TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 26, 2024

The American Bar Association’s (ABA) Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar is seeking comments on two proposals regarding the accreditation of fully online law schools, the ABA Journal reports. The proposed changes to Standards 102 and 306 would allow these schools to seek provisional and full ABA accreditation. Under the current standards, law schools must already be accredited to apply for either partial or full online operations. The comment period will run for 60 days with additional comment periods possible. In a memo explaining the process, the section’s Strategic Review Committee (SRC) writes: “Because of the significance of this change and the potential for disruption to existing schools, the SRC anticipates that this proposal may go through more than one round of notice and comment.”