I have always thought it was funny that the legal world has, to quote Walter’s new book, “exquisitely” agreed-upon notions of pedigree that are as inflexible as anything I have ever encountered. No other profession — medicine, engineering, etc. — seems as goddamned wrapped up in the magic bestowed by Harvard, Yale and Columbia — and nothing else, no way. Maybe Chicago and Stanford, but let’s not push it. MEANWHILE, the law — and obviously, the academy — is equally obsessed with ‘equality’ at every turn: insuring it through litigation, banning discrimination based on race, religion or sex, etc.

How can these two co-exist?

Bob