The ABA Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar serves as the nationally recognized accrediting body for U.S. law schools, and in most states only graduates of Council-accredited law schools may sit for the bar examination. Recently the Council's accreditation standards have come under increased scrutiny from critics within legal education and from some state Supreme Courts. This panel examines the critiques of the accreditation project and considers the best path forward.
