Share Your Experiences with the California Bar Exam and Testing Accommodations

DREDF and DRA File US DOJ Complaint About State Bar of California

Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) and Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) have filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice about the California State Bar’s unlawful policies and practices regarding requests for testing accommodations on the California bar exam.
 
The complaint alleges that the State Bar of California:
  • Fails to defer to and grant previously granted testing accommodations
  • Fails to defer to qualified professionals who have assessed the candidate
  • Requires onerous medical and psychological documentation
  • Fails to respond to accommodation requests in a timely manner
  • Unlawfully denies testing accommodations
DREDF and DRA are gathering stories using to support the US DOJ complaint. We are not promising to provide survey respondents with legal representation. 

SHARE YOUR STORY! Fill out the survey.
1.Did you apply for testing accommodations for the California bar exam?(Required.)
2.When did you apply for testing accommodations for the California bar exam? You can estimate using months and years.
3.What types of accommodations did you request? Check all that apply.
4.Before you applied for testing accommodations for the California bar exam, had you received testing accommodations on other tests (such as the GRE, LSAT, MPRE, or law school exams)?(Required.)
5.If yes, please list or describe the other tests for which you received testing accommodations.
6.Did you provide the State Bar of California with documentation (such as medical documentation or documentation of prior accommodation grants) to support your request for testing accommodations?(Required.)
7.If yes, please describe the documentation you provided.
8.After you applied for testing accommodations for the California bar exam, what was your experience with the State Bar of California? Did the State Bar grant the accommodations you requested? Deny? Ask for more documents? Please describe your experiences in detail.
9.What is your name?(Required.)
10.What is your email?(Required.)
11.What is your telephone number?
12.Are you willing to have your contact information and story shared with the US Department of Justice?(Required.)
13.Is there anything else you would like to share with DREDF and DRA?