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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... who'd been social workers , many former college instructors , three reporters , ex - servicemen , peo- ple who'd had significant jobs in government . Nor were the men and women who'd come direct from college less impres- sive . If ...
... who'd been social workers , many former college instructors , three reporters , ex - servicemen , peo- ple who'd had significant jobs in government . Nor were the men and women who'd come direct from college less impres- sive . If ...
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... who'd been fearfully identified as " quiet ones " engage in the same kind of worried guessing about others . There was now much more of that open talk about who was going to make Review . The students who'd done best wanted to believe ...
... who'd been fearfully identified as " quiet ones " engage in the same kind of worried guessing about others . There was now much more of that open talk about who was going to make Review . The students who'd done best wanted to believe ...
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... who'd replaced Kyle in the group , but he had a proviso . " I want a quid pro quo , " he said . What Stan meant was that he wanted new members of the group to do some work in exchange for a copy of our outline . Stephen had considered ...
... who'd replaced Kyle in the group , but he had a proviso . " I want a quid pro quo , " he said . What Stan meant was that he wanted new members of the group to do some work in exchange for a copy of our outline . Stephen had considered ...
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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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