Legal Industry News
February 4, 2010
Man Sues to Get Twice as Much Time to Take the LSAT Due to ADHD
Matthew Scott Jones, a prospective law student in Austin, Texas, has filed suit in the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Texas against the Law School Admissions Council (“LSAC”), alleging that the LSAC violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by refusing to provide him with extra time to take the Law School Admissions Test (“LSAT”). Jones claims that he was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (“ADHD”), which 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.”
Jones was scheduled to take the…
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