Tag: American Bar Association

Allen Mendenhall: Alabama’s justices are quite capable, thank you

It’s not the Alabama Supreme Court that lacks the standing to evaluate law schools. It’s the ABA that has forfeited, through decades of mission creep, cost inflation, and ideological adventurism, its claim to function as the disinterested guardian of American legal education.

Allen Mendenhall: Alabama should rethink ABA accreditation for law schools

The question is not whether the ABA should exist, but whether its accreditation regime should continue to enjoy compulsory status. Texas and Florida have answered that question sensibly. Alabama would do well to consider the same course. 

Marshall, 20 AGs demand American Bar Association end diversity requirements for law schools

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and 20 state attorneys general sent a letter to the American Bar Association on Thursday demanding the group immediately stop requiring law schools, as part of the accreditation process, to treat students and faculty differently based on race.