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Key Facts
- National overview: ABA’s 2012 annual meeting report states that House of Delegates Resolution 103 was approved and concurred in August 2012 amendments to ABA Standard 509 and Rule 16.
- National overview: During archive recovery, the legacy abanow.org page for “2012 AM 103” returned HTTP 404, so the meeting report served as the available primary record.
- National overview: ABA describes Standards 2025-2026 as the current criteria that law schools must meet to obtain and retain ABA approval.
- National overview: ABA’s Standards page says the 2025-2026 edition reflects changes approved by the Section’s Council and concurred in by the House of Delegates through August 2025.
- National overview: ABA’s Required Disclosures statistics page describes 509 Required Disclosures, Graduate Employment Data, and Bar Passage Data as part of its disclosure materials.
- National overview: The same ABA statistics page provides a “Statistics Archives” section for earlier academic years.
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- What the “ABA 2012am103 resolution” archive item represents
- The official 2012 record for Resolution 103 and the amendments it concurred in
- Why Standard 509 and Rule 16 connect to ABA disclosures publishing
- How the current ABA Standards update the same framework over time
- Compact comparison archived resolution action vs current Standards and disclosures pages
- Archive recovery note what changed when the legacy page disappeared
- Common confusion in this kind of archive item
- Related archive examples on TheFirstFile.com
- Sources
What the “ABA 2012am103 resolution” archive item represents
The legacy URL for 2012 AM 103 could not be retrieved during archive recovery, so the article reconstructs the historical frame: an ABA House of Delegates action tied to the ABA Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools, including amendments to Standard 509 and Rule 16.
The official 2012 record for Resolution 103 and the amendments it concurred in
The most direct primary record located in the available archive evidence is a memorandum titled 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association and Meeting of the House of Delegates (Report on the ABA Annual Meeting), hosted as a PDF. That memorandum states that “LEGAL EDUCATION [103]” included a motion by Ruth V. McGregor of Arizona to concur in Council amendments dated August 2012 to Standard 509 and Rule 16 of the ABA Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools, and it adds: “The resolution was approved.” 2012 annual meeting report on Resolution 103.
Why Standard 509 and Rule 16 connect to ABA disclosures publishing
ABA’s archive item matters for readers who see “Standard 509” referenced in law-school data materials later on. The ABA Required Disclosures page describes the Required Disclosures site as home to the most updated information and explains that it includes materials on 509 Required Disclosures, Graduate Employment Data, and Bar Passage Data. The page also describes these materials as including individual law school PDF reports and national compilation spreadsheets for the disclosure categories it lists. ABA Required Disclosures statistics.
How the current ABA Standards update the same framework over time
Archive items can look like present-day rules if they are read without context. The ABA’s Standards page distinguishes the current edition by describing Standards 2025-2026 as the current criteria that law schools must meet to obtain and retain approval. The same page states that the 2025-2026 edition reflects all changes approved by the Section’s Council and concurred in by the House of Delegates through August 2025. ABA Standards (Standards and Rules of Procedure).
Compact comparison archived resolution action vs current Standards and disclosures pages
| Source type | What it shows | How it supports archive recovery context |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 Resolution 103 (archived action) | A 2012 meeting memorandum records that Resolution 103 was approved and concurred in August 2012 amendments to Standard 509 and Rule 16 | Preserves the historical adoption event and the specific ABA Standards/Rules sections targeted in 2012 |
| ABA Standards 2025-2026 (current criteria page) | The Standards page describes the current criteria and ties the edition to Council approvals and House concurrence through August 2025 | Shows how ABA updates standards editions after earlier governance actions |
| ABA Required Disclosures statistics (current disclosures portal description) | The statistics page describes disclosure materials connected to 509 Required Disclosures plus graduate employment and bar passage categories and points to archive access for earlier years | Connects the “509” label in the 2012 amendments to how the ABA presents disclosure categories today |
Archive recovery note what changed when the legacy page disappeared
When the recovery process started from the original legacy URL, the targeted legacy post at abanow.org/2012/06/2012am103/ could not be retrieved because it returned HTTP 404 during the scrape attempt. That retrieval limitation is a historical artifact of web-access rather than a change in ABA governance itself, and it explains why this article relies on the ABA meeting memorandum for the Resolution 103 record. legacy abanow.org page for “2012 AM 103”.
Common confusion in this kind of archive item
Archived ABA resolutions can show up alongside current ABA standards language in search results. The key difference in this archive item is that the meeting memorandum records an approval and concurrence action in 2012, while the ABA’s current Standards page and disclosures portal describe the current edition framework and disclosure materials used for today’s accreditation-related reporting.
Related archive examples on TheFirstFile.com
The site also preserves other ABA House of Delegates resolution items in the Archives category, such as another ABA House of Delegates resolution archive item, which can help illustrate how governance updates were recorded and reused across time.
