Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is leading a coalition of several other states that have announced their support for a proposed revision to the American Bar Association's accreditation standards for law schools, according to a statement released Monday.

Attorneys general from Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington joined Raoul to support the amended standard requiring schools continue to improve access to legal education and the legal profession for all qualified aspiring lawyers.