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The
ABA’s
attempt
at
redefining
the
significance
of
diversity
post
SFFA
v.
Harvard
and
the
Trump
administration
has
been
a
slow
process
of
ceding
to
the
right.
A
nothingburger
redefining
of
diversity
that
lacked
teeth
and
a
“we
won’t
really
act
on
it”
approach
to
their
diversity
requirement
for
accreditation
later,
and
now
Pam
Bondi
is
hastening
up
the
cremation
process.
Reuters
has
coverage:
U.S.
Attorney
General
Pam
Bondi
called
for
the
American
Bar
Association
to
immediately
repeal
its
law
school
diversity
rule
and
scrap
a
planned
revision
of
that
standard
in
a
letter
to
the
ABA
posted
to
a
social
media
site
on
Wednesday
by
a
U.S.
Justice
Department
official.Bondi’s
letter,
posted
on
social
media
site
X,
also
warned
that
the
ABA’s
authority
as
the
government-sanctioned
accreditor
of
U.S.
law
schools—a
position
it
has
held
since
1952—can
be
revoked.
My
money
is
on
this
being
enough
for
the
ABA
to
give
up
the
pretense
of
still
thinking
about
diversity
and
dropping
the
requirement.
That
said,
it
would
be
nice
to
see
who
the
Trump
administration
would
vest
with
accreditation
authority
should
the
ABA
hold
to
its
diversity
guns.
They’ve
already
tapped
the
WWE
for
their
education
expertise,
maybe
they’ll
move
on
to
some
other
conservative
platform
—
Joe
Rogan,
perhaps?
You
might
not
even
have
to
bother
with
law
school
with
him
in
charge;
just
go
on
the
podcast
and
hobnob
about
how
great
of
a
writer
Scalia
was
and
you’ll
be
greenlit
to
practice
if
the
episode
ratings
are
high
enough!
If
Big
Balls
can
get
a
coveted
position
in
government
with
little
to
no
real
work
experience,
why
can’t
you
go
transactional
after
sharing
some
SCOTUS
trivia
on
radio?
Playing
the
long
game,
the
consequences
of
getting
DEI
out
of
law
school
will
ruffle
a
few
feathers.
As
much
as
the
media
likes
to
spin
Dontravious
and
Jamal
as
proof
that
law
schools
are
full
of
DEI,
the
actual
culprits
are
Donna
and
Jessica.
Just
look
at
the
numbers;
it’s
hard
to
talk
about
law
school
diversity
without
mentioning
that
women
made
up
~56%
of
the
entering
student
body
in
2024,
which
trends
with
them
being
the
majority
for
the
last
few
years
now.
The
initial
lawsuit
phases
will
target
law
schools
for
having
too
many
Black
students,
but
the
suits
alleging
sex
discrimination
for
admitting
too
many
women
will
be
soon
to
follow.
See
you
in
a
couple
of
days
when
the
ABA
finally
caves
in.
US
Attorney
General
Presses
ABA
To
Drop
Law
School
DEI
Rule
Or
Risk
Losing
Accreditor
Status
[Reuters]
Conservatives
Call
The
Manager
On
The
ABA’s
Diversity
Programs
ABA
Suspends
DEI
Accreditation
Requirements
For
Law
Schools
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected] and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.