Law Student Well-Being and the ABA Accreditation Standards

A recent article in Student Lawyer by Janet Stearns and Ayat Nizam discusses proposed changes to the ABA accreditation standards for law schools dealing with student well-being. One of the proposed changes would include well-being resources for law students, including mental health and substance abuse resources. If passed, these changes would make certain well-being efforts mandatory for law schools in order to maintain ABA accreditation.

Read in full: Janet Stearns & Ayat Nizam, The Path to Reforming the ABA Standards to Promote Law Student Well-Being, Student Lawyer (April 22, 2021).