New York City lawyers group criticizes Education Department move to limit ABA
The U.S. Education Department has moved to remove the American Bar Association Council on the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar's authority to accredit J.D. programs, prompting the New York City Lawyers Association to condemn the plan as a threat to law school independence. A federal advisory panel, NACIQI, deadlocked on the question, leaving the outcome to a Trump-appointed executive. Critics point to conservative objections to the ABA's Standard 206 on DEI as a motivation, while defenders warn that ending uniform national accreditation could politicize standards and complicate lawyer mobility across state lines.
Federal move could end ABA's national law school accreditation authority.
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The Education Department under the Trump administration proposed ending the ABA Council's…
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