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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... seats , a practice called " backbenching . " Seat assignment is a requirement of the Socratic method . The seating chart allows professors to select students freely throughout the classroom for questioning , rather than await- ing ...
... seats , a practice called " backbenching . " Seat assignment is a requirement of the Socratic method . The seating chart allows professors to select students freely throughout the classroom for questioning , rather than await- ing ...
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... seating chart . " Let's see if we can cover a little ground today . " Perini took a pencil from his pocket and pointed it at the chart . It might as well have been a pistol . Please , no , I thought . " Mr. Karlin ! " Perini cried ...
... seating chart . " Let's see if we can cover a little ground today . " Perini took a pencil from his pocket and pointed it at the chart . It might as well have been a pistol . Please , no , I thought . " Mr. Karlin ! " Perini cried ...
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... seating chart and , while Zimmerman recited , made a ceremony of marking off the absences around the room . When the hour had expired , Perini packed the seating chart beneath his arm . He glared about . " I had hoped to get further ...
... seating chart and , while Zimmerman recited , made a ceremony of marking off the absences around the room . When the hour had expired , Perini packed the seating chart beneath his arm . He glared about . " I had hoped to get further ...
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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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