For Third Time, ABA Committee Votes To Eliminate Ban On Academic Credit For Paid Externships

ABA Journal, ABA Committee for Third Time Proposes Eliminating Ban on Academic Credit for Paid Externships:

For the third time in less than two years, an ABA committee has proposed lifting the ban in the law school accreditation standards on students receiving academic credit for paid externships.

But the Standards Review Committee, which met Friday and Saturday in Atlanta, also agreed to forward such a proposal to the governing council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar in case the council decides to keep the ban. ...

Recent TaxProf Blog coverage:

• ABA Rejects Paid Externships, Tightens Reporting Of Law School-Funded Jobs, Repeals Rule Allowing 10% LSAT-Free Classes (Aug. 3, 2015)
• Anderson: Law Students Should Speak Up For Paid Externships (July 22, 2015)
• Law Profs, Law Grads Debate Changing Accreditation Standards To Permit Paid Externships (July 20, 2015)
• ABA Approves Paid Externships, 10% LSAT-Free Classes For Notice And Comment (June 9, 2015)
• ABA To Consider Paid Externships, 10% LSAT-Free Classes (June 4, 2015)
• NY Times Debate: Should the ABA Allow Paid Externships for Law Students? (Sept. 18, 2014)
• ABA: Law Schools Can Admit 10% of Students Without LSAT, Must Do Annual Audit of Placement Data, Can't Give Academic Credit for Paid Externships (June 10, 2014)
• ABA Releases Notice & Comment on Proposed Changes to Law School Accreditation Standards (Mar. 27, 2014)