Michelle Obama has admitted she realized she hated practicing law despite earning an Ivy League education, ultimately walking away from her prestigious corporate firm after her then-future husband, Barack Obama, encouraged her to pursue a different path, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
The former first lady, 62, confessed she pursued law simply because it "ticked a box," revealing it was the former president, 64, who gave her the confidence to ditch the prestigious career and chase something she was truly passionate about.
'I Don't Like Law. I Don't Like It At All'
Michelle Obama realized once she started working in law, she hated the field.
"When I was at Princeton, I had to figure out what to do next. I was like, 'I don't like math. I read. I like to talk a lot, so I'll apply to law school.' I mean, that's how I picked going to law school," Michelle shared during a live appearance at SXSW London, which appeared via her IMO podcast on July 22.
While she was a good student, the Becoming author realized she chose the wrong field of work after getting a job at the prestigious firm Sidley & Austin's Chicago office after graduation.
"But when I got to the law firm and worked at a big corporate firm in Chicago – what you were supposed to do after Harvard Law School – I realized, 'Oh my God, I don't like law. " I don't like it at all," Michelle said.
"It wasn't even close. And thank you to all the lawyers. No shade, but it just wasn't for me."
Michelle Obama's Change of Heart Leads to Barack
Michelle Obama pursued law because it was something where she knew she could "do well.'
"I just pursued something that I could do well. I didn't know anything about passion or purpose. And the truth is, I didn't know what other careers were out there other than the traditional careers," Michelle explained, citing medicine, law, and other prominent fields at the time of her 1985 graduation from Princeton with a sociology degree.
It was when Michelle was working as an associate at Sidley & Austin that she met Barack, who was also a Harvard Law School graduate but with far bigger dreams beyond the legal profession.
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