Turow joined Harvard Law School in 1975. He spends his first few days learning about the school environment. The first-year law students are called One Ls. Turow’s class comprises many students making it difficult to know each student by the name. Students are grouped into a team. In most cases, Turow hangs out with students in his team. A few weeks later, he discovers that law students are meant to compete with one another. The commitment to his family deteriorated. Indeed, he starts having a feeling of detachment. Balancing marriage and studies is very hard.
The pressure to do exemplary well in exams intensifies. Socialization among students become little. Every student is striving to emerge top. Within a few months, Turow starts noticing the change of personality and character among law students. The detachment from the outside world becomes more evident. Turow argues that lawyers are competitive, but they perceive everything around them as competition. Every counsel wants to perform well on his or her responsibility. Law is about justice, and lecturers need to know that when teaching students.
Generally, law schools should teach students how to improve their social skills. Most lawyers are workaholic but have minimal social skills. In fact, most of them detach themselves from the outside world. Life is more than winning or losing cases before courts. Besides, law schools should encourage the building of relationships between students and their lecturers. Therefore, Turow calls for the removal of distress and humiliation experienced in law schools.
