Overview

• The revised standard would double the required experiential-learning credits for law school graduation from six to twelve.
• A 45-day public comment period is now open after the Council made only minor changes despite broad objections from deans and faculty.
• Northwestern professor Daniel Rodriguez faults a lack of evidence-based analysis supporting the expansion of clinics and simulations.
• Commentators including Brian Leiter and Gerard Magliocca urge organized resistance and even curbing or replacing the ABA’s accreditation role.
• State supreme courts in Florida, Texas, and Ohio are reviewing whether to require ABA accreditation, with Texas receiving a letter from UT’s dean exploring alternative pathways.