For law schools
The ABA's Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools — in plain language — plus a documentation toolkit and an interactive readiness checklist for self-studies and site-visit preparation. These materials support documentation: they help a school organize evidence and spot gaps. They never declare a program compliant or noncompliant — only the ABA Council makes approval determinations. Eli works here as an accreditation copilot with the same posture.
The hub
The numbered standards families that matter most in a review cycle — learning outcomes, access, academic freedom, distance education, faculty, library — and what evidence reviewers expect to see for each.
Read the standards → Working toolsEvidence-matrix templates, a self-study narrative review rubric, and a workplan format — built for the question a site visitor always asks: prove it.
Open the toolkit → InteractiveWalk the standards family by family, check off what your school documents, and get a prioritized gap list to take back to your team.
Start the checklist →The posture
When you paste a draft narrative or describe a process, Eli scores it against the standard using only this vocabulary — never a compliance verdict:
| Verdict | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Strong Evidence | The materials appear to address the expectation with specific, dated, owned evidence. |
| Evidence Present but Could Be Strengthened | The expectation is addressed, but the evidence is thin, dated, or indirect. |
| Potential Evidence Gap | Something the standard asks for has no visible supporting evidence. |
| Conflicting Evidence | Materials you provided say different things about the same process. |
| Needs Verification | A claim is made but can't be checked from what's provided. |
| No Supporting Evidence Located | Nothing provided addresses the expectation. |
The evidence test. For every institutional claim, ask: if a site visitor asked the school to prove this statement, what evidence could it show? A policy proves a process is established, not that it is implemented — look for records, logs, minutes, and data that show the process actually runs.