TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on Mar 5, 2025

The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) is urging the American Bar Association (ABA) to eliminate its diversity requirements for law schools or risk losing its accrediting authority. In a Feb. 28 letter, posted on social media site X, Attorney General Pam Bondi stated that the ABA was subjecting law faculties and students to unlawful race and sex discrimination under its diversity mandates and called for their immediate repeal, Bloomberg News reports. Last month, the ABA temporarily suspended enforcement of a rule requiring law schools to diversify faculty and students. Jennifer Rosato Perea, the ABA’s managing director of accreditation, confirmed the rule remains suspended and said the Council on Legal Education is working on revisions to ensure compliance with current law. The council is set to review any changes at its May meeting.