The gathering peasants' revolt in legal education
By: Kurt Olson, Lawrence R. Velvel
Contributors: Velvel, Lawrence R.
Series: The Thomas Paine series of the Doukathsan Press
Publisher: The Doukathsan Press; Doukathsan Press; Brand: Doukathsan Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Andover, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9780977808939
Subjects: American Bar Association; Law schools -- Accreditation -- United States; Law -- Study and teaching -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 88-100).
Table of contents: title: The modern era of ABA accreditation; title: The early years; title: 1923-1952: cementing control over law schools and legal education: the beginnings of the ABA's accreditation of law schools, and the subsequent public relations blitz to convince state courts that only ABA-approved schools deserved; title: 1952-1974: the perfection of the conspiracy's aims: the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (predecessor to DOE) makes the ABA the sole federally recognized accreditor for law schools; title: Increasing dissatisfaction with the process in the 1980's and the 1989 Conference on Validity and Reliability; title: The 1990's and what at first was MSL's solitary attempt to confront the system; title: MSL, frustrated by government's inability or unwillingness to force the ABA to change, turns to more productive endeavors; title: The wide ranging criticisms launched in the peasants' revolt; title: Will the peasants revolt continue?