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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... judge's resolution of a dispute which has come before him . Typically , a case report contains a summary of the facts leading up to the lawsuit , the legal issues raised , and what the judge has to say in resolving the matter . That ...
... judge's resolution of a dispute which has come before him . Typically , a case report contains a summary of the facts leading up to the lawsuit , the legal issues raised , and what the judge has to say in resolving the matter . That ...
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... judge obeys . But most of the time , nobody has spoken to the point , and the judge decides the law on his own , looking to what other judges have done in similar circumstances . Follow- ing precedent , that's called . Much of what ...
... judge obeys . But most of the time , nobody has spoken to the point , and the judge decides the law on his own , looking to what other judges have done in similar circumstances . Follow- ing precedent , that's called . Much of what ...
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... judge decides what the words in a contract mean . Does he listen to A , who said those words ? Or B , who heard them ? Does he try to figure out what a reasonable person standing in one of their shoes might think ? Or does the judge ...
... judge decides what the words in a contract mean . Does he listen to A , who said those words ? Or B , who heard them ? Does he try to figure out what a reasonable person standing in one of their shoes might think ? Or does the judge ...
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One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School Scott Turow Limited preview - 2010 |
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