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10 Legal Educ. Newsl. 1 (1979)

handle is hein.journals/syllabus10 and id is 1 raw text is: Volume X, Number 1, January 1979

Published by the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar

REPORT ON SECTION ACTIVITIES

Accreditation Activities. During the past five months, the
Section conducted two periodic reinspections of fully approved
law schools, one inspection of a provisionally approved law
school applying for full approval, two annual reinspections
of provisionally approved law schools, one inspection of an un-
approved school seeking provisional approval, and two special
inspections of fully approved schools. In addition, there
was one hearing for an approved law school to show cause why
its ABA approval should not be removed.
Recognition of ABA as Accrediting Agency. The Supreme Courts
of 43 states and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals re-
quire (either by rule of court or board of law examiners ad-
minstrative rule) graduation from an ABA approved law school
as a requisite for taking the bar examination. In the remaining
states, graduation from an ABA approved law school permits a
person to take the bar examination, with other persons (usually
graduates of non-ABA approved law schools located within the
state) being permitted to take the bar examination as well.
The American Bar Association also is the Nationally Recog-
nized Accrediting Agency for Law Schools as recognized by the
Commissioner of Education, U.S. Department of Education, HEW.
The Commissioner's Advisory Committee on Accreditation and In-
stitutional Eligibility recommended on November 3, 1978, that
the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions
to the Bar be continued as the Nationally Recognized Accrediting
Agency for Law Schools for a period of three years.
Bar Admissions. On November 9, 1978, the Supreme Court of
Minnesota issued its opinion in the case of Application of
Bryan M. Hansen to write the Minnesota Bar Examination. The
Court upheld its Rule 11(4) which requires an applicant to
the Minnesota Bar to be a graduate of an ABA approved law
school. The Court found that it is rational for a state
supreme court to conclude that the ABA is best equipped to
perform the function of accrediting law schools and to
utilize ABA findings in the administration of its rule.

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