The mission of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, the ABA’s first section, is:
To be a creative national force in providing leadership and services to those responsible for and those who benefit from a sound program of legal education and bar admissions.
To provide a fair, effective, and efficient accrediting system for American law schools that promotes quality legal education, and
To continue to serve, through its Council, as the nationally recognized accrediting body for American law schools.