[blindlaw] Testing accommodations

[James Weisberg]

Testing accommodations from the Cal Bar?  Enjoy the experience, I wish  
you luck.  Some advice:  submit your request as early as possible to  
avoid the tired technique of providing your accommodation letter when  
it's too close to exam time to appeal their decision.  Make part of  
your accommodation request the need to use the Pac Mate as "part of"  
your adaptive equipment.  This way they have to figure out how you  
will submit your answers.  I used a laptop and JAWS and the Bar  
provided me diskettes.  One final caveat, sometime prior to the exam  
you should contact someone by phone to confirm your materials will be  
available in electronic format (If necessary) so you don't show up on  
day one to discover there are no materials as requested but instead a  
dyslexic reader.  Again, good luck.

James
On Nov 14, 2008, at 2:46 PM, Leslie Fairall wrote:

> I will be taking the first Year Law Exam next year (2009) and will  
> need to apply for testing accommodations soon. I would like to type  
> the essays using my Pac Mate. What I'm trying to figure out is how I  
> would give them to the examiner when I'm finished. Sighted people  
> who will be using laptops use a software program called ExamSoft and  
> will upload their answers. I'm interested in hearing from people who  
> have taken the bar exam with either a notetaker or laptop. If you  
> took the California bar, that's even better but all responses are  
> welcome. Thanks.
>
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