One L

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Summary: Amazingly Accurate
Review: I purposely didn't read this book or others like it before my first year of law school so that I could form my own opinions. Now, a week after I finished my One-L exams, I pick up this book. It has driven me to tears several times as it describes my tumultuous emotions and those of the (few) friends I have made to a "T". I plan to give it to all my friends and family so that they can more accurately understand what I haven't told them about this past year.

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Summary: Good, but we need an updated version about Yale
Review: This was an outstanding book -- but what the genre could really use is a book about Yale Law School today.

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Summary: This book is SO true!
Review: All first year law students MUST read thi

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Summary: Going to law school? READ THIS BOOK!!!!!
Review: I have heard about this book from talking to friends about mystery writers. Scott Turow's name came up, and a mention of an auto-bio story about his first year at Harvard Law Scool. It has been a while since I read non-fiction, so I picked it up. All I can say is that this is one truely great book. You will get hooked from the first page to the last page. I only wish Scott Turow could write more about his other two years at HLS. I have an interest in law ever since I took a law course at Suffolk University in Boston. I have also thought about attending law school. After reading this book, I know that law school will be challenging, yet fullfilling. Scott Turow does not hold anything back about what happens at HLS. It is all about succeeding and working very hard. I recommend this book to anyone who is thinking or will be attending any law school.

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Summary: Excellence at its Best!
Review: Amazing and vivid description of one man's turbulent lifestyle at Harvard Law School. The 269 page book was hard to put down once you delved into Turow's world. As a college bound high school senior and prospective law school student, I now have a better glimpse of "law life." Competition, envy, jealousy and the occasional back stab all make better the reality of a law student's life. Any who wishes to add a new perspective for the life of a lawyer should keep this as a "MUST READ!" Harvard Bound!!

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Summary: An Excellent Portrait of the First Year of Law School!
Review: One-L is so true its scary. I read Turrow's non-fiction account of his first year at Harvard Law School after I completed my own first year experience at University of Maryland Law. Although Harvard may seem a step above, it seems that Turrow's experiences are universal. This book so accurately describes the feelings of anxiety, tension, panic, fear, and ultimate exiliration which accompany all "One-L's" across the country. This book made me realize that my classmates were just as uncomfortable as I was throughout my first year. A must read for all who have completed their first year. However, for those of you who have not yet endured the first year of law school, you might be scared off from Grad school as I probably would have been.

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Summary: An informative look at the drama and trauma of law school.
Review: Though I never attended law school, I have attended a number of "boot camp" education experiences. Turow's account accurately describes the atmosphere and intensity of a total enviornment where suvival may depend on your ability to push yourself further than you thought possible. I encourage all of my students to read it, either before they go - or while they are trying to decide to go - to law school.

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Summary: Encouraging for students/readers interested in law school.
Review: Scott Turow did a great job of presenting the ups and downs of studying law in America. I only wish he had written Two L and Three L - there's still time though. The book has encouraged me to continue my journey toward the JD.

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Summary: Gripping read, superbly crafted and beautifully written.
Review: Hard to believe that novelist-lawyer Scott Turow wrote this extraordinary book while still at Harvard Law School -- hard to believe because it was his first book, written at the end of his turbulent first year at law school; hard to believe because his writing skills are so well developed; and hard to believe that such a young writer could capture the environment and ethos of a formidable institution so perfectly. This is quite possibly the best nonfiction book I've read in decades.

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Summary: An Excellent caricature of our most prestigious law school
Review: This book is absolutely amazing. As merely a high school student, I can still understand some of the stress dictated within the novel. Turow's portrayal of a mediocre first year law student at Harvard makes you feel as if you are right there along with him in his perilous journey