One LThe law-student author recounts the workload, conflicts, pressures, anxieties, relationships, and educational content of the critical and difficult first year at Harvard's prestigious and demanding law school |
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Page 106
For Annette, it had not been an easy month and a half. She'd started a new job as
an art teacher in a grade school district in one of the northern suburbs. It was an
excellent job and she felt lucky to have it, but the work was physically taxing and
...
For Annette, it had not been an easy month and a half. She'd started a new job as
an art teacher in a grade school district in one of the northern suburbs. It was an
excellent job and she felt lucky to have it, but the work was physically taxing and
...
Page 153
Before the meeting broke, I slipped out with Annette. My oral argument would
begin in a few minutes and we headed toward Pound, where it was to be held. I
was quiet, thinking about the entire incident, including my classmates' reaction.
Before the meeting broke, I slipped out with Annette. My oral argument would
begin in a few minutes and we headed toward Pound, where it was to be held. I
was quiet, thinking about the entire incident, including my classmates' reaction.
Page 157
I congratulated Jim and Jody again; then Annette and I went home. I had two
quick drinks, unusual for me, and waited for the alcohol to work. Now and then,
as I sat bleakly in the kitchen, Annette would pat me on the shoulder and say in a
...
I congratulated Jim and Jody again; then Annette and I went home. I had two
quick drinks, unusual for me, and waited for the alcohol to work. Now and then,
as I sat bleakly in the kitchen, Annette would pat me on the shoulder and say in a
...
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| Title | One L |
| Author | Scott Turow |
| Publisher | Putnam, 1977 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Jan 2010 |
| Length | 300 pages |
| Subjects | › Biography & Autobiography / Lawyers & Judges Harvard Law School Law / General Law / Legal Education Law students Law students - Massachusetts - Biography Law students/ Massachusetts/ Biography Turow, Scott |
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