Questionnaires & Applications

Distance Education Variance Forms

Distance Education Variance Extension Form for Summer 2021 and/or Fall 2021

ABA – Standard 306 Variance Modification Notification Form

ABA Questionnaires

Login: ABAQuest Web Based System
(Annual, Bar Passage, Employment, and Foreign Program Annual Questionnaires)

To obtain login information, contact Ken Williams:
312.988.6739

Annual Questionnaire

Due date: October 15th, 2020

• Complete 2020 AQ Instructions
  
• Part I: General Information instructions and questions
• Part II: Admission and Enrollment instructions and questions
• Part III: Non-JD instructions and questions
• Part IV: Financial Aid instructions and questions
• Part V: Faculty instructions and questions
• Part VI: Law School Finances instructions and questions
• Part VII: Foreign Study instructions and questions
• Dean's Signature Page
• LSAC Matriculant Certification Reference Guide
• LSAC How To Guide: Verify Matriculants in ACES2 for the Matriculant Certification Service
• 2020 Annual Questionnaire Webinar Recording 
  (Please note that the recording starts midway through the webinar when we begin to discuss the AQ)
  
• 2020 Annual Questionnaire Webinar PowerPoint Slides
• 2020 Annual Questionnaire Training Q and A

Bar Passage Questionnaire

• 2021 Bar Passage Questionnaire Instructions
• Dean's Signature Page

Employment Questionnaire

• Disclaimer Language for Class of 2020 Employment Summary Reports and Additional Employment Outcomes Data
• 2021 Employment Protocols (for the Class of 2020)* 
  *Includes Definitions and Instructions   
• Memo on 2021 Employment Protocols (for the Class of 2020)
• 2021 Employment Questionnaire Data Entry Instructions (For the Class of 2020)
• Example Class of 2020 Employment Summary Report 
• Dean's Signature Page
• Class of 2020 Important Dates and Deadlines for Employment Questionnaire
• How to Submit Your Employment Questionnaire (EQ) in the ABA Quest System (Video Walkthrough)
  
• How Your School’s Questionnaire Administrator Should Complete the “Final” Submit of your Employment Questionnaire (EQ) and Upload the Dean’s Signature Page (Video Walkthrough)
  
• Uploading Files Selected for Random Graduate Review (Video Walkthrough)
• Uploading Files Selected for Random Graduate Review (Screenshots)
• Law School Graduate Employment Data - ABA Required Disclosures
  
• Graduate Employment File Checklist
• How to join the Career Services Listserv

Self Study (SEQ, 2020-2021)

• Updates to 2020-2021 Site Evaluation Questionnaire
• Self Study Instructions
• Site Evaluation Questionnaire - Site Report Template
• Site Evaluation Questionnaire: Required Supplementary Materials - Attachments
• Site Evaluation Questionnaire: Required Supplementary Materials - Onsite Materials
• Site Evaluation Questionnaire: Required Supplementary Materials - Reports
  
• Site Evaluation Questionnaire: Supplemental Questionnaire for Programs Offered Outside the United States
• Self Study: Dean's Signature Page
• Procedures for Site Visits
• Managing Director's Guidance Memo: Standard 204 (January 2015 revised April 2016, revised March 2017)

Questionnaires for Programs Offered in a Location Outside the United States

• New Program Questionnaire 
  Due at least six months prior to the anticipated start date of the program.
• Significant Change in an Approved Program Questionnaire 
  Due at least six months prior to the implementation of the proposed change.
• Annual Questionnaire
  Due October 15
  Completed as part of the School's overall Annual Questionnaire (Part 7). See instructions for completing the Annual Questionnaire above. 
• Application Fees
• Criteria for Programs Offered by ABA-Approved Law Schools in a Location Outside the United States
  

Substantive Change Questionnaires

• Application for Acquiescence in a Substantive Change in Program or Structure
  
• Application for New Non-J.D. Degree or Certificate
• Application for Modification of an Existing Non-J.D. Degree or Certificate -- All Changes
• Application for Modification of an Existing Non-J.D. Degree or Certificate -- Enrollment Cap
• FAQs for Law Schools-LL.M./Post-J.D./Non-J.D.
• Dean's Signature Page
• Application Fees

Deadlines for Applications for Acquiescence in a Substantive Change:

Deadlines for Non-J.D. Applications:

Questionnaire Discussion Group

The Section hosts a discussion group for administrative staff at ABA-approved law schools who are responsible for completing the ABA Annual Questionnaire. To join, send a request to LEAP-ABAQUESTIONNAIRE-request@mail.americanbar.org

ABA Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools

Training Workshops

2019 Site Evaluation Questionnaire and Annual Questionnaire Training
July 12, 2019
Chicago, IL

Past Site Evaluation Questionnaire and Annual Questionnaire Training
July 13, 2018
Chicago, IL
Training Materials

Site Evaluation Workshops and Materials 

Teach-Out Plan Documents

Form A: Teach-Out Plan for Rule 29
Form B: Teach-Out Agreement for Rule 29
Guidance Memo on Teach-Out Plans (May 2017)