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

Author:Scott Turow
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Law, Lawyers & Judges, Legal Education, General, Literary, Biography & Autobiography, Education, Higher
ISBN: 9780143119029
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Published: 2010-12-27T16:00:00+00:00

“Heard what?”

“You won’t believe it.” He took me with him to his locker and removed a copy of one of the morning papers. He opened it to an inside page. There was a small, single-column article. The headline read “Harvard Law Students Protest” and in four or five inches of type the Incident and the birth of Section 100 were described. Perini’s name was mentioned a number of times, but the only direct criticism of him was contained in the article’s conclusion—a verbatim quote of the one critical paragraph from the letter which Perini had been sent by the twenty-nine of us from the class. I was mortified.

“Why would they print that?” I asked Stephen. “Where’d they get the letter?”

“Maybe they think we’re going to sit in,” Stephen said. He explained that a man in the section lived with a woman who was a reporter. She’d seen Section 100’s statement and had followed things from there. According to rumor, she’d called Wade Strunk, who had provided her with all the information, including the quote from the letter we had sent Perini. That was the part which bothered me. I had signed that letter and I felt responsible for what happened with it. I’d thought it was a private matter. I never intended the letter to become an element in any sort of public humiliation for Perini.

Stephen knew no more and I headed for the Torts classroom, where there would be fresher information. I got hold of Lindsey Steiner, the woman who’d asked everyone to stay after class the day of the Incident. I’d been told she’d seen Perini this morning.

“He’s angry,” she said to me, “very angry. I went to apologize to him, but he could barely speak. A lot of people he has contact with are going to see that. It’s a real embarrassment for him. And he was very unhappy about that letter being printed. He said it was a breach of confidence. He said he’s holding everyone who signed it responsible.”

“Great,” I said.

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