Ivy essay

             up--and who desperately wanted the other kids to judge the content of the.
             book, rather than the quality of the cover--I have always made an effort in.
             both my personal and in my professional life to scratch well beneath the.
             surface, to determine whether the substance actually matches the form.   My.
             decision to attend law school also reflects this tendency.   Although I have.
             long had an interest in the law as an academic discipline, my work.
             experience since graduating has given me the opportunity to confirm that my.
             academic interests would extend to the real-world application of legal.
             principles.   To this end, I purposefully chose jobs that provided two very.
             distinct perspectives on the practice of law:   as a legal assistant, I.
             became acquainted with both the advantages and disadvantages of private.
             practice, while my current position in Senator X's office has offered a.
             glimpse of how the law may be used constructively in the public sector.
             Although my own long-term goals are geared more towards the latter, both.
             positions have equally impressed upon me the unique potential which exists.
             in the law to make a direct, positive impact on people's lives.
             Working for the law firm, I was initially turned off by the formal language.
             which permeated all writing and discourse ("Aforementioned legalese had.
             heretofore proven incomprehensible").   As one not familiar with the jargon,.
             I found the law to be pretentious and distant.   Gradually, however, I began.
             to sort out the shades of difference between a "motion in limine" and a.
             "56(f) motion," and I came to understand the law as a vast set of rules.
             which could, with intelligence and creativity, genuinely be used on behalf.
             of values such as fairness and justice.   In addition to my primary.
             assignment on an antitrust case, some exposure to pro bono work further.
             convinced me that the law has a very important role to play in our society.
             Similarly, my first impressions of Capitol Hill were not altogether.