ABA Files Motions to Dismiss, Stay Duncan School of Law Litigation

ABA Files Motions to Dismiss, Stay Duncan School of Law Litigation

The ABA moved Wednesday to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Tennessee law school in December after it was denied provisional accreditation by the association’s law school accrediting arm. Lincoln Memorial University’s Duncan School of Law is suing the ABA for alleged antitrust and due process violations over a Dec. 20 decision (PDF) by the governing council of the association’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar to deny its bid for provisional accreditation. The ABA’s motion, filed Wednesday in federal court in Knoxville, where the suit is pending, says Duncan’s antitrust claim should be dismissed because the…

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