Attorney General Pam Bondi warned the American Bar Association on Monday that it should abandon requirements for law schools to demonstrate a commitment to “diversity and inclusion,” or expect to face further action from the Justice Department.
Bondi wrote a letter to the American Bar Association’s Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar telling it to immediately end a policy requiring accredited law schools to focus on cultivating a “diverse” student body. The letter said that the policies were illegal and violated the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn affirmative action.
“I am writing because, for years, the Council [–] the sole body charged with accrediting American law schools has subjected law faculties and law students to unlawful race and sex discrimination under the guise of ‘diversity’ mandates, and that policy must be…
