National Experts will convene (virtually) to examine ABA Accreditation and discuss the future of legal education. The webinar is hosted by the Houston Bar Association on Monday, June 29, 2026, from 2:00-5:00 p.m. Central Time. It involves “fifteen leaders in legal education, including Kellye Y. Testy, CEO and executive director of the Association of American Law Schools, Dean Erwin Chemerinsky from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, and Daniel Thies, Chair, Council of the American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.” From the announcement:

The landscape of American Bar Association (ABA) law school accreditation is shifting as several states have reasserted their Supreme Court’s authority over law school accreditation and explored expanding accreditation options for their state’s law schools. Such a change raises important questions about the future of legal education and legal profession.

To examine these developments, legal scholars, educators, and leaders from across the nation will convene for a timely virtual program, “A Conversation on the Accreditation of Law Schools” The program will include updates about the current state ABA accreditation in Alabama, Florida, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas; as well as presenting the institutional perspective and a critique evaluation of the ABA accreditation system.

To register and to learn more: National Experts to Examine ABA Accreditation, Options and the Future of Legal Education, PR Newswire, June 23, 2026. See also Houston Bar Association, A Conversation on the Accreditation of Law Schools in Alabama, Florida, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas and the Nation.