(THE BLAZE) – The American Bar Association has just announced that it has dropped a "diversity and inclusion" proposal after some prominent law professors and law schools warned that it ran afoul of federal law.
On Monday, the ABA revealed that it had decided to scrap a proposal that would have required law schools to "diversify" their faculties and student admissions to boost enrollment and representation from historically "underrepresented groups."
The measure, first proposed in May 2021, underwent three revisions before the ABA decided to eliminate it altogether. A February 2022 iteration of the proposal required ABA-accredited schools to make "the study of law and admission to the profession" accessible to "all persons, particularly members of underrepresented groups related to race and ethnicity." It also called for law schools to work toward building "[a]n inclusive and equitable environment" for all, irrespective of "race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, [or] military status."
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