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Administration Presses Law School Accreditor over DEI Policies
The ABA has suspended enforcement of its diversity rule until 2027 as lawmakers weigh whether the accreditor should keep setting bar-entry standards.
- A U.S. House task force questioned the American Bar Association president Wednesday about the organization's diversity, equity, and inclusion policies amid a 2025 executive order prohibiting unlawful discrimination in accreditation practices.
- President Donald Trump issued the 'Reforming Accreditation to Strengthen Higher Education' executive order in April 2025, which followed Education Department guidance expanding on the Supreme Court's 2023 ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard.
- The ABA Council voted in May to repeal Standard 206, its primary diversity rule, after previously suspending enforcement to avoid jeopardizing its federally recognized accreditor status.
- Rep. Dave Min, D-Calif., criticized the hearing as a "smear campaign" against the ABA and law schools, arguing the committee lacked understanding of legal education structure.
- Zack Smith, a senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation, urged Congress to eliminate the ABA as the sole law school accreditor and prohibit recognizing any accreditor imposing DEI requirements.
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Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), a rising star in the GOP and MAGA movement, grilled American Bar Association President Michelle A. Behnke during a hearing before the House Oversight Committee Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Constitutional Abuses that was examining the ABA’s part in law school accreditation. Republicans made the case that the organization has used its accreditation authority to push race-conscious diversity, …
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Key House Republican moves to end ABA’s role in accrediting law schools after explosive DEI hearing
ABA has begun the process of rescinding its DEI requirements for law schools after President Donald Trump signed an executive order making such mandates illegal.
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