One L review
Scott Turow's One L is a powerful portrayal of one man's first year at Harvard Law School. In One L, the character is presented with a legal education much different than that he had expected to receive. His own principles, morals, and beliefs were challenged. Yet despite the fact that much of his first year was turbulent and challenging, Turow makes it through the hardest year of law school and learns a lot about himself in the process. Turow's portrayal of law school in One L has many aspects that seem to still be pertinent today and several that have seemed to change with time. I actually do not know anyone that has attended Harvard Law School, but I have discussed law school with several other students in Ivy League institutions. According to my friend who survived her first year at the University of Pennsylvania's law school; the first year is not quite as intense as Turow describes it to be. She noted having one professor whom was almost as frustrating as Perini. Yet all in all, I have been told that most law school professors are more accessible than those described in One L. But I have been told many times by those in law school that it is more frustrating and
One L was a phenomenal story that I found difficult to put down. It frightened me greatly, but I am convinced that most law schools this day in age are not quite so tough as Harvard was in the 1970s. The difficulty of Harvard law as portrayed in One L has inspired me greatly to prove myself as a conscientious student. challenging than anything you have experienced before. According to several law school students and graduates I have spoken too, One L and Law v. Life are accurate when describing the personal change and changing view of the law that occurs. Turow entered law school with an idealistic view of the law. Watergate and the view that the law should work for the little people, not just the rich, shaped his view. As One L progresses, Turow realizes that the practice of law is very different than the study of law. "Students felt they were being forced to identify with rules and social notions that they really didn't really agree with (Turow, 79)". In Law v. Life, the author enters the law profession expecting to help others, much like Turow. Yet in the end both authors come to realize that "Law is the only learned profession in which one is ethically oblig
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Approximate Word count = 798
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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