The Texas Supreme Court has officially ended its overt reliance on the ABA to accredit its law schools. From now on (or until they outsource the responsibility onto someone else), the Lone Star State’s Supreme Court will call the shots on which law schools are qualified to crank out its future lawyers. Bloomberg Law has coverage:
In the Jan. 6 order, the Texas Supreme Court noted that it intends to ensure that law degrees from schools in Texas are portable to other states, and vice-versa. It also doesn’t plan to impose any additional burdens on law school accreditation, it said.
The court said it would consider returning to a multi-state accreditation entity that isn’t the ABA “should a suitable entity become available.”
Read the full report at
https://abovethelaw.com/2026/01/texas-supreme-court-takes-on-role-as-law-school-accreditor/
