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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... Terry and I had sworn to do a creditable job without going crazy . By the end of Satur- day , I thought we'd made a good start . I had more or less appropriated the Constitutional issue and been through a few Supreme Court opinions ...
... Terry and I had sworn to do a creditable job without going crazy . By the end of Satur- day , I thought we'd made a good start . I had more or less appropriated the Constitutional issue and been through a few Supreme Court opinions ...
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... Terry assured me that he'd finish the brief in the next day or two and get it to Margo , who would still have two days to look it over before our next conference , scheduled for Tuesday . Annette and I left town for the weekend , but Terry ...
... Terry assured me that he'd finish the brief in the next day or two and get it to Margo , who would still have two days to look it over before our next conference , scheduled for Tuesday . Annette and I left town for the weekend , but Terry ...
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... Terry answered . " Look , " I said , " that's not a subtle approach . " When I looked at Terry I could see a hard gleam coming into his eyes . He was powerfully angry . " Well , it's not my life , man , is it ? " he asked . I agreed ...
... Terry answered . " Look , " I said , " that's not a subtle approach . " When I looked at Terry I could see a hard gleam coming into his eyes . He was powerfully angry . " Well , it's not my life , man , is it ? " he asked . I agreed ...
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