The American Bar Association Adopts an Anti-racism Agenda

At the end of September, the American Bar Association held its inaugural Equity Summit: Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Legal Profession and Beyond, featuring Justice Sonia Sotomayor. This conference comes as the ABA is about to implement accreditation requirements that will institutionalize Ibram X. Kendi–style racial and gender discrimination in law-school admissions and employment, require indoctrination of law students, and override the academic freedom of law schools.

The ABA has plenary control over legal education in the United States as the sole national accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education for programs leading to the J.D. All but four states limit eligibility for bar admission to graduates of ABA-approved schools. No law school can risk its accreditation by refusing to comply with the ABA’s accreditation standards.