Title: In the Matter of K.E.

State: maryland

Issuer: Maryland Supreme Court

Document:

Argued: September 15, 2020 
 
 
 
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS 
 
OF MARYLAND 
 
 
Misc. No. 4 
 
 
September Term, 2020 
           
 
 
         
 
IN THE MATTER OF K.E.  
 
       
     
 
 
Barbera, C.J. 
McDonald 
Watts 
Hotten 
Getty 
Booth 
Biran,  
 
 JJ. 
 
 
 
 ORDER 
 
 
 
Filed: September 17, 2020 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pursuant to Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal 
Materials Act 
(§§ 10-1601 et seq. of the State Government Article) this document is authentic. 
 
 
 
 
 
Suzanne C. Johnson, Clerk 
2020-09-17 10:13-04:00
IN THE MATTER OF K.E.  
 
*    IN THE  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*    COURT OF APPEALS 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
*    OF MARYLAND 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*    Misc. No. 4 
 
 
 
 
*    September Term, 2020 
                   
 
 
 
 
O R D E R 
  
 
 
WHEREAS, K.E., an applicant for admission to the Maryland Bar, has requested 
test accommodations pursuant to Board Rule 3(b) of the rules of the State Board of Law 
Examiners (“State Board”) with respect to the upcoming bar examination,  
 
WHEREAS, pursuant to Board Rule 3(c)(2), the State Board referred K.E.’s 
request and supporting documentation to an independent qualified expert for review,   
 
WHEREAS, based upon the recommendation of the expert, the State Board 
determined that test accommodations should be provided to K.E. in the form of 25% extra 
time, a private room, and 15 minutes off the clock per session,  
 
WHEREAS, pursuant to Board Rule 3(d) and Maryland Rule 19-208(b), K.E. 
appealed the State Board’s determination to the Accommodations Review Committee, and 
sought 100% extra time instead of 25% extra time, in addition to the other 
accommodations, 
 
WHEREAS, pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-208(b)(3), on July 29, 2020, a panel of 
the Accommodations Review Committee conducted a hearing at which K.E. testified and 
presented expert testimony and the expert consulted by the State Board also testified, 
 
 
WHEREAS, on July 31, 2020, pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-208(b)(4), the 
Accommodations Review Committee issued a written report recommending that the State 
Board’s decision on test accommodations be upheld, 
 
WHEREAS, pursuant to Maryland Rule 19-208(c), K.E. filed exceptions to the 
decision of the Accommodations Review Committee, and sought additional extra time, 
 
WHEREAS, On September 15, 2020, the Court conducted a hearing at which K.E. 
was provided the opportunity, through counsel, to show cause, pursuant to Maryland Rule 
19-208(d), why the exceptions should not be denied,  
 
WHEREAS, the Court has carefully considered K.E.’s request and supporting 
documentation, the record of the hearing of the Accommodations Review Committee, and 
the arguments of counsel, it is this 17th day of September 2020, a majority of the Court 
concurring, 
 
ORDERED, that the exceptions of K.E. to the recommendation of the 
Accommodations Review Committee are denied and the determination of the State Board 
on test accommodations for K.E. is affirmed. 
 
       /s/ Mary Ellen Barbera 
      Chief Judge