One L"A wonderful book...it should be read by anyone who has ever contemplated going to law school. Or anyone who has ever worried about being human."--The New York Times It was a year of terrors and triumphs, of depressions and elations, of compulsive work, pitiless competition, and, finally, mass hysteria. It was Scott Turow's first year at the oldest, biggest, most esteemed center of legal education in the United States. Turow's experiences at Harvard Law School, where freshmen are dubbed One Ls, parallel those of first-year law students everywhere. His gripping account of this critical, formative year in the life of a lawyer is as suspenseful, said The New York Times, as "the most absorbing of thrillers." |
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... Criminal Law would be unique in many ways . It was the only course that would concentrate expressly on the relationship between gov- ernment and private citizens . And he also said that it would be the single class in which we would do ...
... Criminal Law would be unique in many ways . It was the only course that would concentrate expressly on the relationship between gov- ernment and private citizens . And he also said that it would be the single class in which we would do ...
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... Criminal exams would be " open book , " meaning that we could consult any printed source during the test . I was convinced that if I skipped the purchase of any one item it would prove to be crucial . With Stephen , I made a number of ...
... Criminal exams would be " open book , " meaning that we could consult any printed source during the test . I was convinced that if I skipped the purchase of any one item it would prove to be crucial . With Stephen , I made a number of ...
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... criminal law . I could not pump myself up the same way for the Criminal test two days off . By the next morning I was a little depressed about the mistakes I'd made on the Torts exam , more of which seemed to occur to me on the hour ...
... criminal law . I could not pump myself up the same way for the Criminal test two days off . By the next morning I was a little depressed about the mistakes I'd made on the Torts exam , more of which seemed to occur to me on the hour ...
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One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School Scott Turow Limited preview - 2010 |
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