Texas Ends American Bar Association oversight of law schools & bar exams!

Texas is now the first state in the U.S. to eliminate American Bar Association oversight of its law schools, ending the state's 42-year-long reliance on the national organization.

The Texas Supreme Court issued an order Tuesday finalizing a tentative September opinion, asserting the ABA should "no longer have the final say" on which law school graduates can take the bar exam — a requirement to becoming a licensed lawyer in each state.

"The Court advised that it intends to provide stability, certainty, and flexibility to currently approved law schools by guaranteeing ongoing approval to schools that satisfy a set of simple, objective, and ideologically neutral criteria using metrics no more onerous than those currently required by the ABA," reads the order signed by all nine justices.


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My beloved wife was born in the panhandle, specifically Amarillo.

On the other hand, I was born in Port Arthur.

It's no secret that Texans are very proud of their state and everything that comes out of it. Texans are especially fond of state staples, like Whataburger, H-E-B, and Buc-ee's.

One Texas native, Sally Cummings, said, "It's a Texas thing. It really is."

But have you ever wondered why residents love these Texas staples so much?

KXAN spoke with Texas State University Associate Professor of Marketing Rick Wilson. Wilson says it is because the businesses tap into their pride for the state. Wilson explained, "Using the iconography, you know, the Texas State, the colors, the flag, and they really pull that into every aspect of their business."

Wilson says that the state pride dates back centuries. "I really think it comes down to, you know, the 1830s and 1840s when Texas was its own Republic. A really big sense of community when they were, you know, isolated for so long in our nation's history."

Cummings said, "Makes you feel happy because Texas has such a good spirit."