President Trump’s proposal to strip the American Bar Association’s accreditation arm of its gatekeeping powers for federal student aid has triggered a cascade of questions and concerns about whether future law school graduates in certain states will be able to obtain an attorney’s license.
Legal and higher ed experts say it will come down to each state’s licensure rules and what, if anything, those rules say about whether practitioners are required to graduate from a law school accredited by a federally recognized agency. But at a time when accreditation is becoming increasingly politicized and volatile, the complex relationship between state licensure regulations and the Education Department’s recognition of accreditors is being tested, they say, creating a sense of uncertainty.
Moreover, lawyers aren’t the only ones facing questions about licensure. Similar concerns have emerged for other professions—especially those related to health care, which may be at even more risk of licensing challenges in the ever-shifting landscape of quality control.
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