Student academic accommodations

Students with disabilities must complete their semesterly registration every semester enrolled in classes with both the Accessibility Resource Center (ARC) and the Office of Student Affairs to ensure the continuation of your accommodations and support services. Failure to complete these registrations will indicate to the University and the Law School that you wish to forfeit your accommodation for that given semester.

• Please make sure to:

  • Submit your registration with ARC: https://hunter.accessiblelearning.com/UDC/

  • Complete your registration with the Office of Student Affairs: https://form.jotform.com/lawstudentaffairs/accommodations-registration

  Any law student making updates to their existing accommodations with ARC must be submitted by November 1st (Fall Semester) or April 1st (Spring Semester).

Pamela Butler
Director of Accessibility Resource Center (ARC)
202-274-6901
pamela.butler1@udc.edu

Demetrius Keller, LMSW
Accessibility Counselor
demetrius.keller@udc.edu

Crystal Goodman
Accessibility Counselor
crystal.goodman@udc.edu

The ARC Counselor will engage the student in an interactive process to consider recommended reasonable accommodations necessary to enable the student to have an equal opportunity to benefit from services, programs, or activities at the University.

This process will include (as appropriate) the consideration of

1. Documentation substantiating a request for particular accommodations;

2. The student’s prior accommodations;

3. Specific course or program requirements;

4. Available course options or alternatives;

5. Available accommodations, modifications, or auxiliary aids;

6. A review of the nature and extent of the disability and the effect of the disability on performance within the course and/or the program.

The student and the ARC Counselor will review the information described above and discuss potential accommodations. The ARC Counselor will provide the student with information about how to access the accommodations, which have been deemed as reasonable and appropriate for the individual student.

* Note: It takes at minimum 1-2 weeks to process registration requests.

A reduced distraction environment means that the student needs to take the exam in an area that is reasonably quiet with low stimuli, when compared to the classroom. The environment doesn’t need to be a silent private setting. The environment can include taking the test with other students and the room chosen must allow for students to start and finish their exams with limited interruptions. Tools that may help further reduce distractions for students may include: noise cancelling headsets, ear plugs, study carrels, etc.   

• There may be occurrences when a student who receives reduced distraction gets placed in a private room. This is only because of timing, exam parameters, and space availability. No student should interpret this temporary testing room assignment as a permanent assignment with future exams.

AVAILABLE REDUCED DISTRACTION ROOMS

Law Library Testing Room 157  
Law Library Testing Room 158 
Law Library Testing Room 159 

A private room accommodation means that the student needs to take an exam in a reasonably quiet with low stimuli room on their own. A staff or faculty can be in the room to proctor a test/quiz. However, the proctor must be mindful of creating distractions.  A student's ARC semester approval letter must explicitly state private room accommodation.

• Private Rooms are only promised and guaranteed to Students whose ARC letter states private room. Students will have to contact ARC if they would like to seek an update letter.

AVAILABLE PRIVATE ROOMS

Enrollment Management Room 212A
Enrollment Management Room 212B
Student Services Testing Room: LL123
Student Services Testing Room: LL122
Student Services Testing Room: LL121
Student Services Testing Room: LL154
Student Services Testing Room: LL155
Student Services Testing Room: LL156
Student Services Testing Room: 482
Student Services Testing Room: 483
Student Services Testing Room: 463
Student Services Testing Room: 461
Student Services Testing Room: 459

Students who have the accommodation of extra time on tests/quizzes should receive extra time on any test/quiz intended to be completed in a single session and is graded such as; quizzes, pop quizzes, exams, midterms and finals. The additional time is calculated from the total amount of time given to the class to take the test/quiz.

If an exam is to be completed through an online learning management system, extra time can be added for an individual student.

A take-home exam is an exam to be completed outside of the classroom over a period of multiple days. In these cases a student may or may not receive extra time depending on the nature and duration of the exam. Instructors/faculty should contact the Law Dean of Students to determine if extra time is appropriate for related exams.