A new article from Patricia Salkin and Gabrielle Rosenblum: “The Challenge to ABA Accreditation of Legal Education and Its Impact on Licensing of Lawyers.” While it was published in the New York State Bar Journal (Spring 2026) (pp. 16-20), you can find a copy on SSRN. From the article:

A long-standing system of accreditation for law schools has come under scrutiny under the Trump administration. What’s at stake is nothing less than a sea change in the process that decides who gets to be a lawyer. Having a national system of accreditation ensures a level of quality education that supports the acceptance of portability of law degrees from school to school across the country. However, in states like Florida, Texas, and Tennessee, where the individual state courts are poised to determine the quality of the legal education provided by the schools in their states, this could create portability chaos for the legal profession. And now, there could be even more chaos if the federal government wins its challenge to the American Bar Association’s accreditor status.