Mission Statement
The mission of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, the ABA’s first section, is:
- To be a creative national force in providing leadership and services to those responsible for and those who benefit from a sound program of legal education and bar admissions,
- to provide a fair, effective, and efficient accrediting system for American law schools that promotes quality legal education, and
- to continue to serve, through its Council, as the nationally recognized accrediting body for American law schools.