1. Applicants must request testing accommodations for a disability through the online admissions site no later than 80 days prior to the first day of the exam; including those applicants who have previously been granted testing accommodations and are reapplying for another exam.

1. For the February 2025 Bar Exam & LPO Exam, testing-accommodation requests must be submitted by Monday, December 9, 2024.
2. For the July 2025 Bar Exam & LPO Exam, testing-accommodation requests must be submitted by Monday, May 12, 2025.

2. The Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) provides reasonable and appropriate testing accommodations for applicants with documented disabilities. Disability means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities of an applicant and that also substantially limits the ability of such applicant, if required to take the examination under standard testing conditions, to demonstrate the essential knowledge, skills, and abilities that the Washington Supreme Court has determined are appropriate requirements for admission to the practice of law in Washington.

3. Applicants requesting testing accommodations must provide appropriate documentation of the disability and specify the extent to which the standard testing procedures need to be modified.  The applicant is responsible for demonstrating their need for any requested accommodations.  The WSBA reserves the right to make final judgment concerning testing accommodations and may have documentation reviewed by a specialist. Any testing accommodation may not compromise the integrity or the security of the examination or affect the standards set for the examination.

4. After submitting an exam application, exam applicants may access the testing-accommodation request form from the applicant’s user homepage by completing the steps below:
1. Click on “Supplement Application” below the “Current Application” section on the user homepage.
2. Click on “Confirm”; and
3. Click on “Apply” under Testing-Accommodation Request that will be visible on the exam applicant’s user homepage:

5. Step by step instructions for requesting testing accommodations through an exam applicant’s user homepage can be found here.  

6. A sample of the online testing-accommodation request questions can be viewed here.

7. The following additional forms are optional but may assist in expediting review and consideration of an applicant’s request for testing accommodation for the bar examination. The WSBA will still engage the applicant in an interactive process to determine whether the requested testing accommodation(s) for the bar examination will be granted.
1. Certification of Accommodations History Form (Optional)
2. Certification of Qualified Professional Form (Optional)

8. If you submit a testing-accommodation request, please include all accommodations and otherwise prohibited items you are requesting in your testing-accommodation request. Do not submit a separate special request for these items. If you already submitted your testing-accommodation request, please supplement your testing-accommodation request via your user homepage, to include any additional items or accommodations that you are requesting for the upcoming exam.

9. After the WSBA provides notice to an applicant of the testing accommodations granted to that applicant, the applicant must acknowledge that they read and understand the accommodations granted no later than 18 days prior to the first day of the examination.

10. Other helpful information regarding testing-accommodation requests can be found in the FAQ and the WSBA Admissions Policies.

NOTE: This and other helpful information can also be found in the Application Instructions. If you do not require testing accommodations, but instead, would like to submit a special request for the exam room, please see Exam Room Special Requests. For information about non-testing accommodations, please see General Accommodations.