As of April 2026, 72 law schools in 24 states have DEI pages, a rebranded equivalent site or similar statements publicly available, says the Defending Education report. At Villanova, the DEI page is now called “Unitas: Community Building” but still informs visitors that the school is “deeply committed” to DEI, which can “lead to progress in the justice system, as well as within society.”
The University of Colorado, Boulder Law School rebranded its DEI as “Community and Culture.” American University Washington College of Law rebranded its DEI shop as the “Office of Inclusive Excellence and Leadership Development.” Iowa’s Drake University Law School rebranded as “Collaborative Culture.” Others, including University of Connecticut, Boston College Law School, and University of Michigan, are still promoting “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” according to the report.
The ABA has moved to the political left in recent decades, and its near monopoly on law-school accreditation lets it steer law schools in the same direction. When a single accreditor controls access to the legal profession, the standards and expectations become entrenched, along with political bias. Law schools have incentive to align themselves with what they think the ABA wants.