Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar

    ABA Task Force on the Financing of Legal Education

    The ABA Presidential Task Force on the Financing of Legal Education was appointed by ABA President James R. Silkenat in May 2014. The task force was charged with looking at the cost of legal education for students, the financing of law schools, student loans, and educational debt. It will also consider current practices of law schools regarding the use of merit scholarships, tuition discounting, and need-based aid.

    The Task Force has concluded its work and issued its report.

    Report of the Task Force on the Financing of Legal Education

    ABA News Release: ABA Task Force Proposes Reforms for Legal Education Financing

    This is a report of an aba presidential task force. It is not a report of the council of the section of legal education and admissions to the bar. It is located within the section’s website because the section’s office of the managing director provided staff support for the work of the task force.

    Chair:
    Dennis W. Archer
    Chairman Emeritus
    Dickinson Wright

    Luke Bierman
    Dean
    Elon University School of Law

    Christopher Chapman
    President & CEO
    Access Group

    William Curry
    Partner
    Sullivan & Worcester

    Heather Jarvis
    Student Loan Advisor
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    The Honorable Goodwin Liu
    Associate Justice
    California Supreme Court

    Rachel Moran
    Dean
    University of California at Los Angeles
    School of Law

    Lucien Pera
    Partner, Adams and Reese
    Treasurer, ABA Board of Governors

    Erika Robinson
    Associate
    Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun & Rogers

    Jason Mark Sengheiser
    Law Clerk, Missouri Court of Appeals

    Kurt Schmoke
    President
    University of Baltimore

    Philip Schrag
    Professor
    Georgetown University Law Center

    Joseph West
    President & CEO
    Minority Corporate Counsel Association

    Robert Wilcox
    Dean
    University of South Carolina School of Law

    Task Force Consultant:
    Stephen Daniels
    Research Professor
    American Bar Foundation