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Hecht  \nPresident, Conference of Chief Justicesc/o Association and Conference Services  \n300 Newport Avenue  \nWilliamsburg, VA 23185-4147  \nRe: Civil Rights Concerns with Administration of Bar Examinations  \nDear Chief Justice Hecht:  \nThe undersigned members and allies of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Rights Task Force, along with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, write to urge you to develop a bar admissions response to the coronavirus epidemic that ensures the equitable treatment of people of color and people with disabilities. CCD is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for federal public policy that ensures the selfdetermination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society. The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is anonpartisan, nonprofit organization, formed in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy to enlist the private bar’s leadership and resources in combating racial discrimination and the resulting inequality of opportunity – work that continues to be vital today.  \nWe write in relation to the administration of various state bar exams in the coming months. As you are aware, in the first week of October, twenty jurisdictions will be administering online exams; 1 others will be administering online exams later in October; 2 Puerto Rico will be administering an  \n1 Arizona, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania (threeday exam, Oct. 5-7), Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virgin Islands. July 2020 Bar Exam Status by Jurisdiction, National Conference of Bar Examiners (Sept. 18, 2020), [https://www.ncbex.org/ncbe-covid-](https://www.ncbex.org/ncbe-covid-)[ ](https://www.ncbex.org/ncbe-covid-)[19-updates/july-2020-bar-exam-jurisdiction-information/status-table/](19-updates/july-2020-bar-exam-jurisdiction-information/status-table/.)[.](19-updates/july-2020-bar-exam-jurisdiction-information/status-table/.)  \n2 Florida (Oct. 13), Louisiana (Oct. 10) . July 2020 Bar Exam Status by Jurisdiction, National Conference of Bar Examiners (Sept. 18, 2020), [https://www.ncbex.org/ncbe-covid-19-updates/july-2020-](https://www.ncbex.org/ncbe-covid-19-updates/july-2020-)[bar-exam-jurisdiction-information/status-table/.](bar-exam-jurisdiction-information/status-table/.)  \nin-person exam in November.3 It remains unclear what format the February 2021 exams will take. We are concerned that the administration of these exams, whether in-person or online, will impose unfair disadvantages on people of color and people with disabilities.  \nWe ask that you endorse the widespread adoption of temporary diploma privilege for the duration of the crisis—the only fair and safe method of bar admission under current conditions. This will facilitate the economic security of recent law graduates and make the bar admissions process more equitable. Furthermore, it will be an important step toward mitigating the underrepresentation of people of color and people with disabilities in our profession.  \nWe understand that moving toward a temporary diploma privilege framework may not be feasible prior to the currently-scheduled exams in the first week of October, or that some states will be resistant to it. Even so, much can still be done to reduce the harm to examinees of color and examinees with disabilities. States declining to implement a temporary diploma privilege must implement a flexible approach that allows for either an open-book examination with accessible software and sufficient lead time for accommodation requests to be addressed. As discussed below, these changes will ameliorate, albeit not eliminate, the discriminatory impact that the use of facial recognition technology and unreasonable limitations on examinee behavior","cbCaimEOuUSua77P","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimEOuUSua77P","pdf",337580,11,"English","# Letter Requesting Equitable Bar Admissions During COVID-19\n## Temporary Diploma Privilege as the Preferred Approach\n## Risks of In-Person and Online Exams\n## Discriminatory Impact and Legal Liability","[{\"question\":\"What action do the signatories ask Chief Justice Hecht to take?\",\"answer\":\"Develop a bar admissions response to the coronavirus epidemic that ensures equitable treatment of people of color and people with disabilities.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the requested method for bar admission during the crisis?\",\"answer\":\"Endorse the widespread adoption of temporary diploma privilege for the duration of the crisis.\"},{\"question\":\"If temporary diploma privilege is not feasible, what alternative approach does the letter request?\",\"answer\":\"Use a flexible approach allowing an open-book exam with accessible software and sufficient lead time for accommodation requests, rather than rigid limitations.\"}]","Civil Rights Concerns with Administration of Bar Examinations - Letter | PDF",1789960128,28]