[blindlaw] Progress on obtaining electronic version of MBE

[Jack Chen]

Ben

Keep us all apprised.  I for one, if by chance I have to move to California 
for work, would have to take the bar again (ugh, not looking forward to 
doing that after NY and NJ).

Jack
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben Karpilow" <benkarpilow at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 2:50 PM
Subject: [blindlaw] Progress on obtaining electronic version of MBE


> To whom it may concern, After being misinformed that the national 
> committee of bar examiners had sole jurisdiction to administer and grant 
> accomodations for the MBE, I discovered that each state has jurisdiction 
> to administer, and discretion to grant, accomodations to MBE takers within 
> its jurisdiction. Here in California, at least one person has been 
> provided with an electronic version of the MBE. Thus, although no state 
> that I know of offers electronic versions of the MBE as a matter of 
> course, it seems that, if one makes a compelling argument, it is possible 
> to receive such an accomodation. I  will hear back regarding my appeal 
> within a week or so. However, given the Supreme Court of California's 
> recent liberal interpretation of the ADA (Thanks for the link,  Chuck), 
> I'm hoping for the best. I share this with the group because, though there 
> are many licensed attorneys among us, some of us are law students. I have 
> been reading about at least one individual on this list's attempts to 
> secure appropriate accomodations for the bar. That said,  I encourage 
> anyone who would prefer an electronic exam over working with a sighted 
> reader to pursue the matter.  The NCBE can confirm that each state has 
> sole discretion to administer its own MBE.   Apparently many state bars 
> are unaware of this, probably because the request is either made so 
> infrequently, or not further pursued. I will apprise this group  of any 
> developments. Regards,
>
> Ben
>
>
>
>
> Benjamin K. Karpilow
> benkarpilow at gmail.com
> 707-548-8555
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