Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar

About the Section We provide leadership and services to those involved in legal education and admissions to the bar. The Section's Council is the national accrediting body for American legal education.
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Guide to Bar Admission Requirements The Comprehensive Guide sets out the rules and practices of all U.S. jurisdictions for admission to the bar. Now available as a free download – to purchase a hard copy, visit Shop ABA.

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Featured Publications
  • 2015 Comprehensive Guide to Bar Admission Requirements

    Comp Guide

    The Comprehensive Guide sets out the rules and practices of all U.S. jurisdictions for admission to the bar by examination and on motion, that is, legal education, character and fitness, bar examinations, and special licenses.

  • 2014-2015 ABA Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools

    2014-2015 ABA Standards

    The current criteria that law schools must meet to obtain and retain ABA approval and to establish foreign study programs.

  • Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools

    Official Guide

    The online Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools allows you to download Standard 509 Information and Employment Summary data charts for each ABA-approved law schools. The Guide also contains links to other legal education statistics and resources.

Career Resources
  • Pass the Bar: A Practical Guide to Achieving Academic & Professional Goals

    Written by Sara J. Berman, Assistant Dean of Academic and Bar Support at Whittier Law School, this book includes worksheets, questionnaires, goal setting sessions, and other tools to help you stay organized and focused.

  • The Marble and the Sculptor: From Law School to Law Practice

    Written from the in-the trenches perspective of a young lawyer, The Marble and the Sculptor provides a clear no-nonsense path from law school to lawyer. Author Keith Lee practices law at Hamer Law Group, LLC in Birmingham, Alabama, and is the author of the Associate's Mind blog.

  • The Science and Technology Guidebook for Lawyers

    To represent a client's interests competently where law, science, and technology come together, a lawyer must be qualified to analyze techno-scientific information. This book provides an easily understandable explanation of particular sciences and technologies by analyzing specific cases.