"The rule changes create the opportunity for additional entities to carry out an accrediting and gatekeeping function on behalf of the Court,"
"The Court's goal is to promote access to high-quality, affordable legal education in law schools that are committed to the free exchange of ideas and to the principle of nondiscrimination."
"The (highly partisan) ABA should not be a gatekeeper for legal education or the legal profession."
"a captured, far-left organization,"
The Florida Supreme Court eliminated the requirement that lawyers graduate from American Bar Association–accredited law schools, allowing other accreditors to emerge. The change is intended to enable additional entities to accredit law schools and promote access to high-quality, affordable legal education while protecting free expression and nondiscrimination. The move follows a similar Texas decision and comes as Ohio and Tennessee consider reducing ABA oversight. Conservative officials criticized the ABA over DEI standards, while the ABA suspended those standards last year. No new accreditor has yet formed, and experts say most schools will likely retain ABA accreditation. A lone dissent warned a new accreditor would struggle to rival the ABA.
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