One L : The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School

"A wonderful book...it should be read by anyone who has ever contemplated going to law school. Or anyone who has ever worried about being human." -The New York Times

It was a year of terrors and triumphs, of depressions and elations, of compulsive work, pitiless competition, and, finally, mass hysteria. It was Scott Turow's first year at the oldest, biggest, most esteemed center of legal education in the United States. Turow's experiences at Harvard Law School, where freshmen are dubbed One Ls, parallel those of first-year law students everywhere. His gripping account of this critical, formative year in the life of a lawyer is as suspenseful, said The New York Times, as "the most absorbing of thrillers."

"A wonderful book ... it should be read by anyone who has ever contemplated going to law school. Or anyone who has ever worried about being human."---The New York Times

It was a year of terrors and triumphs, of depressions and elations, of compulsive work, pitiless competition, and, finally, mass hysteria. It was Scott Turow's first year at the oldest, biggest, most esteemed center of legal education in the United States. Turow's experiences at Harvard Law School, where freshmen are dubbed One Ls, parallel those of first-year law students everywhere. His gripping account of this critical, formative year in the life of a lawyer is as suspenseful, said The New York Times, as "the most absorbing of thrillers."

"No description of this unique rite of passage quite matches ... One L."---Newsweek

"One L is compelling and even suspenseful reading ... [Turow] raises larger questions about the nature of law and legal practices that a general public might well ponder."---BusinessWeek

"The most accurate, complete, and balanced description yet of a century-old rite of passage in America."---The Baltimore Sun