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DOJ Orders ABA to Justify Faculty Rules in 15 Days

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  • Attorney General Stanley Woodward warned the American Bar Association it must justify its faculty rules within 15 days.
  • The DOJ’s Oct. 7 letter alleged the ABA’s adjunct-professor restrictions raise antitrust concerns.
  • ABA accrediting council voted 10-6 in September to repeal Standard 206, its diversity-inclusion requirement.
  • Defending Education’s Sarah Parshall Perry warned about 15 standalone law schools potentially losing federal aid if ABA loses recognition.