Comments Invited for Upcoming Site Visits

The law schools listed below are scheduled for sabbatical, provisional, or full approval site evaluation visits in spring 2016. Any additional visits scheduled after this notice will be posted on the Section’s website.

Consistent with Internal Operating Procedure 3(a), written comments related to current compliance with the Standards for Approval of Law Schools may be submitted to the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar with respect to law schools scheduled for site visits. Interested parties wishing to comment on current compliance with accreditation standards by law schools undergoing accreditation site visits during spring 2016 are encouraged to submit signed, written comments to the Section by January 15, 2016.

Law schools undergoing accreditation site visits in Spring 2016 are:

·         University of Akron School of Law (Sabbatical)

·         Appalachian School of Law (Sabbatical)

·         University of Buffalo Law School-SUNY (Sabbatical)

·         Catholic University of America School of Law (Sabbatical)

·         University of the District of Columbia (Sabbatical)

·         Fordham University School of Law (Sabbatical)

·         George Washington University Law School (Sabbatical)

·         The John Marshall Law School-Chicago (Sabbatical)

·         University of Massachusetts School of Law-Dartmouth (Application for Full)

·         University of Memphis School of Law (Sabbatical)

·         University of North Texas-Dallas School of Law (Application for Provisional)

·         Notre Dame Law School (Sabbatical)

·         Southern Illinois University  School of Law (Sabbatical)

·         Stanford University Law School (Sabbatical)

·         University of Utah College of Law (Sabbatical)

·         Wayne State University Law School (Sabbatical)

·         West Virginia University College of Law (Sabbatical)

Written comments should be sent to:
William Adams
American Bar Association
Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
321 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60654-7598
[email protected]

Note: Your comments must be signed. Comments, with the signatures redacted, may be provided to the law school and to members of the site team reviewing the law school. Only comments directly related to the ABA Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools will be considered.