The always-controversial matter of law faculty tenure will be back in the spotlight on Friday and Saturday, when the American Bar Association’s Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar is scheduled to consider the issue and several other hot-button topics at a meeting in San Diego.
The ABA is in the final stages of a six-year comprehensive review of its law school accreditation standards, and the council is under pressure to reach decisions on a number of touchy matters—not the least of which is whether to get rid of the standard that is understood to mean that law schools must maintain a tenure system for professors in order to be accredited.
