[blindlaw] taking the bar exam with jaws

[Jack Chen]

Hello Benjamin

I took the New York and New Jersey bar exams in 2005 and was able to use 
Jaws for all portions of the state bar exams but was denied a computer for 
the multistate.

jack
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben Karpilow" <benkarpilow at gmail.com>
To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 1:09 PM
Subject: [blindlaw] taking the bar exam with jaws


> Hello all, my name is Benjamin Karpilow. I'm new to this list. I am a 4th 
> year law student at Empire College School of Law  in Santa Rosa, 
> California, and will be graduated this June. I have signed up to take the 
> July California Bar Examination. I became visually impaired in 2003 and am 
> not a proficient enough braille user to take the barr exam in this manner. 
> Instead, I'd  like to take it using Jaws. Does anyone have any experience 
> taking the bar using Jaws. Also   do the bar examiners allow test takers 
> to use Jaws for one section, but not another, i.e., OK for essay questions 
> but not the performance exam. Responses from those who have taken the 
> california bar would be most helpful, but I welcome feedback from past bar 
> takers from all jurisdictions.  Regards,
>
> Ben
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> Benjamin K. Karpilow
> benkarpilow at gmail.com
> 707-548-8555
> Benjamin K. Karpilow
> benkarpilow at gmail.com
> 707-548-8555
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