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Posted on 05/17/2026 11:12:42 AM PDT by Salman
May 15 (Reuters) - A longstanding diversity and inclusion requirement for U.S. law schools is teetering amid mounting pressure from the Trump administration and Republican states.
The American Bar Association council that oversees law school accreditation voted on Friday to eliminate a rule that requires law schools to demonstrate their commitment to diversity in recruitment, admissions, and student programming.
The rule has been suspended since February 2025, after Republican President Donald Trump returned to the White House and began cracking down on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
"Even though I personally agree with [the diversity and inclusion standard] and what it tries to achieve, I think it's appropriate as an accrediting body that we eliminate that standard so we don't inhibit the diversity of ideas out there in various types of legal education environments," said David Brennen, a council member and a former dean of the University of Kentucky College of Law.
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The ABA received a raft of public comments asking it to retain or strengthen the diversity and inclusion rule — mostly from legal educators — but a key committee recommended it be eliminated in order to retain the organization's status as the federally recognized accreditor of law schools.
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Winning!
This is great news. Another Didn’tEarnIt set-aside bites the dust.
I am surprised at this: mainly because there are almost no conservatives remaining in the Leftist ABA.
I am surprised at this: mainly because there are almost no conservatives remaining in the Leftist ABA.
Well at least the ball was red, white and blue.
What took ‘em so long? One year ago -
MIT is shuttering DEI office amid Trump administration’s push to end diversity programs
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/29/us/mit-shuttering-dei-office-hnk
https://www.floridabar.org/the-florida-bar-news/court-opens-door-to-new-law-school-accreditors-for-bar-admission/
Love my state.
How does this stick without getting rid of the administrators who think it’s great idea?
Should NEVER have been a factor. Sort of like “boys” competing against actual females. Should have been NO! from the beginning. 😵
After they eliminate DEI admissions, maybe they can eliminate group work with group grades in law school. I don’t think this helps unqualified people pass the bar exam, but it certainly helps some get their law degree.
If you intentionally include or exclude people based on race, you’re a racist. If you intentionally include or exclude people based on ethnicity, you’re not an ethicist, you’re a racist.
I have no doubt that they just intend to call DEI something else.
How does this stick without getting rid of the administrators who think it’s great idea?
Throw the ABA out of your state.
The bar association has figured out that they didn’t want dei because as a group, lawyers were hated enough.
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