Staggering number of Berkeley Law students claim theyre disabled as emotional disorders skyrocket
An eye-popping number of students at the elite UC Berkeley School of Law claim to have a “psychological” or other mental disabilities, according to university data — leading critics to accuse pupils of trying to game the system to get more time for their exams.There are 378 law students in UC Berkeley’s Disabled Students’ Program, approximately a third of enrollment.That marks a massive shift from just five years ago, when only 3% of Berkeley’s graduate students claimed a disability.University-wide, the number of students in the disability program have steadily increased — going from 4,153 in 2020 to 5,711 last year.
The school claims to be “one of the first campuses in the U.S.to begin accommodating students with disabilities.”The leading disability types across campus are classified as psychological or emotional disorders, as well as ADHD.
Significantly less are the number of physical disability claims.Critics claim the numbers evidence of a “sham” by students to take advantage of woke considerations by educators to gain a leg up in school.The numbers are preposterous, said Andrew Testerman, a graduate at the law school who looked into the numbers.“At Berkeley Law, there are more disabled law students than there are male law students,” said Berkeley law student Andrew Testerman, who looked at the numbers.“We are asked to believe that students at elite law schools are significantly more likely to be disabled than our nation’s senior citizens.”The disability status unfairly gives students advantages, Testerman said.For instance, those classified as disabled had significantly more time to take exams.According to university data, proctoring service requests to accommodate disabilities have skyrocketed from less than 4,000 in 2021-2022 to more than 14,000 in 2024-2025.Professors and other critics have slammed the disability accommodations as untrustworthy and gaming the system.“I have heard from many people that this is the way that...