Minnesota lawyers reflect on ABA ‘Decade of the Female Lawyer’ report

January 9, 2025

MINNESOTA LAWYERS —  The ABA’s “Decade” began in 2016, when women first outnumbered men at ABA-accredited law schools; by 2023 they accounted for 56% of the national

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American Bar Association publishes fall 2024 data on law school admissions, tuition, and more

January 8, 2025

ABA — Information about Fall 2024 admissions and other matters reported by American Bar Association-approved law schools to the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar is now publicly available. The information is required to be made public under Standard 509 of the Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools. 

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ABA approves Charleston Law’s application for nonprofit status

December 18, 2024

THE NATIONAL JURIST — The American Bar Association agreed to the next step in the Charleston School of Law’s quest to move from a private enterprise to a nonprofit school.

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ABA approves plan to reunite Penn State Dickinson Law and Penn State Law

December 3, 2024

PENN STATE — The American Bar Association (ABA) Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has granted conditional approval for Penn State to deliver legal education by a single, unified, two-location law school known as Penn State Dickinson Law.

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ABA votes to create pathway to law school without standardized testing

November 21, 2024

REUTERS — The American Bar Association has established a path for law schools to admit some or all of their new students without the Law School Admission Test or other “valid and reliable” admissions test.

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ABA proposes new changes to diversity rules for law schools

November 14, 2024

BLOOMBERG LAW — The American Bar Association is tinkering with more changes to diversity, equity and inclusion-specific language standards for law schools, according to a Friday ABA memo.

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ABA legal ed section reverses decision to remove ‘race and ethnicity’ from law school diversity standard 

November 14, 2024

REUTERS — The public will get a second chance to weigh in on potential changes to the American Bar Association’s diversity and inclusion standard for law schools, after an initial proposal was widely criticized for weakening the rule following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action.

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Opinion: The ABA needs statements of best practices for law schools

November 14, 2024

THE NATIONAL JURIST — The ABA council frequently revisits its accreditation standards. The council aways invites feedback on standards changes through a notice and comment process. For the most part, changes are relatively routine and non-controversial.

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LSU Law student Philip Young places second in ABA labor and employment writing contest 

October 29, 2024

LOUSIANA RECORD — After Philip Young submitted an article to Louisiana Law Review that wasn’t accepted for publication last fall, his faculty advisor and senior editor encouraged him to continue working on the paper and submit it for a national writing competition.

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University of Arizona Law partners with ABA for public course on the law of policing

October 17, 2024

ABA JOURNAL — Starting next week, lawyers and law students can learn more about policing and the law, from anywhere and for free.

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