Personal Statement Essay

I have been guided by the profound words of Dr. A.P.J.
Abdul Kalam – “If four things are

followed – having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance – then
anything can be achieved.” I have tried to be true to this principle by remaining focused in
life and exploring all the opportunities that I have been offered in school, work, and life, in
general.
I have grown up in an environment at school where I have been exposed to and sensitized
about various social issues and I wanted an academic degree that helped me do something
about such issues. Law was one such career option along with Journalism. However, I had a
very clear understanding and reasons for opting to pursue law over Journalism, the primary
reason being to understand the complexity of various legislations and the impact that it has on
our society or it was perhaps the interest in gaining more familiarity with social policies and
laws and the attraction of the inter-disciplinary approach to legal education that the five-year
law schools promised. Throughout my school education, I was more inclined towards
subjects like History, Judiciary, and Geography and it was in my 10 th grade that I seriously
decided I want to pursue LL. B. In my 11 th grade and 12th grade, I opted for the Commerce
stream, and the school I attended provided us with an elective option wherein I opted for
Legal Studies.
I come from a family of Chartered Accountants and Businessmen and during my

undergraduate study, I also took a keen interest in learning the tally based accounting system,
sitting for hours with Chartered Accountants checking the books of accounts and other
statutory records. I have participated in moots that enlarged my frame of learning and
interned with an NGO, Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of India, and several reputed
law firms in India. These top-tier law firm internships gave me a chance to gain an insight
into the knowledge and skill required for being a successful legal professional. I was also
actively involved in sports and other extracurricular activities at the university and being an
avid Cricket and Football fan had the opportunity of being a member of the University
Cricket Team at School of Law, Christ University, Bangalore.
An extensive five-year undergraduate study directed me to focus upon research and teaching
as my probable career options. I was deeply engrossed in reading commentaries of Rama
Sharma and Shri V.K. Ahuja on Intellectual Property Laws; eminent authors such as Shri
H.M. Seervai and Dr. V.N. Shukla for Indian Constitutional Law; Malcolm N. Shaw and
Martin Dixon on International Law and Dr. H.K. Saharay and Dr. P.C. Markanda for Law of
Contracts.
I believe one’s horizon of knowledge and ability to analyse things will always be broadened
by a Master’s Degree therefore my primary motivation for pursuing BCL and M.Phil. in Law
is to take up a career as a solicitor and as an academician for which masters and research
degrees are a must. I want to teach Intellectual Property Law to young minds and for me, a
post-graduation degree is not just a prerequisite but something that would enhance my
knowledge on the subject. I can strongly confirm that I feel, I have developed a stronger
foundation in areas that interest me and pursuing BCL and M.Phil. in Law will help me, in
my pursuit of becoming a successful solicitor and academician. At the same time, I am driven
by the notion that my passion of learning and teaching never meant to just convert into jobs
or employment, but rather into ideas and inputs that will help me contribute to our society by
teaching young minds and so, to be honest, I never view the BCL or M.Phil. Degree as a
planned step to my future career, but more as an opportunity that will help hone my skills, so
that I can make impactful contributions in the education field.
During my time at law school, I also began taking lectures for junior classes in Indian
Constitutional Law and Indian Contract Law. It afforded me an opportunity to decipher my
love for teaching and disseminating knowledge to one and all. I was always very keen on
teaching and have given it very serious thought as a long-term career option and enjoyed the
experience of teaching these subjects to my juniors. Consequently, I envisage an academic
career among these disciplines.
Before joining Sankar and Moorthy, Delhi as a legal advisor I also worked as a volunteer for
an NGO based in Bangalore where my primary task was teaching the subject of Mathematics
and English to underprivileged children in the vicinities of South-Bangalore. In November,
2020 I took up a legal matter involving filing and receiving a medical insurance claim worth
Rs. 16,00,000/- and in April, 2021 I represented the client before the Insurance Ombudsman,
Rajasthan for final hearing and was successful in getting the final order in our favour.
The current standard of the Indian Law Universities is without a shred of doubt, brilliant, in
terms of both their studious ethos as well as their dogged determination and yearning to reach
the top, and have thus been on an upward graph since their set up having reached amazing
new pinnacles. That having been said, the concept of ensuring the same zeal reaching
everyone in the class, is still a non-starter. If we can somehow emulate, the ‘tutorial’ concept
from the BCL course into the Indian legal education system, then we can truly have the
National Law Universities/Law Schools amongst the most prestigious in the world.
Therefore, I look forward to a fulfilling academic experience at Oxford University,

specifically studying modules falling in line with my core interests. I believe my long-term
career would be well grounded in research or teaching of Intellectual Property Law, Indian
Constitutional Law and Indian Contract Law where I would finally have an opportunity of
putting all my skills into practice and carve out an enduring career. Likewise, it would be a
great learning experience academically, to be able to pursue the BCL at the eminent
University of Oxford and interact with law graduates from across the globe.

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What motivated the applicant to pursue a career in law?

What experiences has the applicant had in the legal field?

I have been guided by the profound words of Dr. A.P.J.

Abdul Kalam – “If four things are

I come from a family of Chartered Accountants and Businessmen and during my

Therefore, I look forward to a fulfilling academic experience at Oxford University,

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