Legal Limits: The ABA’s Stranglehold on Legal Education

The American Bar Association (ABA) has long held a stranglehold on accrediting U.S. law schools.  In Texas, the ABA gets to decide which schools’ students can take the bar exam, a prerequisite to practicing law. Entrusting a private, out-of-state organization with control over Texas legal education is problematic for three reasons: the ABA pushes politically biased standards,...