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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... outline verbatim . Our plan for the document had been entirely inadvertent , but in April word spread through the section that our group had craftily devised the " perfect " outline . As the month wore on , I became aware that we were ...
... outline verbatim . Our plan for the document had been entirely inadvertent , but in April word spread through the section that our group had craftily devised the " perfect " outline . As the month wore on , I became aware that we were ...
Page 268
... outline . I'm sure that rumor had turned it into a virtual Rosetta stone of Civil Procedure . Jack was probably certain we'd all make As , and he knew he was working against a curve with top grades for only so many . Terry had had the ...
... outline . I'm sure that rumor had turned it into a virtual Rosetta stone of Civil Procedure . Jack was probably certain we'd all make As , and he knew he was working against a curve with top grades for only so many . Terry had had the ...
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... outline was still at the center of it . When Stephen brought the news that John Yolan had no time now to do outside work , I replied , " Screw him , then . He wants dessert without making dinner . You heard Stan . Quid pro quo ...
... outline was still at the center of it . When Stephen brought the news that John Yolan had no time now to do outside work , I replied , " Screw him , then . He wants dessert without making dinner . You heard Stan . Quid pro quo ...
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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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