November 2021
Memo Regarding Attendance and Distance Education Variances
October 2021
Memo Regarding Consultant’s Evaluation of ETS’s 2018 Report on the Validity of the GRE
Comments Received
Barry Currier
ETS
IAALS
Garry Jenkins and John White
LSAC
Marc Miller, Christopher Robertson, and Various Law School Deans
Mark Raymond
Various Law School Deans
May 2021
Matters for Notice and Comment – Standards 205, 206, 303, 507, and 508
Comments Received
Patrick Keenan
David Bernstein and Brian Leister
Temple University Beasley School of Law
Thomas Gallanis
Scott Fruehwald
Alan Rozenshtein
Steven Solomon
Adam Lamparello
Kent Halkett
Yale Law School
Janice Craft
Eric Biber
Richard Mills
Dominic Lindauer
Joseph Olson
Louis Nettles
Douglas Levene
LSAC
Steven Harris
Holloran Center for Ethical Leadership in the Professions
First Liberty Institute
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE)
Daniel Suhr
Tom Fix
Luke Thiesen
Stanley Neustadter
Various Law School Deans
SALT
Darren Gold
Michael Hutter
CLEA
Various Law Professors
Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs
Angela Onwuachi-Willig
Various Attorneys and Alumni
William Jacobson
Tanya Cooper
Barry Currier
Larry Cunningham
March 2021
Matters for Notice and Comment – Standards 303 and 508 and Rules 2 and 13
Comments Received
Standard 303 – Klein
Standard 303 – Newman
Standard 303 – Landry
Standards 303(b) and 508 – McConkie
Standard 303 – Fruehwald
Standard 303 – Frossard
Standard 303 – Hubbard
Standards 303(b) and 508 and Rules 2 and 13 – Rice
Standards 303(b) and 508 – Flynn
Standard 303(b) – Zlotnick
Standard 303 - Holloran Center
Standard 303 - Hampton
Standards 303 and 508 - Gould
Standards 303 and 508 - Rush
Standards 303 and 508 - Perdue
Standards 303 and 508 - AccessLex Institute
Standards 303 and 508 and Rules 2 and 13 - State Bar of Michigan
Standards 303 and 508 - CoLAP
Standards 303 and 508 - SC on Professionalism
Standard 508 - University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Standards 303 and 508 – SALT
Standard 303 – CLEA
Standard 303 – Thomson
Standard 508 – The Missouri Bar
Standard 303 – George Washington University Law School
Standards 303 and 508 – The Institute for Well-Being in Law
Standard 508 – Holloran Center
Standard 303 – Regent Law School Center for Ethical Formation
Standards 303 and 508 - Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Standard 303 - Reuter
Standards 303 and 508 - Lawson
Standard 303 - Krieger
Standards 303 and 508 - Gallini
Standards 303 and 508 - Georgetown Law
Standard 303 - Teague
Standards 303 and 508 - IAALS
Standards 303 and 508 - Baker
Standards 303 and 508 - Suzuki
Standards 303 and 508 - Lozada
Standard 303 - Archer
December 2020
Matters for Notice and Comment – Standard 104 and Standard 506; Rule 4 and Rule 8
September 2020
Memo Regarding ABA Standards and Rules of Procedure – Matters for Notice and Comment – Rule 29-Teach Out Plan
May 2020
Memo Regarding Standards Review Special Agenda Item on Distance Education
May 19, 2020 Memo Regarding ABA Standards and Rules of Procedure – Matters for Notice and Comment-Rule 2
April 2020
Memo Regarding Extension of Notice and Comment Period to May 8, 2020
March 2020
March 17, 2020 Memo Regarding Cancellation of May Public Hearing
March 6, 2020, Memo and Drafts of Proposed Revisions (Standards and Rules)
January 2020
January 13th, 2020 Memo and Drafts of Proposed Revisions (Standards and Rules)
December 2019
1. Retroactive application of accrediting decisions
• Rule 2
2. Provisional approval
• Rule 22
• Rule 29
• Standard 102
• Standard 103
3. Substantive change
• Rule 24
• Standard 105
4. Appeal
• Rule 39
5. Other
• Rule 27
December 10, 2019 Memo and Drafts of Proposed Revisions (Standards and Rules)
August 2019
Memo on Comments Received on Standards Review Agenda for 2019-20
Comments Received on Standards Review Agenda for 2019-20
Request for Change Regarding Non-Compliance with Standard 205(b)
Comments on Substance Abuse and Well-Being
Request for Changes to ABA Standard 306
Request to Change ABA Standard 501 Admissions Standards
Request for Change to ABA Standard 501 (Inter. 501-3)
Request for Change to Standard 507
August 21 Notice and Comment Hearing Transcript
June 2019
• Standard 202. Resources for Program
• Standard 206. Diversity and Inclusion
• Standard 307. Studies, Activities, and Field Placements Outside the United States
• Standard 310. Determination of Credit Hours for Coursework
• Standard 311. Academic Program and Academic Calendar
• Standard 502. Educational Requirements
• Standard 509. Required Disclosures
• Rule 13. Actions on Determinations of Noncompliance with a Standard
• Rule 29. Teach-Out Plan
• Rules 30-36. Appeals Panel Procedure
• Rule 37. Complaints in General
• Rule 39. Disposition of Complaints
• Criteria for Foreign Summer and Intersession Programs
June 17, 2019, Memo and Drafts of Proposed Revisions (Standards and Rules)
June 17, 2019, Memo and Drafts of Proposed Revisions (Foreign Summer/Intersession Criteria)
Comments Received
James McGrath Comments
National Diverse Bar Associations Comments
Managing Director's Comment re Foreign Criteria
February 2018
- Standard 306. Distance Education
- Standard 307. Studies, Activities, and Field Placements Outside the United States
- Rule 53. Applications, Decisions, and Recommendations Made Public
February 22, 2018, Memo and Drafts of Proposed Revisions
December 2017
- Revisions to Standards and Rules necessary to accomplish the merging of the Accreditation Committee and the Standards Review Committee into the Council.
December 15, 2017, Memo and Drafts of Proposed Revisions
November 2017
- Standard 205. Non-Discrimination and Equality of Opportunity
- Standard 206. Diversity and Inclusion
- Standard 303. Curriculum
Standard 304. Simulation Courses, Clinics, and Field Placements
- Standard 503. Admissions Test
- Standard 601. Library and Information Resources, General Provisions
- Rule 3: Accreditation Committee Responsibility and Authority
- Rule 5: Site Evaluations
- Rule 10: Notice of Accreditation Decision by Other Agency
- Rule 14: Actions on Determinations of Noncompliance with a Standard
- Rule 22: Council Consideration of Recommendation of Accreditation Committee
- Rule 23: Council Consideration of Appeal from Accreditation Committee Decision
- Rule 24: Evidence and Record for Decision
- Rule 25: Decisions by the Council
- Rule 34: Teach-Out Plan
- Rule 52: Disclosure of Decision Letters
November 17, 2017, Memo and Drafts of Proposed Revisions