One L Quotes

“I was willing to do it. was determined to do it. By the end of the day, that had become my reaction to all of the signs of hard things ahead - a new purposefulness, hardy resolve. Everything I'd encountered so far - the law, my classmates, the great piece of discovery - had left me in deep thrall and I was bent on making sure that continued. I would have the best of it, I decided, whatever the obstacles.”
― Scott Turow, One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School

“The fundamental tension of the profession is the struggle between bold advocacy of the client's interests and the need to establish and hold to limits that prevent advocacy from leading to irrational and inequitable results; and thus the lawyer's job in practice is to be on one hand the impassioned representative of his client to the world, and on the other the wise representative to his client of the legal system, and the society, explaining and upholding the demands and restrictions which that system places on them both. ”
― Scott Turow, One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School

“It was something like stirring concrete with my eyelashes.”
― Scott Turow, One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School

“My client may deserve serious punishment, but first prove that is the case. And remember at all times that he is a human being, which means he must be treated with minimum standards of decency, because doing so redeems not only him but you.”
― Scott Turow, One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School

“I was willing to do it. I was determined to do it. By the end of the day, that had become my reaction to all of the signs of hard things ahead - a new purposefulness, hardy resolve. Everything I'd encountered so far - the law, my classmates, the great piece of discovery - had left me in deep thrall and I was bent on making sure that continued. I would have the best of it, I decided, whatever the obstacles.”
― Scott Turow, One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School

“Legal education," Nader said, "assumes its chief purpose to be the development within a refined ethical framework of the analytical and empirical skills necessary to further justice.”
― Scott Turow, One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School

“It was not that I felt that i'd done poorly; Ijust realized that I'd missed the chance to do wel..”
― Scott Turow, One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School

“It was not that I felt that I'd done poorly; I just realized that I'd missed the chance to do wel..”
― Scott Turow, One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School

“I am not sure," I answered. "I hope it won't break my heart if I don't do well." I had been concentrating on developing that kind of attitude since I'd emerged from my depression in November. I'd realized how much I had taken the achievement ethic to heart - I had been so hard on my mistakes and middling performances. A sincere effort was all I owed myself.”
― Scott Turow, One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School

“It was not that I felt that I'd done poorly; I just realized that I'd missed the chance to do very well.”
― Scott Turow, One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School

“you can’t be a duck until you learn to quack.”
― Scott Turow, One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School

“There were no answers.”
― Scott Turow, One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School

“I’m glad if we can prepare our students so that they feel self-confident about performing their professional tasks. But it doesn’t fill me with pride to be part of an institution that has provided so many people with the worst times of their lives.”
― Scott Turow, One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School