One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law SchoolOne L, Scott Turow's journal of his first year at law school and a best-seller when it was first published in 1977, has gone on to become a virtual bible for prospective law students. |
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... looked so solid , so enduring , that I'd felt a majestic thrill to think I'd soon be allied with this and the time - ennobled traditions of the law . Now , getting off the bus , I felt mostly my nerves , which were lit all the way down ...
... looked at the man seated beside me . I watched him count his cards three times . Then I did the same thing myself . When I looked up he was watching me . " They're all here , " I told him . He nodded . I introduced myself and we shook ...
... were required to take part , in the spring . When we finished lunch , Mike asked me what section I was in . When I told him Section 2 , he looked at me . " You've got Perini ? " he asked . I 21 REGISTRATION : MEETING MY ENEMY.
... . His black hair was combed back behind his ears and he reminded me a lot of the kids we'd called " greasers " when I was growing up in Chicago . He looked a little out of place amid the Ivy League ease of Harvard Law School . 22 ONE L.
... looked at him . " No jive , " he told me . " My mailbox is full of stuff from the Latin Students Organization . " He might have been serious , I decided , but he did not appear disturbed . A character , I figured . Your basic hustler ...
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