Our Commitment

Accessibility Statement

Bar Excellence is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for people with disabilities. We are continually improving the user experience for everyone and applying the relevant accessibility standards.

Conformance Status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA.

Bar Excellence is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Measures to Support Accessibility

Bar Excellence takes the following measures to ensure accessibility:

  • Include accessibility as part of our mission statement
  • Integrate accessibility into our procurement practices
  • Provide continual accessibility training for our staff
  • Include people with disabilities in our design personas
  • Employ formal accessibility quality assurance methods

Technical Specifications

Accessibility of Bar Excellence relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • WAI-ARIA

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Known Limitations

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of Bar Excellence, there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations, and potential solutions:

  • Background videos: Some pages may contain background videos that cannot be paused. We are working to add pause controls.
  • PDF documents: Some older PDF documents may not be fully accessible. We are in the process of remediating these files.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of Bar Excellence. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers:

We try to respond to feedback within 5 business days.

Assessment Approach

Bar Excellence assessed the accessibility of this website by the following approaches:

  • Self-evaluation
  • Automated testing tools
  • Manual testing with assistive technologies

This statement was created on January 2025 and last reviewed on January 2025.