Reuters, U.S. Law Students to Receive Anti-Bias Training After ABA Passes New Rule:

The American Bar Association will require law schools to educate students about bias, racism and cross-cultural competency, possibly as soon as the next academic year.

The ABA’s House of Delegates on Monday approved changes to its law school accreditation standards, including a mandate that law schools provide bias training when students began their legal studies and at least once more before they graduate. No one spoke in opposition to the changes and they were overwhelmingly adopted by the ABA policymaking body.

Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:  

• ABA Mulls Racism, Bias Training Accreditation Requirement For Law Schools (May 6, 2021)
• ABA Sends Proposed Changes To Accreditation Standards Out For Notice And Comment (May 18, 2021)
• Leiter Questions ABA's Proposed Accreditation Standards Relating To Racism, Bias Training (June 6, 2021)
• Monday Is The Last Day To Submit Comments On ABA's Proposal To Mandate Racism And Bias Training At All Law Schools (June 26, 2021)
• Peltz-Steele, Sander, Steinbuch & Volokh Criticize ABA's Proposed Accreditation Standard On Diversity (June 29, 2021)
• ABA Standards Committee Approves Anti-Racism, Bias Training As New Accreditation Standards For Law Schools (Aug. 17, 2021)
• In Response To Criticism, ABA Releases Revised Proposed Diversity Accreditation Standard For Notice And Comment (Nov. 23, 2021)
• Law Students Face Mandatory Bias Training Beginning In Fall 2022 Under Proposed ABA Diversity Accreditation Requirement (Feb. 7, 2022)