomms know that. Or you could use your passion and enthusiasm to write about how a belief in the legislative system transitions into interest in law. Either of those are difficult however because ultimately you don't know what the law is.

arklaw13 wrote:Do the world a favor and never hold political office.

Do yourself a favor and don't go to law school.

But if you do, don't use this as your PS.

Anonymous User wrote:

HRomanus wrote:A lot of problems with the framing of the narrative:
1. You didn't know what the hell a senator was in fourth grade, so you didn't have the ability to (rationally) want to be one.
2. "Since (x) grade, I've always wanted to be..." should never be in a personal statement.
3. So a majority of senators (57) are attorneys, but 46,000 people graduated from law school just last year. So if every senate position were available to only those graduates, you'd have a 0.2% chance of becoming a senator. And you want to go to law school to be a senator. Moreover, the senators that are lawyers are successful attorneys in their own right (or have rich parents?) so wanting to be a senator isn't enough.
4. A personal statement doesn't have to be about "Why Law."


That being said you could use your passion and enthusiasm to write about how law school will equip you to work as a congressional counsel or other legislation-related position. The downside is that those are incredibly difficult to get and adcomms know that. Or you could use your passion and enthusiasm to write about how a belief in the legislative system transitions into interest in law. Either of those are difficult however because ultimately you don't know what the law is.

So it would be wise to be more broad? Less about becoming a senator.. more about how I want to use my law degree to work for the government in general?

thegirlwhowaited wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:

HRomanus wrote:A lot of problems with the framing of the narrative:
1. You didn't know what the hell a senator was in fourth grade, so you didn't have the ability to (rationally) want to be one.
2. "Since (x) grade, I've always wanted to be..." should never be in a personal statement.
3. So a majority of senators (57) are attorneys, but 46,000 people graduated from law school just last year. So if every senate position were available to only those graduates, you'd have a 0.2% chance of becoming a senator. And you want to go to law school to be a senator. Moreover, the senators that are lawyers are successful attorneys in their own right (or have rich parents?) so wanting to be a senator isn't enough.
4. A personal statement doesn't have to be about "Why Law."


That being said you could use your passion and enthusiasm to write about how law school will equip you to work as a congressional counsel or other legislation-related position. The downside is that those are incredibly difficult to get and adcomms know that. Or you could use your passion and enthusiasm to write about how a belief in the legislative system transitions into interest in law. Either of those are difficult however because ultimately you don't know what the law is.

So it would be wise to be more broad? Less about becoming a senator.. more about how I want to use my law degree to work for the government in general?

most spooks have a JD fyi

Anonymous User wrote:

arklaw13 wrote:Do the world a favor and never hold political office.

Do yourself a favor and don't go to law school.

But if you do, don't use this as your PS.

Why so negative?

Anonymous User wrote:

thegirlwhowaited wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:

HRomanus wrote:A lot of problems with the framing of the narrative:
1. You didn't know what the hell a senator was in fourth grade, so you didn't have the ability to (rationally) want to be one.
2. "Since (x) grade, I've always wanted to be..." should never be in a personal statement.
3. So a majority of senators (57) are attorneys, but 46,000 people graduated from law school just last year. So if every senate position were available to only those graduates, you'd have a 0.2% chance of becoming a senator. And you want to go to law school to be a senator. Moreover, the senators that are lawyers are successful attorneys in their own right (or have rich parents?) so wanting to be a senator isn't enough.
4. A personal statement doesn't have to be about "Why Law."


That being said you could use your passion and enthusiasm to write about how law school will equip you to work as a congressional counsel or other legislation-related position. The downside is that those are incredibly difficult to get and adcomms know that. Or you could use your passion and enthusiasm to write about how a belief in the legislative system transitions into interest in law. Either of those are difficult however because ultimately you don't know what the law is.

So it would be wise to be more broad? Less about becoming a senator.. more about how I want to use my law degree to work for the government in general?

most spooks have a JD fyi

spooks?

Anonymous User wrote:

thegirlwhowaited wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:

So it would be wise to be more broad? Less about becoming a senator.. more about how I want to use my law degree to work for the government in general?

most spooks have a JD fyi

spooks?

arklaw13 wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:

thegirlwhowaited wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:

So it would be wise to be more broad? Less about becoming a senator.. more about how I want to use my law degree to work for the government in general?

most spooks have a JD fyi

spooks?

It either means intelligence officers/spies or black people, depending on how racist you are.

Anonymous User wrote:

HRomanus wrote:A lot of problems with the framing of the narrative:
1. You didn't know what the hell a senator was in fourth grade, so you didn't have the ability to (rationally) want to be one.
2. "Since (x) grade, I've always wanted to be..." should never be in a personal statement.
3. So a majority of senators (57) are attorneys, but 46,000 people graduated from law school just last year. So if every senate position were available to only those graduates, you'd have a 0.2% chance of becoming a senator. And you want to go to law school to be a senator. Moreover, the senators that are lawyers are successful attorneys in their own right (or have rich parents?) so wanting to be a senator isn't enough.
4. A personal statement doesn't have to be about "Why Law."


That being said you could use your passion and enthusiasm to write about how law school will equip you to work as a congressional counsel or other legislation-related position. The downside is that those are incredibly difficult to get and adcomms know that. Or you could use your passion and enthusiasm to write about how a belief in the legislative system transitions into interest in law. Either of those are difficult however because ultimately you don't know what the law is.

So it would be wise to be more broad? Less about becoming a senator.. more about how I want to use my law degree to work for the government in general?

HRomanus wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:

HRomanus wrote:A lot of problems with the framing of the narrative:
1. You didn't know what the hell a senator was in fourth grade, so you didn't have the ability to (rationally) want to be one.
2. "Since (x) grade, I've always wanted to be..." should never be in a personal statement.
3. So a majority of senators (57) are attorneys, but 46,000 people graduated from law school just last year. So if every senate position were available to only those graduates, you'd have a 0.2% chance of becoming a senator. And you want to go to law school to be a senator. Moreover, the senators that are lawyers are successful attorneys in their own right (or have rich parents?) so wanting to be a senator isn't enough.
4. A personal statement doesn't have to be about "Why Law."


That being said you could use your passion and enthusiasm to write about how law school will equip you to work as a congressional counsel or other legislation-related position. The downside is that those are incredibly difficult to get and adcomms know that. Or you could use your passion and enthusiasm to write about how a belief in the legislative system transitions into interest in law. Either of those are difficult however because ultimately you don't know what the law is.

So it would be wise to be more broad? Less about becoming a senator.. more about how I want to use my law degree to work for the government in general?

Yes. You will not become a senator. Writing about doing anything, particularly something that requires $200k in debt and three years of education, to become a senator is going to dimish your credibility as a rational person. As I said, if the 100 senator positions were available only to last year's graduates, you'd have a 0.2% chance of becoming a senator. Never mention your desire to be a senator in the context of getting a JD again. Go and sin no more, my child.

Obviously you're interested in the legislative process in some degree, so write about that...but not really. IF you're going to write a "Why Law" statement you need to be very deft in your understanding that legislative counsel positions are incredibly rare and fluid. In fact, all legal jobs on Capitol Hill are very hard to get without prior legislative experience. There's a very high chance you'll never use your law degree in connection with the legislative process, and there's almost a near certainty that you won't be drafting or lobbying for legislation. You can't write a personal statement that ends on a note adcoms know will never happen.

HRomanus wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:

HRomanus wrote:A lot of problems with the framing of the narrative:
1. You didn't know what the hell a senator was in fourth grade, so you didn't have the ability to (rationally) want to be one.
2. "Since (x) grade, I've always wanted to be..." should never be in a personal statement.
3. So a majority of senators (57) are attorneys, but 46,000 people graduated from law school just last year. So if every senate position were available to only those graduates, you'd have a 0.2% chance of becoming a senator. And you want to go to law school to be a senator. Moreover, the senators that are lawyers are successful attorneys in their own right (or have rich parents?) so wanting to be a senator isn't enough.
4. A personal statement doesn't have to be about "Why Law."


That being said you could use your passion and enthusiasm to write about how law school will equip you to work as a congressional counsel or other legislation-related position. The downside is that those are incredibly difficult to get and adcomms know that. Or you could use your passion and enthusiasm to write about how a belief in the legislative system transitions into interest in law. Either of those are difficult however because ultimately you don't know what the law is.

So it would be wise to be more broad? Less about becoming a senator.. more about how I want to use my law degree to work for the government in general?

Yes. You will not become a senator. Writing about doing anything, particularly something that requires $200k in debt and three years of education, to become a senator is going to dimish your credibility as a rational person. As I said, if the 100 senator positions were available only to last year's graduates, you'd have a 0.2% chance of becoming a senator. Never mention your desire to be a senator in the context of getting a JD again. Go and sin no more, my child.

Obviously you're interested in the legislative process in some degree, so write about that...but not really. IF you're going to write a "Why Law" statement you need to be very deft in your understanding that legislative counsel positions are incredibly rare and fluid. In fact, all legal jobs on Capitol Hill are very hard to get without prior legislative experience. There's a very high chance you'll never use your law degree in connection with the legislative process, and there's almost a near certainty that you won't be drafting or lobbying for legislation. You can't write a personal statement that ends on a note adcoms know will never happen.

Anonymous User wrote:Not black, and still don't understand what spooks means.

arklaw13 wrote:
It either means intelligence officers/spies or black people, depending on how racist you are.

Anonymous User wrote:Not black, and still don't understand what spooks means.