On December 16, 2021, the ABA published a memorandum (entitled “ABA Standards – Matters for Notice and Comment – Definitions (7)-(8); Standards 206, 306, 311(c) and (e), and 405(b); and Rules 19 and 29”) recommending changes to standards governing law schools. In particular, the memorandum suggested all-but imposing racial and other quotas, so as to “require[] a school to provide full access to the study of law and membership in the profession to all persons but focuses particularly on underrepresented groups related to race and ethnicity.” Comments were due by January 21, 2022. Despite having received a lot of feedback expressing concern about the “potential violation of the Equal Protection Clause, [and] use of racial balancing or quotas,” the ABA recommended approving the change in a memo dated February 10, 2022. It scrapped the proposal on August 8, 2022, just before it was to be submitted to the ABA’s House of Delegates for final approval.