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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... tried to take it with good humor but that realization also touched me with the first genuine wisps of fear . At one o'clock , the Methods group met with our BSA ad- visor , Peter Geocaris , to hear his suggestions on what we should ...
... tried to take it with good humor but that realization also touched me with the first genuine wisps of fear . At one o'clock , the Methods group met with our BSA ad- visor , Peter Geocaris , to hear his suggestions on what we should ...
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... tried to impress upon us that you do not sway a judge with emotional declara- tions of faith . Nicky Morris often derided responses as " senti- mental goo , " and Perini on more than one occasion quickly dispatched students who tried to ...
... tried to impress upon us that you do not sway a judge with emotional declara- tions of faith . Nicky Morris often derided responses as " senti- mental goo , " and Perini on more than one occasion quickly dispatched students who tried to ...
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... tried to make conversation , but it was self- conscious and strained . Stephen eventually told Aubrey his grades and Aubrey congratulated him . As I stood up to leave , I told Aubrey that we had some consolation - at least next year we ...
... tried to make conversation , but it was self- conscious and strained . Stephen eventually told Aubrey his grades and Aubrey congratulated him . As I stood up to leave , I told Aubrey that we had some consolation - at least next year we ...
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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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