Man sues for extra time on LSAT, claiming disability

A prospective law school student who alleges he has a disability filed a suit in U.S. District Court in the Western District of Texas, seeking a court order to force the Law School Admissions Council to provide him with accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act for the Law School Admissions Test. Matthew Scott Jones of Austin alleges he was scheduled to take the LSAT in 2009 in Austin, but he didn’t take the test because the LSAC “has illegally refused and is illegally refusing to accommodate Jones’ learning disability by refusing to provide Jones additional time to take the LSAT.” He alleges he was diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and his disability impairs his reading ability and his ability to concentrate “to the point that his competence level is below that expected in comparison to most people.” In Matthew Scott Jones v. Law School Admissions Council, Jones alleges the LSAC should provide him with double time to take the test and his test results should not be flagged as “not taken under standard conditions.” Jones alleges that he asked the LSAC for accommodations when he was first scheduled to take the exam in September 2009, but the LSAC notified him in July 2009 that it had denied his request for accommodation on the ground he had “not demonstrated that he was ‘substantially limit[ed] in a major life activity.’ ” Jones seeks a permanent injunction to prevent the LSAC from refusing to comply with his request, as well as compensatory damages and attorney’s fees. He alleges the LSAC has violated Title III of the ADA, which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in professional examinations. Wendy Margolis, a spokeswoman for the Newtown, Pa.-based Law School Admissions Council, did not immediately return a telephone message seeking comment. The suit filed on Jan. 28 is pending before U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks in Austin.

-- Brenda Sapino Jeffreys

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