[blindlaw] Testing accommodations

[E.J. Zufelt]

Good evening,

I didn't take a barr exam, but here are the accommodations that I was 
granted for the LSAT.

1. A reader / transcriber for all of the questions.
a. I was able to work with the reader before the LSAT and had the option to 
reject the reder and request a new reader.

2. For the logic portion of the LSAT I was able to use my personal  laptop 
to work through the questions.

3. for the writing portion of the LSAT I was able to use my personal laptop 
and saved my answer on a memory stick provided by the reader.

I didn't do amazingly well, but I didn't pay a single dollar for the first 
year of law school, so things must of gone well enough.  Not to mention I 
had the flu on the day I wrote the LSAT and had to blow my nose every 20 
minutes.

HTH,
Everett


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Weisberg" <theweisberggroup at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 7:47 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Testing accommodations


> 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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