The American Bar Association (ABA) voted to suspend it Diversity, equity and inclusion (dei) Standard for law schools such as the Trump administration seems to close all programs and initiatives in connection with Dei within the federal government.
The Council of the ABA section of legal education and admission to the bar voted to pause the current standard, known as Rule 206, until 31 August, while assessing a proposed revision of the rule, according to the ABA Journal. The vote took place at the quarterly meeting of the council in San Antonio Friday.
The Council standards committee said that it would assess the proposed changes in the light of recent actions of the Trump administration to ensure that it can enforce the standard in accordance with the law.
President Donald Trump has taken executive action to strengthen the federal government of Dei programs. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty images)
The Trump administration has cuts in federal financing for academic institutions and universities that continue with dei programs threatened. Trump has also issued executive orders to focus in the federal government and the private sector.
Daniel Thies, chairman of the Council and co-chairman of her Strategic Review Committee, said that the switch to suspend the standard was necessary.
“The opinion of the committee is that with the executive orders and the law in motion, it would be an extreme hardship for legal schools if our standards should demand law,” said Thies, according to the ABA Journal.
Members of the Council of the Council will visit law schools and offer written guidance this spring, the ABA Journal reported.
Attorney General Pam Bondi greeted the decision as a ‘victory for common sense’.
Attorney General Pam Bondi greeted the move as a victory for common sense. (AP)
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“Yesterday, the American Bar Association voted to suspend the enforcement of Rule 206 – a dei requirement for the student organizations and faculties of legal schools,” Bondi wrote on X.
“This is a victory for common sense! We bring meritocracy back to the legal system.”
The Trump government is on a mission to close all the programs and initiatives associated with Dei within the federal government, with the argument that it has lowered the standards and has promoted a found agenda. In his first week back in office Trump signed an executive order that ended the offices and initiatives of Dei in the federal workforce.
He followed those with two executive orders that ban “radical gender ideology” and dei initiatives from all branches of the US Army.
Members of the director of the ABA Council will visit law schools this spring and offer written guidance. (Getty Images)
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A federal court granted a provisional order on Friday for parts of the executive orders of the Trump administration on Dei, where it is deemed that parts of the executive orders will probably violate the Constitution and Free disagreement.
The command largely Blocks the sections of the orders of Trump They try to put an end to the federal support for programs that are considered dei-related and prevents the Trump administration from canceling contracts that, according to its diversity, fairness or inclusion, promotes.
Reuters has contributed to this report.
