Bloomberg Law, Florida AG Blasts ‘Woke’ ABA and Pushes for New Legal Accreditor:
The American Bar Association should lose authority in Florida to accredit law schools, state Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) said, because of its pattern of left-leaning political actions.
In a blistering rebuke of the national bar group and its “woke ideology,” Uthmeier on Wednesday urged a working group formed by the Florida Supreme Court to let an authority besides the ABA decide which schools’ graduates can sit for the state’s bar exam.
“Given its record, the ABA should no more be responsible for accrediting law schools than the American Civil Liberties Union,” Uthmeier wrote in a letter obtained by Bloomberg Law.
The letter says the ABA long ago ceased to be a non-partisan organization by lobbying in favor of liberal causes and filing briefs in watershed cases supporting abortion, universities using race in admissions decisions, and same-sex marriage.
“The ABA is now a brazenly political operation that seeks to impose its woke ideology on aspiring lawyers,” Uthmeier wrote.
Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:
- Jonathan Adler (William & Mary), Is The ABA’s Accreditation Monopoly Coming To An End?
- Bloomberg Law, Florida’s Search For ABA Alternative Sparks Accreditation Debate
- Civitas Institute Symposium, Texas and the Future of Legal Education
- Josh Blackman (South Texas), The Supreme Court of Texas Must Put Texas First, and Liberate Law Students from the ABA
- Seth Chandler (Houston), Accrediting for Tomorrow: Law School Metrics and Interstate Compacts
- Andrew Morriss (Texas A&M), Ending the ABA's Role in Accreditation Will Benefit Texas
- Derek Muller (Notre Dame), New Paths for Legal Education Should Be Considered
- Ilya Shapiro (Manhattan Institute), The ABA Deserves to Lose Its Accreditation Monopoly
- John Yoo (UC-Berkeley), The Conserving Force of Lawyers in American Democracy
- Barry Currier (Former Managing Director, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar), Comments on Texas and Florida Courts Studying Continued Reliance on the ABA Law School Accreditation Process
- Derek Muller (Notre Dame), Inside the ABA's Relentless Quest to Make Law School Accreditation More Tedious and More Expensive
- Richard Pierce, Jr. (George Washington), Will The ABA Continue To Accredit Law Schools?
- Reuters, AALS Urges States To Retain ABA Law School Accreditation As Requirement To Practice Law
- Reuters, Texas Supreme Court May No Longer Require Graduation From ABA-Accredited Law School To Practice Law In The State
- Daniel Rodriguez (Northwestern), ABA Accreditation of Law Schools: Mend it, Don't End it
- Texas Deans And Faculty, Comments To Texas Supreme Court On ABA Accreditation Of Law Schools
- Texas Deans And Faculty, More Perspectives On ABA Accreditation Of Law Schools
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