When the AACSB adopted the "legal and regulatory" language as part of the "perpectives" requirement for MBA programs (with the active help and participation of my colleague, Bill Volz), I guess I believed that "legal studies" was safely retained as a component of the MBA curriculum. My (other) colleagues from various disciplines in our business school are in the process of "proving" me wrong. As we review and update our MBA program, it appears that a majority of our business school faculty have concluded that there is no need for a legal studies course in the MBA. Instead, legal studies is to be included as portion (perhaps 1/6 or so) of a comprehensive "perspectives" course in the core of the MBA program. Obviously I have not made the case that what we do in a full-fledged legal studies course is sufficiently valuable so as to be retained in our MBA program, but I am still making the effort. But here's a question: Is there general consensus that an approach such as the one described above meets the AACSB requirements? Is there any evidence that the AACSB requirements anticipate a legal studies course as such? Thank you for any insights, history, or comments. If you have anything you'd be willing to send to me, please fax it to (313) 577-2000, email it to me at [log in to unmask], or mail it to me at: Albert Spalding, Interim Chair Department of Accounting School of Business Administration Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan 48020 Again, thank you.