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 91
... felt principles . I found that fre- quently . I thought , for example , that wealth should be widely distributed , but there were many instances presented in class which involved taking from the poor , for whom I felt that property ...
... felt principles . I found that fre- quently . I thought , for example , that wealth should be widely distributed , but there were many instances presented in class which involved taking from the poor , for whom I felt that property ...
Page 120
... felt that there's a cohesion lacking in my studying and it has seemed to me that the study group could help provide some focusing . In talking it over , I found that everyone else felt the same way . It seemed time for a meeting , to ...
... felt that there's a cohesion lacking in my studying and it has seemed to me that the study group could help provide some focusing . In talking it over , I found that everyone else felt the same way . It seemed time for a meeting , to ...
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... felt too good now to spoil it . It was moot court , a mythical state , a mass of frictions ; but boy , did I enjoy winning . I haven't felt that kind of outright glee in victory in years . Maybe it's something else law school's done to ...
... felt too good now to spoil it . It was moot court , a mythical state , a mass of frictions ; but boy , did I enjoy winning . I haven't felt that kind of outright glee in victory in years . Maybe it's something else law school's done to ...
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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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