Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar

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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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Featured Publications
  • Think Like a Lawyer: Legal Reasoning for Law Students and Business Professionals

    Think Like a Lawyer

    Focuses on fundamental skills necessary for legal problem solving and includes useful exercises throughout so that readers can practice skills as they progress through the chapters.

  • 2013-2014 ABA Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools

    ABA Standards and Rules

    Sets forth the Standards that law schools must meet to obtain and retain ABA approval. The 2013-2014 edition contains all revisions approved during the 2012-2013 year.

  • MacCrate Report

    1992 Report of the Task Force on Law Schools and the Profession: Narrowing the Gap, known as the MacCrate Report. Now available in electronic format at the link above.

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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.