The ABA is accused of retreating from its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) commitments, especially after the SFFA v. Harvard decision. The group suspended its DEI mandate for law schools due to pressure from the Trump administration. Despite the ABA President's assurances that the organization is not backtracking, critics argue that the actions taken show a clear withdrawal from previously attained positions concerning diversity. This retreat is characterized as a failure to define DEI's significance, indicating a reluctance to confront difficult conversations surrounding bias.
The American Bar Association isn't 'retreating' from diversity, equity, and inclusion in the face of the Trump administration's efforts to block such initiatives, the group's leader told a Cleveland audience on Tuesday.
The ABA has been retreating from diversity since the SFFA v. Harvard decision by failing to meaningfully define what it is or why it's important because doing so would be 'dangerous' or 'disagreeable.'
The decision to extend the moratorium on the DEI accreditation standard because of the Trump administration still falls squarely under the 'process of receding from a position or state attained' prong of retreating.
One thing the ABA definitely isn't doing is advancing DEI causes.
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