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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.
Oct 27, 2022 · John Jay Osborn Jr., who while attending Harvard Law School wrote “The Paper Chase,” a 1971 novel following the tense relationship between an earnest student and his imperious contract law...
Oct 24, 2022 · 8 min. 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...
Oct 26, 2022 · John Jay Osborn Jr., “The Paper Chase” author, died October 19 of squamous cell cancer at his home in San Francisco at the age of 77.
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...
Apr 24, 2003 · An Essay by John Jay Osborn Jr. ’ 70: A Change in Professor Kingsfield — and His Creator. When I graduated from Harvard Law School in 1970, my feelings about the place were clear, sharp. It was an interesting place, an important place and a bad place.
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.
