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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Page 44
... course " -he shot out a hand , glancing down momentarily from the acoustical tiles— " of course if you're not prepared occasionally , now and then , why you should come to class anyway ; no need to stay away . If it's one of those days ...
... course " -he shot out a hand , glancing down momentarily from the acoustical tiles— " of course if you're not prepared occasionally , now and then , why you should come to class anyway ; no need to stay away . If it's one of those days ...
Page 184
... course has faced all term , convincing us that the lawyer's job is usually more drudgery than Perry Mason . The two classes which ended this week also closed nicely . Mann managed real grace as he left . This term , for the first time ...
... course has faced all term , convincing us that the lawyer's job is usually more drudgery than Perry Mason . The two classes which ended this week also closed nicely . Mann managed real grace as he left . This term , for the first time ...
Page 266
... course work also began to crop up . Sternlieb gave us a pass / fail take - home test on the analytic material covered in the initial weeks of his course . That ate up one weekend . Perini scheduled a practice exam on the first term's ...
... course work also began to crop up . Sternlieb gave us a pass / fail take - home test on the analytic material covered in the initial weeks of his course . That ate up one weekend . Perini scheduled a practice exam on the first term's ...
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One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School Scott Turow Limited preview - 2010 |
One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School Scott Turow Limited preview - 2010 |
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