08/18/2017

Bar Association Task Force to Rethink Legal Education

Analysis is underway on whether the current law school approaches are working

With its new Commission on the Future of Legal Education, the American Bar Association (ABA) plans to analyze whether the current law school approaches are working for students.

With a new task force, the ABA is taking on some of the legal world’s biggest educational challenges headfirst.

The Commission on the Future of Legal Education, announced this week by new ABA President Hilarie Bass, will examine critical issues in legal education, particularly trends like declining Law School Admission Test (LSAT) scores, lower bar passage rates, and a difficult job market.

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