American Bar Association, Georgetown Law Accreditation Records

Collection

Identifier: LCA-02-15-001

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Self studies and other materials prepared for site visits by the ABA Accreditation Teams; Georgetown Law Center's responses to ABA annual questionnaires. For selected years, the collection includes "Take-Offs" -- compilations of comparative data for ABA member law schools assembled by the ABA based on each school's responses to the annual questionnaire.

Dates

1923 - 2018

Conditions Governing Access

Open only to the Dean of the Law Center or his/her designee.

Extent

16.5 linear feet (6 record storage boxes, 20 Hollinger boxes, 1 half-sized Hollinger box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Four series. Series 1: ABA General Administrative Files, arranged alphabetically; Series 2: ABA Annual Questionnaires, arranged chronologically; Series 3: ABA Take Offs, arranged chronologically; ABA Accreditation Records, arranged chronologically.

Accruals

Additional materials added to collection 2023-06-30.-mg200

Related Materials

Additional material on ABA Accreditation in records of Deans Areen, Aleinkoff, and Treanor. Georgetown Law Library Records (LCA-05-10, Boxes 16-20), contain Take-Off data for libraries of ABA member schools.

Deaccessions

During processing, duplicate sets of ABA Site Evaluation materials were discarded.
During processing, duplicate sets of ABA Site Evaluation materials were discarded.