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FWIW, consider that some of these students may need the accommodation specifically because of the pressure of the final exam. Many mental health disabilities will become worse with stress. A low stress environment and a high stress final exam could trigger entirely different symptoms.

For example, I have OCD (real, diagnosed, not the bs "omg im so ocddddd"). I have extra time accommodations because I have to spend time dealing with my OCD symptoms. With treatment, they tend to fade into the background. They re-emerge only in high stress situations. I would seem like a perfectly normal student in class, but then clearly start struggling with these symptoms if you watched me take an exam. Consider, many other students you teach may have these same experiences.

>>scratc+(OP)
Then they don't belong in the law field or wherever, simple as that. My son has OCD pretty bad, and I know there are roles he is unsuitable for. One of the things he does is confesses about every little thing that happens--he can't keep a secret or tell a lie. It's socially debilitating.

>>scratc+(OP)
> some of these students may need the accommodation specifically because of the pressure of the final exam.

Success as a lawyer often requires the ability to handle a certain amount of pressure. Timed exams are one way of screening for that ability. But it's by no means a sure-fire predictor of success: Legendary trial lawyer Joe Jamail [0] flunked his first-year Torts class at UT Austin [1], yet went on to become a billionnaire.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Jamail

[1] https://abovethelaw.com/2015/12/r-i-p-to-a-billionaire-lawye...

>>dctoed+Gd
One can only hope these accommodations are not being granted to medical students.

>>dctoed+Gd
You are praising billionaires while complaining about people gaming the system?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

>>gverri+CB
It wasn't praise — just an observation about how grades and class standing aren't always a good predictor of success.

(I never met Joe Jamail, but by reputation there was a lot about him that I didn't especially admire.)

>>dctoed+6C
The problem is your identifying success with becoming a billionaire. To me, in the contrary, it's the telltale of a profoundly broken society.

>>gverri+9F
I don't disagree that the existence of billionnaires is problematic (especially given the Supreme Court's abominable decision in Citizens United).

But it's beyond rational dispute that Joe Jamail was one of the most successful trial lawyers of our era.

>>lisbbb+49
You do realize that not everybody has the same symptoms right? Many people with OCD may struggle with tests but can do just fine in the real world. Tests aren't at all representative of real jobs.