As announced yesterday on the National Center on State Courts website, CLEAR Appoints 15 Members to Law School Accreditation Working Group, March 9, 2026. The working group will submit a draft report with findings and recommendations to the CLEAR Committee by December 2026. From the announcement:
The Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ) and Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA) today announced the appointment of 15 members to a working group focused on law school accreditation. The group operates under the Committee on Legal Education and Admissions Reform (CLEAR), a standing committee of both conferences.
The working group is part of a broader effort by state court leaders to examine how legal education and licensure systems can better serve the public and help address the nation’s justice gap. Among other issues, the group will consider how accreditation standards can support innovation, experimentation and cost-effective models of legal education while maintaining rigorous standards for the preparation of lawyers.
The accreditation working group will be chaired by Justice C. Shannon Bacon of the New Mexico Supreme Court, who serves as vice chair of CLEAR.
A list of the committee members are included on the next page.
