The Law Review [Paperback]

Scott Gaille (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2002

Grayson has just started law school at the University of Chicago, where membership in the legal journal, the Law Review, is the gateway to prestigious employment. While vying for membership on the journal, Grayson becomes romantically involved with one of its leading editors, Aris, and he soon finds himself in the middle of the editors' fight for control of the Review. When one of the editors is found lying in a pool of blood, Grayson realizes he knows too much. Torn between conflicting loyalties, he finds his promising future, and even his life, in jeopardy.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Readers who enjoy novels by Scott Turow...should find The Law Review a worthy addition to their bookshelves." -- Fore Word Magazine

"everything depends on clawing your way up from high grades to Law Review...to the very center of political power." -- Tom Scorza, author of Lady Justice and former federal prosecutor

About the Author

S. Scott Gaille was a member of the Law Review at the University of Chicago Law School, where he graduated with high honors. Following law school, he served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Chief Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the United States Court of Appeals. As an attorney and executive, Scott’s career has ranged from giving oral argument before the United States Court of Appeals to acquiring petroleum concessions in Africa. He is currently Managing Director of the Sequent Group and teaches at Rice University’s Graduate School of Business.

Product Details

• Paperback: 166 pages
• Publisher: Creative Arts Book Company (May 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0887393772
• ISBN-13: 978-0887393778
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #895,356 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Scott Gaille is an attorney and executive whose career has ranged from giving oral argument before the United States Court of Appeals to acquiring petroleum concessions in Africa. He holds a Doctor of Law with High Honors from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Arts with High Honors from the University of Texas at Austin, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa. Scott is Founder and Managing Director of The Gaille Group and teaches at Rice University's Graduate School of Business.

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28 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a Masterpiece!, June 15, 2002

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Royal A Masset - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Law Review (Paperback)

This book was so good that I could not put it down. In some ways this was like Grisham's novels but without the fluff. I found the text so powerful and realistic that I'm hoping the murder was fiction and not a real life memory of the author.

The novel is about a group of ambitious law students wanting to advance their careers by being on the Law Review. The Editor of the Review is murdered. This is unlike the normal "who done it" because these top law students knew far more law than the police or prosecuters. This has more twists and turns than a vineyard.

Scott Gaille had more gratuitous sex than was necessary. But he certainly conveyed the pressures these law students were under. Many Law Review types really are under the delusion that they are more than pretentious clerks. Gaille picks up these delusions very accurately and creates actions that are not implausible.

This is an incredible read. This book is also evidence that one needs a strong publisher to give a novel adequate exposure. This should be a best seller but probably will never receive the promotion is deserves.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Save your money., December 17, 2002

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This review is from: The Law Review (Paperback)

This book is really a long 'short story'-and not a good one. This is a story about 'brilliant'?? law students acting like idiots ... Or- So what if she's a murdering psychopath, she's so beautiful!) Add in poor chracter and plot development, and an ending too stupid to believe. I hope the author is a better lawyer than he is a writer.

16 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful and Compelling, May 17, 2002

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Neil Collins Patten (Spring, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Law Review (Paperback)

Besides being a page-turning, Grishamesque thriller and a MUST for lawyers and law students, The Law Review is an insightful and compelling look at a man's journey into a world of obsession and desire--for money, for power, for sex--where he finds himself wrestling with his own obsessions and ultimately, his humanity. Obviously, anyone who has suffered through the demands of law school will recognize and appreciate Grayson Bullock's struggles, but so too will anyone who has ever felt the struggle between good and evil--in short, all of us.