"Legitimacy"

As pretty much expected, the thoroughly Catholic Ave Maria School of Law received full accreditation from the American Bar Association. (link via Southern Appeal) Insofar as the secular legal profession is concerned, this gives the school a general sense of legitimacy that "non-ABA" schools (like the one yours truly graduated from)lack. Whether this perception is warranted is up for debate, but I did have to laugh at this comment that Ave Maria reportedly made upon receiving the ABA seal of approval: "Achieving ABA accreditation signifies that a particular law school provides a sound legal education of high quality..." Why is this laughable? Because it presumes that the ABA, a profoundly politicized organization that supports the constitutional right to abortion and a host of other left-wing causes, is a credible judge of a sound legal education.