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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... believe in coercing you into having something to say . " The only thing he did ask was that we try not to raise our hands when other students were talking . Morris had a reputation as a theorist , often high - flown and abstract in his ...
... believe in coercing you into having something to say . " The only thing he did ask was that we try not to raise our hands when other students were talking . Morris had a reputation as a theorist , often high - flown and abstract in his ...
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... believe it . But looking at how much Crim he knew and how little Torts , and then at his grades , I sometimes think we all just got potluck . ” Most of the time , however , Stephen was not as dubious . He talked to me often about ...
... believe it . But looking at how much Crim he knew and how little Torts , and then at his grades , I sometimes think we all just got potluck . ” Most of the time , however , Stephen was not as dubious . He talked to me often about ...
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... believe I had actually said that . I told myself I was kidding . I told myself that I had said that to shock Terry and Stephen . But I knew better . What had been suppressed all year was in the open now . All along there had been a ...
... believe I had actually said that . I told myself I was kidding . I told myself that I had said that to shock Terry and Stephen . But I knew better . What had been suppressed all year was in the open now . All along there had been a ...
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One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School Scott Turow Limited preview - 2010 |
One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School Scott Turow Limited preview - 2010 |
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