One LThe law-student author recounts the workload, conflicts, pressures, anxieties, relationships, and educational content of the critical and difficult first year at Harvard's prestigious and demanding law school |
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It is during the first year that you learn to read a case, to frame a legal argument,
to distinguish between seemingly ... And thus it is during the first year that many
law students come to feel, sometimes with deep regret, that they are becoming ...
It is during the first year that you learn to read a case, to frame a legal argument,
to distinguish between seemingly ... And thus it is during the first year that many
law students come to feel, sometimes with deep regret, that they are becoming ...
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He laughed as he told the story. He was tough, proud, ferociously independent,
bright with that incredible city quickness. I admired him. The Lawbook Thrift Shop
was crowded when we arrived. It is run by the wife of one of the law students out
...
He laughed as he told the story. He was tough, proud, ferociously independent,
bright with that incredible city quickness. I admired him. The Lawbook Thrift Shop
was crowded when we arrived. It is run by the wife of one of the law students out
...
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Spring exams are another of the traditions of the first year of law school. A few
years ago, things were far worse at Harvard, and at many other schools, than
they are now. Students would take five exams in five full-year courses; there were
no ...
Spring exams are another of the traditions of the first year of law school. A few
years ago, things were far worse at Harvard, and at many other schools, than
they are now. Students would take five exams in five full-year courses; there were
no ...
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| Title | One L |
| Author | Scott Turow |
| Publisher | Putnam, 1977 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Jan 2010 |
| Length | 300 pages |
| Subjects | › Biography & Autobiography / Lawyers & Judges Harvard Law School Law / General Law / Legal Education Law students Law students - Massachusetts - Biography Law students/ Massachusetts/ Biography Turow, Scott |
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