This item can be returned in its original condition for a full refund or replacement within 30 days of receipt. You may receive a partial or no refund on used, damaged or materially different returns.

Read full return policy

Payment

Secure transaction

Payment

Secure transaction

We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Learn more

Details

$6.74

Get Fast, Free Shipping with Amazon Prime FREE Returns

Nice clean copy with no highlighting or writing. We take pride in our accurate descriptions. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Nice clean copy with no highlighting or writing. We take pride in our accurate descriptions. Satisfaction Guaranteed. See less

FREE delivery Tuesday, May 14 on orders shipped by Amazon over $35. Order within 9 hrs 35 mins

Select delivery location

Only 1 left in stock - order soon.

$$11.97 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details

Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

Enhancements you chose aren't available for this seller. Details

${cardName} not available for the seller you chose

${cardName} unavailable for quantities greater than ${maxQuantity}.

Sold by Jenson Books Inc and Fulfilled by Amazon.

Other sellers on Amazon

New & Used (91) from $1.00 + $3.99 shipping

Follow the author

Scott Turow

+ Follow

More books from this author

One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School Paperback – September 1, 1997

by Scott Turow (Author)

4.4 1,183 ratings

See all formats and editions

{"desktop_buybox_group_1":[{"displayPrice":"$11.97","priceAmount":11.97,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"11","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"97","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"Zj36VD7F7sRfrIyGXI2iBBwZDND4gK8cqbzkt3HGZTizpPIqnROnI9vt6Ce5AsMtFz9wskwDb6T0Bcf5rWfl6uiu5%2F9Dc2LTamdA3kZh0ShvadqRXb3yrY81Sw8gF%2BGKJ8lE5YVFS6ctTuY4Vp5itD5qylZmykt4MacWwlXF6jwEtkt4e2vkGiYTkue72gum","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"NEW","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":0}, {"displayPrice":"$6.74","priceAmount":6.74,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"6","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"74","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"Zj36VD7F7sRfrIyGXI2iBBwZDND4gK8cszjA9ICDzfY1gdEecyDwWYZgrFAE%2B1ZwMRITzvJKsSYPS39KQijRq2huErDsPju8fDxrwT6kq%2FEU7TEKNVvxgNO12%2BcLViyqtWPGDE3hKxXt8hv6cxNUztAMRlNgjMc6o5PljllJ9TvFX08k3btQ7HAgH4jn%2FDqf","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"USED","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":1}]}

Purchase options and add-ons

Newsweek calls him "an extraordinarily canny and empathetic observer." In bestseller after bestseller, Turow uses his background as a lawyer to create suspense fiction so authentic it reads with the hammering impact of fact. But before he became a worldwide sensation, Scott Turow wrote a book that is entirely true, the account of his own searing indoctrination into the field of law called ... The first year of law school is an intellectual and emotional ordeal so grueling that it ensures only the fittest survive. Now Scott Turow takes you inside the oldest and most prestigious law school in the country when he becomes a "One L," as entering students are known at Harvard Law School. In a book that became a national bestseller, a law school primer, and a classic autobiography, he brings to life the fascinating, shocking reality of that first year. Provocative and riveting, One L reveals the experience directly from the combat zone: the humiliations, triumphs, hazings, betrayals, and challenges that will make him a lawyer-and forever change Turow's mind, test his principles, and expose his heart.

Frequently bought together

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

$11.97

Get it May 15 - 16

Only 1 left in stock - order soon.

Ships from and sold by Gulf Coast Books LLC.

+

Law School Confidential: A Complete Guide to the Law School Experience: By Students, for Students

$14.29

Get it as soon as Monday, May 13

In Stock

Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.

+

Getting to Maybe: How to Excel on Law School Exams

$27.27

Get it as soon as Wednesday, May 15

Only 1 left in stock - order soon.

Sold by FindAnyBook and ships from Amazon Fulfillment.

Total price:

To see our price, add these items to your cart.

Try again!

Details

Added to Cart

Some of these items ship sooner than the others.

Show details Hide details

Choose items to buy together.

Robert H. Miller
759
Paperback
120 offers from $1.89
Jay M. Feinman
147
Hardcover
in Constitutional Law
54 offers from $21.51
Jasper Kim
152
Paperback
17 offers from $6.51
Ward Farnsworth
296
Paperback
47 offers from $12.34
Anthony Lewis
401
Paperback
181 offers from $1.22
Scott Turow
9,770
Hardcover
260 offers from $1.67

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Scott Turow is a writer and attorney. He is the author of seven best-selling novels: Presumed Innocent (1987), The Burden of Proof (1990), Pleading Guilty (1993), The Laws of Our Fathers (1996), Personal Injuries (1999), Reversible Errors (2002) and Ordinary Heroes (2005). A novella, Limitations, was published as a paperback original in November 2006 by Picador following its serialization in The New York Times Magazine. His works of non-fiction include One L (1977) about his experience as a law student, and Ultimate Punishment (2003), a reflection on the death penalty. He frequently contributes essays and op-ed pieces to publications such as The New York Times, Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Playboy and The Atlantic. Mr. Turow's books have won a number of literary awards, including the Heartland Prize in 2003 for Reversible Errors and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award in 2004 for Ultimate Punishment and Time Magazine's Best Work of Fiction, 1999 for Personal Injuries. His books have been translated into more than 25 languages, sold more than 25 million copies world-wide and have been adapted into one full length film and two television miniseries.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grand Central Publishing; 1st Trade Prn Sep 1997 edition (September 1, 1997)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0446673781
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0446673785
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.1 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.76 x 8 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #3,319,749 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3,616 in Legal Thrillers (Books)
- #53,954 in Law (Books)

Customer Reviews:
4.4 1,183 ratings

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Videos

Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video!

Upload your video

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.

Scott Turow

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Scott Turow was born in Chicago in 1949. He graduated with high honors from Amherst College in 1970, receiving a fellowship to Stanford University Creative Writing Center which he attended from 1970 to 1972. From 1972 to 1975 Turow taught creative writing at Stanford. In 1975, he entered Harvard Law School, graduating with honors in 1978. From 1978 to 1986, he was an Assistant United States Attorney in Chicago, serving as lead prosecutor in several high-visibility federal trials investigating corruption in the Illinois judiciary. In 1995, in a major pro bono legal effort he won a reversal in the murder conviction of a man who had spent 11 years in prison, many of them on death row, for a crime another man confessed to.

Today, he is a partner in the Chicago office of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal an international law firm, where his practice centers on white-collar criminal litigation and involves representation of individuals and companies in all phases of criminal matters. Turow lives outside Chicago

Customer reviews

4.4 out of 5

1,183 global ratings

How customer reviews and ratings work

Sort reviews by

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Ragin' Neon

If considering law school it is a must read

Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2024

Verified Purchase

While the story is dated, this book is a must read for anyone considering law school.

Helpful

john young

great if going to law school

Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2024

na

Good biographical lawyer book

Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2023

Verified Purchase

Scott Turow, ( my favorite legal thriller author after Grisham) takes us through the ups and downs if Harvard Law School as a first year student circa 1975-76. How much is still contemporary I don't know. In the afterword, written in 1988, he talks already of changes that had been made to curriculum and methods from his time at HLS.

Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2012

Verified Purchase

One of these days I shall have to replace my copy of One-L. It's falling apart. Turow writes so well, and his One-L is a great read. I live in Minnesota. On cold and rainy days when I want to avoid the elements by hunkering down with a good book, I often turn to old favorites. They provide company with their familiarity. One-L is such a favorite. It is, however, more than just another great read. I come from a family peopled with attorneys. In the 1800s they, like Lincoln, read the law. Then they began going to law school. My father graduated from The University of Chicago Law School in 1923. Uncles and first and second cousins, all of whom were male, have been attorneys. Now the children and grandchildren of these cousins, now both male and female, are either practicing attorneys or going to law school. They all, even the oldest of the codgers, sound like Turow clones when they speak of their law school days. Apparently, the more things change, the more they really do stay the same. This book, it seems to me, should be a "must read" for anyone planning to go to law school. May each and every one of you ace the LSAT and get into the law school of your choice. And, once you are accepted, may you find a perfect study group.

April 14,2013 -- Since the weather really has been frightful day after day after day, I picked up my falling-apart-copy of One-L. Was I ever ready to hunker down and read! Alas, the book disintegrated. I ordered a new used copy which arrived in fine condition. Today, it's either snowing or raining, but I'm prepared. I'll stay inside, warm and dry, and read my new used book.

13 people found this helpful

Helpful

jamarcus glenn

insightful

Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2023

Verified Purchase

I’ve decided to become a lawyer myself so I looked up books to read. This book came up consistently and so I decided to give it a try. I’m not going to go into too much detail because I don’t want to but I was say that it is worth a read if you want to get an idea of what it was like to go to Harvard law school when Scott went. I could some this book up by saying Law school is stressful and being a lawyer can make you question your morals.

2 people found this helpful

Helpful

Rick Westmoreland

Must read if you’re pondering law school

Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2023

Verified Purchase

I went to law school, 20 years after Mr. Turow. I’m now 25 years out of law school and I hear the same stories. I didn’t know what to expect when I walked into my first law school class. I wish I had read this book first. I’ve always said, law, school is horrible. However, it is a necessary evil in order to engage in the wonderful practice of law.

2 people found this helpful

Helpful

Laura Penn Warren

Still Interesting After Three Decades

Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2011

Verified Purchase

I've just completed this book, even though I graduated from law school in 2000. I wish that I had read the book before law school or after the first semester, because it would have helped me understand the insanity that prevailed during that first year. (When I speak of insanity, I am referring to the never-ending anxiety, classroom competition, attention-seeking, obsession with grades, and the personality changes that occur when the first-semester grades are finally posted.) Turow did a great job of explaining how the Socratic method operates. I attended a "regular" Midwestern law school, and my experience with the Socratic method in 1997 was not as severe as Turow's was at Harvard in the 1970s. However, it was similar.

I appreciated the fact that Turow did not have any command of legalese when he began law school. I had no command of it, either, and, like him, I spent countless hours reading only a few pages in the beginning. It was reassuring to learn that he had the same experience.

I do not believe the purpose of the book is to dissuade others from going to law school. It is simply one man's account of his experiences in the first year of law school. It is still very interesting after all these years.

I gave the book four stars instead of five because it became boring near the end. Nonetheless, I would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone considering going to law school.

4 people found this helpful

Helpful

JD&More

Contemplative and penetrating

Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2015

Verified Purchase

This book is a classic for a reason. The author's tone is readable and frank. Wry and humorous, occasionally didactic but more often helpful, Turow presents a window into the life of a first year law student that is remarkable both for its brevity and for its thoroughness. Even more admirably, Turow's self-aware and constant personal and institutional evaluations give a healthy and well-rounded view of the culture and profession of learning law. This book resists both the temptation to be a scathing criticism and the natural inclination to defend and present an unrealistic ideal. In short, I found it a holistic view of the rigors of law school and the extraordinary pressures and changes students entering it face.

2 people found this helpful

Helpful

Top reviews from other countries

Translate all reviews to English

gp

I recommend this book

Reviewed in Canada on December 2, 2020

Verified Purchase

If you are interested in the law and how it's taught at Harvard this is a book for you. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Yuliia Grebonkina

Todo bien

Reviewed in Spain on February 24, 2021

Verified Purchase

Por qué mejorar precio

Translate review to English

Marcos Luz

I liked

Reviewed in Brazil on April 20, 2019

Verified Purchase

This book tells a story about someone first year at Harvard Law School. It is like a friend telling another one all his experiences, his ups, and his downs during that unique year. In some sense, I had the same kind of experience outside the United States of America (less intense) and I am able to say that much of the feelings are the same. While I was reading the book I kind of projected myself to the story. Liked it a lot. Good work.

not_so_any

Interesting

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 13, 2018

Verified Purchase

Loved it.

Charly NAY

BE Happy !

Reviewed in France on March 10, 2014

Verified Purchase

Read this book was an important request of our teacher, he feels right, book is a real pleasure, little price