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: Legal Ethics ForumABA urges tougher accreditation standards (at the cost of diversity?)
Story here, with nods to Volokh (where the comments are flying fast and hot) and Paul Caron. One of the commentors at Paul Caron's site has linked to this data, which shows low bar passage rates and how far those schools are from the state average -- the two metrics that may be used to crack down on law schools. Efforts to tighten bar exam standards probably will have a disproportionate impact on certain minority groups, putting further pressure on efforts to increase diversity in the profession.
Full post as published by Legal Ethics Forum on February 03, 2008 (boomark / email).
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