ABA Stands Firm on Diversity Standards Amid Legal Education Debate
The American Bar Association (ABA) is working to retain references to “race and ethnicity” in its diversity standards for law…
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Connecticut Approves Purdue Global Law Grads for Bar Exam
Expansion of Online Legal Education Purdue Global Law School graduates, recognized as the first fully online law school, have now…
Attorneys General Urge ABA to Revise Diversity Standards in Wake of Supreme Court Ruling
Attorneys general from 21 states are pressing the American Bar Association (ABA) to modify its diversity standards for law school…
American Bar Association’s Plan for Golden Gate University Law Students
The American Bar Association has recently greenlit a strategic plan designed to assist current law students at California's Golden Gate…
Accreditation Consideration for Florida Agriculture & Mechanical University
The American Bar Association has for the second time warned FAMU, the Florida Agriculture & Mechanical University College of Law…
Penn State to Separate Law School
In a follow-up to our previous coverage on this story, Pennsylvania State University recently announced that it is going forward…
ABA Can’t Decide Whether Law Schools Need Tenure or Not
The ABA is setting some policies that will possibly change the structure of most law schools; they have a 14…
Lincoln Memorial Drops Their Suit Against the ABA
Lincoln Memorial University's Duncan School of Law has decided to drop their federal law suit against the American Bar Association…
Duncan’s Latest Step in the Plight to Gain Accreditation
We reported that the ABA had declined accreditation to Lincoln Memorial University’s Duncan School of Law (they claimed Duncan lacked…
Judge Considers LMU Law School’s Request In Accreditation Dispute
Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) was denied accreditation for its Duncan School of Law but has petitioned the court asking that…
Proposed Law School Accreditation Standards to Change Reporting of Graduate Employment
The American Bar Association has made new drafts to its law school accreditation standards. These proposed changes would change the…
Changing of the Guard at the ABA
Henry White has resigned as the executive director of the American Bar Association. R. Thomas Howell, the organization's general counsel,…