The 'Accidental' Law Student
I always thought of myself as an accidental law student. I never dreamed of studying law when I was young but I remember wanting to become a doctor way back in high school. I took an interest only after college when most of my classmates entered law school. A few years after, a number of women managed to top the bar exams. In fact, one of them was a classmate and orgmate. Not that I dreamed of repeating that feat. Perhaps, my interest was piqued with this perception that it's primarily a male-dominated profession. And so I was able to convinced myself, fueled with the challenge and belief that becoming a lawyer would be a good platform for other endeavours. I never really thought of it as an end, because I prefer an open-ended journey. I have so many interests that confining myself to one area would kill the others. The first two years in law school is what I often call my 'survival mode', even if I managed to snatch that honor of being in the Dean's list in ...