ABA weighs new free speech rule for law schools
  • The law schools at Stanford and Yale have faced recent free speech controversies
  • The proposed rule would require schools to have policies on “freedom of expression”

Aug 15 (Reuters) – The American Bar Association may soon require law schools to adopt free speech policies, a change that follows several high-profile campus incidents in which students disrupted controversial speakers.

The ABA’s Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, which oversees law school accreditation, on Friday will consider a new rule mandating “written policies that encourage and support the free expression of ideas.”

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