When I was a child, I would never have imagined becoming a lawyer. Not that it was not a career I was not interested in, but I just never anticipated attending law school and becoming a lawyer. However, my perception seemed to change during my first year of college.

During the spring semester of my freshman year, I enrolled in a required English and Writing Seminar titled "Law and Literature". This title struck me, and I remember the words of my academic advisor echoing, "If you are interested in law, take this course."

A couple years ago, I would have never imagined myself being interested in a law career. I used to think to myself, "There are so many lawyers...I want to be something different." Yet, by the end of my spring semester, I had fallen in love with thinking with a legal perspective. Although my course revolved around literary texts--both fiction and nonfiction--I developed a passion for thinking and analyzing legal scenarios. By the end of the course, I was sure that law school was in my near future.

I like to think of myself as another Elle Woods--blonde, smart, and passionate about law school. In the past, I have always been interested in politics, and I have contained my strong political opinions. However, as I became more and more interested in a legal profession, I began analyzing and debating the logistics behind common political issues, such as the criminal justice system, immigration laws, and gun control. I became less interested in subjective opinions and more involved with factual evidence and legal guidelines for these issues.

Why do these laws exist? Who created them? Why have they been overturned or reversed? These questions circled around my brain after I encountered each political headline on my News application.

After the semester of my "Law and Literature" class, I realized that I believed all misconceptions about lawyers. I began to notice that there was so much more to them than reading and analyzing. For me, being a lawyer is about not just helping the people you are representing in court, but it is also about analyzing and critiquing the current laws of our society. People seem to forget that the most repulsive acts were once legal in the United States, and without lawyers, we would continue to live those injustices.

Being a lawyer is not just understanding the law but it is challenging it when necessary. Through these challenges, our country can prosper for the greater good. While this might seem like a grandiose statement, I can assure that it only takes one law case to change the fundamentals of our nation. Therefore, by being a lawyer, I, as one person, can truly make a difference.