Question: Why did you not become a lawyer?

Nadine Mirza answered on 5 Nov 2018: last edited 12 Nov 2018 3:42 am

That’s a good question. So I had moved to Pakistan when I started seriously considering what I might want to do. I was weighing the options of psychology and law because both were fascinating to me.
the reason I would have wanted to do law would be to use it to help people in Pakistan. But,I slowly began to see that the law there was in a bit of a mess. While things have gotten a lot better now, the legal system can still be corrupt, and I was worried that if I became a lawyer most of the time I’d feel like my hands were tied and I’d be restricted.
With psychology, I wouldn’t have to worry about that. I could still help people but I could also call the shots. And, as a psychologist, you can still be involved with the law if you want, as something called an expert witness. So psychology meant I could keep my options open about what I wanted to be.
There was also the fact that IF I were to ever to go back to Pakistan, there are plenty of lawyers there, but very few psychologists. For every one psychologist there are over 10,000 people who need help. So they NEED psychologists now more than ever. They don’t need lawyers as much.