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FTC Endorses Ohio Supreme Court Proposal to Weaken ABA's Law School Accreditation Monopoly
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Fusion42 · 14 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
The FTC has endorsed an Ohio Supreme Court proposal to break the American Bar Association's monopoly on law school accreditation, opening the door for alternative accreditors. This regulatory shift directly reduces barriers to legal education and could reshape the market for law school credentials and alternative legal training programmes.
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If you're building an alternative law degree, law skills bootcamp, or legal credentials programme, your biggest regulatory barrier just got federal backing for removal. You now have a 12-24 month window to move from pilot to scale before the ABA's lobbying response hardens.
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