"Welp. They've done did it. The Texas Supreme Court has officially ended its overt reliance on the ABA to accredit its law schools. From now on (or until they outsource the responsibility onto someone else), the Lone Star State's Supreme Court will call the shots on which law schools are qualified to crank out its future lawyers. Bloomberg Law has coverage:"
"In the Jan. 6 order, the Texas Supreme Court noted that it intends to ensure that law degrees from schools in Texas are portable to other states, and vice-versa. It also doesn't plan to impose any additional burdens on law school accreditation, it said.The court said it would consider returning to a multi-state accreditation entity that isn't the ABA "should a suitable entity become available.""
The Texas Supreme Court ended its overt reliance on the American Bar Association for law school accreditation and will determine which Texas law schools are qualified to license future lawyers. The court intends to ensure that Texas law degrees remain portable to other states and to avoid imposing additional accreditation burdens. The court signaled openness to a future multi-state accreditation entity that is not the ABA if a suitable option emerges. Currently, schools maintaining compliance with ABA standards 316, 502(a)-(c), 503, and 509 will remain in good standing with the court. The court stated that loss of ABA accreditation will not automatically disqualify a school from court approval.
Read at Above the Law
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