How long does it take to read One L?
One L by Scott Turow takes about 5 hours 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 4 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1977. 276 pages, about 75,900 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 26 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 4 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 10 minutes |
The page count is the median across 22 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
One L is Scott Turow's 1977 memoir of his first year at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Turow, a young English instructor at Stanford, takes the LSAT on impulse, scores high enough to choose among elite schools, and picks Harvard for its reputation. He and his wife Annette settle in nearby Arlington, and he starts school in autumn 1975. The book follows him and fellow first-year students through demanding classes, depicting professors such as Zechman, Morris, and Perini, whose teaching styles and personalities leave lasting marks on him. Names and details are altered, though the people are real.
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Subjects: Juristenausbildung, Harvard Law School, Law students, Harvard University, Harvard University. Law School, Biography
