With the unanimous passing of a proposal at the American Bar Association’s annual meeting in Denver earlier this month, law students can now earn up to 50% of their credits remotely, a significant increase from the previous one-third of credits. According to an ABA spokesperson, the change is effective immediately.
This shift represents a response to the growing need for greater flexibility in legal education in today’s society. The amended provisions now allow law schools to offer courses and programs using distance education without the need for a substantive change application. According to Daniel Thies, now vice chair of the ABA council, this development gives law schools freedom in offering more distance learning credited courses than before.
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