One L

One L  

Paperback edition
Author(s) Scott Turow
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Autobiography
Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date 1977
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 288 (paperback)
ISBN ISBN 0-446-67378-1 (paperback)
OCLC Number 50942678
LC Classification KF373.T88 A33 1997
Followed by Presumed Innocent

One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School is an autobiographical narrative by Scott Turow.

Contents

Summary

One L tells author Turow's experience as a first-year Harvard Law School student.

Reception

The book has become a perennial best-seller, read by many students as they prepare for their first year in law school. According to a 2007 story in The Wall Street Journal, One L continues to sell 30,000 copies per year[1], many to first-year law student and law school applicants.

Harvard Law School

Turow's account of the Socratic Method of lecturing at Harvard Law is considered particularly illuminating.

References

  1. ^ Peter Lattman, "Scott Turow: Welcome To the Law, One Ls!", The Wall Street Journal, August 31, 2007

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