California Bar Approves License Exam Disability Accommodations

The California Bar approved proposed changes to how it accommodates test takers with disabilities, sending the proposal to the California Supreme Court for review.

The Board of Trustees at its meeting Thursday unanimously voted for the proposed recommendations that disability advocates said if implemented would make it more difficult, time intensive, and costly to obtain testing accommodations and be a step backward for disability access and inclusion.

The proposal was reached following three rounds of public comment and changes in response to public comments over a year.

The Committee of Bar Examiners, which determines the notoriously difficult exam’s format, scope, ...