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The Trump administration moved to eliminate the American Bar Association's power to accredit law schools, seeking to weaken institutional oversight of legal education. Critics see it as an attack on judicial independence.
The Trump administration moved to eliminate the American Bar Association's role in accrediting law schools, targeting the institutional gatekeeper that sets standards for legal education. The administration sees the ABA as too liberal and wants to weaken its oversight power. This would allow law schools to operate without independent accreditation review, fragmenting quality standards across the profession.
The stated rationale is deregulation. The real effect is dismantling an institution that creates accountability for legal training. When you remove oversight of who becomes a lawyer, you remove a check on the bar itself. It's not just about policy—it's about whether the courts and the profession that staffs them answer to any independent standard at all. A legal profession without external accreditation is a profession that answers only to political appointees.
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