TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 3, 2025

The American Bar Association (ABA) Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar recently adopted a new set of principles and values defending its role in accrediting law schools. The group reports in a press release that the move is designed to respond to news that the federal government and several states are reviewing reliance on its accreditation system. The document states that the purpose of the accreditation process is to ensure students graduate as “effective, ethical and responsible” lawyers, protect students from “economic exploitation” and legal clients from incompetent practitioners, and support legal innovation while also promoting the rule of law. The document also states that law school standards are not intended to force uniformity among law schools, but set a minimum to ensure quality education. Read the full statement.