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State Bar & Bar Associations

Dec. 8, 2010

Foreign Law School Idea on Hold

Surprised by the controversy stirred up by a proposal to accredit law schools outside the United States, American Bar Association officials voted Saturday to seek more input on the idea.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN DIEGO - Surprised by the controversy stirred up by a proposal to accredit law schools outside the United States, American Bar Association officials voted last week to seek more input on the idea before moving forward.


But most leaders of the ABA's law school accrediting unit insisted that, in an age of global law practices, the association must soon tackle the issue of foreign-educated ...

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