Word: turow
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Immediately, Turow was given a $4000 advance towrite about his law school experiences. Theresult, One L, was published in 1977 duringhis senior year at the school, and has been hailedby Time magazine as the "underground,pass-along classic among law students...
...learned a lot about myself in law school,"said Turow in a 1990 inverview with Time. "Ifinally got over the '60s. I discovered thatraging inside of me was a competitive, acquisitivelittle Jewish boy from Chicago...
...Turow says that although some of his law schoolclinical experiences introduced him to theprofession, "law school does not aim to and doesnot give a practical approach...
Despite the rough atmosophere, Turow says,"There's honorable intellectual competition...it'sfun and inherently interesting and there are verybright colleagues...
...Although Turow hadn't really considered lawschool until his years at stanford, he says he hasalways had a special love and admiration for theprofession...