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One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School - Community Reviews back

by Scott Turow
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Unimportant Musings
Unimportant Musings rated it 13 years ago
Considering law school? If I were looking for a book on what to expect after being mad enough to seriously think said consideration, I could probably have done better than One L. Yet that doesn't have to mean you shouldn't give it chance, especially if you're even a little curious about law school. ...
Loves books and cats
Loves books and cats rated it 14 years ago
Interesting but one has to wonder how much things have changed. Don't know how relevant this would be to students wanting to attend law school now.
OstensiblyA
OstensiblyA rated it 17 years ago
Fairly horrifying for a prospective 1L. However, slightly hard to take seriously with the ridiculous amount of whining throughout the book. It's pretty annoying for those of us who would have killed to attend HLS. I hope the people attending law school now understand what they are getting themselves...
Kaethe
Kaethe rated it 20 years ago
There are lots of stories written about med school and law school, so many that you kind of wonder why anyone actually pursues those careers. On the other hand, both professions seem to spawn writers, so I suspect they really wanted to be writers all along, but felt like they needed to make the har...
EricCWelch
EricCWelch rated it 30 years ago
The traumatic experiences of Scott Turow at Harvard veneered in not-so subtle fiction. Read it years ago and loved it. My brother, who went to Harvard Law School says it's very true to reality. I was reminded or it by a scene from [b:The Abbey|10699126|The Abbey (a full-length suspense thriller)|C...
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