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American Bar Association

Task Force on the Future of Legal Education Asking for Public Input

In a report from the National Law Journal, the American Bar Association's Task Force on the Future of Legal Education…

University of Illinois College of Law Fined and Censured by ABA

For the first time, the American Bar Association has fined a university for reporting incorrect consumer data. The school that…

Duncan School of Law Denied ABA Accreditation

Lincoln Memorial University’s appeal for provisional accreditation for its law school has been rejected by the American Bar Association. The…

ABA Postpones Decision on Accrediting Foreign Law Schools

A decision as to whether or not accredit foreign law schools has been put on hold by the ABA Section…

Law School Debt Tough to Payback

Columbia Law School said that it funded 38 out of the 445 jobs that compile its close to near-perfect post-graduation…

Five-Year Extension Granted for Duncan School of Law

The law school at Lincoln Memorial University has been granted a five-year extension to acquire accreditation from the American Bar…

Job Data Sent to Nonprofit Group by Law Schools

As a result of pressure for law schools to give students better information regarding job placement, job details for law…

Little Sympathy Given By ABA To Jobless Lawyers

Upcoming lawyer face enormous financial debt from college only to enter into a legal market with no available jobs. Despite…

Denying Accreditation Gets ABA Sued

Denying Knoxville, Tenn.-based Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law's American Bar Association accreditation prompted the school to file a…

Duncan School of Law Sues ABA

The law school at Lincoln Memorial University has sued the American Bar Association in Tennessee Federal Court. The law school…

ABA Panel Says No to an Outside Law Firm Ownership

An American Bar Association commission is considering recommending that the nonlawyers be allowed to take an equity stake in law…

The John Marshall Law School Launches New Law School in Savannah

The John Marshall LawSchool, located in Atlanta, Georgia, announced in recent days that it had received American Bar Association approval…