Well, that’s been their excuse for years, but I suspect that there are significantly less legal/noble reasons for it. It’s pretty clear the ABA is totally removed from the real world(read their recent analysis of law student debt/law school tuition) and it’s pretty clear that the ABA is run by the schools. It’s also worth noting that the AMA has a virtual stranglehold on the number of medical schools in the US with no apparent antitrust/regulatory capture issues.