A fair amount of coverage of Washington State’s recent decision to recognize graduates from non-ABA accredited law schools in other states as qualifying for admission and licensure. Information from the Washington State Bar Association’s Board of Governors meeting can be found on their website (on pages 153-155 of the meeting materials). From Reuters:

Washington state in September will start allowing graduates of law schools that are not accredited by the American Bar Association to sit for ​its bar exam—provided they would be eligible to sit for the ‌attorney licensing exam in another state.

The change, approved by the Washington State Bar Association’s Board of Governors in early May, makes Washington the fourth state in recent months to eliminate or ​relax its reliance on the ABA’s national system of law school accreditation. * * * *

Read the full article here: Karen Sloan, Washington Joins States Easing Reliance on ABA Accreditation of Law Schools, Reuters, May 22, 2026. For other coverage, see Julianne Hill, Grads of Non-ABA-Accredited Law School Can Sit for Washington State Bar Exam, ABA Journal, May 22, 2026; Christine Charnosky, Washington State Opens Door for Graduates of Non-ABA-Accredited Law Schools to Sit for Bar, Law.com, May 21, 2026.