June 30, 2006

Conservative Groups Threaten to Sue Bar Association

By JENNIFER JACOBSON

Proposed accrediting standard for law schools comes under attack at hearing of civil-rights panel

A proposed revision in the American Bar Association's accrediting standards for law schools is coming under fire from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, which says the proposal seems to require the schools to use racial preferences in hiring and admissions despite federal and state laws limiting such policies. Although a bar-association official denies such an intent, conservative groups

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