It’s a mere formality. Every five years, the U.S. Department of Education renews the American Bar Association’s power to accredit law schools. The June 2016 session before the DOE’s National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI) was supposed to be just another step in the rubber-stamping process.
NACIQI staff had recommended approval. The committee’s three-day session contemplated action on a dozen other accrediting bodies, ranging from the American Psychological Association to the American Theological Schools. Sandwiched between acupuncture and health education, the agenda set aside an hour for the ABA.
