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  • Law Accommodations Registration Form

  • Read before you begin

    This is a one-time registration. Once you complete it, it remains in effect for the entire length of your enrollment at the Law School. You will not be asked to complete it again.

    Please understand what this form does — and does not — do

    This form registers you with the Student Affairs Office (SAO), the office that implements accommodations at the Law School. It does not request, review, or approve accommodations.

    All accommodations are approved by the University's Accessibility Resource Center (ARC), which is the sole approving authority. You must register with ARC every semester you intend to use your accommodations. SAO cannot implement anything until ARC's approval email for that semester is received.

    Before you begin, you should have

    • Registered with ARC and received your ARC approval letter for the current semester
    • Your current course schedule, if you are a 2L, 3L, or 4L

    Do not upload medical or diagnostic documentation to this form. Supporting documentation is submitted to and held by ARC. The Student Affairs Office does not collect, store, or review it.

    Procedure

    1. Register with ARC. Complete ARC's process and obtain your semester approval letter. ARC emails the approval to you, copying the Associate Dean of Students, the Assistant Director of Student Life and Services, and the Staff Assistant for Student Affairs.
    2. Complete this registration. Submit this form one time. It establishes you in SAO's system and records your standing consent and faculty-notification preference for the duration of your enrollment.
    3. Meet with the Associate Dean of Students. If this is your first time receiving accommodations at the Law School, you will be contacted to schedule a required one-on-one meeting. This meeting occurs only once during your entire enrollment.
    4. Each semester after that. Re-register with ARC. There is no new SAO registration and no new meeting. Upperclassmen (2L/3L/4L) are strongly encouraged to submit the optional term registration confirming courses and exam dates; first-year schedules are already on file.

    What happens after you submit

    Once ARC's approval email is received, the Student Affairs Office logs your approval and notifies your professors of your approved in-class accommodations within 1 business day. Faculty are told only what you are approved to receive — never your diagnosis, your documentation, or the reason for the accommodation.

    You will receive exam-logistics emails ahead of midterms and again approximately two weeks before final examinations.

    Timing

    You may request accommodations through ARC at any time during the semester. Please be aware that ARC's review takes time, and requests made close to the final examination period may not be approved and implemented before exams begin. The Student Affairs Office cannot expedite ARC's review.

    Questions

    Student Affairs Office · (202) 274-7360 · lawstudentaffairs@udc.edu

  • I, *, have read the information above and understand my responsibilities every semester that I am enrolled in a course at the Law School in order for the Office of Student Affairs to implement my accommodation that were approved by the University's Accessibility Resource Center. I,* understands that these accommodations cannot be retroactive and that these accommodations do not authorize me to violate the Law School's Honor Pledge, University's Code of Student Conduct, or the Law School's Student Handbook.

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  • Accessibility Resource Center (ARC) Counselor and University Officers*

  • Academic Success and Bar Preparation Program

    Would you like the Academic Success and Bar Preparation Program to receive your current accommodations information if this is your final semester?

    Please note that accommodations granted in law school, undergraduate studies, or high school may differ significantly from those approved for the bar exam. Each jurisdiction has its own formal process for requesting bar exam accommodations, which includes documentation requirements and an appeals process.

    Regardless of whether you receive all, some, or none of your requested accommodations, Professor Shakisha Morgan, Director of the Academic Success and Bar Preparation Program, and her team are committed to supporting your success.

    If you select “Yes,” Dean Yannick Brookes will share your name and current ARC-approved accommodations with Professor Morgan so her team can begin developing a tailored support plan for your bar preparation. If you prefer not to share this information, simply leave this question unanswered or select “No.”

  • Would you like the Academic Success and Bar Preparation Program to receive your current accommodations information if this is your final semester?

  • In-Class Accommodations

    These are modifications or supports provided during regular class activities and participation. Their purpose is to ensure that students can access the learning environment equitably alongside their peers. Examples include:

    • Accessible seating arrangements - Providing seating that accommodates wheelchairs or other mobility aids.
    • Assistive technology – Permitting the use of devices such as screen readers, audio recorders, or speech-to-text software during class.
  • Do you have in-class accommodations this semester?

  • TESTING ACCOMMODATIONS

    These are modifications designed for exams or quizzes to ensure that students with disabilities have an equal opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and skills. Unlike in-class accommodations, testing accommodations specifically focus on adjustments to the exam format or testing environment. Examples include:

    • Extended time: Providing additional time to complete the exam.
    • Alternate formats: Offering tests in accessible formats such as large print, digital text, or audio.
  • Do you have testing accommodations?
  • Approved ARC Accommodations*

  • Authorization for Limited Disclosure of Approved Accommodations

  • I,            , authorize the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law Student Affairs Office to disclose the following limited information from my accommodation records:

    1. My name;
    2. Confirmation that I have approved accommodations; and
    3. My approved accommodations and the specific classroom, examination/testing, technology, scheduling, or other implementation requirements identified in my current accommodation notice.


    This information may be disclosed solely to coordinate, arrange, implement, administer, or verify my approved accommodations and to ensure my equal access to Law School courses, examinations, programs, services, and activities.

    Disclosure is limited to Law School and University officials who have a legitimate educational interest in the information and whose assigned responsibilities require access to it. These individuals may include, as applicable, faculty members; examination administrators and proctors; Academic Affairs; the Registrar; Academic Success; Information Technology; facilities or room-scheduling personnel; and other authorized University employees or service providers responsible for implementing or supporting my approved accommodations.

    Only information reasonably necessary to implement my approved accommodations may be disclosed. The Student Affairs Office does not receive or maintain diagnoses, medical or psychological records, treatment information, disability documentation, or other records used to determine my eligibility for accommodations. Such records are maintained exclusively by the Accessibility Resource Center.

    Recipients must use the disclosed information only for the stated purpose, maintain its confidentiality, and refrain from further disclosure except as permitted or required by law.

    This authorization begins in the * facademic year and remains in effect through my final semester of enrollment unless I revoke it earlier in writing. It applies only to accommodations that are approved and current during each applicable semester.

    I may revoke this authorization at any time by providing written notice to the Student Affairs Office. Revocation will apply prospectively and will not affect disclosures previously made in reliance on this authorization or disclosures otherwise permitted or required by law. Declining or revoking this authorization will not affect my eligibility for or right to approved accommodations.

    By signing below or electronically submitting this authorization, I confirm that I have read and understand its terms and voluntarily authorize the limited disclosures described above. fields and text.

       

  • Current Semester Schedule

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  • Have you completed your semesterly check-in meeting with the University's Accessibility Resource Center? Please keep in mind that the Office of Student Affairs cannot implement any accommodation with having approval from the Accessibility Resource Center.*
  • I acknowledge and understand that I must receive approval for my accommodations every semester that I am enrolled. Please keep in mind that the Office of Student Affairs cannot implement any accommodation without having approval from Accessibility Resource Center.*
  • Have you satisfied the mandatory meeting requirement with Dean Yannick Brookes?*

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