Washington and Lee Law Review Volume 58 | Issue 1 Article 3 Winter 1-1-2001 The hS attered Mirror: Identity, Authority, and Law Lawrence M. Friedman Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/wlulr Part of the Civil Rights and Discrimination Commons, and the Law and Society Commons Recommended Citation Lawrence M. Friedman, The Shattered Mirror: Identity, Authority, and Law, 58 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 23 (2001), https://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/wlulr/vol58/iss1/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Washington and Lee Law Review at Washington & Lee University School of Law Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Washington and Lee Law Review by an authorized editor of Washington & Lee University School of Law Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The Shattered Mirror: Identity, Authority, and Law Lawrence M. Friedman* At Stanford Law School, there are a stunning number of student organiza- tions. Some of them have been around for a while. Others come and go. We have or have had organizations of black students, Hispanic students, Native American students, Asian and Pacific Islander students, gay and lesbian students, Jewish students, Christian students, women students, older students, students interested in high technology, students interested in entertainment law. Most of these groups are identity groups. A few are groups organized around some field of law. When I went to law school, almost fifty years ago, there were (ifI am remembering correctly) none of these organizations. To be sure, there were very few women or minority students in law school at that time.