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FTC Endorses Ohio Supreme Court Proposal To Reduce Reliance On American Bar ...

Published

20 July 2026

Topic

regulatory

Sectors

Fintech

Geography

United States

Source

Read at mondaq.com

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The FTC has endorsed Ohio's proposal to remove the American Bar Association's exclusive role in law school accreditation for bar admission, citing anticompetitive barriers to entry. Ohio, Florida, Texas, and Tennessee are moving to allow alternative accreditation pathways, opening the legal education and services market to new providers.

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The Wire takeaway

If you're building legal tech or unbundled legal services, your customer acquisition just got cheaper: states are now allowing non-ABA lawyers to practise, which means lower-cost legal labour entering the market and a bigger addressable base for your platform to serve. Four states have already moved; the rest will follow, and the FTC is pushing hard.

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Topics

Fintech · legal-services-unbundling · accreditation-antitrust · bar-admission-reform · alternative-legal-education