Changes in ABA's Law-School Accrediting Resolve Antitrust Suit

By Patrick Healy

Washington, D.C. -- The American Bar Association agreed last week to change the way it accredits law schools in order to settle an antitrust suit brought by the Justice Department.

An 18-month investigation by department officials found that A.B.A. accreditors had pooled data on law-school salaries to come up with median pay...