The gatekeepers of American legal education just flinched.
The American Bar Association’s Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar voted on May 15 to eliminate the rule that required accredited law schools to demonstrate a commitment to diversity in recruitment, admissions, and student programming.
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The rule, known as Standard 206, had already been suspended since February 2025. Now the ABA is moving from a temporary pause toward permanent repeal.
American Bar Association votes to eliminate DEI rule for law schools https://t.co/rT1un3XI5Chttps://t.co/rT1un3XI5C
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 16, 2026
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The vote did not happen in a vacuum. The Trump administration has spent more than a year pressuring institutions to abandon DEI mandates across higher education, and the ABA
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