They said that our revenue, the dues of the Section, was not sufficient to support our accreditation work much less the full exercise of our jurisdiction. We claimed that we performed a public service for the legal profession and were entitled to a sufficient, subsidized budget. We did better on that issue. We received funds to do most, not all, of our work. The federal behemoth, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare threatened our sovereignty.
Tuition pays the salaries of law faculties and deans.
This was a critical issue. We enlisted powerful Washington, D.C. counsel to engage HEW in a battle of motions, hearings and reports that equaled the most aggressive litigation strategy of our best law school product representing an angry, affluent, and amoral multinational. I do not remember when it was resolved. Accrediting new and old law schools was a growth industry in the mid 1970s. Inspectors were at the door of every dean and university president.