I used to think it was easy to identify young people who would grow up to become lawyers. They supposedly are the sociable toddlers in the playgroup, the smart aleck who found a flaw in the reasoning behind a teacher’s “because I said so,” the captain of the speech and debate team who could argue any position, the high school theater kids who completely transform into their characters onstage and feel all of their emotions, or the incoming college freshmen who boldly declare their intent to major in political science and become a lawyer.
I was none of those kids.