Florida became the first state to signal a potential break from American Bar Association accreditation of law schools Wednesday, attacking the national legal group in a court order over its emphasis on diversity.
Chief Justice Carlos G. Muñiz’s four-page order called on former Justice Ricky L. Polston to helm a committee, which includes US District Judge Allen C. Winsor, to analyze alternatives to the ABA’s accreditation program.
“Reasonable questions have arisen about the ABA’s accreditation standards on racial and ethnic diversity in law schools and about the ABA’s active political engagement,” the court said in a news release accompanying the ...