David Yellen
@dnyellen.bsky.social
Professor, University of Miami School of Law
3 time law school dean
3 time law school dean
The Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education is under serious attack. If it is to remain as the national accreditor/approver of law schools, some major reforms are needed. Here are some thoughts:
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What Should the ABA Council on Legal Education Do?
This is a guest post by Prof. David Yellen of the University of Miami Law School and former dean of that law school and two others. David has been deeply involved in ABA accreditation matters, in a…
prawfsblawg.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education is under serious attack. If it is to remain as the national accreditor/approver of law schools, some major reforms are needed. Here are some thoughts:
prawfsblawg.com/what-should-...
prawfsblawg.com/what-should-...
Some very sensible thoughts about law school accreditation reform from Barry Currier (former Managing Director of Legal Education at the ABA).
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Comments on Texas and Florida Courts Studying Continued Reliance on the ABA Law School Accreditation Process
I submitted comments today to the Texas Supreme Court and a Florida Supreme Court Work Group on the question of whether the bar admissions process in those jurisdictions should continue to require gra...
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June 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Some very sensible thoughts about law school accreditation reform from Barry Currier (former Managing Director of Legal Education at the ABA).
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Thanks for sharing. Somehow I worked for 5 years with Juan and didn’t know about this side of him. Very cool!
Is he a law professor? Or is he a jazz pianist whose new album just received a glowing review in Downbeat magazine? In the case of Juan Perea of @loyolachicago.bsky.social, he's both. Very cool.
May 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Thanks for sharing. Somehow I worked for 5 years with Juan and didn’t know about this side of him. Very cool!
American universities are neither without flaws, nor above criticism, but they have contributed mightily to society. Lee Bollinger makes the case powerfully.
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Universities Deserve Special Standing
A good life and a good society require an ongoing search for understanding and knowledge.
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May 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
American universities are neither without flaws, nor above criticism, but they have contributed mightily to society. Lee Bollinger makes the case powerfully.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Had not heard of this bizarre practice in Wisconsin. Bipartisan craziness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/u...
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Says Governor’s 400-Year Edit Was Within Veto Authority
Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, used his veto power to increase school funding limits for four centuries longer than Republican lawmakers in the state had intended.
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April 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Had not heard of this bizarre practice in Wisconsin. Bipartisan craziness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/u...
This feels like an important moment, with Harvard joining Princeton.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands
Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions, among other things. Harvard called the demands unlawful.
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April 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This feels like an important moment, with Harvard joining Princeton.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
Worth supporting.
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Proud of Princeton. www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025...
In Bloomberg interview, Eisgruber signals that Princeton will not make concessions
University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 signaled that Princeton would not make concessions to the federal government after news broke that the Trump administration had suspended dozens of the U...
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April 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Proud of Princeton. www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025...
I’m proud to be joining the ABA Task Force for American Democracy as a Consultant.
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Task Force Co-Chair Michael Luttig published this important piece today.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/o...
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Task Force Co-Chair Michael Luttig published this important piece today.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/o...
Task Force for American Democracy
The Task Force for American Democracy, co-chaired by former Federal Judge J. Michael Luttig and former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Charles Johnson, examines ways to ensure an enduring American ...
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March 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I’m proud to be joining the ABA Task Force for American Democracy as a Consultant.
www.americanbar.org/groups/publi...
Task Force Co-Chair Michael Luttig published this important piece today.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/o...
www.americanbar.org/groups/publi...
Task Force Co-Chair Michael Luttig published this important piece today.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/o...
In dark times, it is good to focus on positive big picture news. Extreme poverty and child mortality are at the lowest levels in history. There are plenty of massive, even existential problems, but for much of humanity, there has never been a better time to live.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...
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Opinion | The World Is a Mess, and It’s Still the Best Time to Be Alive
What matters isn’t so much a Trump rant as that children are less likely to die now than at any other time in the history of the world.
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January 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
In dark times, it is good to focus on positive big picture news. Extreme poverty and child mortality are at the lowest levels in history. There are plenty of massive, even existential problems, but for much of humanity, there has never been a better time to live.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...
Read it and worry.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/u...
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Confidence in U.S. Courts Plummets to Rate Far Below Peer Nations
Very few countries have experienced similar declines, typically in the wake of wrenching turmoil. Experts called the data, from a new Gallup poll, stunning and worrisome.
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December 17, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Read it and worry.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/u...
@dbrodriguez.bsky.social shares some important thoughts about the ABA Council on Legal Education decision to allow law schools to admit students without an admissions test. danielbrodriguez.substack.com/p/law-school...
This change is long overdue and will help promote diversity.
This change is long overdue and will help promote diversity.
Law School Admissions Agonistes
For the past several years, the Council of the ABA Section on Legal Education & Admissions to the Bar (legal education’s accreditor) has toiled to develop a quite consequential, maybe even radical, re...
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November 21, 2024 at 5:26 PM
@dbrodriguez.bsky.social shares some important thoughts about the ABA Council on Legal Education decision to allow law schools to admit students without an admissions test. danielbrodriguez.substack.com/p/law-school...
This change is long overdue and will help promote diversity.
This change is long overdue and will help promote diversity.