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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... Mooney ! " Perini cried out . He was still calling our names in that sharply rising , stabbing voice every time a student was selected for the case . Mooney was a long , thin , mild man , extremely quiet and barely expressive . He ...
... Mooney ! " Perini cried out . He was still calling our names in that sharply rising , stabbing voice every time a student was selected for the case . Mooney was a long , thin , mild man , extremely quiet and barely expressive . He ...
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... Mooney would have to carry that worry for the next five days . The class sat stunned , absolutely still . Perini leaned over the seating chart and made a furious mark on it ; then he called on the man who sat on Mooney's left . Calling ...
... Mooney would have to carry that worry for the next five days . The class sat stunned , absolutely still . Perini leaned over the seating chart and made a furious mark on it ; then he called on the man who sat on Mooney's left . Calling ...
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... Mooney , who wore his usual implaca- ble expression but who looked pale . The room fell silent as soon as Perini appeared . " I was out of town over the weekend , " Perini said as he'd set his books on the podium , " and I have to admit ...
... Mooney , who wore his usual implaca- ble expression but who looked pale . The room fell silent as soon as Perini appeared . " I was out of town over the weekend , " Perini said as he'd set his books on the podium , " and I have to admit ...
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