I Went to Law School!

Law School? I thought you were an accountant; how did you get to law school? I thought you already had a job? I got questions like these and so much more once I announced I was applying to law school. It’s like people just didn’t get it lol.

Thankfully, I understand that what’s for me isn’t for other people to get. It’s for me to move on and bring to the light.

Let’s Talk About It!

Up to this point, everyone including myself thought I’d be a CFO or CPA. I mean it sounds good and they make bank, but God has other plans for me.

Growing up I always wanted to go to law school. I just knew someday I’d be a criminal defense attorney. However, as I got older, every decision I made pulled me further away from law and closer to business (so I thought).

In high school, we had a business academy that I was NOT an official member of. But, I did get a chance to participate in everything the business academy did lol. I was in all the business clubs, and I did taxes for about five years. (I continued during undergrad).

Following high school, I went straight to college for my accounting degree (Bachelors, 4 years). I was able to attend school for FREE because I realized early on that school was a tool to be utilized. You see, when you realize something early on, you can act on it. I was a straight A student my last three years of high school, and this allowed me access to scholarships and opportunities that not only completely paid for my bachelors, but also my masters.

I understand that I am very fortunate. God has always had me and for that I am beyond thankful.

In April, prior to graduating from undergrad, I was able to secure an accountant position at LSU making some damn good money! I also had great insurance lol. While at LSU I took advantage of my free time and started grad school. I attended grad school at ULL, so I was literally driving to work (Baton Rouge), then back to Lafayette for school. This is about a 45–55-minute drive. Somewhere in the middle of this, I moved to Baton Rouge. At this point, I would go to work for 7:30am, drive to ULL after work for class from 6-9pm, then back to BR and have do it all over again the next day. Yes, I know what you’re thinking, I could have just taken classes at LSU. Well, my degree was FULLY covered at ULL and I took advantage of it.

There are so many people who would love to go to school and can’t because their circumstances won’t allow it. When God made something available to me that was possible to achieve, I did it with no hesitation. Just because its hard, tiresome, and frustrating does not take away the fact that it’s attainable. Besides, everything else fell into place perfectly, and who am I to tell my father no.

Working at LSU allowed me the opportunity to build a comfortable life. Like I said, I was making good money, had awesome health insurance, over a month’s worth of vacation time annually, and opportunities to grow. I was straight. But I still felt like even though I could make a decent life out of this, it would not be a comfortable life for me. I saw more for myself. So, in the middle of COVID, I decided to quit my job and go after MORE!

Now it wasn’t an abrupt decision. Somewhere in the middle of grad school, graduating and getting a promotion the idea of becoming a lawyer resurfaced so I began prepping for the LSAT.

My LSAT experience is a whole story lol. It’s funny now, but I panicked in the moment lmao! Click here to read about My LSAT Test Day Melt Down.

If you read the story about my LSAT fiasco, you’ll understand why I felt discouraged. After this whole experience, I started thinking that this wasn’t for me. Law School can’t be for me. Why would I have to go through ALL of that just to get in. I was beginning to think the CFO or CPA was my move. I was hurt and almost didn’t apply to law school.

I laughed about it, prayed about it, and decided that I wasn’t going to give up and tell myself no. I knew I was set on this path for a reason and kept moving confidently towards law school.

With faith I submitted my application.

THEN…

Obviously, your girl was accepted! But in addition to being accepted, I was also awarded a merit scholarship.

Won’t he do it. Won’t he tell you to your face “I GOT YOU. TRUST ME, FOLLOW ME, AND KEEP MOVING”.

Moving on faith will allow you to do things you never dreamed you would ever do. Being an entrepreneur affords you access to do these things.

Dreams without action are just beautiful ideas. So, when I began envisioning myself as an attorney, I knew sacrifices would have to be made. And it’s simple. I made sacrifices with no hesitation because I trust that I will be further along than where I originally started. One day, the salary I left when I made the bold decision to quit a “career” job for law school will be what I make in a month or a day. So, I don’t sweat it. I keep moving forward because I understand that one day, it will look like it happened over night.

So where am I now? I am now a law student at Southern University Law Center, on the journey to becoming an attorney. You see, God know what he be doing. lol.

He deterred me from pursuing just law initially because my intentions were on criminal rather than business. He got me interested in business, created challenges and experiences within the business industry that I needed to go through to be where he wanted me. He wanted me to be your future business attorney. 🙂

Sometimes I sit amazed at where I started, what I did in between, and where I am now. It’s bigger than me and I get that now. I have something valuable that needs to be shared. So, I say all of that to say, I GOT YOU!

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