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The American Bar Association’s Discriminatory Diversity Push Is Ending—For Now

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Somin, A. (2026, September 23). The American Bar Association’s Discriminatory Diversity Push Is Ending—For Now. The Dispatch. https://thedispatch.com/article/american-bar-association-accredidation-diversity-discrimination/

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The Dispatch · collected 2026-09-23 · by Alison Somin

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The American Bar Association, which has accredited law schools for over seven decades, faces a potential revocation of its accreditation authority by the Department of Education. An advisory board will meet on September 23 to discuss this recommendation. In response to these pressures and criticism regarding race issues, the ABA has voted to revise its diversity guidelines.
Written by AI on 2026-09-23, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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The American Bar Association (ABA), which has been responsible for accrediting law schools for over seven decades, may lose that authority due to a recent recommendation from the Department of Education. An independent advisory board will convene on September 23 to discuss this potential revocation. In response to these pressures, the ABA voted to revise its diversity rules amid concerns about discrimination and racial issues. Yale University Law School in New Haven, Connecticut is one of many institutions affected by this development.

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📰 ABA Diversity Policies Changing
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🔮 The Department of Education recently recommended revoking that authority, and an independent advisory board will be meeting to discuss the recommendation on September 23.
2026-09-23 · assertive framing · The American Bar Association’s Discriminatory Diversity Push Is Ending—For Now
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ABA New Haven The Department of Education Yale University Law School the American Bar Association

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ABA ORG · 2× The Department of Education ORG · 2× Connecticut ORG · 1× Getty Images ORG · 1× New Haven GPE · 1× Yale University Law School ORG · 1× Yana Paskova PERSON · 1× the American Bar Association ORG · 1×

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The Department of Education recently recommended revoking that authority, and an independent advisory board will be meeting to discuss the recommendation on September 23.
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🔮 The Department of Education recently recommended revoking that authority, and an independent advisory board will be meeting to discuss the recommendation on September 23.
2026-09-23 · The Dispatch
The American Bar Association’s Discriminatory Diversity Push Is Ending—For Now · assertive framing

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For more than seven decades, the American Bar Association has been recognized as an authority to accredit law schools. asserted
Association → recognize → schools
The Department of Education recently recommended revoking that authority, and an independent advisory board will be meeting to discuss the recommendation on September 23. asserted
board → recommend → September
The department’s report mostly emphasizes other legal concerns, but it appears it has prompted the ABA to at least reconsider its longtime work on race issues. asserted
it → emphasize → issues
With the Department of Education threatening to revoke its accreditation authority over law schools, the ABA has voted to pare back its diversity rules. asserted
ABA → threaten → rules
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