The Trump administration's Department of Education proposed ending the American Bar Association's authority to accredit law schools as of 2026-08-22, escalating tensions with the nation's premier legal organization. The move is part of a broader campaign to reshape higher education according to conservative preferences.
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The Wall Street Journal reports: The Trump administration is opening a new front in its campaign to remake higher education: threatening the American Bar Association’s power to accredit law schools. O...
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/au... The Trump administration is moving to do away with the American Bar Association’s accreditation of law schools, taking a new step to escalate conservatives’ beef with the left-leaning legal group.
The Department of Education has suggested ending the American Bar Association’s (ABA) oversight on the law school accreditation process. The ABA has had the power to accredit nearly 200 law schools over the last 70 years, but this power may come to an end, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The department made its...