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12 Syllabus 1 (1980-1981)

handle is hein.journals/syllabus12 and id is 1 raw text is: Volume XII. Number 1. October 12M STANDARDS FOR THE APPROVAL OF LAW SCHOOLS At the 1979 Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association, proposal to amend Standard 201 and to adopt a new Standard 12 were presented to members of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. Thereafter, both proposals were published in the September 1979 Newsletter with a request for comments and were the subject of public hearings. All comments were reviewed by the Council of the Section at its December 1, 1979 meeting and the amendment to 201 and the new 212 were approved. The Council reaffirmed its approval of both proposals in May, 1980. Standard 212 underwent a third review and was again approved in August, 1980. The Section then recommended these two Standard changes to the ABA's House of Delegates at the August, 1980 Annual Meet- ing. The House approved both recommendations and additionally adopted a resolution submitted by the Board of Governors which was substantially similar to Standard 212. The text of these Standards and a brief discussion of their history and purpose are included in the materials below. Standard 201 The recognition criteria of the United States Department of Education provide that a nationally recognized accrediting agency require, as an integral part of its accrediting process, institutional or program self analysis...which shall be a qualitative assessment of the strengths and limitations of the institution or program, including the achievement of insti- tutional or program objectives, and should involve a represen- tative portion of the institution's administrative staff, teaching faculty, students, governing body, and other appro- priate constituencies. The Council of the Section adopted Rule III (2) of the ABA Rules of Procedure for the Approval of Law Schools in February, 1977, to require approved law schools to complete a self-study as part of the reinspection process. Experience with adminis- tration of that rule led the Accreditation Committee to recommend that the self-study requirement be made part of the Standards. The Council concurred, concluding that the develop- ment and period reevaluation of a formal, written, self-study

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