The U.S. Department of Justice has urged a federal court to approve extensive reforms to the process for evaluating whether people who want to take the Law School Admission Test are disabled and require accommodations to make the test fairer.

The department and the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing on Monday filed court papers in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California defending a five-member panel’s recommendations for making it easier for disabled people receive accommodations including extra time, breaks between test sections or specialized computer software.

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