US EditionTexas Law Deans Warn: Dropping ABA Accreditation Requirement Would Harm Students, Legal Profession, and Mobility
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In the United States, many young people decide to study the law career by vocation or by the economic opportunities it offers. For example, in Florida, a law was applied that has affected a number of newly graduated lawyers from law schools, who could be left without exercising. Now, in Texas, a similar measure is being debated that would have an even greater impact.
Texas Law Deans Warn: Dropping ABA Accreditation Requirement Would Harm Students, Legal Profession, and Mobility
Proposed rule change could isolate Texas law grads from national practice and disrupt the attorney pipeline The Texas Supreme Court is reviewing a decades-old rule that requires attorneys in the state to graduate from American Bar Association (ABA)–accredited law schools. In response, deans from eight of the state’s 10 ABA-approved law schools have issued a stark warning: eliminating this requirement would significantly harm Texas law graduates’…
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