Federalist Society panelists endorse proposed law school accreditation rule on free speech

Law schools would benefit from a proposed accreditation rule requiring them to adopt free speech protections, panelists assembled by the Federalist Society said Monday.

Such a rule—currently under consideration by the American Bar Association’s legal education arm—would protect law campuses as places of robust debate and tamp down on the disruptions of controversial speakers, said the speakers, who were largely drawn from the legal academy’s conservative ranks.