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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 · 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 and...
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. 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.
Apr 24, 2003 · The 30th anniversary edition of “The Paper Chase,” by John Jay Osborn Jr. ’70 of San Francisco, was published in November. Meredith Osborn plans to begin her first year at Harvard Law School in September.
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.
