Sample SOP for MS in Law
Coming from an Indian family, I have always been a part of my parents, relatives, and neighbors’ conversation regarding my career. During the early stages of my school, I had no idea or clue as to what I wanted to become. However, I was fortunate enough to get support from my parents to choose my career. My parents never forced or pressurized me to pursue a particular career option. However, as time passed and I reached high school, one question that was constantly running in my head was, what career do I want to pursue? For me, who was interested in every subject, it became tough to decide my career options.
I clearly remember when I was in 8th grade, my class was introduced to a new topic from our social science teacher. This topic was nothing else but law. This was the time when I was introduced to this subject. To help us understand this important topic better, our class was divided into several groups; each group consisted of 4-5 members. Then we were instructed to prepare a role-play. This role play was to demonstrate the functioning of a court. It wasn’t a hard task as almost every student had some idea about the role play as we all had scenes of how the court worked in movies. At the end of this role play, winners were decided, and our team won.
This was the incident that compelled me to know more and more about the law. I found this subject to be very interesting and exciting. With time I developed a significant interest in this subject. When I progressed to higher standards, I also realized the importance of legal studies. The noble purpose of assuring justice to the innocents also motivated me to step into this field.
After my schooling, I took an entrance exam for my under graduation. I got admission into a very prestigious college in India. The subject I was majoring in was political science. In India, to pursue LLB, one has to have a degree of under graduation. This was the reason behind opting for political science as my major because this was the only available option that was closest to the field of law.
Throughout my under graduation, I kept on updating my horizon of national and international law knowledge. I always pay attention to any news related to court or law broadcasted into television or newspaper. I put all the learnings and knowledge about the law to understand every tit-bits of the case. There were many more things I would do as I self-learning. Today, I can admit that this self-learning attitude has helped me build the foundation of my knowledge.
In the last year of my college, I was also very active in taking up jobs and internships. In my city, It wasn’t hard to find an internship. I even joined one local law firm in my city as an intern. For the consecutive three months, I did this internship. By the end of this internship, I also realized that I needed to learn more about criminal law. To achieve this goal, there was only one option in front of me: pursuing a master’s degree in the respective domain.
I started my research for the same and came across a few colleges and universities that suited my requirements but not all. There was some other thing that was not going according to my requirements in the colleges I searched for. After researching for a couple of weeks, I came across your prestigious university. I looked through everything and realized that everything suited my requirements, from the infrastructure to the fee structure and from the success of my career perspective to the diversity in the student from all over the globe. Your esteemed university also offers the program of my choice.
Sooner I realized that XYZ University has been proving itself one of the best universities on the globe for law students. The program of criminal law is exactly as per my expectation even better. I am also convinced that the teaching, programmatic, orientation, multicultural ambiance, etc., are commendable and extraordinary.
Post my master’s degree; I would be returning to my country and beginning a career as an independent criminal lawyer. Looking forward to the consideration of my candidature for the applied course.
FAQ
- How to write SOP for MS / Masters in Law?
We have added sample SOP for Law to give you some idea on how to write SOP for masters in Law / LLM /LLB university course application.
2. What should I include in my SOP for Law course?
For statement of purpose of Law, you can include – Introduction, Academic qualification, Work experience, Ambitions, Goals, Why that course and university, your individual qualities, research experience.
