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LSAC settlement offers tips for evaluating testing accommodation requests
Author(s) -
Masinter Michael R.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
campus legal advisor
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-6239
pISSN - 1531-3999
DOI - 10.1002/cala.30100
Subject(s) - settlement (finance) , lawsuit , documentation , decree , economic justice , accommodation , test (biology) , law , political science , business , psychology , computer science , finance , paleontology , neuroscience , payment , biology , programming language
The U.S. Department of Justice and the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing settled a lawsuit against the Law School Admission Council challenging documentation requirements for accommodations on its Law School Admission Test. The settlement consent decree ( see www.ada.gov/lsac_consentdecree.htm ) offers valuable insights into how the DOJ interprets documentation requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act.