Subject: Standards Review Committee Agenda for 2014-15 Academic Year
From: ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar <[email-masked]>
To: John D Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 10:47:21 -0600

MEMORANDUM

DATE:         November 3, 2014

TO:               Interested Persons and Entities

FROM:         Joan S. Howland, Council Chairperson

Barry A. Currier, Managing Director of Accreditation and Legal Education

RE:               Standards Review Committee Agenda for 2014-15 Academic Year

In August 2014, the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar (Council) completed a six-year comprehensive review of the Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools (Standards). For academic year 2014-15, the Council has asked the Standards Review Committee (SRC) to continue to discuss two issues that were part of the comprehensive review:

Standard 206. DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Interpretation 305-2. [Prohibition on granting credit for participation in a field placement program for which a student receives compensation.]

The Council also has requested that the SRC continue to review the Standards to identify technical corrections and modifications that may be needed following the comprehensive review and to recommend possible courses of action.

The SRC will hold a strategic planning retreat in November 2014 and will submit a memorandum to the Council in December with suggestions for additional matters the Committee might address during the current academic year. The 2014-15 meeting schedule for the SRC will be determined after the retreat.

We welcome ideas and suggestions regarding other issues the SRC might consider during this academic year. Please submit your comments to JR Clark at [email-masked] by December 1, 2014.