DREDF and LAAW urge the California Bar to Protect Testing Accommodations for Bar Applicants

March 12, 2021
DREDF joined Legal Aid at Work in writing a comment to the State Bar of California opposing a revision to State Bar Rule 4.90. The revision would give bar applicants less time to appeal accommodation denials and less opportunity to have accommodation denials reviewed. DREDF and LAAW described the harmful impact this would have on bar applicants with disabilities, imposing more difficulty in an already frustrating process. The comment further urges the State Bar to instead adopt meaningful reforms to its testing accommodation process, adhering to guidance from the Department of Justice which has already been implemented by the Law School Admissions Council. […], March 12, 2021
DREDF joined Legal Aid at Work in writing a comment to the State Bar of California opposing a revision to State Bar Rule 4.90. The revision would give bar applicants less time to appeal accommodation denials and less opportunity to have accommodation denials reviewed. DREDF and LAAW described the harmful impact this would have on bar applicants with disabilities, imposing more difficulty in an already frustrating process. The comment further urges the State Bar to instead adopt meaningful reforms to its testing accommodation process, adhering to guidance from the Department of Justice which has already been implemented by the Law School Admissions Council. […],