Under pressure from the Trump administration, the nation’s sole law school accrediting body is close to finalizing the elimination of its diversity standard.

On Friday, Reuters reported that the American Bar Association’s Council of the ⁠Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar voted to strike standard 206, which requires law schools to show “a commitment to diversity and inclusion” by having faculty, staff and student bodies that are “diverse with respect to gender, race, and ethnicity.”

However, elimination of the standard won’t become final until the ABA’s House of Delegates considers it—which could happen as early as August—and debates revisions. That means the rule likely won’t officially be removed until 2027.

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