Subject: Proposed Revisions to Standards, Interpretations, and Rules of Procedure for the Approval of Law Schools
At its December 1-2, 2001 meeting, the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar took action concerning proposals to revise the Standards for the Approval of Law Schools, the Interpretations of those Standards, and the Rules of Procedure for the Approval of Law Schools. These proposals are attached to this memorandum, with brief explanations of the rationale for each proposal. This same material and the current Standards, Interpretations, and Rules are posted on the Section's website [http://www.abanet.org/legaled/standards/standards.html].
The proposals address four matters:
- distance education;
- residency rules and part-time scheduling options;
- branch and satellite campuses, and mergers and acquisitions involving law schools; and
- credit to a J.D. student for work previously done as part of an LL.M. program.
With respect to items 1 and 4, the Council is considering adopting Standards, Interpretations, and Rules of Procedure prepared by the Standards Review Committee. It is the desire of the Council to adopt revisions on these subjects either at the June or August 2002 meeting of the Council following the hearings and receipt of comments and a final report of the Standards Review Committee.
With respect to items 2 and 3, the Council proposes to adopt the revisions to the Standards and Interpretations that are being circulated for comment, subject to any revisions that the Council concludes are appropriate following the hearings, comments, and a final review and report by the Standards Review Committee.
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