Although the author did encounter instances of racism, I'm wondering whether a large part of her feeling of not fitting in stems from the fact that her values, interests and attitudes were so different from those of her colleagues. I suspect that she would have felt the same way if she were white. I have the impression that her sole reason for choosing law as  career was her desire to make a lot of money and that she tried to change who she was as a person in pursuit of that goal.