Social Justice Personal Statement

I often go without lunch. Whenever I go out and see a homeless person I just can not help but

give up whatever food and spare dollars I can. Social injustice is around every corner and my

goal is to use my life to help others who are in need. Alongside this goal, I’ve always had an

interest in the field of law and a desire to work within the system that governs us. The ability to

help those who are in need of legal help would be the perfect fit for what I want to do in my life

while aiding those in need.

My life’s ambition is to help those in need and, more specifically, those without a voice facing

social injustices. My plan to assist those in need is to combine my want to help and be a positive

force in the world with my interest in law by becoming an attorney

My want to help those in need developed when I was 12 years of age and, as I approached high

school, I began to become interested in the law and how it impacts the disadvantaged. With a

thought to aiding others and my curiosity for law, my interest was sparked to become an

attorney; it seemed like a natural fit.

My interest in law led me to choose a magnet high school with a law program so that I could

grasp the foundations of law and build upon that knowledge in my undergraduate studies, and,

ultimately, in law school. Once my law studies are complete, I intend to work in a capacity

helping those facing injustices both great & small; individuals being tried for crimes they didn’t

commit and those working against odds in a system stacked against their freedom and success

due to their socio-economic lot in life.

As I have grown throughout my time at Eastern Technical High, I’ve learned that the issues I’ve

identified are daunting and can’t be solved by a single attorney. For this reason, I will start in the

Public Defender sector where I can have an immediate positive effect on those that don’t have

the means to help