From the ABA's Task Force on the Future of Legal Education:
The Task Force on the Future of Legal Education has been charged with developing a report and set of concrete recommendations for the improvement of legal education, which respond to current and anticipated weaknesses in the economy, rapid and substantial changes in the legal profession, and shortcomings in the delivery of legal education. The Task Force is working through two subcommittees. One subcommittee is examining the potential for innovation and improvement in how law schools deliver education. The other subcommittee is examining the economics of legal education and its impact on individual graduates and the profession.
The subcommittees are seeking comments on a detailed list of themes, ideas and questions and they also seek additional ideas. Click for the full text of the committee's Invitation to Comment.
Unfortunately the ABA has little credibility in this arena, as the ABA accreditation apparatus has become the purest example of regulatory capture I've ever seen. Hopefully this task force, which for once surprisingly does not appear to be composed primarily of deans from poorly regarded law schools, will understand that in order for real reform to go through they're going to have to rock the boat and make a lot of legal academics very unhappy.
Posted by: Andy | January 25, 2013 at 09:19 AM