As ABA Awaits DOE Decision, Concerns Over Law Degree Portability, Standardization

From a piece in Law.com: “Experts say the pending DOE decision regarding ABA Council accreditation poses no immediate crisis, but they warn that states abandoning the council’s accreditation could disrupt legal education oversight and portability of degrees.” Christine Charnosky, Legal Educators Raise Concerns Over Law Degree Portability, Standardization as ABA Awaits DOE Decision, Law.Com, October 21, 2026.

For other recent coverage. Jessica Blake, The GOP Is Going After the ABA. But Why?, Inside HigherEd, October 21, 2026; Emma Cueto, Monopoly Allegations Test ABA’s Role In Legal Education, Law360, October 16, 2026.

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Austen Parrish

Austen Parrish is the 2025 President of the Association of American Law Schools and Dean and Chancellor’s Professor of Law at University of California, Irvine School of Law. He also serves as co-editor of the Journal of Legal Education. Before joining UC Irvine, he served as dean of Indiana University Maurer School of Law and Southwestern Law School.

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