One L
Encyclopedia
One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School is an autobiographical narrative by Scott Turow
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student.
, One L continues to sell 30,000 copies per year, many to first-year law student and law school applicants.
of lecturing at Harvard Law is considered particularly illuminating.
Scott Turow
Scott F. Turow is an American author and a practicing lawyer. Turow has written eight fiction and two nonfiction books, which have been translated into over 20 languages and have sold over 25 million copies...
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Summary
One L tells author Turow's experience as a first-year Harvard Law SchoolHarvard Law School
Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
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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 JournalThe Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
, One L continues to sell 30,000 copies per year, many to first-year law student and law school applicants.
Harvard Law School
Turow's account of the Socratic MethodCasebook method
The casebook method, also known as the case method, is the primary method of teaching law in law schools in the United States. It was pioneered at Harvard Law School by Christopher Columbus Langdell...
of lecturing at Harvard Law is considered particularly illuminating.