The American Bar Association wields significant power and influence through its accrediting of U.S. law schools, but one of the organization’s latest proposals appears to dive headfirst into uncharted and troubling waters.

The ABA has proposed mandating diversity training and affirmative action in all of its accredited law schools — and this move is poised to insert the organization’s subjective public policy views on controversial issues directly into the curriculum of accredited law schools.