Although a top student, no medical school would have her. None of my interviewers believed I wanted to do anything but get a leg up on suing doctors. So she dove into the cauldron of trial work, defending persons accused of crime. Unlike corporate law, where you have all the time in the world to vacillate over where to put a comma, trial lawyers function entirely in the moment. No second guessing or tying yourself in knots over what comes spilling out of your mouth.
Criminal work is as close to trial by ambush as our system allows.
I was hooked. But not for long. She bought a computer, and is now consumed with writing. My family still thinks I'm nuts. But I'm finally home.