Texas dropped ABA law school accreditation after 4 decades. Can it come up with a better system?
John Paul Schlegelmilch 35 years of experience Business Law, Criminal Law, DUI & DWI ... NEVADA STATE BAR # 4379 Member 1991 - Current https://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/john-paul-schlegelmilch-758001 Texas dropped ABA law school accreditation after 4 decades. Can it come up with a better system? KERA | By Toluwani Osibamowo Published February 2, 2026 at 7:38 AM CST Nelson Locke talks about the Texas Supreme Court's decision to end its reliance on the American Bar Association for law school accreditation at his law firm in Plano Jan. 15, 2026. Nelson Locke thinks he might have inspired some of this. The 75-year-old lawyer spent three years asking the Texas Board of Law Examiners to admit him to the state bar without requiring him to take the bar exam. The Marine Corps veteran had 20-plus-year careers in retail and mortgages before he graduated from Purdue Global Law School at 61. The board wouldn't waive his exam requirement because Purdue Global is a fully online law progr...