Dive Brief:

• The American Bar Association has announced new standards for law school accreditation.
• Law schools would be required to assess their students based more on outcomes, such as bar exam scores and employment, the National Law Journal reported.
• Under the new standards, law school students will have to take at least six hours in an “experiential” setting, such as a legal clinic, and will be encouraged to perform 50 hours of pro bono service. 

Dive Insight:

Law school students will also be allowed to take up to 15 credit hours in distance learning, an increase from 12 hours, and they’ll be allowed to take on outside work of more than 20 hours per week. The section of the ABA that oversees law schools began its review of the standards in 2008, and the last revision was in 2003.