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NYSBA Asks ABA To Consider More Law Student Skills Training

05 Aug

The New York Law Journal is reporting on a draft resolution presented to the American Bar Association by the New York State Bar Association that asks the ABA to consider changes to law school education requirements that would make graduates…

 

NALP on ABA Job Reporting: Not So Fast There Buddy

02 Aug

There is at least one or more angles to the ABA upping its law school data placement information I’d like to mention. See Joe’s post from earlier today, ABA Revises Law School Placement Data Reporting Requirements. The first is that…

 

A Little Light Reading from the ABA: Rantings of a Partner … and Pushback from the Associate

29 Jul

From the blurb: Law firm partners have no shortage of opinions about associates. And associates have plenty to say about working with partners. This new book gives both parties a forum to express their views about the current practice of…

 

ABA Responds To Senator Grassley

21 Jul

I wrote a post one week ago, Senator Asks ABA Questions About Scholarships and Debt, commenting on letter sent by Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) to the American Bar Association. He asked questions on scholarships, debt loads for students, default rates,…

 

Senator Asks ABA Questions About Scholarships and Debt

14 Jul

Senator Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) has sent the American Bar Association President Stephen N. Zack a stinging letter asking 31 pointed questions about its accreditation process. He specifically asks the ABA if it keeps statistics on the the number of…

 

ABA: This should be a tweet but since I don’t use Twitter…

01 Jul

it’s a live blog post. So it was 3:22 AM and after I awoke from an 11 hour nap(!), I checked the Twitter feed of my favorite Twitter-er at @sglassmeyer and read the following: So I just spent a good…

 

ABA Gives And Takes In Law School Accreditation Changes

15 Jun

The American Bar Association may be smarting from the recent finding by the Department of Education that it is out of compliance with 17 standards applied to accrediting agencies. A they did not lose their status to oversee law schools,…

 

An Intervention: ABA Violates 17 Department of Education Accreditation Regulations

13 Jun

The National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity advises the Secretary of Education on matters related to accreditation and to the eligibility and certification process for institutions of higher education. Last week, the Committee reviewed 10 agencies, including the…