The American Bar Association's de facto monopoly on law school accreditation took another hit this week as the directors of the Federal Trade Commission's Office of Policy Planning and Bureau of Competition endorsed a proposal by the Texas Supreme Court to allow alternative means of accreditation.

This endorsement came in a nine-page letter to the Texas Supreme Court released with the approval of both currently serving FTC Commissioners.

The letter reads in part:

we endorse the Proposed Amendment and commend that it would eliminate the current rule's delegation of authority to the American Bar Association (ABA). The ABA should not serve as a gatekeeper to a critical aspect of admission to the legal profession. Such control by the ABA is inimical to the principles on which competition la

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