Start your essay with an attention-grabbing lead that immediately illustrates your main point. The opening of your essay will determine whether it is read out of obligation or interest. You need to start with a lead, something that grabs the reader s attention. Journalists constantly capture our attention with anecdotes, quotes, interesting statistics, and gripping descriptions of a scene or event. Use the same techniques.
Anecdotes are particularly effective openings.
Perhaps you are proud of a particular achievement. Start your essay with that moment and then write about its influence and significance. Or perhaps one event really influenced your decision to pursue a career in law. Write about it so vividly that I too can experience it. Include description and analysis in your essay.