State Bar & Bar Associations,
Civil Litigation
Sep. 16, 2020
3 claim State Bar isn’t accommodating disabled in online exam
The State Bar is offering an online exam for most test takers this year but is excluding those who cannot stay in front of the webcam for the entirety of each test section, if they need a paper iteration of the exam or if they use screen-reading software, according to the lawsuit filed in federal court in San Francisco.




Three people with disabilities sued the State Bar alleging changes to the exam this year because of COVID-19 discriminated against them.
The State Bar is offering an online exam for most test takers this year but is excluding those who cannot stay in front of the webcam for the entirety of each test section, if they need a paper iteration of the exam or if they use screen-reading software, according to the lawsuit filed Monday in...
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