American Bar Association offices in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM) ABA Proposal for Accrediting Fully Online Law Schools Out for Notice and Comment
"I applaud the working group for coming up with this proposal," Steven C. Bahls, president emeritus, said during the meeting. "It's something that other professional creditors have done some time ago. And I believe that the American Bar Association is an outlier here, and I am particularly attracted by your argument that this creates an opportunity for some to reduce the cost of legal education and may enable some rural areas without access for law schools to enter the profession to serve our underserved areas."
December 08, 2023 at 03:06 PM
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When the Council of the American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar met on Nov. 17, it voted to send out for notice and comment a proposal that would allow a fully online law school to apply for, and potentially earn, provisional and full ABA-approval.
The 30-day notice and comment period will end on Jan. 8, according to the Dec. 1 memorandum from Bridget Mary McCormack, council chair, and William Adams, managing director of Accreditation and Legal Education.
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