In the Matter of Antavis Chavis

Summary

The Court held that Mr. Chavis satisfied the ADA’s definition of disability and established that 50% additional time was a reasonable, necessary, and examination-consistent accommodation for the Uniform Bar Examination. The Court adopted a two-step framework requiring an applicant first to establish an ADA disability and then to show that the requested accommodation is reasonable, consistent with the examination’s nature and purpose, and necessitated by the disability. The Court rejected heightened requirements for an evidence-based diagnosis, specified testing data, or a formal nexus between prior accommodations and the UBE, sustained Chavis’s exceptions, reversed SBLE’s denial, and ordered SBLE to grant the accommodation.