LSAC to Change LSAT Accommodations Process


Big news for those of you with disabilities that affect your test taking: the Law School Admission Council has agreed to streamline its process for requesting accommodations on all future LSATs. In the past, LSAC required LSAT registrants requesting accommodations to go through a lengthy application process, and many requests were denied. For all future LSATs, however, LSAT registrants can expect a much easier application process, especially if they have received accommodations on previous standardized tests (e.g., SAT, ACT).

Just as importantly, LSAC has also agreed not to flag LSAT scores that involved accommodations. In the past, LSAC would notify law schools if an applicant to that school had received accommodations on the LSAT. LSAC will no longer do so.

Further information is available in the Consent Decree entered into between LSAC and the U.S. Department of Justice. The Consent Decree is awaiting approval by the judge in the pending case in the District Court for the Northern District of California.