Florida becomes 2nd state to break American Bar chokehold on law schools

Future lawyers in Florida are no longer required to attend a law school accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA), ending the “highly partisan” organization’s chokehold on universities as the nation’s sole law school accreditor.

The Florida Supreme Court ruled on Jan. 15 that “it is not in Floridians’ best interest for the ABA to be the sole gatekeeper deciding which law school graduates are eligible to sit for the state’s General Bar Examination and become licensed attorneys in...