August 9, 2013
Hotel Nikko
Nikko Ballroom, 3rd floor
San Francisco, California

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June 7, 2013
Chase Park Plaza Hotel
St. Louis, Missouri

Agenda

A. March 2013 Open Session Minutes

B. U.S. Department of Education
(No agenda materials)

C. Standards Review Committee
1. Standard 509
2. Comprehensive Review of the Standards
(No agenda materials)

D. Data Policy & Collection Committee
1a. Overview
1b. Site Evaluation Questionnaire
Online SEQ
1c. Annual Questionnaire
1d. Employment Questionnaire
1e. Employment Summary
1f. EQ Reporting Dates Proposal

2. Standard 509 Compliance Work

E. Report of the Special Committee on the Professional Educational Continnum

F. Report on RFP for employment data review
(No agenda materials.)

G. Affiliate Oral Reports
AALS
LSAC
NCBE

H. Accreditation Comittee
1. Interim Monitoring Report
(No agenda materials.)
2. Report on 2012-2013 site visit process

I. Bar Admissions Matters
1. State Bar of California Task Force Report
2. Currier Letter to California Task Force Report
3. New York Pro Bono Requirement
4. New York Distance Learning Rule
4. New Jersey Proposed Pro Bono Requirement

J. Nominating Committee Report
(No agenda materials.)

K. Reports
(No agenda materials.)

L. Information Items

1. Affiliate Written Reports

a. AALS Report

b. LSAC Report

c. NCBE Report

d. SALT Report

2. Illinois Bar Association Report to the ABA Task Force on Legal Education

3. Inside Higher Education, "U.S. Accreditors Expand Their Overseas Activities"

4. International Regulation Information Exchange Protocol

5. Erika Robinson Nomination Letter

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March 15, 2013
Tempe Mission Palms Hotel
The Abbey Room
Tempe, Arizona
9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Open Session Agenda

A. November 2012 Open Session Minutes

B. Standards Review Committee
1. Action item: Report on Chapters 2 and 5
2. Reports: update on recent meetings and progress on comprehensive review

C. Accreditation Committee
Timing issues regarding Rule 13(b)

D. Data Policy & Collection Committee
1. Action item: Annual Questionnaire Recommendations
2. Reports: ABA/LSAC admissions credentials project; update on recent DPCC meeting

F. Rules of Procedure on Confidentiality and Release of School Information
1. Report on idea of rewriting Rules of Procedure 25-28

H. Information Items

1. Affiliate Written Reports
a. AALL
b. LSAC
c. NALP Report
NALP Press Release on Women & Minorities
d. NCBE
e. CLEA
f. SALT

2. Section Presentation to ABA Board of Governors

3. RFP for Audit Project

4. ABA Task Force on the Future of Legal Education

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November 30, 2012
Four Seasons Hotel
Denver, Colorado
10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Open Session Agenda

A. August 2012 Open Session Minutes

B. Sanctions Fee Fund Project
Protocol for Auditing Law School Graduate Employment Data

C. Standards Review Committee
C0. Memo to Council on Proposed Revisions to Chapter 6 and 7
C1. Chapter 6. Explanation of Changes
C2. Chapter 6. Proposed Changes Redlined
C3. Chapter 6. Library and Information Resources Draft
C4. Chapter 7. Explanation of Changes
C5. Chapter 7. Proposed Changes Redlined
C6. Chapter 7. Facilities Draft

D. ABA Task Force on the Future of Legal Education

E. Interim Monitoring Report

G. Harvard Letter
G1. DPCC Recommendations
G2a. Employment Summary
G2b. Employment Instructions and Definitions
G2c. Modification to EQ

H. Report Finance Committee

I. Report of the Bar Admissions Committee
I1. Ethics 20-20 Proposals
I2. Final Ethics 20-20 Proposals
I3. Recommendation on Inbound Foreign Lawyer Proposals

J. Restated Section Committee Structure

K. Rules of Procedure on Confidentiality and Release of School Information

L. Income-Based Repayment Matter
1. Cover Memo
2. Holly Cook E-mail
2a. IDEA Student Loans Summary
3. Safety Net or Windfall, Executive Summary
4. Deborah Jones Merritt: Income-Based Repayment Options
5. Phillip Schrag Article

M. Evaluation of Site Team Members and Team Chairs

O. Information Items
1. Affiliate Written Reports
AALL
AALS
LSAC
NALP
NCBE
SALT

2. Virginia State Bar Conclave 2012

3. Munneke Resolution

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August 3, 2012
Swissotel Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Open Session Agenda

A. June 2012 Open Session Minutes

C. Questionnaire Committee Report
C1. Cover Memo Regarding Approval of Questionnaires
C2. Memo Regarding Additions to SEQ
C3. Questionnaires
C4. Annual Questionnaire

D. Task Force on Accreditation Process Interim Report

Task Force on the Accreditation of Foreign Law Schools
E1. Report on the Task Force on the Accreditation of Foreign Law Schools
E2. Executive Summary and Reports
E3. Supplemental Report 1
E4. Supplemental Report 2
E5. Supplemental Report 3
E6. Supplemental Report 4
E7. Supplemental Report 5
E8. Peking University School of Transnational Law Statement

F. Foreign Programs Criteria

G. Affiliate Organization Reports
G2. LSAC
G3. NALP
G4. NCBE
G5. Access Group
G6. AALL
G8. ALWD
G9. CLEA

H. Reports from Section Representatives
H1. Annual Report from the Consultant
H2. Consultant's Report on Contributions
H3. CCJ Resolution Regarding DOE Re-recognition
H4. CCJ Resolution Regarding Hulett H. Askew

Directions to the Chair's Dinner (by invitation)

4. ABA Task Force on the Future of Legal Education

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