The fight over law school tenure has been bubbling under the surface for years, and now the committee reviewing the American Bar Association's accreditation standards has floated a proposal that would eliminate the term "tenure" from ABA standards covering job security and academic freedom. Organizations that represent law professors and clinical faculty have lined up in opposition to the changes, arguing that tenure is key to protecting academic freedom and maintaining high-quality legal education.
July 27, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Should the American Bar Association require law schools to maintain a tenure system?
The committee reviewing the ABA’s accreditation standards doesn’t think so. It has floated a proposal that would eliminate the term “tenure” from the ABA standards covering job security and academic freedom. The committee also wants to kill a requirement that law schools provide clinical faculty members with job protections similar to those enjoyed by full-time professors.
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