January 19, 2007

Education Dept. Will Challenge Law-School Accreditor's Diversity Standard

By KATHERINE MANGAN

A section of the American Bar Association has suffered another setback in its efforts to retain the authority to accredit the nation's law schools while pushing them to pursue diversity. The general counsel of the U.S. Department of Education has announced that it will appeal a committee's decision to let the accreditor's diversity requirements stand.

At issue is a policy, approved by the accreditor last August, that requires law schools to demonstrate concrete steps they are taking to

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