Legal Ed Section’s council proposes tighter bar-passage requirement for law school accreditation

The governing council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has tentatively approved a proposal that would tighten and simplify the bar passage requirement in the law school accreditation standards. Under the proposal (PDF), a law school would have to show that at least 75…

Mar 16, 2016 11:40 AM CDT

ABA committee recommends tougher, simpler bar passage accreditation standard

An ABA committee has voted to recommend the adoption of a tougher but simpler bar passage requirement in the law school accreditation standards. Under the proposed new standard (PDF), approved Friday by the Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar’s Standards Review Committee, a law school would have…

Feb 16, 2016 3:25 PM CST

Despite Holder’s call for clemency to free over 10,000, actual number so far is much lower

Updated: In a 2013 speech delivered at the American Bar Association’s annual meeting, then-U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced a new “Smart on Crime” initiative and called for a number of changes to reduce “shameful” sentencing disparities that often affect drug offenders. Among the measures he suggested was clemency. Yet…

Dec 9, 2015 3:20 PM CST

Race and law enforcement were focal points at the 2015 ABA Annual Meeting

Oct 1, 2015 7:15 AM CDT

Attorney General Loretta Lynch praises ABA efforts in sentencing reform

Oct 1, 2015 7:10 AM CDT

3 candidates vie for treasurer post

Oct 1, 2015 7:05 AM CDT

ABA House urges extending protections to all in fight against sexual violence

Oct 1, 2015 7:00 AM CDT

Get rid of UPL, Avvo founder tells House during TED Talk-like speeches

Oct 1, 2015 6:55 AM CDT

John Paul Stevens praises Chief Justice Roberts’ style

Oct 1, 2015 6:50 AM CDT

‘Justice is our calling,’ outgoing ABA President Hubbard tells audience

Oct 1, 2015 6:45 AM CDT

ABA’s first female president receives its highest award

Sep 1, 2015 12:50 AM CDT

After some ado over class attendance, ABA House backs changes in law school accreditation standards

Corrected: The ABA House of Delegates concurred Tuesday with the action of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar’s governing council to make a dozen changes in the law school accreditation standards. Most of the changes were either technical corrections or clarifications of revisions made during the…

Aug 4, 2015 4:45 PM CDT

Protections against domestic and sexual violence must be extended to all, ABA leaders say

The ABA’s House of Delegates addressed the hot-button issue of sexual violence with three resolutions passed on Tuesday. Resolution 109A was the first of three resolutions sponsored by the ABA’s Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence. It urges colleges and universities to recognize a right to an education free of…

Aug 4, 2015 2:50 PM CDT

Law schools should refine debt counseling and cut education costs, says report adopted by ABA House

The ABA House of Delegates on Tuesday adopted the recommendations of the Task Force on the Financing of Legal Education in its passage of Resolution 110 (PDF). Task force chair and former ABA president Dennis Archer told the House that the report (PDF) offered a “five-part practical and constructive” solution…

Aug 4, 2015 1:30 PM CDT

Gay ‘conversion therapy’ for minors opposed by ABA House leaders

“Conversion therapy,” which seeks to change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity, has been rejected by a long list of medical organizations, James J.S. Holmes told the ABA’s House of Delegates on Tuesday. Holmes, the outgoing chair of the ABA’s Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, spoke in…

Aug 4, 2015 12:53 PM CDT