A proposed shift in ABA law school accreditation standards away from “input” measures—such as student/faculty ratio or facilities—to student learning outcomes has law school deans talking; and worrying.
During a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting today, Sen. Harry Reid offered up criticism of the ABA’s process of evaluating nominees for the federal bench, saying whether the individual is qualified…
The ABA’s policy-making House of Delegates has cut dues solo practitioners will pay on bills that begin being sent in May by almost 50 percent. The ABA also cut dues…
The ABA will study how a variety of organizations rank law firms and law schools. The debate in the ABA’s House of Delegates about the measure proved to be the…
Former American Bar Association treasurer and past president of the Kentucky Bar Association, Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III, has been selected as president-elect nominee at the ABA Midyear Meeting. It…
The ABA’s policy-making House of Delegates this morning passed a series of nine criminal justice resolutions. The measures had wide support from both prosecutors and the defense bar, according to…
ABA President Carolyn Lamm told the House of Delegates this morning that when she took office in August, she knew the economy was in crisis, but “I’m not sure I…
A judge’s race or gender makes for a dramatic difference in the outcome of cases they hear—at least for cases in which race and gender allegedly play a role in…
After months of calling on Congress to provide debt relief for law graduates struggling economically with the rest of the country, ABA President Carolyn…
As the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 begins to shift its work into high gear, one of its co-chairs indicated today that the commission’s mission is not to change the…
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