After discussing the merits of the law school admissions process, including analyzing the racial subjectivity inherent in the administration of the Law School Admission Test and its corresponding effect on racial diversity in the law school admissions process, suggests an alternative admissions process that attempts to identify the unique merits…

The case of Avins v White illustrates that the process of law school accreditation can be a turbulent one. The relationship between administrators of educational institutions and accreditation officials will be affected when this dispute is resolved by the United States Court of Appeals. (MLW)

The American Bar Association (ABA) president notes special moral (professional) responsibilities of college and university attorneys and calls attention to the ABA's Youth Education for Citizenship and its group legal service programs, and the upholding of preferential law school admission to minorities. (JT)

Trend toward restriction of law schools' clinical program involvement in public interest litigation by state legislators and private groups is chronicled, the American Association of Law Schools' related study is summarized, and the broader problem in legal education of individual versus institutional autonomy is discussed. (MSE)

It is proposed that the values and environment of a church-related law school differ from those of secular institutions because of the religious orientation of faculty and students, and fostering such an institution is religious freedom, now threatened by accreditation rules and current First Amendment jurisprudence. (Author/MSE)

Because certain disabilities cause students to need additional time to complete course work, law schools typically allow enrollment in fewer credit hours, which requires additional time for program completion. Tuition adjustment is considered as a possible solution to this problem, and it is concluded law schools may have to adjust tuition…

Constitutional rights of free religious expression, religious discrimination, individual and institutional academic freedoms, and the legal authority of accrediting agencies emerging as issues in the accreditation of religiously affiliated law schools are discussed in the context of recent litigation. (MSE)

Legal limitations faced by law schools adopting university diversity admission policies are considered in light of the new judicial climate in which consideration of nontraditional race criteria is in disfavor. Difficulties in admitting a fully diverse law school class under the traditional application process are examined, appropriate standards…