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Texas Supreme Court Wants to Break Ties With the ABA
The Supreme Court of Texas signed the preliminary approval of an amendment that would change the accreditation process for Texas law schools. Final amendments are set to take effect Jan. 1. Tennessee, Ohio and Indiana are a few of the other states ...
KERA News
Texas Supreme Court breaks with American Bar Association over law school credentials
Texas will become the first state to no longer use American Bar Association (ABA) for oversight of its law schools. The Texas Supreme Court will take over that responsibility, according to an order its justices issued on Friday, Sept. 26. The ABA has set ...
Reason
Supreme Court of Texas Likely to Remove ABA as "Final Say" on Accreditation
"The Court is of the tentative opinion that the ABA should no longer have the final say on whether a law school’s graduates are eligible to sit for the Texas bar exam and become licensed to practice law in Texas." On September 26, 2025, the Supreme Court ...
Reuters
Texas plans to end ABA's role in state's law school oversight
Sept 29 (Reuters) - Texas is poised to end its reliance on the American Bar Association for law school oversight and instead let its highest court determine which schools’ graduates can be admitted as lawyers in the state. The Supreme Court of Texas said ...
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