In September, the American Bar Association’s law-school accrediting council formally repealed Standard 206, commonly known as its diversity standard. In its earlier form, the standard required law schools to demonstrate…
According to the American Bar Association, there are 198 accredited law schools in the United States. Alaska is the only state without one. The Last Frontier is the largest state…
A number of “sacred cow” beliefs regarding higher education are (finally!) coming under scrutiny. One of them is that it is important for the American Bar Association (ABA) to oversee…
Most industries and occupations have trade associations to promote their interests through lobbying, marketing, and public relations. Lawyers are no exception. One difference between, say, the American Urological Association and…
Recently, I argued in a Martin Center article that the fourth year of study for the bachelor’s degree is probably relatively unproductive and that enormous resources could be saved by…
Law schools in the U.S. used to be run by no-nonsense individuals who, whatever their personal politics, thought that their institutions existed to teach students about the law, not to…
The time seems ripe for making changes in legal education, but which ones?