More aspiring young lawyers are asking for—and getting—extra time to finish the bar exam, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis.

In California, for instance, where more people take the bar than in any other state, 14% of the nearly 8,000 test takers last July received accommodations, up from 4% a decade earlier, according to the state bar. In Washington, D.C., the number has exceeded one in seven.

The development follows one already coursing through high schools and colleges: More students have diagnoses for disabilities like ADHD and receive extra time for classwork or the SAT. Now, as this generation enters the workforce, the phenomenon has reached professional licensing exams—and law firms are adapting, launching programs to support young associates with diagnoses....

At some affluent high schools today, more than 30% of students have disability diagnoses and receive testing accommodations. Some colleges reflect this surge: At Hampshire College, Pace University and Smith College, more than one in three students claim a disability, according to federal data. By contrast, less than 3% of students at Springfield Technical Community College, 20 miles from Smith, claim disabilities.

Will they get "accommodations" by their employers? This undermines support for deserving potential attorneys.

This also correlates with an explosion of disability claims for government payments when the feds lowered the standards and were weak against fraud.