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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... told me how offended she had been by the constant gossip about marks , the ceaseless comparisons . It seemed to her ugly and obsessive and adoles- cent . No doubt it was . But most of us - aside from the few with two As - needed the ...
... told me how offended she had been by the constant gossip about marks , the ceaseless comparisons . It seemed to her ugly and obsessive and adoles- cent . No doubt it was . But most of us - aside from the few with two As - needed the ...
Page 280
... told me that . He voiced the familiar complaints about Nicky's ego . But he still invited Nicky out on weekends to play softball , and visited him in his office to talk over deep issues in Procedure . I'm sure Nicky trusted Kyle ; and ...
... told me that . He voiced the familiar complaints about Nicky's ego . But he still invited Nicky out on weekends to play softball , and visited him in his office to talk over deep issues in Procedure . I'm sure Nicky trusted Kyle ; and ...
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... told me , " all right . Now we've worked hard on this thing , but now we have got to hit it ; we have got to give it the fanatical intensity it deserves . " I tried to calm Stephen as we went to lunch . Aubrey and Stan and Terry were ...
... told me , " all right . Now we've worked hard on this thing , but now we have got to hit it ; we have got to give it the fanatical intensity it deserves . " I tried to calm Stephen as we went to lunch . Aubrey and Stan and Terry were ...
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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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