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ADA and the Bar Exam
By Scott F. Pearce, Esq. | August 18, 2008
The Americans With Disabilities Act requires special accommodations be given to students with learning disabilities when they take tests. The question is, what accommodations are appropriate? This is a scientific question and sometimes reasonable people can differ about both the diagnosis and the accommodations.
The West Virginia Law Examiners gave a bar candidate three days and a private room to complete a two-day bar exam. After he failed the exam by 17 points, he sued the examiners because they didn’t give him four days.
In this video, I don’t pretend to be able to judge the validity of the candidate’s claim, but it’s not hard to see that the authorities in West Virginia might have some problems in court.
See some coverage of this issue here here here and here.
Topics: Civil Liberties, Education |