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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. 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 · More than fifty years ago, while still a student at Harvard Law School, John Jay Osborn Jr. ’70 penned a novel about an eager first-year law student named “Hart,” and his tumultuous relationship with an austere contracts professor named “Kingsfield.”
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...
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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.