ABA partners with HBCUs to engage students interested in environmental, energy, and natural resources law

March 25, 2025

ABA JOURNAL — The ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources will host an ongoing webinar series that aims to educate law students about careers that

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ABA Legal Education Council suspends enforcement of accreditation standard on diversity

March 19, 2025

ABA JOURNAL — The council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has suspended enforcement of the accreditation standard originally titled “ 

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University of San Diego Law professor Orly Lobel joins advisory council of ABA Commission on Women in the Profession

March 17, 2025

USD NEWS CENTER — Warren Distinguished Professor of Law Orly Lobel was selected to serve on the 12-member Advisory Council of the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, which consists of esteemed judges, attorney and scholars designed to build on the decade-long success of the Grit Project, including the 21 Day Grit and Growth Mindset Challenge.

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Opinion: How the Department of Education could change the law school accreditation process

March 13, 2025

THE REGULATORY REVIEW — On February 14, the new chair of the Federal Trade Commission, Andrew N. Ferguson, announced that political appointees employed by the Commission can no longer be members of the American Bar Association (ABA) and that the Commission will no longer support any employee’s membership in the ABA.

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Pepperdine Law professor Maureen Weston administers ABA National Law Student Arbitration Competition

March 11, 2025

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY CARUSO SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Maureen A. Weston administered the 2025 ABA National Law Student Arbitration Competition that took place in Chicago on January 17-18. Professor Weston serves on the ABA Law School Division Arbitration Competition committee. 

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Conservative advocacy groups call for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to investigate ABA diversity programs

March 7, 2025

REUTERS —  A coalition of conservative legal groups on Monday asked the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to investigate several of the American Bar Association’s diversity hiring programs, claiming they discriminate by giving priority to minority applicants and other underrepresented groups.

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Campbell Law teams reach finals in ABA client counseling competition 

March 6, 2025

CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY NEWS — Campbell Law School advocates made it to the finals in yet another regional championship this time at 2025 American Bar Association (ABA) Regional Client Counseling Competition in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, over the weekend, Dean J. Rich Leonard has announced.

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Advocacy groups call for the investigation of ABA diversity clerkship hiring program

March 3, 2025

BLOOMBERG LAW — Advocacy groups on Monday asked the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to investigate the American Bar Association over alleged bias in a diversity clerkship hiring program.

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