From the ABA's Task Force on the Future of Legal Education:
The
Task
Force
on
the
Future
of
Legal
Education
has
been
charged
with
developing
a
report
and
set
of
concrete
recommendations
for
the
improvement
of
legal
education,
which
respond
to
current
and
anticipated
weaknesses
in
the
economy,
rapid
and
substantial
changes
in
the
legal
profession,
and
shortcomings
in
the
delivery
of
legal
education.
The
Task
Force
is
working
through
two
subcommittees.
One
subcommittee
is
examining
the
potential
for
innovation
and
improvement
in
how
law
schools
deliver
education.
The
other
subcommittee
is
examining
the
economics
of
legal
education
and
its
impact
on
individual
graduates
and
the
profession.
The subcommittees are seeking comments on a detailed list of themes, ideas and questions and they also seek additional ideas. Click for the full text of the committee's Invitation to Comment.
Unfortunately the ABA has little credibility in this arena, as the ABA accreditation apparatus has become the purest example of regulatory capture I've ever seen. Hopefully this task force, which for once surprisingly does not appear to be composed primarily of deans from poorly regarded law schools, will understand that in order for real reform to go through they're going to have to rock the boat and make a lot of legal academics very unhappy.