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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... classmates would be academic privateers and cutthroats , but as I wan- dered around the Harkness green , sun - dazed and excited and a little bit drunk , I felt a little like one of the astronauts , headed for adventure with the most ...
... classmates would be academic privateers and cutthroats , but as I wan- dered around the Harkness green , sun - dazed and excited and a little bit drunk , I felt a little like one of the astronauts , headed for adventure with the most ...
Page 82
... classmates seemed to have some second - year or third - year student on whom they relied for advice , and I was no exception . I often solicited wisdom from Mike Wald . Even more fre- quently , I would go with questions to our BSA ...
... classmates seemed to have some second - year or third - year student on whom they relied for advice , and I was no exception . I often solicited wisdom from Mike Wald . Even more fre- quently , I would go with questions to our BSA ...
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... classmates and I would begin our first round of interviews . And at that point we would be looking for more than a way to make pocket money . Traditionally , the job that a student takes for the summer at the end of his second year ...
... classmates and I would begin our first round of interviews . And at that point we would be looking for more than a way to make pocket money . Traditionally , the job that a student takes for the summer at the end of his second year ...
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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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