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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Late in January, the moot court competition began. At Harvard, the competition is
an annual memorial to James Barr Ames, a renowned law professor who died
early in the century; and in all its phases, the competition is usually known simply
...
Late in January, the moot court competition began. At Harvard, the competition is
an annual memorial to James Barr Ames, a renowned law professor who died
early in the century; and in all its phases, the competition is usually known simply
...
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The great distinction, however, between Ames and what we'd done in the fall was
that for moot court no one was going to hand us the case law as they had in
Methods. Now we would be in a position more like the one in which practicing ...
The great distinction, however, between Ames and what we'd done in the fall was
that for moot court no one was going to hand us the case law as they had in
Methods. Now we would be in a position more like the one in which practicing ...
Page 250
Out in the hall, Terry soon got into another hassle with the BSA judge, repeating a
lot of the things he had told Margo. I just walked away. I'd been listening to all of
that for a month and I felt too good now to spoil it. It was moot court, a mythical ...
Out in the hall, Terry soon got into another hassle with the BSA judge, repeating a
lot of the things he had told Margo. I just walked away. I'd been listening to all of
that for a month and I felt too good now to spoil it. It was moot court, a mythical ...
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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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