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By: Law School Applicant2   

Subject:   Generic1 Law School Essay2

Many college students know exactly what field to enter after graduation and have been preparing for that field over the course of their entire college career. However, I had difficulty discovering a career field rewarding enough to devote my entire life to, a career field worthy3 of education. While I had always considered pursuing the law and majored in public policy as an undergraduate, I was never passionate4 about it. I didn't have clear goals, and it seemed to me as if my degree and my circumstances were pushing me into studying the law; I needed to rediscover why I fell in love with the law in the first place.

As a college senior, I took the LSAT because all of my classmates were taking it. I did not prepare, and I really did not want to attend law school after college; thankfully, my low LSAT score guaranteed this. I needed to understand more about life before I could give myself to a career. After being in school for about two decades, I felt completely out of touch with reality and did not think I would ever find career direction by attending more schooling5. With these thoughts in mind, I determined6 I needed real-world experience to help me find the direction I so desperately7 sought.

 

I accepted an investor8 relations position in New York that tested both my intelligence and my work ethic9. The first few months moved at a hectic10 pace as I attempted to acquire knowledge of my new pursuit and to control the responsibilities assigned to me. However, I quickly adjusted and maintained a schedule of seventy-hour workweeks. Because of my hard work and growing expertise11, my colleagues began to acknowledge me as an important member of the organization and my opinion became respected and sought out. This respect provided me with a great deal of confidence, and I began to realize that I had unlimited12 potential. I had finally regained13 the attitude necessary for success, and my recent LSAT score is a testament14 of this self-awakening.

 

While I may not have taken the direct route to law school, I took the course that suited me well. I needed to find goals that would drive me through all-nighters and exam periods. Over the course of the past few years, I have transformed from an inexperienced college graduate to a respected professional. My departure from classroom study has helped me grow into a more confident, independent individual who has developed the ability to set goals and focus on the path to achieving them. I believe I am now prepared to make the most of my future educational experiences, and I hope for the opportunity to do this at ______.

 

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By: Law School Applicant2   

Subject:   Generic Law School Essay

In Japan, international flight attendants are known as "flowers of the

sky." They are considered intelligent and attractive, and celebrities17 and

famous athletes have been known to take stewardesses19 as their wives. As you

can imagine, this reputation has made stewardessing one of the most popular

jobs among young Japanese women. When I was in Japan, I too had imagined

growing up to be a stewardess18: I would speak English fluently, fly all over

the world, marry someone after 5 or 6 years of my work, and eventually quit

the job to take care of home and children.

After spending three years in south Korea and seven years in the United

States, however, I changed my goals quite a bit. The things I've seen and

the people I've talked to have reshaped my perspective on life: No longer

will I be content with a job that has little social impact. Instead, I plan

on attending law school so I can pursue a career in international business

law.

 

What caused such a dramatic shift in my future plans? Part of it was my

first-hand exposure to foreign relations. The three years I spent living,

studying, and teaching in Korea enabled me to view my country from an

outside perspective. Korea had been occupied by Japan for 36 years, and the

people had strong feelings of hostility20 and distrust toward Japan. At

first, I thought the negative feelings were because of Japan's aggressions

during its colonial rule of Korea. But my job as a Japanese instructor21 gave

me the opportunity to discuss this issue with my Korean students, and I

soon learned the real reason behind their feelings: Koreans resented Japan

not just for past grievances22, but more importantly, because Japan still

refused to admit any wrongdoing. Coming to this realization23, I aspired24 to

have a career which would enable me to solve problems between Japan and

other countries.

 

My desire to explore the complex relationships between groups or countries

did not stop once I left Korea. At Dartmouth College, I majored in both

Sociology and Asian Studies, which allowed me to do comparative studies on

different societies of the East and the West. During my senior year at

Dartmouth, my honors thesis explored the Japanese religious cult2 which was

responsible for the 1995 Tokyo subway gas attack. I found the project to be

one of the most valuable educational experiences I'd ever had. The subject

intrigued25 me because the explanation provided by the media--that all the

terrorist acts committed by the group had been masterminded by the

leader--did not satisfy my desire to understand roots of the attack.

However, I was limited by what I found in newspapers, and I found it

difficult to collect other materials since few academic articles on the

event existed at that time. So I turned to other sources of research,

including my correspondence with Professor Helen Hardacre at Harvard

University and Professor Manabu Watanabe at Nanzan University, Japan.

 

With their help, I was able to examine the terrorist group from a different

perspective. After nine months of studying Aum publications, newspapers

and reports, and other "cult" literature, I found that complex

relationships between the group and society outside -- the media, families

of the members, anti-cult movements, and the government -- contributed to

Aum's violence and, finally, led to the attack. My paper demonstrated that

it was difficult for a "deviant" religious group to exist peacefully in a

disapproving26 society, and religious institutions would have to be regulated

to prevent conflict.

 

After my graduation, I had two internships in Washington, D.C. At

Consumers for World Trade, a nonprofit organization dedicated27 to promoting

free trade and open market through advocacy and education, I attended

trade-related seminars and Congressional hearings on trade legislation,

wrote articles for CWT's weekly and monthly newsletters, and conducted

research for a database of U.S. regulations and restrictions28 on imports.

This first-hand experience with issues related to trade policy enabled me

to examine the benefits of free trade and liberalization of market while,

at the same time, learning more about the xenophobic Japanese market. I

became particularly interested in exploring this issue and chose to intern16

at the Economic Strategy Institute, which was known for its research on the

economic and trade issues between the United States and Japan.

 

At the Economic Strategy Institute, I have been involved in two major

projects. One is a study on a WTO competition policy agreement and

U.S.-Japan trade relations, which was sponsored by the Japan-U.S.

Friendship Commission, and the other project involves research on U.S.

influence on the development of Japanese anti-trust law. I examined the

origin and prominent characteristics of Japanese anti-trust laws or

competition policies.

 

Through these projects and others in the future, I aim not only to

understand how Japanese competition policies have contributed to Japanese

market structures andpatterns of business organizations, but also to

examine possible changes to the current economic structure of Japan. These

questions fascinate me, because I think it's time for Japan to open up its

markets to foreign competition, to develop stronger and more democratic

economic structures.

 

Some might be surprised that a young Japanese girl whose only ambition was

to be a stewardess would have such lofty ambitions only ten years after

leaving her country. But now that I have been exposed to the bigger picture

of international trade and economic issues, and now that I know I am

capable of one day influencing relations between Japan and other countries,

how can I demand less of myself? My current ambition is to study

international business law, which is crucial in solving trade frictions29 and

other trade barrier related problems between Japan and other nations,

especially the United States. With the excellence30 of its legal instruction

and its strength in international business law and comparative law, I

believe _____ Law School would provide me with an unparalleled opportunity

to pursue that goal.

 



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1 generic mgixr     
adj.一般的,普通的,共有的
参考例句:
  • I usually buy generic clothes instead of name brands.我通常买普通的衣服,不买名牌。
  • The generic woman appears to have an extraordinary faculty for swallowing the individual.一般妇女在婚后似乎有特别突出的抑制个性的能力。
2 cult 3nPzm     
n.异教,邪教;时尚,狂热的崇拜
参考例句:
  • Her books aren't bestsellers,but they have a certain cult following.她的书算不上畅销书,但有一定的崇拜者。
  • The cult of sun worship is probably the most primitive one.太阳崇拜仪式或许是最为原始的一种。
3 worthy vftwB     
adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的
参考例句:
  • I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
  • There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。
4 passionate rLDxd     
adj.热情的,热烈的,激昂的,易动情的,易怒的,性情暴躁的
参考例句:
  • He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
  • He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。
5 schooling AjAzM6     
n.教育;正规学校教育
参考例句:
  • A child's access to schooling varies greatly from area to area.孩子获得学校教育的机会因地区不同而大相径庭。
  • Backward children need a special kind of schooling.天赋差的孩子需要特殊的教育。
6 determined duszmP     
adj.坚定的;有决心的
参考例句:
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
7 desperately cu7znp     
adv.极度渴望地,绝望地,孤注一掷地
参考例句:
  • He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
  • He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。
8 investor aq4zNm     
n.投资者,投资人
参考例句:
  • My nephew is a cautious investor.我侄子是个小心谨慎的投资者。
  • The investor believes that his investment will pay off handsomely soon.这个投资者相信他的投资不久会有相当大的收益。
9 ethic ziGz4     
n.道德标准,行为准则
参考例句:
  • They instilled the work ethic into their children.他们在孩子们的心中注入了职业道德的理念。
  • The connotation of education ethic is rooted in human nature's mobility.教育伦理的内涵根源于人本性的变动性。
10 hectic jdZzk     
adj.肺病的;消耗热的;发热的;闹哄哄的
参考例句:
  • I spent a very hectic Sunday.我度过了一个忙乱的星期天。
  • The two days we spent there were enjoyable but hectic.我们在那里度过的两天愉快但闹哄哄的。
11 expertise fmTx0     
n.专门知识(或技能等),专长
参考例句:
  • We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
  • You really have the technical expertise in a new breakthrough.让你真正在专业技术上有一个全新的突破。
12 unlimited MKbzB     
adj.无限的,不受控制的,无条件的
参考例句:
  • They flew over the unlimited reaches of the Arctic.他们飞过了茫茫无边的北极上空。
  • There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris.在技术方面自以为是会很危险。
13 regained 51ada49e953b830c8bd8fddd6bcd03aa     
复得( regain的过去式和过去分词 ); 赢回; 重回; 复至某地
参考例句:
  • The majority of the people in the world have regained their liberty. 世界上大多数人已重获自由。
  • She hesitated briefly but quickly regained her poise. 她犹豫片刻,但很快恢复了镇静。
14 testament yyEzf     
n.遗嘱;证明
参考例句:
  • This is his last will and testament.这是他的遗愿和遗嘱。
  • It is a testament to the power of political mythology.这说明,编造政治神话可以产生多大的威力。
15 mar f7Kzq     
vt.破坏,毁坏,弄糟
参考例句:
  • It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
  • Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。
16 intern 25BxJ     
v.拘禁,软禁;n.实习生
参考例句:
  • I worked as an intern in that firm last summer.去年夏天我在那家商行实习。
  • The intern bandaged the cut as the nurse looked on.这位实习生在护士的照看下给病人包扎伤口。
17 celebrities d38f03cca59ea1056c17b4467ee0b769     
n.(尤指娱乐界的)名人( celebrity的名词复数 );名流;名声;名誉
参考例句:
  • He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
  • a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目
18 stewardess BUkzw     
n.空中小姐,女乘务员
参考例句:
  • Please show your ticket to the stewardess when you board the plane.登机时请向空中小姐出示机票。
  • The stewardess hurried the passengers onto the plane.空中小姐催乘客赶快登机。
19 stewardesses 1d7231e44b525dfb926043ab47aac26c     
(飞机上的)女服务员,空中小姐( stewardess的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • If you need help, stewardesses will be pleased to help you. 如果你需要帮忙的话,空中小姐会很高兴为你效劳。
  • Stewardesses on planes should be employed for their ability, not for their looks. 应该根据能力而不是容貌来录用飞机上的女服务员。
20 hostility hdyzQ     
n.敌对,敌意;抵制[pl.]交战,战争
参考例句:
  • There is open hostility between the two leaders.两位领导人表现出公开的敌意。
  • His hostility to your plan is well known.他对你的计划所持的敌意是众所周知的。
21 instructor D6GxY     
n.指导者,教员,教练
参考例句:
  • The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
  • The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。
22 grievances 3c61e53d74bee3976a6674a59acef792     
n.委屈( grievance的名词复数 );苦衷;不满;牢骚
参考例句:
  • The trade union leader spoke about the grievances of the workers. 工会领袖述说工人们的苦情。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • He gave air to his grievances. 他申诉了他的冤情。 来自《简明英汉词典》
23 realization nTwxS     
n.实现;认识到,深刻了解
参考例句:
  • We shall gladly lend every effort in our power toward its realization.我们将乐意为它的实现而竭尽全力。
  • He came to the realization that he would never make a good teacher.他逐渐认识到自己永远不会成为好老师。
24 aspired 379d690dd1367e3bafe9aa80ae270d77     
v.渴望,追求( aspire的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • She aspired to a scientific career. 她有志于科学事业。
  • Britain,France,the United States and Japan all aspired to hegemony after the end of World War I. 第一次世界大战后,英、法、美、日都想争夺霸权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
25 intrigued 7acc2a75074482e2b408c60187e27c73     
adj.好奇的,被迷住了的v.搞阴谋诡计(intrigue的过去式);激起…的兴趣或好奇心;“intrigue”的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • You've really intrigued me—tell me more! 你说的真有意思—再给我讲一些吧!
  • He was intrigued by her story. 他被她的故事迷住了。
26 disapproving bddf29198e28ab64a272563d29c1f915     
adj.不满的,反对的v.不赞成( disapprove的现在分词 )
参考例句:
  • Mother gave me a disapproving look. 母亲的眼神告诉我她是不赞成的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Her father threw a disapproving glance at her. 她父亲不满地瞥了她一眼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
27 dedicated duHzy2     
adj.一心一意的;献身的;热诚的
参考例句:
  • He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
  • His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。
28 restrictions 81e12dac658cfd4c590486dd6f7523cf     
约束( restriction的名词复数 ); 管制; 制约因素; 带限制性的条件(或规则)
参考例句:
  • I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
  • a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
29 frictions c3b12b9aeb795425cb3a97ab92bf2232     
n.摩擦( friction的名词复数 );摩擦力;冲突;不和
参考例句:
  • Family frictions can interfere with a child's schoolwork. 家庭中的争吵会影响孩子的学业。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • As far as we are concerned, these frictions are not of our own making [have been imposed on us]. 就我们来说,这种摩擦是被动式的。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
30 excellence ZnhxM     
n.优秀,杰出,(pl.)优点,美德
参考例句:
  • His art has reached a high degree of excellence.他的艺术已达到炉火纯青的地步。
  • My performance is far below excellence.我的表演离优秀还差得远呢。
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