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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 340.07
EAN: 9780446673785
ISBN: 0446673781
Label: Grand Central Publishing
Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: September 01, 1997
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Sales Rank: 13847
Studio: Grand Central Publishing
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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. '
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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 ... Read More
Rating: - LAWTASTIC
This book was incredibly lawtastic.It's like fantastic, except with law in there too.If you like lawtastic things, this book is for you.
Rating: - fascinating
I have read most of Scott Turow's books.This one is different, but extremely captivating.Reading of his life as a first year law student will be entertaining to anyone who contemplates law school or simply wonders what law students go through to obtain their degree.
Rating: - Other law students assume you have read this book
I hear references to this book all the time in the halls of my law school and on fellow student's face book message boards.I do not go to a top tier law school like the author (he went to Harvard).I also have a different background than the author and our political views are not similar.
Nonetheless, this book does relate a lot of the experiences and attitudes a law student can expect to run across during the first year. The overly aggressive professor, the students who have a problem ... Read More
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