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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... argument , and decides whether the law and the facts of the case favor one side so heavily that a trial would be a worthless exercise . If the court decides in favor of the party moving for summary judgment , he wins the suit ; a ...
... argument , and decides whether the law and the facts of the case favor one side so heavily that a trial would be a worthless exercise . If the court decides in favor of the party moving for summary judgment , he wins the suit ; a ...
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... arguments were conducted before a court of two , a teaching fellow and a member of BSA . In all other regards , we'd ... argument with the traditional opening line , " May it please the court . " That was probably the last correct thing ...
... arguments were conducted before a court of two , a teaching fellow and a member of BSA . In all other regards , we'd ... argument with the traditional opening line , " May it please the court . " That was probably the last correct thing ...
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... argument usually commences with a brief recitation of the facts and questions of the case . This is to refresh the memory of the judges . Terry did not get much beyond the facts , though , when the court started hitting him with ...
... argument usually commences with a brief recitation of the facts and questions of the case . This is to refresh the memory of the judges . Terry did not get much beyond the facts , though , when the court started hitting him with ...
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