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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... knew it . I could not shake that certainty of failure from my mind . And so within a few minutes that prophecy had fulfilled itself . Three quarters of the way through the brief exam period I tore up what I'd scribbled and tried to get ...
... knew it . I could not shake that certainty of failure from my mind . And so within a few minutes that prophecy had fulfilled itself . Three quarters of the way through the brief exam period I tore up what I'd scribbled and tried to get ...
Page 285
... knew better . What had been suppressed all year was in the open now . All along there had been a tension between looking out for ourselves and helping each other ; in the end , I did not expect anybody - not myself , either - to ...
... knew better . What had been suppressed all year was in the open now . All along there had been a tension between looking out for ourselves and helping each other ; in the end , I did not expect anybody - not myself , either - to ...
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... knew where I stood now . I knew what I was against . I had finally met my enemy , I figured , 286 ONE L.
... knew where I stood now . I knew what I was against . I had finally met my enemy , I figured , 286 ONE L.
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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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