法学院申请文书——从工程学到法学（Engineering to Law）

Engineering to Law

Whether we are discussing World War II bombers, the progression of the F-15,F-16 and F-18 fighter jets, or the vector propulsion of Harrier jets, all airplanes spark enthusiasm in my father -- an enthusiasm that I came to share. As a young girl I remember my father telling me about these amazing advances in technology as we strained our necks back to watch the planes fly over the summer holiday fairgrounds. The two of us would make the commute to the local air shows several times on those weekends, just to make sure that we didn’t miss any of the acts. By the time I entered college, I had become more interested in the physics and aerodynamics of flight, which has led me to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering. While learning about the jets and planes that my father and I discussed in my childhood, however, I realized that my interests stretched beyond mechanical engineering and included the desire to impact the world through intellectual property law.

As an engineering physics laboratory teacher’s assistant, I spent many hours in the lab teaching various concepts and working with other students. I quickly learned that no matter how well I understood certain theories, I could not help my students unless I could effectively communicate those theories to them. Learning to teach greatly improved my interpersonal skills, which I then applied when working as an elementary school tutor and summer camp counselor.

As my goals evolved during college, I found that mechanical engineering no longer fulfilled all of my aspirations. The skills of communication, critical thinking, and imagination that I was cultivating seemed more suitable for an interpersonal field. One professor suggested that I look into invention law, and when a speaker came to our senior design class and discussed his career as an intellectual property attorney, I knew that this was the ideal career for me. As an intellectual property lawyer, I would have the opportunity to make a difference in the legal sector while continuing to further my interest in industrial and mechanical engineering -- after first receiving a broad grounding in legal theory as well as invention law.

点评：

总的来说，这片文书的结构还算合理，语句也很畅顺，但是却在内容选材上没有很好的利用。 章的题目是《工程到法律》，很明显就是表明了这是一篇关于作者如何从对工程学的喜爱转变成对法律的追求的文章。

原本看到这个题目会感到非常的有兴趣，但是越往下看却越觉得莫名其妙。一开始作者就阐述了从小父亲和她是如何的热衷于飞机，并且因为受父亲的影响，对物理学和空气力学产生了兴趣，并攻读了相关的学位。但是作者又突然发现自己原来并不是那么喜欢与飞机有关的工程学，反而对知识产权学产生了浓厚的兴趣。虽然作者有尝试把为什么会对知识产权法产生兴趣做出解释，但是例子却没有选好。作者只是片面地强调在当助教的期间，发现人与人之间的沟通是多么的重要，但是并没有明确的表明知识产权学会对她有什么重要的意义。又或者说从工程学转变成知识产权学两者间的关联又是什么。文章并没有做出很好的解释，而且让人感到作者所有用的理由比较的牵强。

相反，如果作者可以进一步的解释，如为什么知识产权会让她觉得那么的重要，又或者说她对工程学的了解可以帮助她怎么更好的去学习知识产权这方面入手的话，或许会更有说服力。因此，这篇文章并不算是一篇成功的文书。

译文：

从工程学到法学

无论我们是在讨论二战的轰炸机，还是不过改良的F-15和F-16和F-18战斗机，又或者是矢量发动的喷气战斗机，所有的飞机都能使我父亲的热情闪烁 -- 一个让我来跟大家分享的热情。当我还是个小女孩，我记得我和父亲在暑假里全神贯注的看着飞机在赛场上飞过时，父亲跟我说了许多关于这些了不起的科技。我们两个在那几个周末里通常要往返当地的航展好几次，只是为了确保不要错过一场表演。当我进入大学的时候，我对物理学和飞行的空气动力越来越有兴趣，致使我最终攻读了机械工程学位。虽然在我童年的时候，通过跟父亲的探讨我了解了许多关于喷气机和飞机的知识，但是我却发现我真正的兴趣所在并不仅仅停留于机械工程上面，而是延伸到对可以影响世界的知识产权法的渴求上了。

作为工程物理实验室教师助理，我花了许多时间在实验室里教授各种概念，并同其他学生一起工作。我很快的发现，无论我对某些理论有多么深的了解，要是没有有效的沟通，我都不能帮助到我的学生去了解这些理论。学习怎么去教书大大的改善了我的人际关系技巧，当时我还申请了去当小学的教师及夏令营辅导员。

在校期间我的目标不断的发展，我发现机械工程不再满足我所有的愿望。反而我一直培养自己的沟通技能，批判思维和想象力才似乎更适合于我的人际关系领域。一位教授认为我应该研究发明法，而当一位演讲人来到我们的高级设计课讨论他作为一名知识产权律师的生涯时，我知道了这才是我的理想职业。作为一名知识产权律师，我有机会在不同的法律部门做出影响，同时也使我对工业和机械工程的兴趣更进一步得到发展，-- 在接受了广泛的法律理论基础和发明法后。