[blindlaw] admission question

Wed Apr 28 05:25:07 UTC 2010

Hello List,
This issue comes up each and every year on the list and is discussed at
nauseum. The LSAC cannot read your mind and they are only going to grant you
the accommodations that you ask for. Whether or not those accommodations are
adequate is solely up to the applicant. Doing one's research on the front
end is essential to receiving appropriate accommodations.
Secondly, the idea that retaking the test is somehow beneficial is really a
misnomer in most instances because the majority of law schools average your
scores. Finally, there is always the option that if you feel like you did
not perform well on the test you can cancel your score before even leaving
the center.
Cordially,
John

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-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Rob Tabor
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 7:11 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] admission question

Hello Darren and list.

I agree with Mr. Kennedy that you should retake the LSAT to improve your 
score although I can understand apprehension about getting hit with a second

round of application fees and the time involved in preparation for a hurtle 
you had hoped to have jumped by now. I also agree that the accommodations 
made available to you may not have been adequate to aid your performance on 
the exam. Poor reading can really trip a person up badly, so I would commend

you to advocate with the test center to allow you to bring a reader of your 
choosing. If the manager of the testing facility is worried about you 
picking a reader that knows enough to help you, there are two arguments you 
can offer as rebuttal. First, the test room is proctored even if you are in 
a separate testing room which is also standard procedure to avoid 
distracting other test candidates with necessary conversation between you 
and your reader. In fact I would diplomaticly mention that test room 
monitoring in your situation is even closer because the proctor is only 
observing you and your reader as opposed to watching and listening to 100 
examinees. Secondly, you can offer to provide a notarized affidavit 
declaring the person you have hired to read for you is not an attorney or 
otherwise legally trained, together with  any other assurances the test 
center director feels is important. Another alternative is to ask if 
computerized test-taking is available with appropriate assistive technology.

Secondly, I suspect a retake could help improve your test score in that you 
have experienced the types of questions being asked and now know what to 
expect. No doubt performance anxiety can also impair good performance on 
standardized academic tests including the LSAT. I sincerely wish you good 
luck and keep us posted.

Best regards
Rob Tabor

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kendrick Kennedy" <dricken at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 6:06 AM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] admission question

> Darren,
>
> There are other factors that are looked at when law school committees 
> evaluate applicants. The LSAT, under graduate GPA, personal references 
> and the personal letter too. In the Constitutional Law class I took my 
> first year we had a big discussion on the topic of law school 
> admission. The professor that instructed the class was and is still on 
> the admissions committee at UM Law School.
>
> The first question you should ask is was your accommodations fulfilled 
> when you took the LSAT. Second, was it your first time taking the LSAT 
> and finally, how can you improve your score. There are several blind 
> law students that have taken the LSAT and done well on the logic 
> portion of the LSAT. As well there are many sited applicants that do 
> not get in to law school and they do not do well on the logic portion 
> of the LSAT.
>
> I think you should retake the LSAT and reapply to law school.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 11:51 PM, Darren Tomblin 
> <dtomblin at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>> hi, I have a question about my admission to law school. I believe I 
>> was denied admission due to my disablity because I have a 136 lsat 
>> score and I missed 17 on the anaylytical section which I believe is 
>> unfair for a blind
>> applicant. I was wondering if anyone knew what I could do about his. 
>> thanks
>> in advance. Darren
>> 73,
>> Darren Tomblin (KC9JJJ)
>> dtomblin at hotmail.com
>> http://www.facebook.com/Darren.kc9jjj/
>>
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>
>
> --
> Thanks, 2K
>
> Being Blind isn't a right, it's a privilege!
>
> ****************************************
> Kendrick R. Kennedy, BSBA
>
> Juris Doctor Candidate, 2011
> The University of Mississippi,
> School of Law
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