It is clear to me that there are certain areas of law that are of great appeal to me, while others have little or none. Criminal law breaks my heart, and I do not think I can be part of a system of sending non-violent offenders to prison, or see lives ruined just to satisfy some need for retribution alone. Personal injury law is rife with temptation to act in greed and it makes me a bit nauseous.
However, for some reason, contract law, real property law, these I find exhilarating. I think I will also find constitutional law, immigration law and civil rights stirring, but I do not know enough yet to say for sure.
Makes me wonder what makes one area of law of interest to one and another to someone else. For instance, Abigail is interested in personal injury law, Chris in family law and Peter is interested in lobbying. All of them are motivated for and by reasons I cannot fully understand, but I recognize that their choices fit for them.
Then I look at those who are part of the legal community already. Some of them clearly like what they do and others are disillusioned and mismatched to their source of livelihood. I wonder how we will look in 15 years.
Hopefully those of us who came to the law in midlife will have chosen more wisely and will find the shoes we wear do not cause pain or discomfort, nor cost us our souls.
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