Texas becomes first state to end American Bar Association oversight of law schools

KERA News ^ | January 6, 2026 | Toluwani Osibamowo

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Texas is now the first state in the U.S. to eliminate American Bar Association oversight of its law schools, ending the state's 42-year-long reliance on the national organization.

The Texas Supreme Court issued an order Tuesday finalizing a tentative September opinion, asserting the ABA should "no longer have the final say" on which law school graduates can take the bar exam — a requirement to becoming a licensed lawyer in each state.

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The change means law school graduates who want to practice in Texas are no longer required to attend an ABA-accredited school. The power to approve those law schools now rests solely with the state's highest civil court.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aba; crookedkenpaxton; lawfare; lawyers; toluwaniosibamowo; whatcouldgowrong

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This is a fantastic development. The American Bar Association has lurched far left for the past several decades and doesn’t represent solid jurisprudence any longer.

[Candor7]

Texas.......”chutting hout” one commie org after another.

The Mexican cartels are about to go down.

[Texas_Jarhead]

LET’S GO !!!!!!!!!! beyond time for this... Down with the ABA

[Bob Wills is still the king]

“This is a fantastic development. The American Bar Association has lurched far left for the past several decades and doesn’t represent solid jurisprudence any longer.”
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Not at all. It means Texas law schools will not be accredited by the ABA, which means many other states will not admit them into practice. It also means that Texas law graduates won’t qualify for JAG service, and major law firms won’t even bother to interview them.

[cherry]

Yes...this far more reaching then anyone suspects imo...hope it spreads.

[cherry]

It’s a start...2 or 3 more states need to fall in line.

[SmokingJoe]

Excellent!

[lp boonie]

This is about who can take the BAR exam not school accredidation. Schools can still choose to be ABA accredited but they now don’t get to be the exclusove providers of lawyers taking the test.

[Right_Wing_Madman]

Not at all. It means Texas law schools will not be accredited by the ABA

Bob, you're totally missing the point. The ABA in 2026 is like Standard Oil in 1900. Actually, before the Texas defection, the ABA was worse than Standard Oil. The ABA accredited 98 percent of the nation's law schools and Standard oil controlled 90 percent of the nation's oil production and sales.

[I got the rope]

Nice. Now do medical schools

[C210N]

BAR stands for…. British Accreditation Regency (or Registry)

[HIDEK6]

Next, the AMA.

[FLT-bird]

Excellent! More Red States need to follow suit. The ABA went from being highly leftist - which it was when I went to law school in the mid 90s - to being completely insane.

[Olog-hai]

It’s the beginning of the end for the ABA. Keep dreaming.

[PGalt]

GREAT!

[Fester Chugabrew]

Other than self-diligence I am not aware of any mechanism in place to protect the common man from the malpractice of acedemic applications such as science, law, and medicine.

[TheThirdRuffian]

No, they could choose to be ABA accredited, but it is optional.

[yldstrk]

I dropped ABA membership when the ABA moved from neutrality on the question of abortion and moved to endorsing abortion. Ghouls.

[marktwain]

ABA has been reliably anti-Second Amendment for decades.

[trebb]

Yep
Super development - the left-wing ABA won’t be choosing the next generation of Boasbergs...at least not in Texas.