What is the difference between attending an ABA-approved law school and a non-ABA approved law school?
The ABA Standards for the Approval of Law Schools assure that students who attend ABA-approved law schools will receive a sound program of legal education. Schools not approved by the ABA need not comply with these Standards and the ABA can make no representation about the quality of the program of legal education offered at non-approved law schools. All states recognize that graduation from an ABA-approved law school satisfies the legal education requirements that a person must meet to be eligible to sit for the bar examination. In many states, a person may not sit for the bar examination unless that person holds a J.D. degree from an ABA-approved law school. Other states have additional requirements that a student must meet in order to qualify to sit for that state’s examination, including allowing some graduates of non-ABA approved law schools to sit for that state’s bar examination. The criteria for eligibility to take the bar examination or to otherwise qualify for bar admission a
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