What is Reddit's opinion of One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School?

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I read One L by Scott Turow before I started law school and it really helped me prepare emotionally. The stress, competition, and utter bewilderment described in One L was exactly what I felt during 1L.

I also second watching "Paper Chase" and will add "The Verdict" and "Legally Blonde."

Maybe a copy of One L? Might be slightly old, you should probably skim it first. I read it at like 28 so sex/language/etc wouldn't have leapt out at me.

Read <em>One L.</em>

No problem. The crime thriller writer, Scott Turow, wrote a great book about his first year of law school, called “One L”, which does a fantastic job outlining what law school is like:

https://www.amazon.com/One-Turbulent-Story-Harvard-School/dp/0143119028

Also, an old movie from the 70’s called, “The Paper Chase”, shows what law school life can be like:

https://www.amazon.com/Paper-Chase-Timothy-Bottoms/dp/B00008UALL

However, take the book and movie with a grain of salt. Not all of law school is terrifying and being a lawyer can be one of the most satisfying career choices you can make.

Hi! Would you like to join the 0L book club? In December we are reading One L and Anonymous Lawyer and discussing them in January :) We have a lot of awesome books on the calendar. If you want to join, just let me know. You can always just lurk and read when you feel like you like book!

Coming in a little late...

One L by Scott Turow is (IMO) the best thing ever written about law school.

https://www.amazon.ca/One-Turbulent-Story-Harvard-School/dp/0143119028

As far as the practice of law goes - its so hard to say. Most of the books are written by prominent litigators (civil liberties types), I don't know that there's much written about the early years of practice or about anythign non-glamourous.