Federal Panel Delays Vote on Stripping ABA Law School Accreditation Power to Sept. 25
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 24
Federal Panel Delays Vote on Stripping ABA Law School Accreditation Power to Sept. 25
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 24
Summary
An 18-member federal advisory panel postponed until Thursday a vote on whether to recommend ending the American Bar Association’s authority to accredit law schools after failing to reach a majority Wednesday.
The delay followed an Education Department staff report earlier this month urging the punitive step against the ABA, the nation’s largest lawyers’ group.
Chair Jay P. Greene said he hoped the panel could find a “creative solution,” while officials from the ABA’s accreditation council declined to comment after the meeting.
A recommendation to strip the role would hit a group already battling the Trump administration over attacks on law firms and would widen its pressure campaign on higher education.