Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar

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accrediting body professional association section

The Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar is the American Bar Association’s primary body responsible for accrediting law schools and overseeing standards for legal education and bar admission in the United States.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar	1
American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar	1
Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar	1

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	accrediting body ⓘ professional association section ⓘ
affects	eligibility of graduates of accredited law schools to sit for most U.S. bar exams ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
field	bar admissions ⓘ law school accreditation ⓘ legal education ⓘ
focusesOn	consumer protection for law students ⓘ preparation of law graduates for admission to the bar ⓘ quality assurance in legal education ⓘ
goal	to ensure that law schools meet minimum standards for legal education ⓘ to promote continuous improvement in legal education ⓘ
influences	requirements for eligibility to sit for state bar examinations ⓘ
issues	accreditation decisions for U.S. law schools offering the J.D. degree ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States legal education system ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
monitors	law school compliance through site visits and reporting ⓘ
oversees	ABA accreditation process for J.D. programs ⓘ compliance of accredited law schools with ABA standards ⓘ
parentOrganization	American Bar Association ⓘ
partOf	American Bar Association ⓘ
recognizedBy	United States Department of Education ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Education as the national accrediting agency for J.D. programs
regulates	curricular standards for accredited law schools ⓘ faculty and governance standards for accredited law schools ⓘ financial and administrative standards for accredited law schools ⓘ library and information resources standards for accredited law schools ⓘ
responsibleFor	accreditation of law schools in the United States ⓘ oversight of standards for legal education in the United States ⓘ oversight of standards related to bar admission in the United States ⓘ
scope	national ⓘ
sector	higher education ⓘ legal profession ⓘ
setsStandardFor	American Bar Association Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools ⓘ
shortName	Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
typeOfAccreditation	programmatic accreditation for law schools ⓘ
website	https://www.americanbar.org/groups/legal_education/ ⓘ
worksWith	state bar admission authorities in the United States ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American Bar Association → notableSubdivision → Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar ⓘ

American Bar Association Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools → publisher → Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar

Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar → shortName → Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar

American Bar Association Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools → usedBy → Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar