One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School
by: Scott Turow
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Memoirs adapted from the author's diary chronicle his emotionally and intellectually challenging first year in law school and records the fierce and sometimes hysterical competition that is faced by Harvard Law School students. Reprint. Tour. NYT. "
Memoirs adapted from the author's diary chronicle his emotionally and intellectually challenging first year in law school and records the fierce and sometimes hysterical competition that is faced by Harvard Law School students. Reprint. Tour. NYT. "
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- 1L experience is a haunting ghost for life
My background:I went to a law school for 2 semesters and quit.That was some >5 years ago.
With trepidation, I picked up the book, wondering whether I wanted to relive that whole 1L experience all over again.I must say, Turow's 1L's description of a 1L's experience is so painstakingly detailed and accurate that I felt I had just relived my whole experience.
I appreciate that Turow focused on the 1L experience from all angles (academically, physically, emotionally, socially, ... Read More
Rating: - I read this for law class
I read this book as a requirment for my business law class. The book was amazingly good. Don't expect to read about space ships and lazers, rather this book is a testiment to an experience in life. It makes for interested reading and I highly reccomend it if you attend any sort of place with higher education. This book focuses on mainly the aspect of persuing a law degree, and the first year experiences accompanying that persuit. I read this in my 3rd year at my "Ivy League" school although not Harvard, the ... Read More
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- Whining From the Privileged
Scott Turow was a pampered Stanford graduate teaching English at the university who decided to give law school a try.Naturally, he tells us he scored higher than just about anyone on the LSAT and therefore had his choice of law schools to attend.While attending Harvard Law School (HLS) he quickly determined his law professors did not measure up by making things too difficult for him and the story goes downhill from there.
If you want to read about privileged young people who think the worst ... Read More
Rating: - One L
Great exploratory read for those interested in what the first year of law school is like at an prestigious institution. Accessible enough to imagine yourself in the everyday shoes of the writer. It helped me, to an extent, form decisions about where I chose to attend law school. Other recommendations available on Amazon:
"The Bramble Bush" by Karl Lewellyn
"The Paper Chase" by John Jay Osborn
Rating: - An important book to read
First of all Scott Turow writes better than Saul Bellow. I just wanted to get that thought out in the open.
Secondly the character of Rudolph Perini is interesting as everyone has already commented, but I would like to bring your attention to one specific detail of the Socratic Method (i.e. why-why-why questions about court cases that lead to deducing legal principles) Perini used in the class: That a single student was chosen as the proverbial North star for the day and bombarded with questions about ... Read More
- 1L experience is a haunting ghost for lifeMy background:I went to a law school for 2 semesters and quit.That was some >5 years ago.
With trepidation, I picked up the book, wondering whether I wanted to relive that whole 1L experience all over again.I must say, Turow's 1L's description of a 1L's experience is so painstakingly detailed and accurate that I felt I had just relived my whole experience.
I appreciate that Turow focused on the 1L experience from all angles (academically, physically, emotionally, socially, ... Read More
- I read this for law classI read this book as a requirment for my business law class. The book was amazingly good. Don't expect to read about space ships and lazers, rather this book is a testiment to an experience in life. It makes for interested reading and I highly reccomend it if you attend any sort of place with higher education. This book focuses on mainly the aspect of persuing a law degree, and the first year experiences accompanying that persuit. I read this in my 3rd year at my "Ivy League" school although not Harvard, the ... Read More
- Whining From the PrivilegedScott Turow was a pampered Stanford graduate teaching English at the university who decided to give law school a try.Naturally, he tells us he scored higher than just about anyone on the LSAT and therefore had his choice of law schools to attend.While attending Harvard Law School (HLS) he quickly determined his law professors did not measure up by making things too difficult for him and the story goes downhill from there.
If you want to read about privileged young people who think the worst ... Read More
- One LGreat exploratory read for those interested in what the first year of law school is like at an prestigious institution. Accessible enough to imagine yourself in the everyday shoes of the writer. It helped me, to an extent, form decisions about where I chose to attend law school. Other recommendations available on Amazon:
"The Bramble Bush" by Karl Lewellyn
"The Paper Chase" by John Jay Osborn
- An important book to readFirst of all Scott Turow writes better than Saul Bellow. I just wanted to get that thought out in the open.
Secondly the character of Rudolph Perini is interesting as everyone has already commented, but I would like to bring your attention to one specific detail of the Socratic Method (i.e. why-why-why questions about court cases that lead to deducing legal principles) Perini used in the class: That a single student was chosen as the proverbial North star for the day and bombarded with questions about ... Read More
