Why Do You?

I was recently asked the question: Why do you want to pursue a career in criminal law? I thought about it and realized that I had no idea why I wanted to study criminal law let alone why I wanted to enter a stressful law career. After thinking for a few minutes I answered him. I said I have always been drawn to it. Now that may not seem like a good answer, but that is how I have always been. I have been drawn. I have all my life. Ever since I was little, I have had this feeling that being a lawyer is what I was meant to do. I find the criminal mind fascinating. I want to understand why they feel to do the drastic harmful things that they do. So why not study criminal psychology? Though I want to study the criminal mind, I want to be a criminal defense attorney. I want to study their mind, but I also want to see how the trial for a criminal works. I want to defend them but also want to defend the innocent in those cases. That seems a little contradicting, but that is how I can explain. I want to be able to understand their obsession with crimes and what drives them to do it. I also want to investigate the crime scene. So like being a DA or a detective is also in my interest. I have no clue. I have been interested in bloody, tragic crime scenes for a long time. I like the crime shows and my grandfather's stories add to my interest. I have started to take the step into pursuing a career in criminal justice by it being my major for the upcoming fall at UNR. Lucky for me, one of the classes I will be taking is criminal psychology!