Md. Bd. of Law Examiners R. BOARD RULE 3

(a) Policy. In accordance with the ADA, the Board shall provide test accommodations to an

individual taking the bar examination or the attorney examination or the Maryland Law

Component, to the extent that such accommodations are reasonable, consistent with the

nature and purpose of the examination and necessitated by the applicant's disability.

(b) Requesting Test Accommodations. An individual shall apply for admission to the Bar of

Maryland prior to or contemporaneously with requesting test accommodations. In order to

request test accommodations, an individual shall file a completed Applicant's Accommodations

Request Form along with the specified supporting documentation. The Applicant's

Accommodations Request Form shall be filed not later than the deadline for filing a Notice of

Intent to Take the UBE in Maryland pursuant to Rules 19-206 or 19-210.

(c) Review by Board.

(1) Initial Review for Timeliness and Sufficiency. The Board's staff shall conduct an initial review

of a request for test accommodations. The Board's staff shall reject a request that is untimely

unless applicant establishes that the untimeliness is substantially justified. The Board's staff

shall reject a request that fails to adequately specify the test accommodations required, or if

the supporting documentation is substantially incomplete or is otherwise substantially

deficient. If the request is rejected, the Board's staff shall advise the applicant in writing of the

deficiencies in the request and supporting documents and shall provide the applicant an

opportunity to correct any deficiencies in the accommodation request before the filing deadline

for the current examination or, if the current deadline has passed, before the filing deadline for

the next administration of the examination.

(2) Board Determination. If there is uncertainty about whether the requested test

accommodation is warranted pursuant to the ADA, the applicant's request and all supporting

documentation may be referred to a qualified expert retained by the Board to review and

analyze whether the applicant has documented a disability and requested a reasonable

accommodation. Thereafter, a designated member of the Board shall determine whether test

accommodations should be granted after examining the applicant's request and the report of

the Board's expert. The Board's staff shall advise the applicant in writing whether the request

for test accommodations is granted or denied in whole or in part.

(d) Appeal to the Accommodations Review Committee. If the Board denies a request for test

accommodations in whole or in part, the applicant may file an appeal with the

Accommodations Review Committee pursuant to Rule 19-208.

[Adopted June 6, 2016, eff. July 1, 2016. Amended Dec. 4, 2018, eff. March 1, 2019.]