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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... grades and exams that a tangle was bound to emerge . I felt an ugly and powerful jealousy of Stephen , but I realized my grades were good . I had heard enough from 2Ls and 3Ls before to know that along with many others I remained ...
... grades and exams that a tangle was bound to emerge . I felt an ugly and powerful jealousy of Stephen , but I realized my grades were good . I had heard enough from 2Ls and 3Ls before to know that along with many others I remained ...
Page 238
... grades ran . As the comparison of marks continued , I heard several comments to the effect that the number of high grades seemed disproportionate . Some of that was a statistical quirk . Given the queerness of the exams , the results on ...
... grades ran . As the comparison of marks continued , I heard several comments to the effect that the number of high grades seemed disproportionate . Some of that was a statistical quirk . Given the queerness of the exams , the results on ...
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... grades came out , Perini announced he would be receiving résumés . " They should include , " he said , " all relevant information . " In case anybody doubted that that meant the two fall - term grades , Perini went on . " I'm very proud ...
... grades came out , Perini announced he would be receiving résumés . " They should include , " he said , " all relevant information . " In case anybody doubted that that meant the two fall - term grades , Perini went on . " I'm very proud ...
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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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