State AGs Warn Bar That Its Law School DEI Rules Are Illegal

More than 20 Republican state attorneys general warned the American Bar Association of potential discrimination violations over diversity requirements in the Bar’s law school accreditation system in a letter.

“Proposed revisions reemphasize Standard 206’s problematic requirement that law schools engage in race-based admissions and hiring,” the letter sent Monday to the ABA’s law-school-accrediting body read.

The accrediting body, which functions as an independent arm of the association, requires law schools to have diverse faculty and students and take concrete actions “by providing full opportunities for the study of law and entry into the profession by members of underrepresented groups, particularly ...