Search results
John Jay Osborn Jr. (August 5, 1945 – October 19, 2022) was an American author, lawyer and legal academic. He is best known for his bestselling novel The Paper Chase published in 1971. Early life and education [ edit ]
Oct 27, 2022 · John Jay Osborn Jr. was born on Aug. 5, 1945, in Boston. His father was a doctor and an inventor of one of the first heart-lung machines. His mother, Ann (Kidder) Osborn, was an abstract painter.
Oct 24, 2022 · John Jay Osborn Jr., author of the best-selling 1971 novel “The Paper Chase,” a coming-of-age story about an idealistic Harvard Law School student who becomes obsessed with both contracts law ...
Oct 26, 2022 · John Jay Osborn Jr. was a lawyer and author who wrote the best-selling novel “The Paper Chase,” a story of law school. He also wrote other novels and TV episodes, and taught contract law at Harvard.
Oct 28, 2022 · At a 2015 law school event, John Jay Osborn, Jr. ’70 and his daughter Meredith Osborn ’06 reflected on three very different experiences at the Law School — his, hers, and the fictional one dominated by Professor Kingsfield in Mr. Osborn’s iconic novel, The Paper Chase.
Oct 26, 2022 · John Jay Osborn Jr. — a direct descendant of John Jay, a New York attorney, statesman and Founding Father who was the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court — was born Aug. 5, 1945, in ...
People also ask
What happened to John Jay Osborn?
Who is John Jay Osborn?
Is John Jay Osborn Jr dead or still alive?
Who was John Osborn?
The Paper Chase is a 1971 novel written by John Jay Osborn Jr., a 1970 graduate of Harvard Law School. The book tells the story of Hart, a first-year law student at Harvard, and his experiences with Professor Charles Kingsfield, a brilliant and demanding contracts instructor whom he both idolizes and finds incredibly intimidating.