LilMikeSFTexas ends American Bar Association oversight of bar exams ...
#Texas #SupremeCourt Decision issued an order this week finalizing opinion that the ABA should "no longer have the final say" on which #lawschool graduates qualify to sit for the bar exam.
Recently #DerTrump issued an #executiveorder that stripped the #ABA of millions in #USAID and U.S. State Department funding for legal edu abroad . The ABA and others sued in February, alleging the administration violated administrative law..
Texas becomes first state to end American Bar Association oversight of law schools
The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday finalized a tentative opinion issued in September that no longer requires soon-to-be lawyers to attend a law school accredited by the American Bar Association. The power to approve those law schools now rests with the state's highest civil court.