From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Mon Feb  1 22:17:27 2010
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 16:17:27 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] Blind student wins computer aid for bar exam,
 San Francisco Chronicle, January 31 2010
Message-ID: <E771EAA0575B844C98712011AE73D7ED50450E0931@EDUPTCEXMB03.ed.gov>


Link:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/30/BARA1BPRQF.DTL

Text:
Blind student wins computer aid for bar exam
Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer
Sunday, January 31, 2010

A blind law student can use computer-assisted reading devices in next month's bar exam, a federal judge has ruled, rejecting the examiners' arguments that the assistance was too generous and might let someone steal the test questions.

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer of San Francisco ordered the National Conference of Bar Examiners on Friday to accommodate Stephanie Enyart, who was born sighted but suffers from macular degeneration and retinal dystrophy and was declared legally blind at 15.

Enyart, 32, graduated last spring from UCLA Law School, where she took tests on a laptop with software that magnified the text and read the words into earbuds. But she has not taken the bar exam because the national examiners, who administer the two multiple-choice portions of the California test, have refused to allow the same arrangements.

Federal disability law "does not require testing organizations to provide disabled examinees with their preferred accommodations," the examiners' lawyer, Gregory Tenhoff, said in court papers. He also said putting the test questions on a computer disk would expose them to hackers and thieves.

The examiners said Enyart would have to accept the usual accommodations for blind and visually impaired applicants: a pencil-and-paper test with questions displayed on an enlarged screen, a human reader and twice the usual three-day testing period.

Enyart, now a law clerk at Disability Rights Advocates in Berkeley, said in her suit that she needed the computer setup to have a fair chance of passing the exam. Breyer agreed Friday and said the bar could provide its own computer for increased security.
"A disability should not prevent an individual from pursuing their dream, if that's what it is, of practicing law," the judge said.

The exam begins Feb. 23. The examiners could ask a federal appeals court to block Breyer's order. Their office declined comment after the hearing.

E-mail Bob Egelko at begelko at sfchronicle.com.

This article appeared on page C - 2 of the San Francisco Chronicle


From craig.borne at dot.gov  Tue Feb  2 14:10:50 2010
From: craig.borne at dot.gov (craig.borne at dot.gov)
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 09:10:50 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: NHTSA CRD Vacancy Announcement
Message-ID: <74679E5C9A6C114F9793FAD7217A7A0CBADBDA@OSTMAIL03VS3.ad.dot.gov>

FYI - I have no other information on this announcement.

Craig

 

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Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 5:10 PM
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Joseph (OST); Pentino, Marc (OST); Benison, John (OST); Ford, Frederick
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Gilliam, Brenda (OST); 'CARLTON.HADDEN at EEOC.GOV';
'DEXTER.BROOKS at EEOC.GOV'; Sommers, Judy <FAA>; Bettis, Jerome (OST);
Blackman, Helen (VOLPE); Williams, Harnetta <FAA>; Armstead, Yvette
<FAA>
Subject: NHTSA CRD Vacancy Announcement

 

FYI and wide dissemination to sources of potential excellent candidates.


 

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Office of the Secretary 

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From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Fri Feb  5 21:28:06 2010
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 15:28:06 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: [mamas_jobs] Current Microsoft Attorney Openings -
	Ref#30352783
Message-ID: <E771EAA0575B844C98712011AE73D7ED50450E0979@EDUPTCEXMB03.ed.gov>

 

-----Original Message-----
From: sender at lists.bigtent.com [mailto:sender at lists.bigtent.com] On Behalf Of Amy Colando
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 10:04 AM
To: MAMAS Mother Attorneys Mentoring Assoc. of Seattle Job Postings
Subject: [mamas_jobs] Current Microsoft Attorney Openings - Ref#30352783

Amy Colando posted:

Thought fellow members might be interested in some Microsoft attorney openings.  There's a link at the bottom for more information (and to apply). I've found Microsoft to be a family-friendly employer.

Senior Attorney  (Patent Counselor) -- IP&L	Want to make a direct impact on the success of Microsoft's Business Division (MBD)? If so, you may want to consider joining the MBD Patent Counseling Team in Microsoft's Patent Group as a patent counseling attorney. As a patent counseling attorney, you will be the patent counsel for a number of business units within MBD, responsible for providing patent counseling to the business units on a wide variety of patent matters.  Job Code 706884. 



Attorney -- Worldwide Sales	Work with a talented team of professionals supporting the OEM division in the licensing and marketing of Microsoft software and hardware. Responsibilities include structuring, drafting, and negotiating agreements for licensing, distribution, and marketing for OEMs around the world.   Job Code 711293. 
	
		
		
		
		
Senior Attorney
Microsoft has an opening for a Senior Attorney to lead the delivery of legal support to Microsoft's SQL Server business unit.  The SQL Server business is responsible for product development and marketing for the entire range of Microsoft SQL Server products and solutions.  Responsibilities will include:  the delivery of legal counseling to SQL Server executives and their teams on a broad range of complex legal, business, and strategic issues, including issues related to intellectual property protection and licensing, interoperability and standards, and applicable regulatory frameworks, including antitrust, privacy and security.   Job Code 706658.  

	

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From rumpole at roadrunner.com  Sun Feb  7 19:59:31 2010
From: rumpole at roadrunner.com (Ross Doerr)
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 14:59:31 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: [mamas_jobs] Current Microsoft Attorney Openings
	-Ref#30352783
References: <E771EAA0575B844C98712011AE73D7ED50450E0979@EDUPTCEXMB03.ed.gov>
Message-ID: <76E3B1372A184759823341667160E666@none8a46117901>

Hello Noel, are you practicing in the Washington State area, or are you in 
the Oregon area?
Reply off list at
rumpole at roadrunner.com

HOpe you are well.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nightingale, Noel" <Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov>
To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 4:28 PM
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: [mamas_jobs] Current Microsoft Attorney 
Openings -Ref#30352783


>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sender at lists.bigtent.com [mailto:sender at lists.bigtent.com] On Behalf 
> Of Amy Colando
> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 10:04 AM
> To: MAMAS Mother Attorneys Mentoring Assoc. of Seattle Job Postings
> Subject: [mamas_jobs] Current Microsoft Attorney Openings - Ref#30352783
>
> Amy Colando posted:
>
> Thought fellow members might be interested in some Microsoft attorney 
> openings.  There's a link at the bottom for more information (and to 
> apply). I've found Microsoft to be a family-friendly employer.
>
> Senior Attorney  (Patent Counselor) -- IP&L Want to make a direct impact 
> on the success of Microsoft's Business Division (MBD)? If so, you may want 
> to consider joining the MBD Patent Counseling Team in Microsoft's Patent 
> Group as a patent counseling attorney. As a patent counseling attorney, 
> you will be the patent counsel for a number of business units within MBD, 
> responsible for providing patent counseling to the business units on a 
> wide variety of patent matters.  Job Code 706884.
>
>
>
> Attorney -- Worldwide Sales Work with a talented team of professionals 
> supporting the OEM division in the licensing and marketing of Microsoft 
> software and hardware. Responsibilities include structuring, drafting, and 
> negotiating agreements for licensing, distribution, and marketing for OEMs 
> around the world.   Job Code 711293.
>
>
>
>
>
> Senior Attorney
> Microsoft has an opening for a Senior Attorney to lead the delivery of 
> legal support to Microsoft's SQL Server business unit.  The SQL Server 
> business is responsible for product development and marketing for the 
> entire range of Microsoft SQL Server products and solutions. 
> Responsibilities will include:  the delivery of legal counseling to SQL 
> Server executives and their teams on a broad range of complex legal, 
> business, and strategic issues, including issues related to intellectual 
> property protection and licensing, interoperability and standards, and 
> applicable regulatory frameworks, including antitrust, privacy and 
> security.   Job Code 706658.
>
>
>
> To learn more about our current and future opportunities with Microsoft 
> and formally apply to a specific opening, please refer to our careers 
> website at https://careers.microsoft.com.
>
>
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From slabarre at labarrelaw.com  Mon Feb  8 16:26:43 2010
From: slabarre at labarrelaw.com (Scott C. LaBarre)
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:26:43 -0700
Subject: [blindlaw] Fw: New Reports, Award,
	and Publication from ABA Commission on Mental and Physical
	Disability Law
Message-ID: <801C16BC41D8462EADF2E09801C30DAF@labarre>

American Bar Association | Commission on Mental and Physical Disability LawFYI
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From: Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law 
To: Scott Charles LaBarre 
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 5:00 AM
Subject: New Reports, Award, and Publication from ABA Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law


        
      Statistics of lawyers with disabilities in the legal profession and the ABA 
      The Commission's 2010 Goal III Report details the participation of lawyers with disabilities in ABA Division, Section, and Forum leadership positions for the 2009-2010 bar year. The 2010 ABA Disability Statistics Report is a supplement to the Goal III Report that is a general compilation of statistics on individuals and lawyers with disabilities, their employment, and the legal profession...[read more] 

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      Civil Mental Disability Law, Evidence and Testimony
      This reference manual examines the rights of persons with mental disabilities, which touches on many distinct subject areas. Accordingly, this manual is divided into seven parts with 27 chapters, including: individual rights within the community, mental disability discrimination, entitlement programs, professional legal concerns, commitment and rights within facilities, and expert evidence...[read more] 

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From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Mon Feb  8 18:49:27 2010
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:49:27 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: [mamas_jobs] Current Microsoft Attorney
	Openings	-Ref#30352783
In-Reply-To: <76E3B1372A184759823341667160E666@none8a46117901>
Message-ID: <E771EAA0575B844C98712011AE73D7ED5046D5983C@EDUPTCEXMB03.ed.gov>

I am in Seattle! 

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ross Doerr
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 12:00 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] FW: [mamas_jobs] Current Microsoft Attorney Openings -Ref#30352783

Hello Noel, are you practicing in the Washington State area, or are you in the Oregon area?
Reply off list at
rumpole at roadrunner.com

HOpe you are well.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Nightingale, Noel" <Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov>
To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 4:28 PM
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: [mamas_jobs] Current Microsoft Attorney Openings -Ref#30352783


>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sender at lists.bigtent.com [mailto:sender at lists.bigtent.com] On 
> Behalf Of Amy Colando
> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 10:04 AM
> To: MAMAS Mother Attorneys Mentoring Assoc. of Seattle Job Postings
> Subject: [mamas_jobs] Current Microsoft Attorney Openings - 
> Ref#30352783
>
> Amy Colando posted:
>
> Thought fellow members might be interested in some Microsoft attorney 
> openings.  There's a link at the bottom for more information (and to 
> apply). I've found Microsoft to be a family-friendly employer.
>
> Senior Attorney  (Patent Counselor) -- IP&L Want to make a direct 
> impact on the success of Microsoft's Business Division (MBD)? If so, 
> you may want to consider joining the MBD Patent Counseling Team in 
> Microsoft's Patent Group as a patent counseling attorney. As a patent 
> counseling attorney, you will be the patent counsel for a number of 
> business units within MBD, responsible for providing patent counseling 
> to the business units on a wide variety of patent matters.  Job Code 706884.
>
>
>
> Attorney -- Worldwide Sales Work with a talented team of professionals 
> supporting the OEM division in the licensing and marketing of 
> Microsoft software and hardware. Responsibilities include structuring, 
> drafting, and negotiating agreements for licensing, distribution, and marketing for OEMs
> around the world.   Job Code 711293.
>
>
>
>
>
> Senior Attorney
> Microsoft has an opening for a Senior Attorney to lead the delivery of 
> legal support to Microsoft's SQL Server business unit.  The SQL Server 
> business is responsible for product development and marketing for the 
> entire range of Microsoft SQL Server products and solutions.
> Responsibilities will include:  the delivery of legal counseling to 
> SQL Server executives and their teams on a broad range of complex 
> legal, business, and strategic issues, including issues related to 
> intellectual property protection and licensing, interoperability and 
> standards, and applicable regulatory frameworks, including antitrust, privacy and
> security.   Job Code 706658.
>
>
>
> To learn more about our current and future opportunities with Microsoft 
> and formally apply to a specific opening, please refer to our careers 
> website at https://careers.microsoft.com.
>
>
> Add your comments online: 
> http://www.bigtent.com/group/forum/message/30352783?md=MTE3OTgzMDM=
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From rumpole at roadrunner.com  Mon Feb  8 20:36:32 2010
From: rumpole at roadrunner.com (Ross Doerr)
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:36:32 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: [mamas_jobs] Current Microsoft
	AttorneyOpenings	-Ref#30352783
References: <E771EAA0575B844C98712011AE73D7ED5046D5983C@EDUPTCEXMB03.ed.gov>
Message-ID: <C8F22CC77BD74F839D6ECE138502DA0F@none8a46117901>

HI Noel, I thought I remembered you were out that way. My wife and I were 
just there for a week visiting our son. He is in Seattle doing some writing 
and applying to graduate schools, so we followed through on our threat to 
visit him.
I must say going from 5 degrees below zero to the 40's and 50's was really 
nice. I was also impressed at how easy it is to get around the city by 
public transportation. Here in Maine, what little public transit is 
available is really poor. They rarely run on any type of commuter schedule 
at all. And that is in the few places that have any transit.
So, all in all, we very much enjoyed Seattle. I gave  thought to trying to 
see if I could look you up while we were there, but could not recall what 
agency you worked for. IF nothing else, we could have bought you lunch one 
day. Is the weather always that nice there this time of year?
Hope that you and yours are well.
Ross



From slabarre at labarrelaw.com  Tue Feb  9 21:20:20 2010
From: slabarre at labarrelaw.com (Scott C. LaBarre)
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 14:20:20 -0700
Subject: [blindlaw] looking for California blind student planning to attend
	law school in the next couple of years
Message-ID: <FA069B7B2B774BB8B3DC94B3E851536B@labarre>

Greetings:

We are looking to speak with a blind/legally blind college student who resides in California who plans on attending law school in California or elsewhere in the next two years.  This student or students should be planning to take the law school  admissions test (LSAT) some time in the next year and a half or so.  This request would also apply to a blind/legally blind Californian who may have a under graduate  degree and also plans to take the LSAT in the next year and a half or so.  Please feel free to distribute this message widely.  When responding, please email me at slabarre at labarrelaw.com and Anna Levine, alevine at dralegal.org, at Disability Rights Advocates.  Additionally, if you have responded to a similar message in the past, we kindly ask you to respond this time as well.  Thanks in advance for your assistance.
Scott C. LaBarre, Esq.

LaBarre Law Offices P.C.
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From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Wed Feb 10 18:07:04 2010
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:07:04 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] Visionary Work, ABA Journal, October 2009
Message-ID: <E771EAA0575B844C98712011AE73D7ED5046D59864@EDUPTCEXMB03.ed.gov>

Blindlaw listers:

I spotted this article from the October 2009 ABA Journal about a legal clinic for the blind being run by a retired blind judge.

Link:
http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/visionary_work/

Text:
Visionary Work
Posted Oct 1, 2009
By Barbara Rose

Demand for free legal help surges during hard times, but at one unusual legal clinic in Chicago the demand is always great.

The Kane Legal Clinic was founded three years ago to provide pro bono services to the blind. Operated by the Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired, the clinic is believed to be the only one of its kind in the country.

"I don't think, even in the blind community, people are aware how great a need there is," says Nicholas T. Pomaro, the clinic's director. "Seventy percent of capable blind people are unemployed. They can't afford to hire an attorney."

"You gotta walk a mile in someone's shoes to know what it's like," he adds.

By that standard Pomaro, 71, is certainly qualified. Blinded at the age of 6 by a blood clot that affected his optic nerve, Pomaro was a Cook County Circuit Court judge for 29 years before he retired in 2005 to launch the clinic.

Pomaro and a part-time paralegal have helped hundreds of people with legal matters, including discrimination issues, criminal defense and personal injury. Most problems can be resolved by a phone call or two. When they can't, he opens a case file. His files have more than doubled since the clinic opened.

The clinic soon will move into larger quarters. But Pomaro has bigger dreams, including satellite offices in Chicago's suburbs. "There's a lot of blind attorneys who need work," he says. "I can't be everywhere."


From pattichang at att.net  Wed Feb 10 19:30:56 2010
From: pattichang at att.net (Patti chang )
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:30:56 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] Visionary Work, ABA Journal, October 2009
Message-ID: <qxRp03hcnkQ0.CwMSRNpp@smtp.att.yahoo.com>

Nfbi sponsored an intern to work here.

Patti Gregory-Chang
President, NFBI
Sent from my KNFB mobile. 

-original message-
Subject: [blindlaw] Visionary Work, ABA Journal, October 2009
From: "Nightingale, Noel" <Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov>
Date: 02/10/2010 12:20 PM

Blindlaw listers:

I spotted this article from the October 2009 ABA Journal about a legal clinic for the blind being run by a retired blind judge.

Link:
http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/visionary_work/

Text:
Visionary Work
Posted Oct 1, 2009
By Barbara Rose

Demand for free legal help surges during hard times, but at one unusual legal clinic in Chicago the demand is always great.

The Kane Legal Clinic was founded three years ago to provide pro bono services to the blind. Operated by the Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired, the clinic is believed to be the only one of its kind in the country.

"I don't think, even in the blind community, people are aware how great a need there is," says Nicholas T. Pomaro, the clinic's director. "Seventy percent of capable blind people are unemployed. They can't afford to hire an attorney."

"You gotta walk a mile in someone's shoes to know what it's like," he adds.

By that standard Pomaro, 71, is certainly qualified. Blinded at the age of 6 by a blood clot that affected his optic nerve, Pomaro was a Cook County Circuit Court judge for 29 years before he retired in 2005 to launch the clinic.

Pomaro and a part-time paralegal have helped hundreds of people with legal matters, including discrimination issues, criminal defense and personal injury. Most problems can be resolved by a phone call or two. When they can't, he opens a case file. His files have more than doubled since the clinic opened.

The clinic soon will move into larger quarters. But Pomaro has bigger dreams, including satellite offices in Chicago's suburbs. "There's a lot of blind attorneys who need work," he says. "I can't be everywhere."

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From AZNOR99 at aol.com  Wed Feb 10 22:23:30 2010
From: AZNOR99 at aol.com (AZNOR99 at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:23:30 EST
Subject: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of Bar
	Examine...
Message-ID: <140b5.508b7d83.38a48be2@aol.com>


 
Examiners to Provide Individualized Testing Accommodations to Blind Law  
School Graduate



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:   
Chris Danielsen, National Federation of the Blind, 
(410) 659-9314,  ext. 2330  
Scott LaBarre, LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., (303)  
504-5979  
Daniel Goldstein, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP,  
(410) 962-1030  

Anna Levine, Disability Rights 
Advocates,  (510) 665-8644  



Federal Judge Orders the National  

Conference of Bar Examiners 
to Provide Individualized Testing  Accommodations 


to Blind Law School Graduate

San  

Francisco, California (February 5, 2010): A 

federal court has  ruled that the National Conference of Bar Examiners 
(NCBE) 

will cause  a blind law school graduate irreparable harm unless it provides 
her  

the technology-based testing accommodations she needs to take two  exams 
required 

to become a member of the State Bar of  California.  The court issued its 
ruling in an order 

granting the  law school graduate’s motion for preliminary injunction on 

Thursday,  February 4, 2010.  The 

court’s ruling allows the plaintiff,  Stephanie Enyart, to take the 
February 2010 

Multistate Bar Examination  (MBE) and March 2010 Multistate Professional 

Responsibility  Examination (MPRE) on a laptop computer equipped with the 

assistive  technology software Ms. Enyart relies upon for screen reading 
(JAWS)  

and screen magnification (ZoomText). 

Dr. Marc Maurer,  President of the National Federation 

of the Blind, said: “The National  Federation of the Blind is extremely 
pleased 

with the ruling in this  case.  Law 

and equity simply do not permit the NCBE to dictate a  one-size-fits-all 
solution 

for all bar candidates with  disabilities.  We hope that this ruling will 
cause the 

NCBE to  think long and hard before it denies the requested accommodations 
of  

applicants to take its examinations.” 

The plaintiff,  

Stephanie Enyart, said: “A little 

over a year ago I sent my  first request for accommodations on the March 
2009 

MPRE, and tonight I  can go to sleep knowing when and how I can effectively 
take 

the exams  to fulfill my dreams.” 

Anna Levine of Disability Rights  

Advocates, an attorney representing the plaintiff, said: "I  

hope that our hard-fought victory here will send a message to testing  

organizations that they need to comply with the ADA and provide each  
individual test taker with 

a disability the accommodations that he or  she needs to demonstrate his or 
her 

actual knowledge, skills, and  abilities."  

The suit was filed on November 3, 2009, due to the  

NCBE’s refusal, on multiple occasions during the past year, to allow  Ms. 
Enyart 

to use the same technology on the MBE and MPRE that she has  used on 
university 

and law school exams and in various jobs and  internships.  The suit 
charged that the NCBE violated 

the  Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and California’s Unruh Civil 
Rights Act  by denying 

accommodations on the MBE and the MPRE.   



NCBE had argued that it fulfilled its legal  

obligations to Ms. Enyart by offering alternative accommodations, such  as 
a 

human reader, notwithstanding evidence that these alternatives  did not, in 
fact, 

accommodate Ms. Enyart’s disability.  In  rejecting NCBE’s argument, the 
court’s 

ruling paves the way for other  individuals prevented from pursuing their 

professional dreams by high  stakes testing providers who take a rigid 
approach 

to disability  accommodations.  



The plaintiff is represented with the  support of the 

National Federation of the Blind by LaBarre Law  Offices, P.C., in Denver, 
Colorado, and by 

Brown, Goldstein &  Levy, LLP, in Baltimore, Maryland.  The plaintiff is 
further represented  by 

Disability Rights Advocates, a nonprofit law center that  specializes in 
civil 

rights cases on behalf of persons with  disabilities, based in Berkeley, 
California.   


###

About the National Federation of 

the  Blind

With more than 50,000 members, the 

National Federation of  the Blind (NFB) is the largest and most influential 

membership  organization of blind people in the United 

States.  

The  NFB improves blind people’s lives through advocacy, education,  

research, technology, and programs encouraging independence and  

self-confidence.  It is the leading 

force in the  blindness field today and the voice of the nation's blind.  
In January  2004 the NFB opened the 

National Federation of the Blind Jernigan  Institute, the first research 
and 

training center in the United  

States for the blind led by the blind.   


From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Wed Feb 10 22:44:56 2010
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:44:56 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: [ADRC] 2010 Burton Blatt Institute Summer Law &
 Policy Internship in Washington, DC
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Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 1:25 PM
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Subject: FW: [ADRC] 2010 Burton Blatt Institute Summer Law & Policy Internship in Washington, DC

For 1Ls and 2Ls in law school.

William J. Phelan, IV, Esq.
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Hi all
Attached is the announcement for the Burton Blatt Institute Summer Law & Policy Internship in Washington, DC.  This is an 8-week program with a stipend of $5,000.  It is open to 1st- and 2nd- year law students.
Please distribute the announcement to law schools and law students.
Thanks!
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From JFreeh at nfb.org  Thu Feb 11 11:43:33 2010
From: JFreeh at nfb.org (Freeh,
	Jessica)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:43:33 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of Bar
 Examiners to Provide Individualized Testing Accommodations to Blind Law
 School Graduate
Message-ID: <auto-000139252193@mailfront1.g2host.com>



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



CONTACT:

Chris Danielsen, National Federation of the Blind, (410) 659-9314, ext. 2330

Scott LaBarre, LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., (303) 504-5979

Daniel Goldstein, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP, (410) 962-1030

Anna Levine, Disability Rights Advocates, (510) 665-8644



Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of Bar Examiners
to Provide Individualized Testing Accommodations

to Blind Law School Graduate



San Francisco, California (February 5, 2010):  A federal court has 
ruled that the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) will cause 
a blind law school graduate irreparable harm unless it provides her 
the technology-based testing accommodations she needs to take two 
exams required to become a member of the State Bar of 
California.  The court issued its ruling in an order granting the law 
school graduate's motion for preliminary injunction on Thursday, 
February 4, 2010.  The court's ruling allows the plaintiff, Stephanie 
Enyart, to take the February 2010 Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) 
and March 2010 Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination 
(MPRE) on a laptop computer equipped with the assistive technology 
software Ms. Enyart relies upon for screen reading (JAWS) and screen 
magnification (ZoomText).



Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, 
said: "The National Federation of the Blind is extremely pleased with 
the ruling in this case.  Law and equity simply do not permit the 
NCBE to dictate a one-size-fits-all solution for all bar candidates 
with disabilities.  We hope that this ruling will cause the NCBE to 
think long and hard before it denies the requested accommodations of 
applicants to take its examinations."



The plaintiff, Stephanie Enyart, said: "A little over a year ago I 
sent my first request for accommodations on the March 2009 MPRE, and 
tonight I can go to sleep knowing when and how I can effectively take 
the exams to fulfill my dreams."



Anna Levine of Disability Rights Advocates, an attorney representing 
the plaintiff, said: "I hope that our hard-fought victory here will 
send a message to testing organizations that they need to comply with 
the ADA and provide each individual test taker with a disability the 
accommodations that he or she needs to demonstrate his or her actual 
knowledge, skills, and abilities."



The suit was filed on November 3, 2009, due to the NCBE's refusal, on 
multiple occasions during the past year, to allow Ms. Enyart to use 
the same technology on the MBE and MPRE that she has used on 
university and law school exams and in various jobs and 
internships.  The suit charged that the NCBE violated the Americans 
with Disabilities Act (ADA) and California's Unruh Civil Rights Act 
by denying accommodations on the MBE and the MPRE.



NCBE had argued that it fulfilled its legal obligations to Ms. Enyart 
by offering alternative accommodations, such as a human reader, 
notwithstanding evidence that these alternatives did not, in fact, 
accommodate Ms. Enyart's disability.  In rejecting NCBE's argument, 
the court's ruling paves the way for other individuals prevented from 
pursuing their professional dreams by high stakes testing providers 
who take a rigid approach to disability accommodations.



The plaintiff is represented with the support of the National 
Federation of the Blind by LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., in Denver, 
Colorado, and by Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP, in Baltimore, 
Maryland.  The plaintiff is further represented by Disability Rights 
Advocates, a nonprofit law center that specializes in civil rights 
cases on behalf of persons with disabilities, based in Berkeley, California.





###



About the National Federation of the Blind



With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind 
(NFB) is the largest and most influential membership organization of 
blind people in the United States.  The NFB improves blind people's 
lives through advocacy, education, research, technology, and programs 
encouraging independence and self-confidence.  It is the leading 
force in the blindness field today and the voice of the nation's 
blind.  In January 2004 the NFB opened the National Federation of the 
Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and training center in 
the United States for the blind led by the blind.



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From b75205 at gmail.com  Thu Feb 11 14:36:03 2010
From: b75205 at gmail.com (James Pepper)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:36:03 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of Bar
	Examiners to Provide Individualized Testing Accommodations to
	Blind Law School Graduate
In-Reply-To: <auto-000139252193@mailfront1.g2host.com>
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Does anyone have a copy of this exam, or a practice exam so i can
demonstrate how to make it accessible?

James G. Pepper

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:43 AM, Freeh, Jessica <JFreeh at nfb.org> wrote:

>
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>
>
> CONTACT:
>
> Chris Danielsen, National Federation of the Blind, (410) 659-9314, ext.
> 2330
>
> Scott LaBarre, LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., (303) 504-5979
>
> Daniel Goldstein, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP, (410) 962-1030
>
> Anna Levine, Disability Rights Advocates, (510) 665-8644
>
>
>
> Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of Bar Examiners
> to Provide Individualized Testing Accommodations
>
> to Blind Law School Graduate
>
>
>
> San Francisco, California (February 5, 2010):  A federal court has ruled
> that the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) will cause a blind law
> school graduate irreparable harm unless it provides her the technology-based
> testing accommodations she needs to take two exams required to become a
> member of the State Bar of California.  The court issued its ruling in an
> order granting the law school graduate's motion for preliminary injunction
> on Thursday, February 4, 2010.  The court's ruling allows the plaintiff,
> Stephanie Enyart, to take the February 2010 Multistate Bar Examination (MBE)
> and March 2010 Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) on
> a laptop computer equipped with the assistive technology software Ms. Enyart
> relies upon for screen reading (JAWS) and screen magnification (ZoomText).
>
>
>
> Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said:
> "The National Federation of the Blind is extremely pleased with the ruling
> in this case.  Law and equity simply do not permit the NCBE to dictate a
> one-size-fits-all solution for all bar candidates with disabilities.  We
> hope that this ruling will cause the NCBE to think long and hard before it
> denies the requested accommodations of applicants to take its examinations."
>
>
>
> The plaintiff, Stephanie Enyart, said: "A little over a year ago I sent my
> first request for accommodations on the March 2009 MPRE, and tonight I can
> go to sleep knowing when and how I can effectively take the exams to fulfill
> my dreams."
>
>
>
> Anna Levine of Disability Rights Advocates, an attorney representing the
> plaintiff, said: "I hope that our hard-fought victory here will send a
> message to testing organizations that they need to comply with the ADA and
> provide each individual test taker with a disability the accommodations that
> he or she needs to demonstrate his or her actual knowledge, skills, and
> abilities."
>
>
>
> The suit was filed on November 3, 2009, due to the NCBE's refusal, on
> multiple occasions during the past year, to allow Ms. Enyart to use the same
> technology on the MBE and MPRE that she has used on university and law
> school exams and in various jobs and internships.  The suit charged that the
> NCBE violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and California's
> Unruh Civil Rights Act by denying accommodations on the MBE and the MPRE.
>
>
>
> NCBE had argued that it fulfilled its legal obligations to Ms. Enyart by
> offering alternative accommodations, such as a human reader, notwithstanding
> evidence that these alternatives did not, in fact, accommodate Ms. Enyart's
> disability.  In rejecting NCBE's argument, the court's ruling paves the way
> for other individuals prevented from pursuing their professional dreams by
> high stakes testing providers who take a rigid approach to disability
> accommodations.
>
>
>
> The plaintiff is represented with the support of the National Federation of
> the Blind by LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., in Denver, Colorado, and by Brown,
> Goldstein & Levy, LLP, in Baltimore, Maryland.  The plaintiff is further
> represented by Disability Rights Advocates, a nonprofit law center that
> specializes in civil rights cases on behalf of persons with disabilities,
> based in Berkeley, California.
>
>
>
>
>
> ###
>
>
>
> About the National Federation of the Blind
>
>
>
> With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind (NFB)
> is the largest and most influential membership organization of blind people
> in the United States.  The NFB improves blind people's lives through
> advocacy, education, research, technology, and programs encouraging
> independence and self-confidence.  It is the leading force in the blindness
> field today and the voice of the nation's blind.  In January 2004 the NFB
> opened the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, the first
> research and training center in the United States for the blind led by the
> blind.
>
>
>
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From AZNOR99 at aol.com  Thu Feb 11 15:47:16 2010
From: AZNOR99 at aol.com (AZNOR99 at aol.com)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:47:16 EST
Subject: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of Bar
	Examiners ...
Message-ID: <6a46.57ce51af.38a58084@aol.com>

It's not over yet. See article below from ABA Journal.
_http://ow.ly/16y2Fp_ (http://ow.ly/16y2Fp) 
 
 
Blind Student’s Bar Exam Battle Isn’t Over: Test Firm Seeks Emergency 9th  
Cir. Software Ban
 
 
A federal judge's ruling last month that Stephanie Enyart must be allowed 
to  use screen-reader software when taking the Multistate Bar Examination 
might not  be the final answer for the blind law graduate. 
In a filing yesterday, the National Conference of  Bar Examiners seeks an 
emergency ruling from the San Francisco-based 9th U.S.  Circuit Court of 
Appeals suspending a district court order that Enyart must be  allowed to use 
the software during the California bar exam later this month, the  _San  
Francisco Chronicle_ 
(http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/10/BA911BV6LN.DTL)  reports. 
The NCBE, which administers the test throughout the country, contends that  
having to wait a few more months for appellate review of the federal 
district  court's decision in Enyart's favor would not pose a hardship to her, the 
 newspaper says. 
Attorney Anna Levine of Disability Rights Advocates represents Enyart. She  
calls the appellate filing "flabbergasting ... irrational and  
mean-spirited." 
The NCBE objects to the software, which magnifies the test text and reads 
the  material into earbuds worn by the user because of security concerns. 
Enyart says  that a human reader, which the NCBE would permit, is less 
efficient at the job  and a potential distraction during the exam. 
Earlier coverage:
 
 
In a message dated 2/11/2010 9:03:38 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
JFreeh at nfb.org writes:



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



CONTACT:

Chris  Danielsen, National Federation of the Blind, (410) 659-9314, ext.  
2330

Scott LaBarre, LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., (303)  504-5979

Daniel Goldstein, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP, (410)  962-1030

Anna Levine, Disability Rights Advocates, (510)  665-8644



Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of Bar  Examiners
to Provide Individualized Testing Accommodations

to Blind  Law School Graduate



San Francisco, California (February 5,  2010):  A federal court has 
ruled that the National Conference of Bar  Examiners (NCBE) will cause 
a blind law school graduate irreparable harm  unless it provides her 
the technology-based testing accommodations she  needs to take two 
exams required to become a member of the State Bar of  
California.  The court issued its ruling in an order granting the law  
school graduate's motion for preliminary injunction on Thursday,  
February 4, 2010.  The court's ruling allows the plaintiff, Stephanie  
Enyart, to take the February 2010 Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) 
and  March 2010 Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination 
(MPRE) on a  laptop computer equipped with the assistive technology 
software Ms. Enyart  relies upon for screen reading (JAWS) and screen 
magnification  (ZoomText).



Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National  Federation of the Blind, 
said: "The National Federation of the Blind is  extremely pleased with 
the ruling in this case.  Law and equity  simply do not permit the 
NCBE to dictate a one-size-fits-all solution for  all bar candidates 
with disabilities.  We hope that this ruling will  cause the NCBE to 
think long and hard before it denies the requested  accommodations of 
applicants to take its examinations."



The  plaintiff, Stephanie Enyart, said: "A little over a year ago I 
sent my  first request for accommodations on the March 2009 MPRE, and 
tonight I can  go to sleep knowing when and how I can effectively take 
the exams to  fulfill my dreams."



Anna Levine of Disability Rights Advocates,  an attorney representing 
the plaintiff, said: "I hope that our hard-fought  victory here will 
send a message to testing organizations that they need  to comply with 
the ADA and provide each individual test taker with a  disability the 
accommodations that he or she needs to demonstrate his or  her actual 
knowledge, skills, and abilities."



The suit was  filed on November 3, 2009, due to the NCBE's refusal, on 
multiple  occasions during the past year, to allow Ms. Enyart to use 
the same  technology on the MBE and MPRE that she has used on 
university and law  school exams and in various jobs and 
internships.  The suit charged  that the NCBE violated the Americans 
with Disabilities Act (ADA) and  California's Unruh Civil Rights Act 
by denying accommodations on the MBE  and the MPRE.



NCBE had argued that it fulfilled its legal  obligations to Ms. Enyart 
by offering alternative accommodations, such as  a human reader, 
notwithstanding evidence that these alternatives did not,  in fact, 
accommodate Ms. Enyart's disability.  In rejecting NCBE's  argument, 
the court's ruling paves the way for other individuals prevented  from 
pursuing their professional dreams by high stakes testing providers  
who take a rigid approach to disability accommodations.



The  plaintiff is represented with the support of the National 
Federation of  the Blind by LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., in Denver, 
Colorado, and by Brown,  Goldstein & Levy, LLP, in Baltimore, 
Maryland.  The plaintiff is  further represented by Disability Rights 
Advocates, a nonprofit law center  that specializes in civil rights 
cases on behalf of persons with  disabilities, based in Berkeley,  
California.





###



About the National  Federation of the Blind



With more than 50,000 members, the  National Federation of the Blind 
(NFB) is the largest and most influential  membership organization of 
blind people in the United States.  The  NFB improves blind people's 
lives through advocacy, education, research,  technology, and programs 
encouraging independence and  self-confidence.  It is the leading 
force in the blindness field  today and the voice of the nation's 
blind.  In January 2004 the NFB  opened the National Federation of the 
Blind Jernigan Institute, the first  research and training center in 
the United States for the blind led by the  blind.



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From DFrye at nfb.org  Thu Feb 11 16:06:40 2010
From: DFrye at nfb.org (Frye, Dan)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:06:40 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case
Message-ID: <7638A85981599142811F69FBB9508B6B0204C919@FPNTEXCBE01.services.local>

Colleagues:
 
I was disappointed to read the following article, indicating that the
Bar Examiners plan to appeal the recent order in favor of Stephanie. The
article follows:
 

Bar exam firm appeals blind student's request


Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer <mailto:begelko at sfchronicle.com> 

Thursday, February 11, 2010

(02-10) 14:04 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The company that administers the
California bar exam has asked a federal appeals court to stop a blind
law student from using computer-assisted reading devices in the test,
which starts in two weeks.

The company, the nonprofit National Conference of Bar Examiners, filed
an emergency motion Tuesday asking the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals in San Francisco to suspend a federal judge's order requiring
the firm to accommodate Stephanie Enyart.

Urgent action is needed, the company said, because Enyart might
otherwise pass the test with computer assistance that she is not legally
entitled to receive. Enyart works as a law clerk for Disability Rights
Advocates in Berkeley and would suffer no hardship by waiting a few
months for an appeals court to review the case, the company said.

Anna Levine, a Disability Rights Advocates lawyer who represents Enyart,
called the request "flabbergasting ... irrational and mean-spirited."

Enyart, 32, has been legally blind since 15 from macular degeneration
and retinal dystrophy. As a UCLA law student, she took tests on a laptop
with software that magnified the text and read the questions into
earbuds.

But she has not taken the bar exam because the nonprofit company, which
administers the two multiple-choice portions of the California test,
refused to allow the same arrangements. 

The company, which uses some of its questions on successive exams, said
putting the test on a computer disk would expose its content to thieves.
Its lawyers also argue that disabled students are not entitled to their
preferred accommodations, only to those that provide reasonable access.

The examiners offered a pencil-and-paper test with questions displayed
on a large screen, a human reader and twice the usual three-day testing
period. Enyart said she would become nauseous from having to look at the
screen and needed the computer setup to have a fair chance of passing.

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer of San Francisco ordered the
accommodations Jan. 29 and said the bar examiners could provide their
own computer for increased security.

The company said in Tuesday's motion that it still faces security risks
from loading the questions into a laptop and shipping it to California.
And although Breyer specified that his order applies only to Enyart, the
company said other visually impaired students might take advantage of
the ruling to demand their own preferred accommodations.

E-mail Bob Egelko at begelko at sfchronicle.com
<mailto:begelko at sfchronicle.com> .

 
***********************
Daniel B. Frye, J.D.
Editor
The Braille Monitor
National Federation of the Blind
Office of the President
200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Telephone: (410) 659-9314 Ext. 2208
Mobile: (410) 241-7006
Fax: (410) 685-5653
Email: DFrye at nfb.org
Web Address: www.nfb.org <http://www.nfb.org/> 
"Voice of the Nation's Blind"
 

From jsorozco at gmail.com  Thu Feb 11 20:10:11 2010
From: jsorozco at gmail.com (Joe Orozco)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:10:11 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case
In-Reply-To: <7638A85981599142811F69FBB9508B6B0204C919@FPNTEXCBE01.services.local>
Message-ID: <D3B8D177D7FC4961A65E235D9282C8AC@Rufus>

I'm not belittling Stephanie's case, but I guess I'm interested in
something.  I would have preferred to take the LSAT on a computer but took
it in Braille instead.  Could I have sued LSAC for not making the exam
available on a computer, or is this a case where other students are allowed
to take the Bar exam on a computer and Stephanie is not?

Joe Orozco

"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves,
some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing 

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org 
[mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Frye, Dan
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:07 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case

Colleagues:
 
I was disappointed to read the following article, indicating that the
Bar Examiners plan to appeal the recent order in favor of Stephanie. The
article follows:
 

Bar exam firm appeals blind student's request


Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer <mailto:begelko at sfchronicle.com> 

Thursday, February 11, 2010

(02-10) 14:04 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The company that administers the
California bar exam has asked a federal appeals court to stop a blind
law student from using computer-assisted reading devices in the test,
which starts in two weeks.

The company, the nonprofit National Conference of Bar Examiners, filed
an emergency motion Tuesday asking the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals in San Francisco to suspend a federal judge's order requiring
the firm to accommodate Stephanie Enyart.

Urgent action is needed, the company said, because Enyart might
otherwise pass the test with computer assistance that she is not legally
entitled to receive. Enyart works as a law clerk for Disability Rights
Advocates in Berkeley and would suffer no hardship by waiting a few
months for an appeals court to review the case, the company said.

Anna Levine, a Disability Rights Advocates lawyer who represents Enyart,
called the request "flabbergasting ... irrational and mean-spirited."

Enyart, 32, has been legally blind since 15 from macular degeneration
and retinal dystrophy. As a UCLA law student, she took tests on a laptop
with software that magnified the text and read the questions into
earbuds.

But she has not taken the bar exam because the nonprofit company, which
administers the two multiple-choice portions of the California test,
refused to allow the same arrangements. 

The company, which uses some of its questions on successive exams, said
putting the test on a computer disk would expose its content to thieves.
Its lawyers also argue that disabled students are not entitled to their
preferred accommodations, only to those that provide reasonable access.

The examiners offered a pencil-and-paper test with questions displayed
on a large screen, a human reader and twice the usual three-day testing
period. Enyart said she would become nauseous from having to look at the
screen and needed the computer setup to have a fair chance of passing.

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer of San Francisco ordered the
accommodations Jan. 29 and said the bar examiners could provide their
own computer for increased security.

The company said in Tuesday's motion that it still faces security risks
from loading the questions into a laptop and shipping it to California.
And although Breyer specified that his order applies only to Enyart, the
company said other visually impaired students might take advantage of
the ruling to demand their own preferred accommodations.

E-mail Bob Egelko at begelko at sfchronicle.com
<mailto:begelko at sfchronicle.com> .

 
***********************
Daniel B. Frye, J.D.
Editor
The Braille Monitor
National Federation of the Blind
Office of the President
200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Telephone: (410) 659-9314 Ext. 2208
Mobile: (410) 241-7006
Fax: (410) 685-5653
Email: DFrye at nfb.org
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From cathrynisfinally at verizon.net  Thu Feb 11 21:11:52 2010
From: cathrynisfinally at verizon.net (Cathryn Bonnette)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:11:52 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case
In-Reply-To: <D3B8D177D7FC4961A65E235D9282C8AC@Rufus>
References: <7638A85981599142811F69FBB9508B6B0204C919@FPNTEXCBE01.services.local>
	<D3B8D177D7FC4961A65E235D9282C8AC@Rufus>
Message-ID: <EF3F50E240A44B68A709DA9F9A1A99E4@14bd0130080a469>

I took the essay exam using JAWS on a lap top with a human reader reading me
the questions.  This was not permitted on the Multistate part, and human
readers could not read the questions accurately.  When the net effect is
limited access compared to normally sighted test takers, I believe the type
of technology that allows equivalent access should not be allowed to remain
an obstacle.

Cathryn Bonnette 

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Joe Orozco
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 3:10 PM
To: 'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case

I'm not belittling Stephanie's case, but I guess I'm interested in
something.  I would have preferred to take the LSAT on a computer but took
it in Braille instead.  Could I have sued LSAC for not making the exam
available on a computer, or is this a case where other students are allowed
to take the Bar exam on a computer and Stephanie is not?

Joe Orozco

"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves,
some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing 

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org 
[mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Frye, Dan
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:07 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case

Colleagues:
 
I was disappointed to read the following article, indicating that the
Bar Examiners plan to appeal the recent order in favor of Stephanie. The
article follows:
 

Bar exam firm appeals blind student's request


Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer <mailto:begelko at sfchronicle.com> 

Thursday, February 11, 2010

(02-10) 14:04 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The company that administers the
California bar exam has asked a federal appeals court to stop a blind
law student from using computer-assisted reading devices in the test,
which starts in two weeks.

The company, the nonprofit National Conference of Bar Examiners, filed
an emergency motion Tuesday asking the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals in San Francisco to suspend a federal judge's order requiring
the firm to accommodate Stephanie Enyart.

Urgent action is needed, the company said, because Enyart might
otherwise pass the test with computer assistance that she is not legally
entitled to receive. Enyart works as a law clerk for Disability Rights
Advocates in Berkeley and would suffer no hardship by waiting a few
months for an appeals court to review the case, the company said.

Anna Levine, a Disability Rights Advocates lawyer who represents Enyart,
called the request "flabbergasting ... irrational and mean-spirited."

Enyart, 32, has been legally blind since 15 from macular degeneration
and retinal dystrophy. As a UCLA law student, she took tests on a laptop
with software that magnified the text and read the questions into
earbuds.

But she has not taken the bar exam because the nonprofit company, which
administers the two multiple-choice portions of the California test,
refused to allow the same arrangements. 

The company, which uses some of its questions on successive exams, said
putting the test on a computer disk would expose its content to thieves.
Its lawyers also argue that disabled students are not entitled to their
preferred accommodations, only to those that provide reasonable access.

The examiners offered a pencil-and-paper test with questions displayed
on a large screen, a human reader and twice the usual three-day testing
period. Enyart said she would become nauseous from having to look at the
screen and needed the computer setup to have a fair chance of passing.

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer of San Francisco ordered the
accommodations Jan. 29 and said the bar examiners could provide their
own computer for increased security.

The company said in Tuesday's motion that it still faces security risks
from loading the questions into a laptop and shipping it to California.
And although Breyer specified that his order applies only to Enyart, the
company said other visually impaired students might take advantage of
the ruling to demand their own preferred accommodations.

E-mail Bob Egelko at begelko at sfchronicle.com
<mailto:begelko at sfchronicle.com> .

 
***********************
Daniel B. Frye, J.D.
Editor
The Braille Monitor
National Federation of the Blind
Office of the President
200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Telephone: (410) 659-9314 Ext. 2208
Mobile: (410) 241-7006
Fax: (410) 685-5653
Email: DFrye at nfb.org
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From joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com  Thu Feb 11 21:28:17 2010
From: joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com (RJ Sandefur)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:28:17 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case
References: <D3B8D177D7FC4961A65E235D9282C8AC@Rufus>
Message-ID: <01F5FBF028E946B4B5C041CAEED35D3D@hometwxakonvzn>

How does Florida deal with this issue? RJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Orozco" <jsorozco at gmail.com>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 3:10 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case


> I'm not belittling Stephanie's case, but I guess I'm interested in
> something.  I would have preferred to take the LSAT on a computer but took
> it in Braille instead.  Could I have sued LSAC for not making the exam
> available on a computer, or is this a case where other students are 
> allowed
> to take the Bar exam on a computer and Stephanie is not?
>
> Joe Orozco
>
> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves,
> some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Frye, Dan
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:07 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
> Subject: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case
>
> Colleagues:
>
> I was disappointed to read the following article, indicating that the
> Bar Examiners plan to appeal the recent order in favor of Stephanie. The
> article follows:
>
>
> Bar exam firm appeals blind student's request
>
>
> Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer <mailto:begelko at sfchronicle.com>
>
> Thursday, February 11, 2010
>
> (02-10) 14:04 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The company that administers the
> California bar exam has asked a federal appeals court to stop a blind
> law student from using computer-assisted reading devices in the test,
> which starts in two weeks.
>
> The company, the nonprofit National Conference of Bar Examiners, filed
> an emergency motion Tuesday asking the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of
> Appeals in San Francisco to suspend a federal judge's order requiring
> the firm to accommodate Stephanie Enyart.
>
> Urgent action is needed, the company said, because Enyart might
> otherwise pass the test with computer assistance that she is not legally
> entitled to receive. Enyart works as a law clerk for Disability Rights
> Advocates in Berkeley and would suffer no hardship by waiting a few
> months for an appeals court to review the case, the company said.
>
> Anna Levine, a Disability Rights Advocates lawyer who represents Enyart,
> called the request "flabbergasting ... irrational and mean-spirited."
>
> Enyart, 32, has been legally blind since 15 from macular degeneration
> and retinal dystrophy. As a UCLA law student, she took tests on a laptop
> with software that magnified the text and read the questions into
> earbuds.
>
> But she has not taken the bar exam because the nonprofit company, which
> administers the two multiple-choice portions of the California test,
> refused to allow the same arrangements.
>
> The company, which uses some of its questions on successive exams, said
> putting the test on a computer disk would expose its content to thieves.
> Its lawyers also argue that disabled students are not entitled to their
> preferred accommodations, only to those that provide reasonable access.
>
> The examiners offered a pencil-and-paper test with questions displayed
> on a large screen, a human reader and twice the usual three-day testing
> period. Enyart said she would become nauseous from having to look at the
> screen and needed the computer setup to have a fair chance of passing.
>
> U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer of San Francisco ordered the
> accommodations Jan. 29 and said the bar examiners could provide their
> own computer for increased security.
>
> The company said in Tuesday's motion that it still faces security risks
> from loading the questions into a laptop and shipping it to California.
> And although Breyer specified that his order applies only to Enyart, the
> company said other visually impaired students might take advantage of
> the ruling to demand their own preferred accommodations.
>
> E-mail Bob Egelko at begelko at sfchronicle.com
> <mailto:begelko at sfchronicle.com> .
>
>
> ***********************
> Daniel B. Frye, J.D.
> Editor
> The Braille Monitor
> National Federation of the Blind
> Office of the President
> 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place
> Baltimore, Maryland 21230
> Telephone: (410) 659-9314 Ext. 2208
> Mobile: (410) 241-7006
> Fax: (410) 685-5653
> Email: DFrye at nfb.org
> Web Address: www.nfb.org <http://www.nfb.org/>
> "Voice of the Nation's Blind"
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From goldflash9 at sbcglobal.net  Thu Feb 11 21:53:18 2010
From: goldflash9 at sbcglobal.net (Sarah Clark)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:53:18 -0800
Subject: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case
References: <D3B8D177D7FC4961A65E235D9282C8AC@Rufus>
Message-ID: <00da01caab64$9f1715d0$6701a8c0@computer2>

I don't know if they've allowed others to take the exam on a computer, but I 
know one thing.  The next time I take any kind of standardized exam I am 
requiring them to either allow me to bring my own reader, or allow me to 
take it on a computer with Jaws.
I very recently took a standardized professional exam with a reader that I 
was assured by the test administrators could read.  Even after I brought my 
concerns about using a human reader to the administrators prior to the exam, 
they would not let me bring my own reader, nor would they let me speak to 
the reader ahead of time to ensure that the person could read.  As it turns 
out, the person could not read.  She was probably the worst "reader" I had 
ever met.  The entire exam turned into a disaster and one of the most 
horrific experiences of my life.  I will never again trust an organization's 
judgement of the quality of the readers they use.  To them, their readers 
are all good.  Yet it is a fact that they have taken no concrete measures to 
ensure this to be the case. I did pass the exam somehow, but I will never 
again allow myself to be put into a situation like that.

Sarah





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Orozco" <jsorozco at gmail.com>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case


> I'm not belittling Stephanie's case, but I guess I'm interested in
> something.  I would have preferred to take the LSAT on a computer but took
> it in Braille instead.  Could I have sued LSAC for not making the exam
> available on a computer, or is this a case where other students are 
> allowed
> to take the Bar exam on a computer and Stephanie is not?
>
> Joe Orozco
>
> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves,
> some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Frye, Dan
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:07 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
> Subject: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case
>
> Colleagues:
>
> I was disappointed to read the following article, indicating that the
> Bar Examiners plan to appeal the recent order in favor of Stephanie. The
> article follows:
>
>
> Bar exam firm appeals blind student's request
>
>
> Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer <mailto:begelko at sfchronicle.com>
>
> Thursday, February 11, 2010
>
> (02-10) 14:04 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The company that administers the
> California bar exam has asked a federal appeals court to stop a blind
> law student from using computer-assisted reading devices in the test,
> which starts in two weeks.
>
> The company, the nonprofit National Conference of Bar Examiners, filed
> an emergency motion Tuesday asking the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of
> Appeals in San Francisco to suspend a federal judge's order requiring
> the firm to accommodate Stephanie Enyart.
>
> Urgent action is needed, the company said, because Enyart might
> otherwise pass the test with computer assistance that she is not legally
> entitled to receive. Enyart works as a law clerk for Disability Rights
> Advocates in Berkeley and would suffer no hardship by waiting a few
> months for an appeals court to review the case, the company said.
>
> Anna Levine, a Disability Rights Advocates lawyer who represents Enyart,
> called the request "flabbergasting ... irrational and mean-spirited."
>
> Enyart, 32, has been legally blind since 15 from macular degeneration
> and retinal dystrophy. As a UCLA law student, she took tests on a laptop
> with software that magnified the text and read the questions into
> earbuds.
>
> But she has not taken the bar exam because the nonprofit company, which
> administers the two multiple-choice portions of the California test,
> refused to allow the same arrangements.
>
> The company, which uses some of its questions on successive exams, said
> putting the test on a computer disk would expose its content to thieves.
> Its lawyers also argue that disabled students are not entitled to their
> preferred accommodations, only to those that provide reasonable access.
>
> The examiners offered a pencil-and-paper test with questions displayed
> on a large screen, a human reader and twice the usual three-day testing
> period. Enyart said she would become nauseous from having to look at the
> screen and needed the computer setup to have a fair chance of passing.
>
> U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer of San Francisco ordered the
> accommodations Jan. 29 and said the bar examiners could provide their
> own computer for increased security.
>
> The company said in Tuesday's motion that it still faces security risks
> from loading the questions into a laptop and shipping it to California.
> And although Breyer specified that his order applies only to Enyart, the
> company said other visually impaired students might take advantage of
> the ruling to demand their own preferred accommodations.
>
> E-mail Bob Egelko at begelko at sfchronicle.com
> <mailto:begelko at sfchronicle.com> .
>
>
> ***********************
> Daniel B. Frye, J.D.
> Editor
> The Braille Monitor
> National Federation of the Blind
> Office of the President
> 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place
> Baltimore, Maryland 21230
> Telephone: (410) 659-9314 Ext. 2208
> Mobile: (410) 241-7006
> Fax: (410) 685-5653
> Email: DFrye at nfb.org
> Web Address: www.nfb.org <http://www.nfb.org/>
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>
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From cdanielsen8 at aol.com  Fri Feb 12 00:14:05 2010
From: cdanielsen8 at aol.com (Chris Danielsen)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:14:05 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of
	BarExaminers ...
In-Reply-To: <6a46.57ce51af.38a58084@aol.com>
References: <6a46.57ce51af.38a58084@aol.com>
Message-ID: <E99BBC71FB8443C8977E63C1B358340B@Scorpio13>

These guys are so gonna lose. How can they argue that waiting for appellate
review will not harm Stephanie? It puts her career on hold. Sure, she has a
job, but her opportunities would be greater financially and otherwise if she
were licensed. I cannot see how they win on the merits.

Chris
 

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of AZNOR99 at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:47 AM
To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of
BarExaminers ...

It's not over yet. See article below from ABA Journal.
_http://ow.ly/16y2Fp_ (http://ow.ly/16y2Fp) 
 
 
Blind Student's Bar Exam Battle Isn't Over: Test Firm Seeks Emergency 9th
Cir. Software Ban
 
 
A federal judge's ruling last month that Stephanie Enyart must be allowed 
to  use screen-reader software when taking the Multistate Bar Examination 
might not  be the final answer for the blind law graduate. 
In a filing yesterday, the National Conference of  Bar Examiners seeks an 
emergency ruling from the San Francisco-based 9th U.S.  Circuit Court of 
Appeals suspending a district court order that Enyart must be  allowed to
use 
the software during the California bar exam later this month, the  _San  
Francisco Chronicle_ 
(http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/10/BA911BV6LN.DTL)
reports. 
The NCBE, which administers the test throughout the country, contends that  
having to wait a few more months for appellate review of the federal 
district  court's decision in Enyart's favor would not pose a hardship to
her, the 
 newspaper says. 
Attorney Anna Levine of Disability Rights Advocates represents Enyart. She  
calls the appellate filing "flabbergasting ... irrational and  
mean-spirited." 
The NCBE objects to the software, which magnifies the test text and reads 
the  material into earbuds worn by the user because of security concerns. 
Enyart says  that a human reader, which the NCBE would permit, is less 
efficient at the job  and a potential distraction during the exam. 
Earlier coverage:
 
 
In a message dated 2/11/2010 9:03:38 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
JFreeh at nfb.org writes:



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



CONTACT:

Chris  Danielsen, National Federation of the Blind, (410) 659-9314, ext.  
2330

Scott LaBarre, LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., (303)  504-5979

Daniel Goldstein, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP, (410)  962-1030

Anna Levine, Disability Rights Advocates, (510)  665-8644



Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of Bar  Examiners
to Provide Individualized Testing Accommodations

to Blind  Law School Graduate



San Francisco, California (February 5,  2010):  A federal court has 
ruled that the National Conference of Bar  Examiners (NCBE) will cause 
a blind law school graduate irreparable harm  unless it provides her 
the technology-based testing accommodations she  needs to take two 
exams required to become a member of the State Bar of  
California.  The court issued its ruling in an order granting the law  
school graduate's motion for preliminary injunction on Thursday,  
February 4, 2010.  The court's ruling allows the plaintiff, Stephanie  
Enyart, to take the February 2010 Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) 
and  March 2010 Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination 
(MPRE) on a  laptop computer equipped with the assistive technology 
software Ms. Enyart  relies upon for screen reading (JAWS) and screen 
magnification  (ZoomText).



Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National  Federation of the Blind, 
said: "The National Federation of the Blind is  extremely pleased with 
the ruling in this case.  Law and equity  simply do not permit the 
NCBE to dictate a one-size-fits-all solution for  all bar candidates 
with disabilities.  We hope that this ruling will  cause the NCBE to 
think long and hard before it denies the requested  accommodations of 
applicants to take its examinations."



The  plaintiff, Stephanie Enyart, said: "A little over a year ago I 
sent my  first request for accommodations on the March 2009 MPRE, and 
tonight I can  go to sleep knowing when and how I can effectively take 
the exams to  fulfill my dreams."



Anna Levine of Disability Rights Advocates,  an attorney representing 
the plaintiff, said: "I hope that our hard-fought  victory here will 
send a message to testing organizations that they need  to comply with 
the ADA and provide each individual test taker with a  disability the 
accommodations that he or she needs to demonstrate his or  her actual 
knowledge, skills, and abilities."



The suit was  filed on November 3, 2009, due to the NCBE's refusal, on 
multiple  occasions during the past year, to allow Ms. Enyart to use 
the same  technology on the MBE and MPRE that she has used on 
university and law  school exams and in various jobs and 
internships.  The suit charged  that the NCBE violated the Americans 
with Disabilities Act (ADA) and  California's Unruh Civil Rights Act 
by denying accommodations on the MBE  and the MPRE.



NCBE had argued that it fulfilled its legal  obligations to Ms. Enyart 
by offering alternative accommodations, such as  a human reader, 
notwithstanding evidence that these alternatives did not,  in fact, 
accommodate Ms. Enyart's disability.  In rejecting NCBE's  argument, 
the court's ruling paves the way for other individuals prevented  from 
pursuing their professional dreams by high stakes testing providers  
who take a rigid approach to disability accommodations.



The  plaintiff is represented with the support of the National 
Federation of  the Blind by LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., in Denver, 
Colorado, and by Brown,  Goldstein & Levy, LLP, in Baltimore, 
Maryland.  The plaintiff is  further represented by Disability Rights 
Advocates, a nonprofit law center  that specializes in civil rights 
cases on behalf of persons with  disabilities, based in Berkeley,  
California.





###



About the National  Federation of the Blind



With more than 50,000 members, the  National Federation of the Blind 
(NFB) is the largest and most influential  membership organization of 
blind people in the United States.  The  NFB improves blind people's 
lives through advocacy, education, research,  technology, and programs 
encouraging independence and  self-confidence.  It is the leading 
force in the blindness field  today and the voice of the nation's 
blind.  In January 2004 the NFB  opened the National Federation of the 
Blind Jernigan Institute, the first  research and training center in 
the United States for the blind led by the  blind.



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From cdanielsen8 at aol.com  Fri Feb 12 00:22:33 2010
From: cdanielsen8 at aol.com (Chris Danielsen)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:22:33 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case
In-Reply-To: <00da01caab64$9f1715d0$6701a8c0@computer2>
References: <D3B8D177D7FC4961A65E235D9282C8AC@Rufus>
	<00da01caab64$9f1715d0$6701a8c0@computer2>
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I believe I have told this list before about my experience taking the bar
exam. I was permitted to take the essay portion of my state's bar exam on a
computer, with the questions provided to me in Braille. The multistate was
also provided in Braille but a human reader had to fill in the answers. I
was fine with the Braille copy but had I not been a proficient Braille
reader and if the reader they gave me had been allowed to read to me, I
shudder to think what would have happened. The fellow had only a high school
diploma. He literally told me to call him Bubba. He was forty years old and
still lived with his mom. A couple of times during the essay portion, the
examiners revised the questions slightly; they sent a runner from another
exam site to those of us with disabilities who were taking the exam at the
South Carolina Supreme Court. Bubba had great difficulty reading the
revisions but fortunately I could compare what he told me to the Braille
questions and figure out what had been changed. I was lucky and passed, but
I am still shocked that I had such a poor reader. He was a nice fellow and I
have nothing against him, but no way was he qualified to be a reader for a
blind person taking the bar exam.

Chris
 

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Sarah Clark
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 4:53 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case

I don't know if they've allowed others to take the exam on a computer, but I
know one thing.  The next time I take any kind of standardized exam I am
requiring them to either allow me to bring my own reader, or allow me to
take it on a computer with Jaws.
I very recently took a standardized professional exam with a reader that I
was assured by the test administrators could read.  Even after I brought my
concerns about using a human reader to the administrators prior to the exam,
they would not let me bring my own reader, nor would they let me speak to
the reader ahead of time to ensure that the person could read.  As it turns
out, the person could not read.  She was probably the worst "reader" I had
ever met.  The entire exam turned into a disaster and one of the most
horrific experiences of my life.  I will never again trust an organization's
judgement of the quality of the readers they use.  To them, their readers
are all good.  Yet it is a fact that they have taken no concrete measures to
ensure this to be the case. I did pass the exam somehow, but I will never
again allow myself to be put into a situation like that.

Sarah





----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Orozco" <jsorozco at gmail.com>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case


> I'm not belittling Stephanie's case, but I guess I'm interested in
> something.  I would have preferred to take the LSAT on a computer but took
> it in Braille instead.  Could I have sued LSAC for not making the exam
> available on a computer, or is this a case where other students are 
> allowed
> to take the Bar exam on a computer and Stephanie is not?
>
> Joe Orozco
>
> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves,
> some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Frye, Dan
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:07 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
> Subject: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case
>
> Colleagues:
>
> I was disappointed to read the following article, indicating that the
> Bar Examiners plan to appeal the recent order in favor of Stephanie. The
> article follows:
>
>
> Bar exam firm appeals blind student's request
>
>
> Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer <mailto:begelko at sfchronicle.com>
>
> Thursday, February 11, 2010
>
> (02-10) 14:04 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The company that administers the
> California bar exam has asked a federal appeals court to stop a blind
> law student from using computer-assisted reading devices in the test,
> which starts in two weeks.
>
> The company, the nonprofit National Conference of Bar Examiners, filed
> an emergency motion Tuesday asking the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of
> Appeals in San Francisco to suspend a federal judge's order requiring
> the firm to accommodate Stephanie Enyart.
>
> Urgent action is needed, the company said, because Enyart might
> otherwise pass the test with computer assistance that she is not legally
> entitled to receive. Enyart works as a law clerk for Disability Rights
> Advocates in Berkeley and would suffer no hardship by waiting a few
> months for an appeals court to review the case, the company said.
>
> Anna Levine, a Disability Rights Advocates lawyer who represents Enyart,
> called the request "flabbergasting ... irrational and mean-spirited."
>
> Enyart, 32, has been legally blind since 15 from macular degeneration
> and retinal dystrophy. As a UCLA law student, she took tests on a laptop
> with software that magnified the text and read the questions into
> earbuds.
>
> But she has not taken the bar exam because the nonprofit company, which
> administers the two multiple-choice portions of the California test,
> refused to allow the same arrangements.
>
> The company, which uses some of its questions on successive exams, said
> putting the test on a computer disk would expose its content to thieves.
> Its lawyers also argue that disabled students are not entitled to their
> preferred accommodations, only to those that provide reasonable access.
>
> The examiners offered a pencil-and-paper test with questions displayed
> on a large screen, a human reader and twice the usual three-day testing
> period. Enyart said she would become nauseous from having to look at the
> screen and needed the computer setup to have a fair chance of passing.
>
> U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer of San Francisco ordered the
> accommodations Jan. 29 and said the bar examiners could provide their
> own computer for increased security.
>
> The company said in Tuesday's motion that it still faces security risks
> from loading the questions into a laptop and shipping it to California.
> And although Breyer specified that his order applies only to Enyart, the
> company said other visually impaired students might take advantage of
> the ruling to demand their own preferred accommodations.
>
> E-mail Bob Egelko at begelko at sfchronicle.com
> <mailto:begelko at sfchronicle.com> .
>
>
> ***********************
> Daniel B. Frye, J.D.
> Editor
> The Braille Monitor
> National Federation of the Blind
> Office of the President
> 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place
> Baltimore, Maryland 21230
> Telephone: (410) 659-9314 Ext. 2208
> Mobile: (410) 241-7006
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From AZNOR99 at aol.com  Fri Feb 12 00:31:48 2010
From: AZNOR99 at aol.com (AZNOR99 at aol.com)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:31:48 EST
Subject: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of
	BarExaminers .
Message-ID: <18a60.778f4fd7.38a5fb74@aol.com>

I believe clerkships such as hers have a time limit, so it's pretty likely  
she won't have a job for long.  She's already had to wait over a year for  
the NCBE, meaning her life has been in limbo, her earned income potential is 
 lower than had she taken and passed a Bar Exam, and her future is  
uncertain.  And really, if they're so worried about their security, then  why are 
States providing their essay exams in electronic format?  That's  saying 
nothing of Government Agency employment exams, the Foreign Service Exam,  and 
tests such as AP and CLEP.  Why can't they incrypt the data like  government 
agencies and corporations do?  
 
Keep fighting, Stephanie!  Common sense will succeed in the end.
 
Ronza
 
 
 
In a message dated 2/11/2010 7:20:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
cdanielsen8 at aol.com writes:

These  guys are so gonna lose. How can they argue that waiting for  
appellate
review will not harm Stephanie? It puts her career on hold. Sure,  she has a
job, but her opportunities would be greater financially and  otherwise if 
she
were licensed. I cannot see how they win on the  merits.

Chris


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BarExaminers ...

It's not over yet. See  article below from ABA Journal.
_http://ow.ly/16y2Fp_ (http://ow.ly/16y2Fp)  


Blind Student's Bar Exam Battle Isn't Over: Test Firm Seeks  Emergency 9th
Cir. Software Ban


A federal judge's ruling last  month that Stephanie Enyart must be allowed 
to  use screen-reader  software when taking the Multistate Bar Examination 
might not  be the  final answer for the blind law graduate. 
In a filing yesterday, the  National Conference of  Bar Examiners seeks an 
emergency ruling from  the San Francisco-based 9th U.S.  Circuit Court of 
Appeals suspending  a district court order that Enyart must be  allowed to
use 
the  software during the California bar exam later this month, the  _San   
Francisco Chronicle_  
(http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/10/BA911BV6LN.DTL)
reports.  
The NCBE, which administers the test throughout the country, contends  that 
 
having to wait a few more months for appellate review of the  federal 
district  court's decision in Enyart's favor would not pose a  hardship to
her, the 
newspaper says. 
Attorney Anna Levine of  Disability Rights Advocates represents Enyart. She 
 
calls the  appellate filing "flabbergasting ... irrational and  
mean-spirited."  
The NCBE objects to the software, which magnifies the test text and reads  
the  material into earbuds worn by the user because of security  concerns. 
Enyart says  that a human reader, which the NCBE would  permit, is less 
efficient at the job  and a potential distraction  during the exam. 
Earlier coverage:


In a message dated 2/11/2010  9:03:38 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
JFreeh at nfb.org  writes:



FOR IMMEDIATE  RELEASE



CONTACT:

Chris  Danielsen, National  Federation of the Blind, (410) 659-9314, ext.  
2330

Scott  LaBarre, LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., (303)  504-5979

Daniel  Goldstein, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP, (410)  962-1030

Anna  Levine, Disability Rights Advocates, (510)   665-8644



Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of  Bar  Examiners
to Provide Individualized Testing  Accommodations

to Blind  Law School Graduate



San  Francisco, California (February 5,  2010):  A federal court has  
ruled that the National Conference of Bar  Examiners (NCBE) will  cause 
a blind law school graduate irreparable harm  unless it  provides her 
the technology-based testing accommodations she  needs  to take two 
exams required to become a member of the State Bar of   
California.  The court issued its ruling in an order granting the  law  
school graduate's motion for preliminary injunction on  Thursday,  
February 4, 2010.  The court's ruling allows the  plaintiff, Stephanie  
Enyart, to take the February 2010 Multistate  Bar Examination (MBE) 
and  March 2010 Multistate Professional  Responsibility Examination 
(MPRE) on a  laptop computer equipped with  the assistive technology 
software Ms. Enyart  relies upon for screen  reading (JAWS) and screen 
magnification   (ZoomText).



Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National   Federation of the Blind, 
said: "The National Federation of the Blind  is  extremely pleased with 
the ruling in this case.  Law and  equity  simply do not permit the 
NCBE to dictate a one-size-fits-all  solution for  all bar candidates 
with disabilities.  We hope  that this ruling will  cause the NCBE to 
think long and hard before  it denies the requested  accommodations of 
applicants to take its  examinations."



The  plaintiff, Stephanie Enyart, said: "A  little over a year ago I 
sent my  first request for accommodations on  the March 2009 MPRE, and 
tonight I can  go to sleep knowing when and  how I can effectively take 
the exams to  fulfill my  dreams."



Anna Levine of Disability Rights Advocates,  an  attorney representing 
the plaintiff, said: "I hope that our  hard-fought  victory here will 
send a message to testing  organizations that they need  to comply with 
the ADA and provide each  individual test taker with a  disability the 
accommodations that he  or she needs to demonstrate his or  her actual 
knowledge, skills, and  abilities."



The suit was  filed on November 3, 2009, due  to the NCBE's refusal, on 
multiple  occasions during the past year,  to allow Ms. Enyart to use 
the same  technology on the MBE and MPRE  that she has used on 
university and law  school exams and in various  jobs and 
internships.  The suit charged  that the NCBE violated  the Americans 
with Disabilities Act (ADA) and  California's Unruh  Civil Rights Act 
by denying accommodations on the MBE  and the  MPRE.



NCBE had argued that it fulfilled its legal   obligations to Ms. Enyart 
by offering alternative accommodations, such  as  a human reader, 
notwithstanding evidence that these alternatives  did not,  in fact, 
accommodate Ms. Enyart's disability.  In  rejecting NCBE's  argument, 
the court's ruling paves the way for  other individuals prevented  from 
pursuing their professional dreams  by high stakes testing providers  
who take a rigid approach to  disability accommodations.



The  plaintiff is represented  with the support of the National 
Federation of  the Blind by LaBarre  Law Offices, P.C., in Denver, 
Colorado, and by Brown,  Goldstein  & Levy, LLP, in Baltimore, 
Maryland.  The plaintiff is   further represented by Disability Rights 
Advocates, a nonprofit law  center  that specializes in civil rights 
cases on behalf of persons  with  disabilities, based in Berkeley,   
California.





###



About the  National  Federation of the Blind



With more than 50,000  members, the  National Federation of the Blind 
(NFB) is the largest  and most influential  membership organization of 
blind people in the  United States.  The  NFB improves blind people's 
lives through  advocacy, education, research,  technology, and programs 
encouraging  independence and  self-confidence.  It is the leading 
force in  the blindness field  today and the voice of the nation's 
blind.   In January 2004 the NFB  opened the National Federation of the 
Blind  Jernigan Institute, the first  research and training center in 
the  United States for the blind led by the  blind.



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From joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com  Fri Feb 12 00:51:09 2010
From: joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com (RJ Sandefur)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:51:09 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference
	ofBarExaminers ...
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	<E99BBC71FB8443C8977E63C1B358340B@Scorpio13>
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Stephanie, are you willing to take this up to the supreme court if need be?
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To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 7:14 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference 
ofBarExaminers ...


> These guys are so gonna lose. How can they argue that waiting for 
> appellate
> review will not harm Stephanie? It puts her career on hold. Sure, she has 
> a
> job, but her opportunities would be greater financially and otherwise if 
> she
> were licensed. I cannot see how they win on the merits.
>
> Chris
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of AZNOR99 at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:47 AM
> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of
> BarExaminers ...
>
> It's not over yet. See article below from ABA Journal.
> _http://ow.ly/16y2Fp_ (http://ow.ly/16y2Fp)
>
>
> Blind Student's Bar Exam Battle Isn't Over: Test Firm Seeks Emergency 9th
> Cir. Software Ban
>
>
> A federal judge's ruling last month that Stephanie Enyart must be allowed
> to  use screen-reader software when taking the Multistate Bar Examination
> might not  be the final answer for the blind law graduate.
> In a filing yesterday, the National Conference of  Bar Examiners seeks an
> emergency ruling from the San Francisco-based 9th U.S.  Circuit Court of
> Appeals suspending a district court order that Enyart must be  allowed to
> use
> the software during the California bar exam later this month, the  _San
> Francisco Chronicle_
> (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/10/BA911BV6LN.DTL)
> reports.
> The NCBE, which administers the test throughout the country, contends that
> having to wait a few more months for appellate review of the federal
> district  court's decision in Enyart's favor would not pose a hardship to
> her, the
> newspaper says.
> Attorney Anna Levine of Disability Rights Advocates represents Enyart. She
> calls the appellate filing "flabbergasting ... irrational and
> mean-spirited."
> The NCBE objects to the software, which magnifies the test text and reads
> the  material into earbuds worn by the user because of security concerns.
> Enyart says  that a human reader, which the NCBE would permit, is less
> efficient at the job  and a potential distraction during the exam.
> Earlier coverage:
>
>
> In a message dated 2/11/2010 9:03:38 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> JFreeh at nfb.org writes:
>
>
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>
>
> CONTACT:
>
> Chris  Danielsen, National Federation of the Blind, (410) 659-9314, ext.
> 2330
>
> Scott LaBarre, LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., (303)  504-5979
>
> Daniel Goldstein, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP, (410)  962-1030
>
> Anna Levine, Disability Rights Advocates, (510)  665-8644
>
>
>
> Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of Bar  Examiners
> to Provide Individualized Testing Accommodations
>
> to Blind  Law School Graduate
>
>
>
> San Francisco, California (February 5,  2010):  A federal court has
> ruled that the National Conference of Bar  Examiners (NCBE) will cause
> a blind law school graduate irreparable harm  unless it provides her
> the technology-based testing accommodations she  needs to take two
> exams required to become a member of the State Bar of
> California.  The court issued its ruling in an order granting the law
> school graduate's motion for preliminary injunction on Thursday,
> February 4, 2010.  The court's ruling allows the plaintiff, Stephanie
> Enyart, to take the February 2010 Multistate Bar Examination (MBE)
> and  March 2010 Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination
> (MPRE) on a  laptop computer equipped with the assistive technology
> software Ms. Enyart  relies upon for screen reading (JAWS) and screen
> magnification  (ZoomText).
>
>
>
> Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National  Federation of the Blind,
> said: "The National Federation of the Blind is  extremely pleased with
> the ruling in this case.  Law and equity  simply do not permit the
> NCBE to dictate a one-size-fits-all solution for  all bar candidates
> with disabilities.  We hope that this ruling will  cause the NCBE to
> think long and hard before it denies the requested  accommodations of
> applicants to take its examinations."
>
>
>
> The  plaintiff, Stephanie Enyart, said: "A little over a year ago I
> sent my  first request for accommodations on the March 2009 MPRE, and
> tonight I can  go to sleep knowing when and how I can effectively take
> the exams to  fulfill my dreams."
>
>
>
> Anna Levine of Disability Rights Advocates,  an attorney representing
> the plaintiff, said: "I hope that our hard-fought  victory here will
> send a message to testing organizations that they need  to comply with
> the ADA and provide each individual test taker with a  disability the
> accommodations that he or she needs to demonstrate his or  her actual
> knowledge, skills, and abilities."
>
>
>
> The suit was  filed on November 3, 2009, due to the NCBE's refusal, on
> multiple  occasions during the past year, to allow Ms. Enyart to use
> the same  technology on the MBE and MPRE that she has used on
> university and law  school exams and in various jobs and
> internships.  The suit charged  that the NCBE violated the Americans
> with Disabilities Act (ADA) and  California's Unruh Civil Rights Act
> by denying accommodations on the MBE  and the MPRE.
>
>
>
> NCBE had argued that it fulfilled its legal  obligations to Ms. Enyart
> by offering alternative accommodations, such as  a human reader,
> notwithstanding evidence that these alternatives did not,  in fact,
> accommodate Ms. Enyart's disability.  In rejecting NCBE's  argument,
> the court's ruling paves the way for other individuals prevented  from
> pursuing their professional dreams by high stakes testing providers
> who take a rigid approach to disability accommodations.
>
>
>
> The  plaintiff is represented with the support of the National
> Federation of  the Blind by LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., in Denver,
> Colorado, and by Brown,  Goldstein & Levy, LLP, in Baltimore,
> Maryland.  The plaintiff is  further represented by Disability Rights
> Advocates, a nonprofit law center  that specializes in civil rights
> cases on behalf of persons with  disabilities, based in Berkeley,
> California.
>
>
>
>
>
> ###
>
>
>
> About the National  Federation of the Blind
>
>
>
> With more than 50,000 members, the  National Federation of the Blind
> (NFB) is the largest and most influential  membership organization of
> blind people in the United States.  The  NFB improves blind people's
> lives through advocacy, education, research,  technology, and programs
> encouraging independence and  self-confidence.  It is the leading
> force in the blindness field  today and the voice of the nation's
> blind.  In January 2004 the NFB  opened the National Federation of the
> Blind Jernigan Institute, the first  research and training center in
> the United States for the blind led by the  blind.
>
>
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From mikefry79 at gmail.com  Fri Feb 12 03:01:27 2010
From: mikefry79 at gmail.com (Michael Fry)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:01:27 -0800
Subject: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference
	ofBarExaminers ...
In-Reply-To: <A9DB61FAC92849129711E93F7EBAB2C2@hometwxakonvzn>
References: <6a46.57ce51af.38a58084@aol.com>
	<E99BBC71FB8443C8977E63C1B358340B@Scorpio13>
	<A9DB61FAC92849129711E93F7EBAB2C2@hometwxakonvzn>
Message-ID: <8c58e54a1002111901v1c390e27wb70e855e7a7c6ec7@mail.gmail.com>

Glad to see that your fighting to make things better for all of us,
Staphnie.  You're awesome.  By not taking the easy way out, you're sending a
message that it's not okay to block new technology that makes the lives of
people with disabilities better.

The defendants want to forstall the application of technology that
will alleviate a small part of the visually impaired's suffering, albeit a
small amount of suffering.  They want to do this because of some supposed
hypothetical security threat.

They want to shift the burden of proof from them proving that the software
posses a threat to you proving that the software is safe.  It's impossible
to prove a negative, i.e. that the software is safe.

This here is a small example of the precautionary principal at work.  The
precatuionary principal is the enemy of people with disabilities.  I tell
you all right now, this neo-luddite way of thinking is more dangerous to
people with disabilities than it is to anyone else.

I wish you could sue them for damages instead of just injuctive relief.
Teach these b$#%ards a lesson to think twice before denying a legitimate
accomodation request.

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 4:51 PM, RJ Sandefur
<joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com>wrote:

> Stephanie, are you willing to take this up to the supreme court if need be?
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Danielsen" <cdanielsen8 at aol.com>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 7:14 PM
>
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference
> ofBarExaminers ...
>
>
>   These guys are so gonna lose. How can they argue that waiting for
>> appellate
>> review will not harm Stephanie? It puts her career on hold. Sure, she has
>> a
>> job, but her opportunities would be greater financially and otherwise if
>> she
>> were licensed. I cannot see how they win on the merits.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of AZNOR99 at aol.com
>> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:47 AM
>> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of
>> BarExaminers ...
>>
>> It's not over yet. See article below from ABA Journal.
>> _http://ow.ly/16y2Fp_ (http://ow.ly/16y2Fp)
>>
>>
>> Blind Student's Bar Exam Battle Isn't Over: Test Firm Seeks Emergency 9th
>> Cir. Software Ban
>>
>>
>> A federal judge's ruling last month that Stephanie Enyart must be allowed
>> to  use screen-reader software when taking the Multistate Bar Examination
>> might not  be the final answer for the blind law graduate.
>> In a filing yesterday, the National Conference of  Bar Examiners seeks an
>> emergency ruling from the San Francisco-based 9th U.S.  Circuit Court of
>> Appeals suspending a district court order that Enyart must be  allowed to
>> use
>> the software during the California bar exam later this month, the  _San
>> Francisco Chronicle_
>> (
>> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/10/BA911BV6LN.DTL
>> )
>> reports.
>> The NCBE, which administers the test throughout the country, contends that
>> having to wait a few more months for appellate review of the federal
>> district  court's decision in Enyart's favor would not pose a hardship to
>> her, the
>> newspaper says.
>> Attorney Anna Levine of Disability Rights Advocates represents Enyart. She
>> calls the appellate filing "flabbergasting ... irrational and
>> mean-spirited."
>> The NCBE objects to the software, which magnifies the test text and reads
>> the  material into earbuds worn by the user because of security concerns.
>> Enyart says  that a human reader, which the NCBE would permit, is less
>> efficient at the job  and a potential distraction during the exam.
>> Earlier coverage:
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 2/11/2010 9:03:38 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>> JFreeh at nfb.org writes:
>>
>>
>>
>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>>
>>
>>
>> CONTACT:
>>
>> Chris  Danielsen, National Federation of the Blind, (410) 659-9314, ext.
>> 2330
>>
>> Scott LaBarre, LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., (303)  504-5979
>>
>> Daniel Goldstein, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP, (410)  962-1030
>>
>> Anna Levine, Disability Rights Advocates, (510)  665-8644
>>
>>
>>
>> Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of Bar  Examiners
>> to Provide Individualized Testing Accommodations
>>
>> to Blind  Law School Graduate
>>
>>
>>
>> San Francisco, California (February 5,  2010):  A federal court has
>> ruled that the National Conference of Bar  Examiners (NCBE) will cause
>> a blind law school graduate irreparable harm  unless it provides her
>> the technology-based testing accommodations she  needs to take two
>> exams required to become a member of the State Bar of
>> California.  The court issued its ruling in an order granting the law
>> school graduate's motion for preliminary injunction on Thursday,
>> February 4, 2010.  The court's ruling allows the plaintiff, Stephanie
>> Enyart, to take the February 2010 Multistate Bar Examination (MBE)
>> and  March 2010 Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination
>> (MPRE) on a  laptop computer equipped with the assistive technology
>> software Ms. Enyart  relies upon for screen reading (JAWS) and screen
>> magnification  (ZoomText).
>>
>>
>>
>> Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National  Federation of the Blind,
>> said: "The National Federation of the Blind is  extremely pleased with
>> the ruling in this case.  Law and equity  simply do not permit the
>> NCBE to dictate a one-size-fits-all solution for  all bar candidates
>> with disabilities.  We hope that this ruling will  cause the NCBE to
>> think long and hard before it denies the requested  accommodations of
>> applicants to take its examinations."
>>
>>
>>
>> The  plaintiff, Stephanie Enyart, said: "A little over a year ago I
>> sent my  first request for accommodations on the March 2009 MPRE, and
>> tonight I can  go to sleep knowing when and how I can effectively take
>> the exams to  fulfill my dreams."
>>
>>
>>
>> Anna Levine of Disability Rights Advocates,  an attorney representing
>> the plaintiff, said: "I hope that our hard-fought  victory here will
>> send a message to testing organizations that they need  to comply with
>> the ADA and provide each individual test taker with a  disability the
>> accommodations that he or she needs to demonstrate his or  her actual
>> knowledge, skills, and abilities."
>>
>>
>>
>> The suit was  filed on November 3, 2009, due to the NCBE's refusal, on
>> multiple  occasions during the past year, to allow Ms. Enyart to use
>> the same  technology on the MBE and MPRE that she has used on
>> university and law  school exams and in various jobs and
>> internships.  The suit charged  that the NCBE violated the Americans
>> with Disabilities Act (ADA) and  California's Unruh Civil Rights Act
>> by denying accommodations on the MBE  and the MPRE.
>>
>>
>>
>> NCBE had argued that it fulfilled its legal  obligations to Ms. Enyart
>> by offering alternative accommodations, such as  a human reader,
>> notwithstanding evidence that these alternatives did not,  in fact,
>> accommodate Ms. Enyart's disability.  In rejecting NCBE's  argument,
>> the court's ruling paves the way for other individuals prevented  from
>> pursuing their professional dreams by high stakes testing providers
>> who take a rigid approach to disability accommodations.
>>
>>
>>
>> The  plaintiff is represented with the support of the National
>> Federation of  the Blind by LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., in Denver,
>> Colorado, and by Brown,  Goldstein & Levy, LLP, in Baltimore,
>> Maryland.  The plaintiff is  further represented by Disability Rights
>> Advocates, a nonprofit law center  that specializes in civil rights
>> cases on behalf of persons with  disabilities, based in Berkeley,
>> California.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ###
>>
>>
>>
>> About the National  Federation of the Blind
>>
>>
>>
>> With more than 50,000 members, the  National Federation of the Blind
>> (NFB) is the largest and most influential  membership organization of
>> blind people in the United States.  The  NFB improves blind people's
>> lives through advocacy, education, research,  technology, and programs
>> encouraging independence and  self-confidence.  It is the leading
>> force in the blindness field  today and the voice of the nation's
>> blind.  In January 2004 the NFB  opened the National Federation of the
>> Blind Jernigan Institute, the first  research and training center in
>> the United States for the blind led by the  blind.
>>
>>
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From: invite+20f0zs_6 at facebookmail.com (Chikodinaka Oguledo)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:08:30 -0800
Subject: [blindlaw] Take a look at my photos on Facebook
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Hi Blindlaw,

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From mdubin at pobox.com  Fri Feb 12 09:41:44 2010
From: mdubin at pobox.com (Marc Dubin)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:41:44 -0800
Subject: [blindlaw] The CIL's Advocacy Blog has some new,
 easy to remember addresses -- and some new Advocacy Committees --
 Visit and get involved
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2/12/10:

The CIL of South Florida's Advocacy Blog is a way to stay informed, and to get involved. Visit www.adaadvocacyblog.org<http://www.adaadvocacyblog.org> or www.ciladvocacyblog.org<http://www.ciladvocacyblog.org>. Please link to us. Please tell others.

We also have formed Advocacy Committees. Join a Committee, and get involved. Visit http://cilsfla.blogspot.com/2010/02/advocacy-committeesworking-groups.html

Marc

Marc Dubin, Esq.
Director of Advocacy, Center for Independent Living of South Florida
www.ciladvocacyblog.org
www.dvsacblog.org
mdubin at pobox.com<mailto:mdubin at pobox.com>
Mobile: 305-896-3000
Fax: 877-731-3030
Former Senior Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice
Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section-  1993-2005   www.ada.gov<http://www.ada.gov/>
Former Special Counsel, Office on Violence Against Women, USDOJ
Founder & Executive Director, CAVNET    www.cavnet.org<http://www.cavnet.org/>

Available for consultation on matters involving the Americans with Disabilities Act or on matters involving violence against women


"Several years ago, I worked with Marc in resolving a complaint against a local arts organization concerning accessibility. I found Marc to be thoroughly professional, an expert on the ADA, and a fine example of what an attorney advocating for his client can accomplish." Betty Siegel, Director of Accessibility at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.

"We appreciate your passion ...  We see you as a partner and a friend for all the feedback that you have given us..." Marriott Hotel

"Marc's style of negotiation is excellent. He offers concerns and information about possible violations of the law, time and time again, challenging one to improve services to people with disabilities and providing the tools and contacts to do so.... I have found him to be thoroughly professional, well-informed, very well-connected, and an asset to my efforts to enhance services to the disability community...."
Joe Kocy, formerly the Broward County Administrator's Special Assistant for Housing


From joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com  Fri Feb 12 10:25:21 2010
From: joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com (RJ Sandefur)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:25:21 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] The CIL's Advocacy Blog has some new,
	easy to remember addresses -- and some new Advocacy Committees --
	Visit and get involved
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Are their any other Lawyers from Florida on this list? RJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marc Dubin" <mdubin at pobox.com>
To: <adaexpertise at listbox.com>
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 4:41 AM
Subject: [blindlaw] The CIL's Advocacy Blog has some new, easy to remember 
addresses -- and some new Advocacy Committees -- Visit and get involved


> 2/12/10:
>
> The CIL of South Florida's Advocacy Blog is a way to stay informed, and to 
> get involved. Visit 
> www.adaadvocacyblog.org<http://www.adaadvocacyblog.org> or 
> www.ciladvocacyblog.org<http://www.ciladvocacyblog.org>. Please link to 
> us. Please tell others.
>
> We also have formed Advocacy Committees. Join a Committee, and get 
> involved. Visit 
> http://cilsfla.blogspot.com/2010/02/advocacy-committeesworking-groups.html
>
> Marc
>
> Marc Dubin, Esq.
> Director of Advocacy, Center for Independent Living of South Florida
> www.ciladvocacyblog.org
> www.dvsacblog.org
> mdubin at pobox.com<mailto:mdubin at pobox.com>
> Mobile: 305-896-3000
> Fax: 877-731-3030
> Former Senior Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice
> Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section-  1993-2005 
> www.ada.gov<http://www.ada.gov/>
> Former Special Counsel, Office on Violence Against Women, USDOJ
> Founder & Executive Director, CAVNET 
> www.cavnet.org<http://www.cavnet.org/>
>
> Available for consultation on matters involving the Americans with 
> Disabilities Act or on matters involving violence against women
>
>
> "Several years ago, I worked with Marc in resolving a complaint against a 
> local arts organization concerning accessibility. I found Marc to be 
> thoroughly professional, an expert on the ADA, and a fine example of what 
> an attorney advocating for his client can accomplish." Betty Siegel, 
> Director of Accessibility at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing 
> Arts, Washington, D.C.
>
> "We appreciate your passion ...  We see you as a partner and a friend for 
> all the feedback that you have given us..." Marriott Hotel
>
> "Marc's style of negotiation is excellent. He offers concerns and 
> information about possible violations of the law, time and time again, 
> challenging one to improve services to people with disabilities and 
> providing the tools and contacts to do so.... I have found him to be 
> thoroughly professional, well-informed, very well-connected, and an asset 
> to my efforts to enhance services to the disability community...."
> Joe Kocy, formerly the Broward County Administrator's Special Assistant 
> for Housing
>
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From cathrynisfinally at verizon.net  Fri Feb 12 12:24:53 2010
From: cathrynisfinally at verizon.net (Cathryn Bonnette)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:24:53 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference
 ofBarExaminers .
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References: <18a60.778f4fd7.38a5fb74@aol.com>
Message-ID: <0616A7B5BDEF4C359DFE1716E8E23EE3@14bd0130080a469>

If my understanding is correct, the appellate court will only look for
errors, procedural etc., not revisit the facts. (?)
Is there a chance other law students face this and could become a class
action?

Cathryn

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of AZNOR99 at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 7:32 PM
To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference
ofBarExaminers .

I believe clerkships such as hers have a time limit, so it's pretty likely  
she won't have a job for long.  She's already had to wait over a year for  
the NCBE, meaning her life has been in limbo, her earned income potential is

 lower than had she taken and passed a Bar Exam, and her future is  
uncertain.  And really, if they're so worried about their security, then
why are 
States providing their essay exams in electronic format?  That's  saying 
nothing of Government Agency employment exams, the Foreign Service Exam,
and 
tests such as AP and CLEP.  Why can't they incrypt the data like  government

agencies and corporations do?  
 
Keep fighting, Stephanie!  Common sense will succeed in the end.
 
Ronza
 
 
 
In a message dated 2/11/2010 7:20:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
cdanielsen8 at aol.com writes:

These  guys are so gonna lose. How can they argue that waiting for  
appellate
review will not harm Stephanie? It puts her career on hold. Sure,  she has a
job, but her opportunities would be greater financially and  otherwise if 
she
were licensed. I cannot see how they win on the  merits.

Chris


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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the  National Conference of
BarExaminers ...

It's not over yet. See  article below from ABA Journal.
_http://ow.ly/16y2Fp_ (http://ow.ly/16y2Fp)  


Blind Student's Bar Exam Battle Isn't Over: Test Firm Seeks  Emergency 9th
Cir. Software Ban


A federal judge's ruling last  month that Stephanie Enyart must be allowed 
to  use screen-reader  software when taking the Multistate Bar Examination 
might not  be the  final answer for the blind law graduate. 
In a filing yesterday, the  National Conference of  Bar Examiners seeks an 
emergency ruling from  the San Francisco-based 9th U.S.  Circuit Court of 
Appeals suspending  a district court order that Enyart must be  allowed to
use 
the  software during the California bar exam later this month, the  _San   
Francisco Chronicle_  
(http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/10/BA911BV6LN.DTL)
reports.  
The NCBE, which administers the test throughout the country, contends  that 
 
having to wait a few more months for appellate review of the  federal 
district  court's decision in Enyart's favor would not pose a  hardship to
her, the 
newspaper says. 
Attorney Anna Levine of  Disability Rights Advocates represents Enyart. She 
 
calls the  appellate filing "flabbergasting ... irrational and  
mean-spirited."  
The NCBE objects to the software, which magnifies the test text and reads  
the  material into earbuds worn by the user because of security  concerns. 
Enyart says  that a human reader, which the NCBE would  permit, is less 
efficient at the job  and a potential distraction  during the exam. 
Earlier coverage:


In a message dated 2/11/2010  9:03:38 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
JFreeh at nfb.org  writes:



FOR IMMEDIATE  RELEASE



CONTACT:

Chris  Danielsen, National  Federation of the Blind, (410) 659-9314, ext.  
2330

Scott  LaBarre, LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., (303)  504-5979

Daniel  Goldstein, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP, (410)  962-1030

Anna  Levine, Disability Rights Advocates, (510)   665-8644



Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of  Bar  Examiners
to Provide Individualized Testing  Accommodations

to Blind  Law School Graduate



San  Francisco, California (February 5,  2010):  A federal court has  
ruled that the National Conference of Bar  Examiners (NCBE) will  cause 
a blind law school graduate irreparable harm  unless it  provides her 
the technology-based testing accommodations she  needs  to take two 
exams required to become a member of the State Bar of   
California.  The court issued its ruling in an order granting the  law  
school graduate's motion for preliminary injunction on  Thursday,  
February 4, 2010.  The court's ruling allows the  plaintiff, Stephanie  
Enyart, to take the February 2010 Multistate  Bar Examination (MBE) 
and  March 2010 Multistate Professional  Responsibility Examination 
(MPRE) on a  laptop computer equipped with  the assistive technology 
software Ms. Enyart  relies upon for screen  reading (JAWS) and screen 
magnification   (ZoomText).



Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National   Federation of the Blind, 
said: "The National Federation of the Blind  is  extremely pleased with 
the ruling in this case.  Law and  equity  simply do not permit the 
NCBE to dictate a one-size-fits-all  solution for  all bar candidates 
with disabilities.  We hope  that this ruling will  cause the NCBE to 
think long and hard before  it denies the requested  accommodations of 
applicants to take its  examinations."



The  plaintiff, Stephanie Enyart, said: "A  little over a year ago I 
sent my  first request for accommodations on  the March 2009 MPRE, and 
tonight I can  go to sleep knowing when and  how I can effectively take 
the exams to  fulfill my  dreams."



Anna Levine of Disability Rights Advocates,  an  attorney representing 
the plaintiff, said: "I hope that our  hard-fought  victory here will 
send a message to testing  organizations that they need  to comply with 
the ADA and provide each  individual test taker with a  disability the 
accommodations that he  or she needs to demonstrate his or  her actual 
knowledge, skills, and  abilities."



The suit was  filed on November 3, 2009, due  to the NCBE's refusal, on 
multiple  occasions during the past year,  to allow Ms. Enyart to use 
the same  technology on the MBE and MPRE  that she has used on 
university and law  school exams and in various  jobs and 
internships.  The suit charged  that the NCBE violated  the Americans 
with Disabilities Act (ADA) and  California's Unruh  Civil Rights Act 
by denying accommodations on the MBE  and the  MPRE.



NCBE had argued that it fulfilled its legal   obligations to Ms. Enyart 
by offering alternative accommodations, such  as  a human reader, 
notwithstanding evidence that these alternatives  did not,  in fact, 
accommodate Ms. Enyart's disability.  In  rejecting NCBE's  argument, 
the court's ruling paves the way for  other individuals prevented  from 
pursuing their professional dreams  by high stakes testing providers  
who take a rigid approach to  disability accommodations.



The  plaintiff is represented  with the support of the National 
Federation of  the Blind by LaBarre  Law Offices, P.C., in Denver, 
Colorado, and by Brown,  Goldstein  & Levy, LLP, in Baltimore, 
Maryland.  The plaintiff is   further represented by Disability Rights 
Advocates, a nonprofit law  center  that specializes in civil rights 
cases on behalf of persons  with  disabilities, based in Berkeley,   
California.





###



About the  National  Federation of the Blind



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(NFB) is the largest  and most influential  membership organization of 
blind people in the  United States.  The  NFB improves blind people's 
lives through  advocacy, education, research,  technology, and programs 
encouraging  independence and  self-confidence.  It is the leading 
force in  the blindness field  today and the voice of the nation's 
blind.   In January 2004 the NFB  opened the National Federation of the 
Blind  Jernigan Institute, the first  research and training center in 
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From joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com  Fri Feb 12 13:02:13 2010
From: joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com (RJ Sandefur)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:02:13 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference
	ofBarExaminers .
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	<0616A7B5BDEF4C359DFE1716E8E23EE3@14bd0130080a469>
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That's what I'm wornding as well? RJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cathryn Bonnette" <cathrynisfinally at verizon.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 7:24 AM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference 
ofBarExaminers .


> If my understanding is correct, the appellate court will only look for
> errors, procedural etc., not revisit the facts. (?)
> Is there a chance other law students face this and could become a class
> action?
>
> Cathryn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of AZNOR99 at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 7:32 PM
> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference
> ofBarExaminers .
>
> I believe clerkships such as hers have a time limit, so it's pretty likely
> she won't have a job for long.  She's already had to wait over a year for
> the NCBE, meaning her life has been in limbo, her earned income potential 
> is
>
> lower than had she taken and passed a Bar Exam, and her future is
> uncertain.  And really, if they're so worried about their security, then
> why are
> States providing their essay exams in electronic format?  That's  saying
> nothing of Government Agency employment exams, the Foreign Service Exam,
> and
> tests such as AP and CLEP.  Why can't they incrypt the data like 
> government
>
> agencies and corporations do?
>
> Keep fighting, Stephanie!  Common sense will succeed in the end.
>
> Ronza
>
>
>
> In a message dated 2/11/2010 7:20:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> cdanielsen8 at aol.com writes:
>
> These  guys are so gonna lose. How can they argue that waiting for
> appellate
> review will not harm Stephanie? It puts her career on hold. Sure,  she has 
> a
> job, but her opportunities would be greater financially and  otherwise if
> she
> were licensed. I cannot see how they win on the  merits.
>
> Chris
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf  Of AZNOR99 at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:47 AM
> To:  blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the  National Conference of
> BarExaminers ...
>
> It's not over yet. See  article below from ABA Journal.
> _http://ow.ly/16y2Fp_ (http://ow.ly/16y2Fp)
>
>
> Blind Student's Bar Exam Battle Isn't Over: Test Firm Seeks  Emergency 9th
> Cir. Software Ban
>
>
> A federal judge's ruling last  month that Stephanie Enyart must be allowed
> to  use screen-reader  software when taking the Multistate Bar Examination
> might not  be the  final answer for the blind law graduate.
> In a filing yesterday, the  National Conference of  Bar Examiners seeks an
> emergency ruling from  the San Francisco-based 9th U.S.  Circuit Court of
> Appeals suspending  a district court order that Enyart must be  allowed to
> use
> the  software during the California bar exam later this month, the  _San
> Francisco Chronicle_
> (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/10/BA911BV6LN.DTL)
> reports.
> The NCBE, which administers the test throughout the country, contends 
> that
>
> having to wait a few more months for appellate review of the  federal
> district  court's decision in Enyart's favor would not pose a  hardship to
> her, the
> newspaper says.
> Attorney Anna Levine of  Disability Rights Advocates represents Enyart. 
> She
>
> calls the  appellate filing "flabbergasting ... irrational and
> mean-spirited."
> The NCBE objects to the software, which magnifies the test text and reads
> the  material into earbuds worn by the user because of security  concerns.
> Enyart says  that a human reader, which the NCBE would  permit, is less
> efficient at the job  and a potential distraction  during the exam.
> Earlier coverage:
>
>
> In a message dated 2/11/2010  9:03:38 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> JFreeh at nfb.org  writes:
>
>
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE  RELEASE
>
>
>
> CONTACT:
>
> Chris  Danielsen, National  Federation of the Blind, (410) 659-9314, ext.
> 2330
>
> Scott  LaBarre, LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., (303)  504-5979
>
> Daniel  Goldstein, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP, (410)  962-1030
>
> Anna  Levine, Disability Rights Advocates, (510)   665-8644
>
>
>
> Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of  Bar  Examiners
> to Provide Individualized Testing  Accommodations
>
> to Blind  Law School Graduate
>
>
>
> San  Francisco, California (February 5,  2010):  A federal court has
> ruled that the National Conference of Bar  Examiners (NCBE) will  cause
> a blind law school graduate irreparable harm  unless it  provides her
> the technology-based testing accommodations she  needs  to take two
> exams required to become a member of the State Bar of
> California.  The court issued its ruling in an order granting the  law
> school graduate's motion for preliminary injunction on  Thursday,
> February 4, 2010.  The court's ruling allows the  plaintiff, Stephanie
> Enyart, to take the February 2010 Multistate  Bar Examination (MBE)
> and  March 2010 Multistate Professional  Responsibility Examination
> (MPRE) on a  laptop computer equipped with  the assistive technology
> software Ms. Enyart  relies upon for screen  reading (JAWS) and screen
> magnification   (ZoomText).
>
>
>
> Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National   Federation of the Blind,
> said: "The National Federation of the Blind  is  extremely pleased with
> the ruling in this case.  Law and  equity  simply do not permit the
> NCBE to dictate a one-size-fits-all  solution for  all bar candidates
> with disabilities.  We hope  that this ruling will  cause the NCBE to
> think long and hard before  it denies the requested  accommodations of
> applicants to take its  examinations."
>
>
>
> The  plaintiff, Stephanie Enyart, said: "A  little over a year ago I
> sent my  first request for accommodations on  the March 2009 MPRE, and
> tonight I can  go to sleep knowing when and  how I can effectively take
> the exams to  fulfill my  dreams."
>
>
>
> Anna Levine of Disability Rights Advocates,  an  attorney representing
> the plaintiff, said: "I hope that our  hard-fought  victory here will
> send a message to testing  organizations that they need  to comply with
> the ADA and provide each  individual test taker with a  disability the
> accommodations that he  or she needs to demonstrate his or  her actual
> knowledge, skills, and  abilities."
>
>
>
> The suit was  filed on November 3, 2009, due  to the NCBE's refusal, on
> multiple  occasions during the past year,  to allow Ms. Enyart to use
> the same  technology on the MBE and MPRE  that she has used on
> university and law  school exams and in various  jobs and
> internships.  The suit charged  that the NCBE violated  the Americans
> with Disabilities Act (ADA) and  California's Unruh  Civil Rights Act
> by denying accommodations on the MBE  and the  MPRE.
>
>
>
> NCBE had argued that it fulfilled its legal   obligations to Ms. Enyart
> by offering alternative accommodations, such  as  a human reader,
> notwithstanding evidence that these alternatives  did not,  in fact,
> accommodate Ms. Enyart's disability.  In  rejecting NCBE's  argument,
> the court's ruling paves the way for  other individuals prevented  from
> pursuing their professional dreams  by high stakes testing providers
> who take a rigid approach to  disability accommodations.
>
>
>
> The  plaintiff is represented  with the support of the National
> Federation of  the Blind by LaBarre  Law Offices, P.C., in Denver,
> Colorado, and by Brown,  Goldstein  & Levy, LLP, in Baltimore,
> Maryland.  The plaintiff is   further represented by Disability Rights
> Advocates, a nonprofit law  center  that specializes in civil rights
> cases on behalf of persons  with  disabilities, based in Berkeley,
> California.
>
>
>
>
>
> ###
>
>
>
> About the  National  Federation of the Blind
>
>
>
> With more than 50,000  members, the  National Federation of the Blind
> (NFB) is the largest  and most influential  membership organization of
> blind people in the  United States.  The  NFB improves blind people's
> lives through  advocacy, education, research,  technology, and programs
> encouraging  independence and  self-confidence.  It is the leading
> force in  the blindness field  today and the voice of the nation's
> blind.   In January 2004 the NFB  opened the National Federation of the
> Blind  Jernigan Institute, the first  research and training center in
> the  United States for the blind led by the  blind.
>
>
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From mruniverse08 at gmail.com  Fri Feb 12 13:32:35 2010
From: mruniverse08 at gmail.com (WB)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:32:35 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] Fifth Circuit Court Ruling
Message-ID: <01eb01caabe7$d769f140$863dd3c0$@com>

Has anyone heard of the Fifth Circuit Court ruling that now places a statute
of limitations on non ADA compliance?  I think it is saying that you cannot
file suit when you discover non-compliance.  It has to be within two years
of when the structure was constructed.


From Susan.Kelly at pima.gov  Fri Feb 12 17:00:48 2010
From: Susan.Kelly at pima.gov (Susan Kelly)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:00:48 -0700
Subject: [blindlaw] availability of rehab services in Nevada
Message-ID: <1C09B58171332F49B237676A5158B1F7033D6B1C@EVS02.central.pima.gov>

  

One of the students in my visual rehab / adaptive skills class in Tucson
(southern Arizona area, for those not familiar with the city) flies in
weekly from Las Vegas to attend.  He and his wife were directed to SAAVI
after learning from his doctor that no such services existed in the
state of Nevada.  As attorneys, myself and another classmate were very
distressed by that in terms of ADA issues, etc.  Does anyone know if
this is true, and if so, whether any class action suit / negotiations
are in progress?  We would like to be able to provide our classmate, an
older, retired gentleman, with some "local" assistance, whatever it
might be.  

Feel free to email me off-list if this is not of general interest to the
group.  Thanks. 

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From cathrynisfinally at verizon.net  Fri Feb 12 20:22:51 2010
From: cathrynisfinally at verizon.net (Cathryn Bonnette)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:22:51 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Fifth Circuit Court Ruling
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Does that mean the exam guidelines that existed web the /ada passed? Do you
have a citation?

Cathryn

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Subject: [blindlaw] Fifth Circuit Court Ruling

Has anyone heard of the Fifth Circuit Court ruling that now places a statute
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file suit when you discover non-compliance.  It has to be within two years
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From mruniverse08 at gmail.com  Fri Feb 12 20:37:27 2010
From: mruniverse08 at gmail.com (WB)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:37:27 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] Fifth Circuit Court Ruling
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I'm looking for a copy of the ruling.

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Does that mean the exam guidelines that existed web the /ada passed? Do you
have a citation?

Cathryn

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From drdrum1 at hotmail.com  Fri Feb 12 21:15:26 2010
From: drdrum1 at hotmail.com (Ian Shadrick)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:15:26 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] availability of rehab services in Nevada
In-Reply-To: <1C09B58171332F49B237676A5158B1F7033D6B1C@EVS02.central.pima.gov>
References: <1C09B58171332F49B237676A5158B1F7033D6B1C@EVS02.central.pima.gov>
Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP1656EFD7C25C1570C13960E64D0@phx.gbl>

There are in fact state IL services available, I have a colleague  
there who is on a national board with me, who is a VRT.

Ian Shadrick

Ian Shadrick M.A., CVRT, CRC
Michigan Cimmission f/t Blind
MCB Training Center

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 12, 2010, at 12:00, "Susan Kelly" <Susan.Kelly at pima.gov> wrote:

>
>
> One of the students in my visual rehab / adaptive skills class in  
> Tucson
> (southern Arizona area, for those not familiar with the city) flies in
> weekly from Las Vegas to attend.  He and his wife were directed to  
> SAAVI
> after learning from his doctor that no such services existed in the
> state of Nevada.  As attorneys, myself and another classmate were very
> distressed by that in terms of ADA issues, etc.  Does anyone know if
> this is true, and if so, whether any class action suit / negotiations
> are in progress?  We would like to be able to provide our classmate,  
> an
> older, retired gentleman, with some "local" assistance, whatever it
> might be.
>
> Feel free to email me off-list if this is not of general interest to  
> the
> group.  Thanks.
>
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From Susan.Kelly at pima.gov  Fri Feb 12 22:42:08 2010
From: Susan.Kelly at pima.gov (Susan Kelly)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:42:08 -0700
Subject: [blindlaw] availability of rehab services in Nevada
In-Reply-To: <BLU0-SMTP1656EFD7C25C1570C13960E64D0@phx.gbl>
References: <1C09B58171332F49B237676A5158B1F7033D6B1C@EVS02.central.pima.gov>
	<BLU0-SMTP1656EFD7C25C1570C13960E64D0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <1C09B58171332F49B237676A5158B1F7033D6B20@EVS02.central.pima.gov>

I will let the couple know - it sounds as though the ophthalmologists
are not well-informed on the subject, or perhaps assume that the wife
can handle everything for her husband.  Do you know of a contact site or
number that I may pass along?

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Ian Shadrick
Sent: Friday, 12 February, 2010 2:15 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] availability of rehab services in Nevada

There are in fact state IL services available, I have a colleague  
there who is on a national board with me, who is a VRT.

Ian Shadrick

Ian Shadrick M.A., CVRT, CRC
Michigan Cimmission f/t Blind
MCB Training Center

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 12, 2010, at 12:00, "Susan Kelly" <Susan.Kelly at pima.gov> wrote:

>
>
> One of the students in my visual rehab / adaptive skills class in  
> Tucson
> (southern Arizona area, for those not familiar with the city) flies in
> weekly from Las Vegas to attend.  He and his wife were directed to  
> SAAVI
> after learning from his doctor that no such services existed in the
> state of Nevada.  As attorneys, myself and another classmate were very
> distressed by that in terms of ADA issues, etc.  Does anyone know if
> this is true, and if so, whether any class action suit / negotiations
> are in progress?  We would like to be able to provide our classmate,  
> an
> older, retired gentleman, with some "local" assistance, whatever it
> might be.
>
> Feel free to email me off-list if this is not of general interest to  
> the
> group.  Thanks.
>
> _______________________________________________
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> blindlaw at nfbnet.org
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From drdrum1 at hotmail.com  Fri Feb 12 23:27:34 2010
From: drdrum1 at hotmail.com (Ian Shadrick)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:27:34 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] availability of rehab services in Nevada
In-Reply-To: <1C09B58171332F49B237676A5158B1F7033D6B20@EVS02.central.pima.gov>
References: <1C09B58171332F49B237676A5158B1F7033D6B1C@EVS02.central.pima.gov>
	<BLU0-SMTP1656EFD7C25C1570C13960E64D0@phx.gbl>
	<1C09B58171332F49B237676A5158B1F7033D6B20@EVS02.central.pima.gov>
Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP477F742612BCB84B62131AE64D0@phx.gbl>

Susan,
I will did it up, I don't have it on me at te moment.
Ian

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 12, 2010, at 17:42, "Susan Kelly" <Susan.Kelly at pima.gov> wrote:

> I will let the couple know - it sounds as though the ophthalmologists
> are not well-informed on the subject, or perhaps assume that the wife
> can handle everything for her husband.  Do you know of a contact  
> site or
> number that I may pass along?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Ian Shadrick
> Sent: Friday, 12 February, 2010 2:15 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] availability of rehab services in Nevada
>
> There are in fact state IL services available, I have a colleague
> there who is on a national board with me, who is a VRT.
>
> Ian Shadrick
>
> Ian Shadrick M.A., CVRT, CRC
> Michigan Cimmission f/t Blind
> MCB Training Center
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Feb 12, 2010, at 12:00, "Susan Kelly" <Susan.Kelly at pima.gov> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> One of the students in my visual rehab / adaptive skills class in
>> Tucson
>> (southern Arizona area, for those not familiar with the city) flies  
>> in
>> weekly from Las Vegas to attend.  He and his wife were directed to
>> SAAVI
>> after learning from his doctor that no such services existed in the
>> state of Nevada.  As attorneys, myself and another classmate were  
>> very
>> distressed by that in terms of ADA issues, etc.  Does anyone know if
>> this is true, and if so, whether any class action suit / negotiations
>> are in progress?  We would like to be able to provide our classmate,
>> an
>> older, retired gentleman, with some "local" assistance, whatever it
>> might be.
>>
>> Feel free to email me off-list if this is not of general interest to
>> the
>> group.  Thanks.
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> blindlaw mailing list
>> blindlaw at nfbnet.org
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info
>> for blindlaw:
>>
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> ail.com
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From qmsingleton at comcast.net  Sat Feb 13 05:40:24 2010
From: qmsingleton at comcast.net (Quintina M. Singleton)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:40:24 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] Thruoureyes Announcement
Message-ID: <auto-000139576552@mailfront1.g2host.com>


Thru Our Eyes announces a double show for this coming <?xml:namespace 
prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" 
/>Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Joe Ruffalo will interview Jesse Hartle, government programs specialist

on Wednesday, February 17 at 8:00 pm. Est.

The following topics to be discussed are as follows:

  history of the Washington Seminar

an overview of the issues in the past that the NFB made a difference

an overview of this year's issues

feature, "How all need to Get Involved"

the importance of thank you emails to the representatives

the importance to meet the Congressional representatives while they are

in their home districts

Stay tuned in to hear at 9:00 PM Jerry Moreno and Janie Degenshein 
interview David denotaris, director bureau of blindness and visual

services for the State of Pennsylvania and motivational speaker

Book corner:

LA Times by Stuart Woods 330 pages on 7 sides

Movie producer, Michael Vincent has a terrific future but a notorious 
mob laden past.

Will his past come back to haunt him? This perilous slope ride 
includes the mob and

Hollywood!

Shoot Him If He Runs by Stuart Woods 290 pages on 6 sides Attorney, 
Stone Barrington

returns to an island to track down a former CIA agent turned 
assassin. Holly Barker

joins him to defeat this foe!

Pandora's Daughter by Iris Johansen 375 pages on 7 sides

At the age of 15, Megan Blair's mother dies. For 12 years, she is 
unburdened with

the voices she heard when her mother was alive. Now, she is asked to 
call upon her

gift to locate her pursuer who is determined to eliminate her as well!

Quicksand by Iris Johansen 340 pages on 7 sides

Eve Duncan and her lover Joe Quinn seek the aid of Megan Blair (from 
Pandora's Daughter)in

stopping a serial killer who targets children.

  Hold on with the constant turmoil uncovered.

Survival of the Fittest by Johnathon Kellerman

As its title suggests, the game is to survive. A truly

unbelievable journey.

To listen to these  programs via telephone, please call

  1-605-475-6333, access code:

833520.

To access the show online visit www.thruoureyes.org/jaws.html

The call in number for anyone

interested in asking a question is 1-888-572-0141.



From ckrugman at sbcglobal.net  Sun Feb 14 07:46:15 2010
From: ckrugman at sbcglobal.net (ckrugman at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:46:15 -0800
Subject: [blindlaw] availability of rehab services in Nevada
In-Reply-To: <1C09B58171332F49B237676A5158B1F7033D6B1C@EVS02.central.pima.gov>
References: <1C09B58171332F49B237676A5158B1F7033D6B1C@EVS02.central.pima.gov>
Message-ID: <17A8B83939E242ADBDEA746C247DF25F@spike>

What is "SAAVI"?
Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Kelly" <Susan.Kelly at pima.gov>
To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 9:00 AM
Subject: [blindlaw] availability of rehab services in Nevada


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From dandrews at visi.com  Sun Feb 14 22:22:57 2010
From: dandrews at visi.com (David Andrews)
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:22:57 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] An Overview of Important Points About the Google
 Proposed Settlement
Message-ID: <auto-000139695523@mailfront1.g2host.com>


>
>An Overview of Important Points About the Google Proposed Settlement
>The Authors Guild, Inc., et. al. v. Google, Inc.  Proposed Settlement
>Agreement
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Overview
>
>
>
>Google, in partnership with leading libraries has been creating a massive
>electronic books database of millions of titles.  The settlement of the suit
>against Google, if approved, will resolve lawsuits brought on behalf of a
>broad class of authors and publishers against Google for copyright
>infringement allegations in connection with the Google Book Project.  The
>agreement will significantly expand online access to works through Google
>Book Search from the collections of major U.S. libraries and will also
>enhance the ability of authors and publishers to distribute their content in
>digital form.  All of the services that will result from this settlement for
>the public will be accessible to all blind and print-disabled persons,
>although Google will have up to five years after the settlement is finally
>approved to deliver access.  What this settlement will do is expand by
>millions of volumes the number of books that blind and other print-disabled
>readers will have available to them to purchase, check out from certain
>participating libraries or read at public libraries.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>After final approval, the settlement will authorize Google to do the
>following:
>
>
>
>*     Continue to scan in-copyright books
>
>*     Develop an electronic books database
>
>*     Provide responses to searches in the database (already accessible)
>
>*     For books in the database that are no longer commercially available
>for sale and for commercially available books whose authors choose to
>participate,
>
>
>
>       *     Sell individual books to consumers in digital form; and
>
>       *     Sell institutional subscriptions to the books database to
>schools, corporations and other institutions
>
>
>
>*     With respect to libraries, the settlement will authorize Google to
>provide public and higher education libraries with free access to the books
>database and special terminals will be provided free to every public library
>in the country.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>How will the Agreement Affect the Blind and Others with Print Disabilities?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>.        The Agreement expressly authorizes Google to provide the material
>it offers users "in a manner that accommodates users with Print Disabilities
>so that such users have a substantially similar user experience as users
>without Print Disabilities."  A user with a Print Disability under the
>agreement is one who is "unable to read or use standard printed material due
>to blindness, visual disability, physical limitations, organic function, or
>dyslexia."  The material covered includes material provided by Google
>through institutional subscriptions, public access services, and consumer
>purchases, as well as the material Google displays as snippets, book
>previews, and the pages in front of and behind the books (such as the table
>of contents and index).
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>.        Google expresses its intention within the agreement to make digital
>copies of the books accessible to users with Print Disabilities so that such
>users have a substantially similar user experience as users without Print
>Disabilities.  To the extent Google is unable to do so, Google will
>reasonably cooperate to enable such access to books through an Alternative
>Accommodated Service Provider.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>.        The Agreement also places upon Google the obligation to offer the
>books in an accessible format at no greater cost to users with Print
>Disabilities.   Specifically, Google must use commercially reasonable
>efforts to enable an "accommodated service" to users of Google's
>institutional subscriptions, public access services, consumer purchases and
>other revenue models.  An "accommodated service" means a service that offers
>the text of books and inserts in the form of electronic text used in
>conjunction with screen enlargement, voice output, and refreshable Braille
>displays (or at Google's option and with the Registry's approval, other
>technologies to reasonably accommodate Print Disabilities) at no greater
>charge than the charge to view Books in a similar manner to users without a
>Print Disability.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>.        For Institutional Subscription users with Print Disabilities,
>Google must offer an Accommodated Service for all books in the Institutional
>Subscription Database for which Google's automated OCR system is successful.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>.        Further, Google must not unreasonably withhold its consent to a
>request from a Fully Participating library to work with particular
>third-party contractors to provide access to the full text of the Books and
>Inserts as described under "Accommodated Service" and to improve the quality
>of such Books (e.g. OCR quality and structure extraction) for the purpose of
>providing such access.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>.        If within 5 years from the Effective Date of the Agreement Google
>has not complied, or ceases to comply, with its obligation to offer an
>accommodated service, upon notice by the Fully Participating Libraries,
>Google must use commercially reasonable efforts to identify and work with an
>alternative provider to readily provide copies of Books and Inserts
>requested by the alternative provider solely for the purpose of making those
>books accessible to users with Print Disabilities.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>How will Users with Print Disabilities' who use the Services of Google's
>Partner Libraries be Affected?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>*     Libraries that have Digitization Agreements with Google are authorized
>to permit users with Print Disabilities to borrow digital copies of the
>library's collection.  The digital copy must be accessible when used in
>conjunction with screen enlargement, voice output, or refreshable Braille
>displays.  Certified users must agree to refrain from using, reproducing or
>distributing the book in an unlawful manner and the library must maintain
>data about its provision of "special access" to certified users.



From Susan.Kelly at pima.gov  Tue Feb 16 01:35:57 2010
From: Susan.Kelly at pima.gov (Susan Kelly)
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:35:57 -0700
Subject: [blindlaw] availability of rehab services in Nevada
Message-ID: <1C09B58171332F49B237676A5158B1F7033D6B21@EVS02.central.pima.gov>

Southern Arizona association for the visually impaired.  They provide rehabilitation, training (like braille, computers and the like) and recreational opportunities here in southern Arizona for people of all ages with low vision and blindness.

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org
To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
Sent: Sun Feb 14 00:46:15 2010
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] availability of rehab services in Nevada

What is "SAAVI"?
Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Kelly" <Susan.Kelly at pima.gov>
To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 9:00 AM
Subject: [blindlaw] availability of rehab services in Nevada


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From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Tue Feb 16 23:01:59 2010
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:01:59 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: [mamas_jobs] City of Seattle Employment Investigator
 - Ref#30681799
Message-ID: <E771EAA0575B844C98712011AE73D7ED5046D598C4@EDUPTCEXMB03.ed.gov>

FYI! 

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To: MAMAS Mother Attorneys Mentoring Assoc. of Seattle Job Postings
Subject: [mamas_jobs] City of Seattle Employment Investigator - Ref#30681799

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From lists at zufelt.ca  Wed Feb 17 16:31:59 2010
From: lists at zufelt.ca (E.J. Zufelt)
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:31:59 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Accessibility of interactive / point-of-sales (POS)
	devices
Message-ID: <4B4E09D7-ED99-4242-B839-127A5E1A6E95@zufelt.ca>

Good morning,

I am doing research into interactive devices, particularly point-of- 
sales / Interac / Debit (POS) devices.  I am looking for resources,  
from any jurisdiction, of the following varieties to inform my report:

1. Examples of accessible POS or similar devices.

2 Any standards and guidelines for the accessibility of POS or similar  
devices.

3. Laws that mandate the full, or partial, accessibility of POS or  
similar devices.

4. Examples of successful use of laws to enforce the accessibility of  
POS devices.

I will publicly post the list of resources that I collect for reuse.

Thank you in advance,
Everett



From timandvickie at hotmail.com  Wed Feb 17 19:59:44 2010
From: timandvickie at hotmail.com (Tim Shaw)
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:59:44 +0000
Subject: [blindlaw] Accessibility of interactive / point-of-sales
	(POS)	devices
In-Reply-To: <4B4E09D7-ED99-4242-B839-127A5E1A6E95@zufelt.ca>
References: <4B4E09D7-ED99-4242-B839-127A5E1A6E95@zufelt.ca>
Message-ID: <BAY139-W10D2711B53CF100E6E7928CF480@phx.gbl>


Here is the only resource I know of for this:

 

http://www.captek.net/Captek/Talking_Cash_Registers.html
 
> From: lists at zufelt.ca
> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:31:59 -0500
> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blindlaw] Accessibility of interactive / point-of-sales (POS) devices
> 
> Good morning,
> 
> I am doing research into interactive devices, particularly point-of- 
> sales / Interac / Debit (POS) devices. I am looking for resources, 
> from any jurisdiction, of the following varieties to inform my report:
> 
> 1. Examples of accessible POS or similar devices.
> 
> 2 Any standards and guidelines for the accessibility of POS or similar 
> devices.
> 
> 3. Laws that mandate the full, or partial, accessibility of POS or 
> similar devices.
> 
> 4. Examples of successful use of laws to enforce the accessibility of 
> POS devices.
> 
> I will publicly post the list of resources that I collect for reuse.
> 
> Thank you in advance,
> Everett
> 
> 
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From AZNOR99 at aol.com  Thu Feb 18 03:20:07 2010
From: AZNOR99 at aol.com (AZNOR99 at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:20:07 EST
Subject: [blindlaw] Accessibility of interactive / point-of-sales (POS)
	devices
Message-ID: <1e7f8.1c4321b7.38ae0be7@aol.com>

Everett,
 
Please feel free to contact my colleague, Lauren McLarney, concerning some  
new legislation that has just been introduced in the House and will 
hopefully  soon be introduced in the Senate.  This legislation will require a study 
to  determine the most appropriate manner in which to make new technology, 
including  Point of Sale Keyoskes accessible.  The legislation is a bit more 
 complicated than that, but Lauren is our point person on this issue.  She  
can be reached at 410-659-9314 Ext. 2207.
 
Regards,
Ronza
 
 
 
In a message dated 2/17/2010 11:32:15 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
lists at zufelt.ca writes:

Good  morning,

I am doing research into interactive devices, particularly  point-of- 
sales / Interac / Debit (POS) devices.  I am looking for  resources,  
from any jurisdiction, of the following varieties to  inform my report:

1. Examples of accessible POS or similar  devices.

2 Any standards and guidelines for the accessibility of POS or  similar  
devices.

3. Laws that mandate the full, or partial,  accessibility of POS or  
similar devices.

4. Examples of  successful use of laws to enforce the accessibility of  
POS  devices.

I will publicly post the list of resources that I collect for  reuse.

Thank you in  advance,
Everett


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From my5thattempt at yahoo.com  Thu Feb 18 21:55:51 2010
From: my5thattempt at yahoo.com (M BG)
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:55:51 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [blindlaw] I need of a San Deigo ADA attorney
Message-ID: <162233.29282.qm@web36704.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Good afternoon all,

I am a visually impaired parent in the San Diego area and I am having issue with my daughters High School providing me forms, grades, correspondence, etc. in ADA compliant formats within one of her specific courses.  There has been an ongoing issue for several months and it is now to the point that further intervention outside of the High School and District is warranted.  Within this group are there any attorneys in the San Diego area that I can consult with and determine if there is an ADA case?

Respectfully requested,
Misty M. Brandon



      

From ckrugman at sbcglobal.net  Fri Feb 19 20:38:13 2010
From: ckrugman at sbcglobal.net (ckrugman at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:38:13 -0800
Subject: [blindlaw] I need of a San Deigo ADA attorney
In-Reply-To: <162233.29282.qm@web36704.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <162233.29282.qm@web36704.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <C78E6D32C61C48F29D357FEE3A77902A@spike>

You may want to check the web site of the Council of Attorney Parent 
Advocates at www.capa.net as they list many attorneys and advocates in 
southern California and elsewhere in the country. The searchable data base 
is organized by state as this is a national organization.
Chuck Krugman, M.S.W., Paralegal
1237 P Street
Fresno ca 93721
559-266-9237
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Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 1:55 PM
Subject: [blindlaw] I need of a San Deigo ADA attorney


> Good afternoon all,
>
> I am a visually impaired parent in the San Diego area and I am having 
> issue with my daughters High School providing me forms, grades, 
> correspondence, etc. in ADA compliant formats within one of her specific 
> courses.  There has been an ongoing issue for several months and it is now 
> to the point that further intervention outside of the High School and 
> District is warranted.  Within this group are there any attorneys in the 
> San Diego area that I can consult with and determine if there is an ADA 
> case?
>
> Respectfully requested,
> Misty M. Brandon
>
>
>
>
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From my5thattempt at yahoo.com  Fri Feb 19 22:47:06 2010
From: my5thattempt at yahoo.com (M BG)
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:47:06 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [blindlaw] I need of a San Deigo ADA attorney
In-Reply-To: <C78E6D32C61C48F29D357FEE3A77902A@spike>
References: <162233.29282.qm@web36704.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<C78E6D32C61C48F29D357FEE3A77902A@spike>
Message-ID: <602836.97427.qm@web36708.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Thank you for the referral. I'm specifically looking for an attorney who is also visually impaired for this case.  That is why I posted to Blind Law mailing list. I will check with the Council of Attorney Parent Advocates for this. Thank you





________________________________
From: "ckrugman at sbcglobal.net" <ckrugman at sbcglobal.net>
To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Fri, February 19, 2010 12:38:13 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] I need of a San Deigo ADA attorney

You may want to check the web site of the Council of Attorney Parent Advocates at www.capa.net as they list many attorneys and advocates in southern California and elsewhere in the country. The searchable data base is organized by state as this is a national organization.
Chuck Krugman, M.S.W., Paralegal
1237 P Street
Fresno ca 93721
559-266-9237
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To: "Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 1:55 PM
Subject: [blindlaw] I need of a San Deigo ADA attorney


> Good afternoon all,
> 
> I am a visually impaired parent in the San Diego area and I am having issue with my daughters High School providing me forms, grades, correspondence, etc. in ADA compliant formats within one of her specific courses.  There has been an ongoing issue for several months and it is now to the point that further intervention outside of the High School and District is warranted.  Within this group are there any attorneys in the San Diego area that I can consult with and determine if there is an ADA case?
> 
> Respectfully requested,
> Misty M. Brandon
> 
> 
> 
> 
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From JFreeh at nfb.org  Sat Feb 20 03:27:31 2010
From: JFreeh at nfb.org (Freeh,
	Jessica)
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:27:31 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] AP: Judge says no quick ruling on Google book plans
Message-ID: <auto-000140608546@mailfront1.g2host.com>


[]


Judge says no quick ruling on Google book plans

By LARRY NEUMEISTER (AP) – 21 hours ago

NEW YORK ­ Supporters of Google's effort to 
create the world's largest digital library 
Internet told a federal judge Thursday that it would benefit society.

Marc Maurer, president of the National Federation 
of the Blind, said the audio capabilities of 
Google's system "will give us access to 10 million books."

One of the opponents ­ which include authors, 
foreign governments, corporate rivals and even 
the U.S. Department of Justice ­ countered at a 
packed court hearing in Manhattan that Google's 
plans were more about commerce, not access to books.

"It's not going to be a great library, it's going 
to be a good store," said Sarah Canzoneri, a 
member of the Children's Book Guild and plaintiff 
in a lawsuit by authors and publishers.

U.S. District Judge Denny Chin already has read 
more than 500 submissions about a $125 million 
settlement aimed at ending a pair of 2005 
lawsuits that tried to stop Google from scanning 
books into a gigantic online database.

On Thursday, he was hearing statements from 
interested parties before deciding whether 
changes made to a deal first announced in October 
2008 are sufficient to withstand constitutional scrutiny.

"To end the suspense, I'm not going to rule 
today," he said at the start. "There is just too much to digest."

He added, "Voluminous materials have been 
submitted. There is a lot of repetition. Some of 
the submissions even quote other submissions."

In court papers submitted last week, Google Inc., 
which is based in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns 
= "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" 
/>Mountain View, Calif., defended its deal with 
authors by saying its digital library lives up to 
the purpose of copyright law, which is to create 
and distribute expressive works.

"No one seriously disputes that approval of the 
settlement will open the virtual doors to the 
greatest library in history, without costing 
authors a dime they now receive or are likely to 
receive if the settlement is not approved," Google said.

The Department of Justice said Google and the 
plaintiffs have made substantial improvements to 
the original settlement, but it said "substantial issues remain."

It said the new deal raised antitrust concerns 
and suffered from the same core issue as the 
original agreement because it establishes 
forward-looking business arrangements that 
"confer significant and possibly anticompetitive 
advantages on a single entity ­ Google."

Still, the Department of Justice said it believes 
an approvable settlement may be achievable, 
perhaps by requiring rights holders to opt in to the settlement.

France and Germany, which oppose the settlement, 
noted they support a European book-scanning 
project, Europeana, because it is in compliance 
with their laws and requires permission from 
copyright holders before books are scanned.

Obtaining permission beforehand is what 
<http://amazon.com/>Amazon.com Inc. said it did 
when it engaged in a similar book-scanning 
project. Amazon's lawyers oppose the Google 
settlement and have asked to address the court. 
Other Google rivals including Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. also oppose it.

Among authors opposing the deal are folk singer 
Arlo Guthrie and writer Catherine Ryan Hyde, 
whose novel "Pay it Forward" was adapted and released as a movie.

"While I believe that the proposed Google Books 
Settlement has the potential to provide authors 
with additional exposure and perhaps additional 
sources of revenue for their works," Hyde wrote, 
"I continue to believe that the proposed 
settlement as amended remains critically flawed 
and is unfair to authors in a number of crucial respects."

Lawyers for the plaintiffs who brought the 2005 
lawsuits defended the settlement. Their 
submission to the judge said there were 
relatively few complaints, considering the 
ambitious plan to digitize all the world's books, 
and that many opponents "advance competitive and 
other parochial self-interests" that conflict 
with the broader interests of the publishing industry.

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From thebluesisloose at gmail.com  Sat Feb 20 23:53:10 2010
From: thebluesisloose at gmail.com (Beth)
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:53:10 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Hello/introduction
Message-ID: <4383d01d1002201553v644ac561y47aa91a3adf1a136@mail.gmail.com>

Hello, my name is Beth Taurasi.  I am totally blind from birth and
studying social work at Florida State University.  I have some legal
questions though as my college experience has been hampered by some
things.  First, my parents incapacitated me when I was seventeen.
They did it supposedly out of "love", but it has proven to be very
hard to live with and a big distraction.  Second, the incapacitation
and resulting guardianship has allowed the family to get nosy about my
rehabilitation case.  I am wondering how to go about the Suggestion of
Capacity form in Florida, statute 744.464.  I've done quite a bit of
legal homework, and can't find an attorney at this point.  If any of
you are interested, I'd like to know if there are any cases like mine
and what happened and what was the result.  How could I go about
getting rid of this thing?  Thanks, guys.
Beth Taurasi


From lists at zufelt.ca  Sun Feb 21 22:03:31 2010
From: lists at zufelt.ca (E.J. Zufelt)
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:03:31 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Section 508 citation
Message-ID: <DB232754-1445-4D71-A4EA-46C34A2502C7@zufelt.ca>

Good afternoon,

Hoping that someone can give me the proper citation to the law  
commonly referred to as
"Section 508".  The proper legal citation and a URL to an official  
copy of the law would be much appreciated.

Thank you in advance,Everett Zufelt
http://zufelt.ca

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From clucas at disabilitypride.com  Sun Feb 21 23:16:34 2010
From: clucas at disabilitypride.com (clucas at disabilitypride.com)
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:16:34 +0000
Subject: [blindlaw] Section 508 citation
Message-ID: <864777565-1266794183-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-322048740-@bda907.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>

29 USC 794

Carrie
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Sent: Feb 21, 2010 3:03 PM

Good afternoon,

Hoping that someone can give me the proper citation to the law  
commonly referred to as
"Section 508".  The proper legal citation and a URL to an official  
copy of the law would be much appreciated.

Thank you in advance,Everett Zufelt
http://zufelt.ca

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From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Mon Feb 22 17:00:58 2010
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:00:58 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: [Jobs] FW: The Civil Rights Division of the U.S.
	Department of	Justice is Recruiting (New Positions Added)
Message-ID: <E771EAA0575B844C98712011AE73D7ED5046D59920@EDUPTCEXMB03.ed.gov>



________________________________
From: jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Maurer, Patricia
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 4:55 AM
To: jobs at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Jobs] FW: The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice is Recruiting (New Positions Added)



________________________________
From: Special Programs Vacancies [mailto:CRT.SpecProgVacancies at usdoj.gov]
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 7:14 PM
Subject: The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice is Recruiting (New Positions Added)

The Civil Rights Division (Division) would like to thank each of you for participating in our efforts to increase outreach to lawyers interested in working for the Division.  By agreeing to receive our attorney job announcements, you are helping to make sure we have the best lawyers we can find.  The application period for several of our lawyer positions will be closing within a week; and several others will close in the next few weeks.  If you have a convenient way to remind your constituents of the looming deadline, we would very much appreciate it.

The Division hopes to attract a broad and diverse pool of qualified applicants, and, to that end, encourages you to forward this information to any qualified applicants, including qualified applicants with disabilities, who may be interested in working for the Division.

For your convenience, all current Division job announcements are listed below.  Please also remind members of your organization that all our lawyer job announcements can always be found on the Division's homepage, http://www.justice.gov/crt/recruit.php.  In addition, if you know of other organizations that might want to receive our job announcements, please let them know the process is very simple.  They just need to send an email to CRT.SpecProgVacancies at usdoj.gov<mailto:CRT.SpecProgVacancies at usdoj.gov>.  There are no elaborate forms to fill out - just an email indicating that the organization wishes to receive future job listings and the e-mail address for us to contact them.  Please do not hesitate to let us know if you have suggestions on how we can improve our outreach efforts.  Thank you.

Current Civil Rights Division Job Announcements:

Remark

Position

Section

Grade

Salary

Closing Date



Trial Attorney<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=85849941>

Voting

GS-14/15

$105,211 - $155,500

2/22/2010



Trial Attorney<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=85957733>

Housing and Civil Enforcement

GS-14/15

$105,211 - $155,500

2/25/2010



Deputy Chief<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=85861657>

Voting

GS-15

$123,758 - $155,500

2/25/2010



Deputy Chief<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=85798699>

Criminal

GS-15

$123,758 - $155,500

2/26/2010



Trial Attorney<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=85798668>

Employment Litigation

GS-14/15

$105,211 - $155,500

3/2/2010



Economist (DEU)<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=86009892>

Housing and Civil Enforcement

GS-13/15

$89,033 - $155,500

3/2/2010



Economist (MPP)<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=86009872>

Housing and Civil Enforcement

GS-13/15

$89,033 - $155,500

3/2/2010



Civil Rights Analyst (Bilingual) (DEU)<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=86047678>

Voting

GS-7/11

$42,209 - $81,204

3/3/2010



Civil Rights Analyst (DEU)<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=86047805>

Voting

GS-7/11

$42,209 - $81,204

3/3/2010



Civil Rights Analyst (Bilingual) (MPP)<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=86047562>

Voting

GS-7/11

$42,209 - $81,204

3/3/2010



Civil Rights Analyst (MPP)<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=86047765>

Voting

GS-7/11

$42,209 - $81,204

3/3/2010



Trial Attorney<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=85849003>

Office of Special Counsel

GS-14/15

$105,211 - $155,500

3/5/2010



Deputy Chief<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=85926412>

Employment Litigation

GS-15

$123,758 - $155,500

3/10/2010



Chief<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=85958062>

Coordination and Review

ES-01/00

$119,554 - $179,700

3/11/2010



Chief<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=85957925>

Voting

ES-01/00

$119,554 - $179,700

3/11/2010

New

Paralegal Specialist (DEU)<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=86353077>

Housing and Civil Enforcement

GS-9/11

$51,630 - $73,917

3/11/2010

New

Equal Opportunity Specialist (DEU)<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=86353187>

Housing and Civil Enforcement

GS-12/13

$74,872 - $115,742

3/11/2010

New

Paralegal Specialist (MPP)<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=86352816>

Housing and Civil Enforcement

GS-9/11

$51,630 - $73,917

3/11/2010

New

Equal Opportunity Specialist (MPP)<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=86353150>

Housing and Civil Enforcement

GS-12/13

$74,872 - $115,742

3/11/2010



Trial Attorney<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=85798670>

Educational Opportunities

GS-14/15

$105,211 - $155,500

3/18/2010



Student Volunteer<http://www.justice.gov/crt/recruit_employ/pdo_student_volunteer.pdf>

Professional Development Office

volunteer

n/a

open until filled



Student Volunteer<http://www.justice.gov/crt/recruit_employ/volunteer_oaag.doc>

Office of the Assistant Attorney General

volunteer

n/a

open until filled



Student Volunteer<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/arm/int/internsum10.htm#crt>

Coordination and Review

volunteer

n/a

rolling basis



Student Volunteer<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/arm/int/internsum10.htm#crt>

Various Sections

volunteer

n/a

rolling basis



Student Volunteer<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/arm/int/internsum10.htm#crt>

Professional Development Office

volunteer

n/a

rolling basis



Student Volunteer<http://www.justice.gov/crt/edo/volunteerIntern.php>

Educational Opportunities

volunteer

n/a

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From phingus at gmail.com  Mon Feb 22 22:39:27 2010
From: phingus at gmail.com (Philip Sklover)
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:39:27 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Jaws and Westlaw
Message-ID: <8E726EF1B8B147409292E9BC2DFB7B71@phingus>

Has any JAWS and Westlaw user encountered a continuous reading issue in
reading recent, but not older Westlaw decisions, using the JAWS continuous
reading feature.  I have been off Westlaw for about six months, having lost
my Westlaw privileges when I retired.  When I again secured its use, I
brought up the recent Citizens United Supreme Court decision.  I have JAWS
10 loaded on my PC.  When I began to read the decision, unlike in the past,
JAWS  now announced every link, which was annoying.  What was worse was that
the continuous reading (insert and page down did not work properly.
Passages would be repeated and the reading stalled.  Thinking that I may
have some JAWS configuration issue unique to my PC, I emailed the Westlaw
decision as an attachment to my long-time adaptive equipment instructor.  He
also has the same version of JAWS on his PC.    He has the same continuous
reading blockage issue.    I then brought up an older Supreme Court
decision, Griggs v Duke Power Company, and I had no problem reading it using
continuous reading.  In the older decision, Every link was not announced
aloud.  

	Has anyone else had a  similar difficulty.]

Phil


Philip B. Sklover



From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Tue Feb 23 00:13:55 2010
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:13:55 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: Attorney Vacancies at the U.S. Department of Justice
Message-ID: <E771EAA0575B844C98712011AE73D7ED5046D59931@EDUPTCEXMB03.ed.gov>



________________________________
From: jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Maurer, Patricia
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 11:43 AM
To: jobs at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Jobs] FW: Attorney Vacancies at the U.S. Department of Justice



________________________________
From: Hunter, Sue [mailto:Sue.Hunter at usdoj.gov]
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 1:02 PM
To: newmedia at ja.org; Neysas at dnfsb.gov; Maurer, Patricia; nijc at aol.com; nlove at opd.state.md.us; nmcconnell at jackscamp.com; noconnell at tabinc.org; noryrp at cox.net; nromulus at gmail.com; ntb at boglechang.com; nwpatton at law.stanford.edu; ocaaba at cox.net; omanager at lawyerscomm.org; palsd at hotmail.com; patel at fr.com; pchanster at yahoo.com; pchapman at koonz.com; pgrewal at daycasebeer.com; pkim at lordbissell.com; Maurer, Patricia; pmorrison at state.wv.us; poppy.johnston at unlv.edu; president at abaw.org; president at adc.org
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Current Department of Justice Attorney Vacancies

 *   U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION, CRIMINAL SECTION DEPUTY CHIEF/GS-15 This position is open until February 26, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/crm-deputy-chief-oarm-2010.htm>
Date posted: 02-17-2010
 *   U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL SENIOR COUNSEL (SL) All applications must be received no later than March 2, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/seniorlevelvacancy-2010.htm>
Date posted: 02-17-2010
 *   U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CRIMINAL DIVISION, FRAUD SECTION EXPERIENCED ATTORNEYS / GS-905-13/14/15 10-CRM-FRD-009 These vacancies are open until filled.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/frdattyopencontinuous.htm>
Date posted: 02-17-2010
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Date posted: 02-17-2010
 *   ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL  OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA and SPECIAL ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA NORFOLK OFFICE Position is open until filled. In order to ensure consideration of application, it should be received by the Office of the Attorney General by February 26, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/psnprosecutorpositionnorfolk.htm>
Date posted: 02-12-2010
 *   ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA and SPECIAL ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ALEXANDRIA OFFICE Position is open until filled. In order to ensure consideration of application, it should be received by the Office of the Attorney General by February 26, 2010<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/psnprosecutorpositionalexandria.htm>
Date posted: 02-12-2010
 *   U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE U.S. TRUSTEE'S OFFICE -- LOS ANGELES, CA TRIAL ATTORNEY VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT #LA10-001 Applications must be postmarked by the closing date of February 26, 2010 and will be accepted up to five calendar days after the closing date.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/trialatty-losangeles2010.htm>
Date posted: 02-05-2010
 *   EXPERIENCED TRIAL ATTORNEYS, GS-0905 -13/14/15 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CRIMINAL DIVISION OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS WASHINGTON, DC 10-CRM-OIA-008 This vacancy announcement will remain open until February 19, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/oiaexperiencedtrialattorney.htm>
Date posted: 02-05-2010
 *   VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY (CIVIL) UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND NORTHERN (BALTIMORE) DIVISION ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: 10-MD-04 This announcement will close on March 1, 2010; therefore, resumes, cover letters and transcripts must be e-mailed or received by the closing date.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/10-md-04ausacivil.htm>
Date posted: 02-03-2010
 *   U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CRIMINAL DIVISION OFFICE OF OVERSEAS PROSECUTORIAL DEVELOPMENT, ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING EXPERIENCED ATTORNEY / GS-14 to GS-15 (ALBANIA) Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/albania-rla-ann.htm>
Date posted: 02-03-2010
 *   U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION, OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR IMMIGRATION-RELATED UNFAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES TRIAL ATTTORNEY, GS-14/15 Application Deadline March 05, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/10-crt-ospc-immigration-related.htm>
Date posted: 02-02-2010
 *   U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION, HOUSING AND CIVIL ENFORCEMENT SECTION TRIAL ATTORNEY, GS-14/15 Application Deadline February 25, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/10-crt-housingandcivilenforcement.htm>
Date posted: 02-02-2010
 *   U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION, COORDINATION AND REVIEW SECTION CHIEF, ES-905 (SENIOR EXCUTIVE SERVICE) Application Deadline March 11, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/chief-cor-2010-oarm.htm>
Date posted: 01-29-2010
 *   U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION, VOTING SECTION CHIEF, ES-905 (SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE) Application Deadline March 11, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/chief-voting-2010.htm>
Date posted: 01-29-2010
 *   UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS OFFICE DISTRICT OF U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY VIRGIN ISLANDS JANUARY 27, 2010 Applications should be postmarked no later than Friday, February 17, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/10-usao-virginislands.htm>
Date posted: 01-29-2010
 *   TRIAL ATTORNEYS, GS-12 THROUGH GS-15 (TEMPORARY POSITIONS) CIVIL DIVISION, FEDERAL PROGRAMS BRANCH WASHINGTON, DC These positions are open until filled.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/10-civ-fedprogbr-trialatty.htm>
Date posted: 01-29-2010
 *   U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION, EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION SECTION DEPUTY CHIEF, GS-15 Application Deadline March 10, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/deputychiefempoarm2010.htm>
Date posted: 01-29-2010
 *   U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION, VOTING SECTION TRIAL ATTORNEY, GS-14/15 Application Deadline February 22, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/attorneyvotingoarm2010.htm>
Date posted: 01-29-2010
 *   DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION, VOTING SECTION DEPUTY CHIEF, GS-15 Application Deadline February 25, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/deputychiefvotingoarm2010.htm>
Date posted: 01-29-2010
 *   IMMIGRATION JUDGE EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW ORLANDO, FL VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: EOIR-10-0078 All applications must be received in the Human Resources Office by the close of business on February 18, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/immigrationjudge.htm>
Date posted: 01-29-2010
 *   UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DISTRICT OF U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY VIRGIN ISLANDS JANUARY 27, 2010 Applications should be postmarked no later than Friday, February 19, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/ausa-virgin-islands.htm>
Date posted: 01-27-2010
 *   DEPUTY CHIEF, PUBLIC INTEGRITY SECTION CRIMINAL DIVISION WASHINGTON, DC Applications must be received by the closing date February 23, 2010 to receive consideration.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/10-crm-integritysection.htm>
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From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Tue Feb 23 00:30:44 2010
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:30:44 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] Section 508 citation
In-Reply-To: <864777565-1266794183-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-322048740-@bda907.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>
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Section 508 is at 29 U.S.C. 794d, and at the below link.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode29/usc_sec_29_00000794---d000-.html 

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29 USC 794

Carrie
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Good afternoon,

Hoping that someone can give me the proper citation to the law commonly referred to as "Section 508".  The proper legal citation and a URL to an official copy of the law would be much appreciated.

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From LBlake at nfb.org  Tue Feb 23 13:17:23 2010
From: LBlake at nfb.org (Blake, Lou Ann)
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:17:23 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] 2010 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium
Message-ID: <7638A85981599142811F69FBB9508B6B0211B3F1@FPNTEXCBE01.services.local>

Don't Miss Your Opportunity to Hear Assistant Attorney General for Civil
Rights Tom Perez, Former Congressman Tony Coelho, and Other Leading
Disabilities Rights Advocates 

 

at the

 

2010 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium

 

Equality, Difference, and the Right to Live in the World

 

April 15-16, 2010

at the

National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute

Baltimore, Maryland

 

 

Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Tom Perez and former
Congressman Tony Coelho head the list of distinguished law professors,
practitioners, and advocates who will discuss the concepts of equality
and difference as they relate to the disabled in employment, education,
medical treatment, and access to technology.  With an expanded format to
incorporate workshops, the 2010 symposium will provide more time for
discussion, collaboration, and networking.

 

2010 plenary session presenters:

 

*	Adrienne Asch, Director, Center for Ethics, Yeshiva University
*	Dan Brock, Director, Division of Medical Ethics, Harvard Medical
School
*	Richard Brown, Chief Judge, Wisconsin Court of Appeals
*	David Ferleger, Esquire, Law Office of David Ferleger
*	Dan Goldstein, Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
*	Andrew Imparato, President and CEO, American Association of
People with Disabilities
*	Leslie Seid Margolis, Managing Attorney, Education Unit,
Maryland Disability Law Center
*	Mark Weber, Vincent dePaul Professor of Law, DePaul University
College of Law

 

2010 workshop facilitators:

 

*	Charles Brown, Director, Volunteer Lawyers for the Blind,
American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults
*	Ira Burnim, Legal Director, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
*	Claudia Center, Senior Staff Attorney, The Legal Aid Society
Employment Law Center
*	Marc Charmatz, Senior Attorney, National Association of the Deaf
*	Robert Dinerstein, Professor of Law and Director of Clinical
Programs,  American University Washington College of Law
*	Eve Hill, Senior Vice President, Burton Blatt Institute
*	Sharon Krevor-Weisbaum, Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
*	Christopher Kuczynski, Esquire, Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission
*	Jennifer Mathis, Deputy Legal Director, Bazelon Center for
Mental Health Law
*	Ruby Moore, Executive Director, Georgia Advocacy Office, Inc.
*	Ari Ne'eman, President, Autistic Self-Advocacy Network
*	Steven Schwartz, Executive Director, Center for Public
Representation

 

Documentation for CLE credits will be provided.

 

Registration fee: $175

Student registration fee: $25

 

A limited number of scholarships to cover the registration fee will be
available to individuals with demonstrated financial need.

 

To learn more about the symposium and symposium sponsorship
opportunities, view the agenda, and register online, please visit
http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Law_Symposium.asp
<http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Law_Symposium.asp> .  You may also download from
this Web site a registration form to mail or fax.  Hotel information is
also available on the symposium Web site.

 

For additional information, contact:

 

Lou Ann Blake, JD

Law Symposium Coordinator

Jacobus tenBroek Library

Jernigan Institute

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND

200 East Wells Street

at Jernigan Place

Baltimore, Maryland 21230

Telephone: 410-659-9314, ext. 2221

E-mail: lblake at nfb.org

 

 


From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Tue Feb 23 16:29:59 2010
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:29:59 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] I need of a San Deigo ADA attorney
In-Reply-To: <162233.29282.qm@web36704.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <E771EAA0575B844C98712011AE73D7ED5046D5993D@EDUPTCEXMB03.ed.gov>

You can also file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights and do not need a lawyer to do so.  To file a complaint, go on line to:

www.ed.gov/ocr

 
Noel Nightingale

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Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 1:56 PM
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Subject: [blindlaw] I need of a San Deigo ADA attorney

Good afternoon all,

I am a visually impaired parent in the San Diego area and I am having issue with my daughters High School providing me forms, grades, correspondence, etc. in ADA compliant formats within one of her specific courses.  There has been an ongoing issue for several months and it is now to the point that further intervention outside of the High School and District is warranted.  Within this group are there any attorneys in the San Diego area that I can consult with and determine if there is an ADA case?

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From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Mon Feb  1 22:17:27 2010
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 16:17:27 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] Blind student wins computer aid for bar exam,
 San Francisco Chronicle, January 31 2010
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Link:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/30/BARA1BPRQF.DTL

Text:
Blind student wins computer aid for bar exam
Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer
Sunday, January 31, 2010

A blind law student can use computer-assisted reading devices in next month's bar exam, a federal judge has ruled, rejecting the examiners' arguments that the assistance was too generous and might let someone steal the test questions.

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer of San Francisco ordered the National Conference of Bar Examiners on Friday to accommodate Stephanie Enyart, who was born sighted but suffers from macular degeneration and retinal dystrophy and was declared legally blind at 15.

Enyart, 32, graduated last spring from UCLA Law School, where she took tests on a laptop with software that magnified the text and read the words into earbuds. But she has not taken the bar exam because the national examiners, who administer the two multiple-choice portions of the California test, have refused to allow the same arrangements.

Federal disability law "does not require testing organizations to provide disabled examinees with their preferred accommodations," the examiners' lawyer, Gregory Tenhoff, said in court papers. He also said putting the test questions on a computer disk would expose them to hackers and thieves.

The examiners said Enyart would have to accept the usual accommodations for blind and visually impaired applicants: a pencil-and-paper test with questions displayed on an enlarged screen, a human reader and twice the usual three-day testing period.

Enyart, now a law clerk at Disability Rights Advocates in Berkeley, said in her suit that she needed the computer setup to have a fair chance of passing the exam. Breyer agreed Friday and said the bar could provide its own computer for increased security.
"A disability should not prevent an individual from pursuing their dream, if that's what it is, of practicing law," the judge said.

The exam begins Feb. 23. The examiners could ask a federal appeals court to block Breyer's order. Their office declined comment after the hearing.

E-mail Bob Egelko at begelko at sfchronicle.com.

This article appeared on page C - 2 of the San Francisco Chronicle


From craig.borne at dot.gov  Tue Feb  2 14:10:50 2010
From: craig.borne at dot.gov (craig.borne at dot.gov)
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 09:10:50 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: NHTSA CRD Vacancy Announcement
Message-ID: <74679E5C9A6C114F9793FAD7217A7A0CBADBDA@OSTMAIL03VS3.ad.dot.gov>

FYI - I have no other information on this announcement.

Craig

 

________________________________

            

From: Jones, Mary Whigham (OST) 
Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 5:10 PM
To: List-OST-Civil Rights Directors; Williams, Anna (NHTSA);
List-OST-Civil Rights Alternate Representatives and Assistants; Austin,
Joseph (OST); Pentino, Marc (OST); Benison, John (OST); Ford, Frederick
(OST); Gordon, Caffin (OST); Wright, Tami (OST); Workman, Yvette (OST);
Gilliam, Brenda (OST); 'CARLTON.HADDEN at EEOC.GOV';
'DEXTER.BROOKS at EEOC.GOV'; Sommers, Judy <FAA>; Bettis, Jerome (OST);
Blackman, Helen (VOLPE); Williams, Harnetta <FAA>; Armstead, Yvette
<FAA>
Subject: NHTSA CRD Vacancy Announcement

 

FYI and wide dissemination to sources of potential excellent candidates.


 

Mary N. Whigham Jones

Deputy Director 

Departmental Office of Civil Rights

Office of the Secretary 

U.S. Department of Transportation

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E., Rm. W-78-318

Washington, DC 20590

Phone:  202-366-4648

Email:  mary.jones at dot.gov

 

 

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From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Fri Feb  5 21:28:06 2010
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 15:28:06 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: [mamas_jobs] Current Microsoft Attorney Openings -
	Ref#30352783
Message-ID: <E771EAA0575B844C98712011AE73D7ED50450E0979@EDUPTCEXMB03.ed.gov>

 

-----Original Message-----
From: sender at lists.bigtent.com [mailto:sender at lists.bigtent.com] On Behalf Of Amy Colando
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 10:04 AM
To: MAMAS Mother Attorneys Mentoring Assoc. of Seattle Job Postings
Subject: [mamas_jobs] Current Microsoft Attorney Openings - Ref#30352783

Amy Colando posted:

Thought fellow members might be interested in some Microsoft attorney openings.  There's a link at the bottom for more information (and to apply). I've found Microsoft to be a family-friendly employer.

Senior Attorney  (Patent Counselor) -- IP&L	Want to make a direct impact on the success of Microsoft's Business Division (MBD)? If so, you may want to consider joining the MBD Patent Counseling Team in Microsoft's Patent Group as a patent counseling attorney. As a patent counseling attorney, you will be the patent counsel for a number of business units within MBD, responsible for providing patent counseling to the business units on a wide variety of patent matters.  Job Code 706884. 



Attorney -- Worldwide Sales	Work with a talented team of professionals supporting the OEM division in the licensing and marketing of Microsoft software and hardware. Responsibilities include structuring, drafting, and negotiating agreements for licensing, distribution, and marketing for OEMs around the world.   Job Code 711293. 
	
		
		
		
		
Senior Attorney
Microsoft has an opening for a Senior Attorney to lead the delivery of legal support to Microsoft's SQL Server business unit.  The SQL Server business is responsible for product development and marketing for the entire range of Microsoft SQL Server products and solutions.  Responsibilities will include:  the delivery of legal counseling to SQL Server executives and their teams on a broad range of complex legal, business, and strategic issues, including issues related to intellectual property protection and licensing, interoperability and standards, and applicable regulatory frameworks, including antitrust, privacy and security.   Job Code 706658.  

	

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From rumpole at roadrunner.com  Sun Feb  7 19:59:31 2010
From: rumpole at roadrunner.com (Ross Doerr)
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 14:59:31 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: [mamas_jobs] Current Microsoft Attorney Openings
	-Ref#30352783
References: <E771EAA0575B844C98712011AE73D7ED50450E0979@EDUPTCEXMB03.ed.gov>
Message-ID: <76E3B1372A184759823341667160E666@none8a46117901>

Hello Noel, are you practicing in the Washington State area, or are you in 
the Oregon area?
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Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 4:28 PM
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: [mamas_jobs] Current Microsoft Attorney 
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>
>
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> Of Amy Colando
> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 10:04 AM
> To: MAMAS Mother Attorneys Mentoring Assoc. of Seattle Job Postings
> Subject: [mamas_jobs] Current Microsoft Attorney Openings - Ref#30352783
>
> Amy Colando posted:
>
> Thought fellow members might be interested in some Microsoft attorney 
> openings.  There's a link at the bottom for more information (and to 
> apply). I've found Microsoft to be a family-friendly employer.
>
> Senior Attorney  (Patent Counselor) -- IP&L Want to make a direct impact 
> on the success of Microsoft's Business Division (MBD)? If so, you may want 
> to consider joining the MBD Patent Counseling Team in Microsoft's Patent 
> Group as a patent counseling attorney. As a patent counseling attorney, 
> you will be the patent counsel for a number of business units within MBD, 
> responsible for providing patent counseling to the business units on a 
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>
>
>
> Attorney -- Worldwide Sales Work with a talented team of professionals 
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> negotiating agreements for licensing, distribution, and marketing for OEMs 
> around the world.   Job Code 711293.
>
>
>
>
>
> Senior Attorney
> Microsoft has an opening for a Senior Attorney to lead the delivery of 
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> business is responsible for product development and marketing for the 
> entire range of Microsoft SQL Server products and solutions. 
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> Server executives and their teams on a broad range of complex legal, 
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> applicable regulatory frameworks, including antitrust, privacy and 
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From slabarre at labarrelaw.com  Mon Feb  8 16:26:43 2010
From: slabarre at labarrelaw.com (Scott C. LaBarre)
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:26:43 -0700
Subject: [blindlaw] Fw: New Reports, Award,
	and Publication from ABA Commission on Mental and Physical
	Disability Law
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American Bar Association | Commission on Mental and Physical Disability LawFYI
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law 
To: Scott Charles LaBarre 
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 5:00 AM
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From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Mon Feb  8 18:49:27 2010
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:49:27 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: [mamas_jobs] Current Microsoft Attorney
	Openings	-Ref#30352783
In-Reply-To: <76E3B1372A184759823341667160E666@none8a46117901>
Message-ID: <E771EAA0575B844C98712011AE73D7ED5046D5983C@EDUPTCEXMB03.ed.gov>

I am in Seattle! 

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ross Doerr
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 12:00 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] FW: [mamas_jobs] Current Microsoft Attorney Openings -Ref#30352783

Hello Noel, are you practicing in the Washington State area, or are you in the Oregon area?
Reply off list at
rumpole at roadrunner.com

HOpe you are well.


----- Original Message -----
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To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 4:28 PM
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: [mamas_jobs] Current Microsoft Attorney Openings -Ref#30352783


>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Amy Colando
> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 10:04 AM
> To: MAMAS Mother Attorneys Mentoring Assoc. of Seattle Job Postings
> Subject: [mamas_jobs] Current Microsoft Attorney Openings - 
> Ref#30352783
>
> Amy Colando posted:
>
> Thought fellow members might be interested in some Microsoft attorney 
> openings.  There's a link at the bottom for more information (and to 
> apply). I've found Microsoft to be a family-friendly employer.
>
> Senior Attorney  (Patent Counselor) -- IP&L Want to make a direct 
> impact on the success of Microsoft's Business Division (MBD)? If so, 
> you may want to consider joining the MBD Patent Counseling Team in 
> Microsoft's Patent Group as a patent counseling attorney. As a patent 
> counseling attorney, you will be the patent counsel for a number of 
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> to the business units on a wide variety of patent matters.  Job Code 706884.
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>
> Attorney -- Worldwide Sales Work with a talented team of professionals 
> supporting the OEM division in the licensing and marketing of 
> Microsoft software and hardware. Responsibilities include structuring, 
> drafting, and negotiating agreements for licensing, distribution, and marketing for OEMs
> around the world.   Job Code 711293.
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> Senior Attorney
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From rumpole at roadrunner.com  Mon Feb  8 20:36:32 2010
From: rumpole at roadrunner.com (Ross Doerr)
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:36:32 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: [mamas_jobs] Current Microsoft
	AttorneyOpenings	-Ref#30352783
References: <E771EAA0575B844C98712011AE73D7ED5046D5983C@EDUPTCEXMB03.ed.gov>
Message-ID: <C8F22CC77BD74F839D6ECE138502DA0F@none8a46117901>

HI Noel, I thought I remembered you were out that way. My wife and I were 
just there for a week visiting our son. He is in Seattle doing some writing 
and applying to graduate schools, so we followed through on our threat to 
visit him.
I must say going from 5 degrees below zero to the 40's and 50's was really 
nice. I was also impressed at how easy it is to get around the city by 
public transportation. Here in Maine, what little public transit is 
available is really poor. They rarely run on any type of commuter schedule 
at all. And that is in the few places that have any transit.
So, all in all, we very much enjoyed Seattle. I gave  thought to trying to 
see if I could look you up while we were there, but could not recall what 
agency you worked for. IF nothing else, we could have bought you lunch one 
day. Is the weather always that nice there this time of year?
Hope that you and yours are well.
Ross



From slabarre at labarrelaw.com  Tue Feb  9 21:20:20 2010
From: slabarre at labarrelaw.com (Scott C. LaBarre)
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 14:20:20 -0700
Subject: [blindlaw] looking for California blind student planning to attend
	law school in the next couple of years
Message-ID: <FA069B7B2B774BB8B3DC94B3E851536B@labarre>

Greetings:

We are looking to speak with a blind/legally blind college student who resides in California who plans on attending law school in California or elsewhere in the next two years.  This student or students should be planning to take the law school  admissions test (LSAT) some time in the next year and a half or so.  This request would also apply to a blind/legally blind Californian who may have a under graduate  degree and also plans to take the LSAT in the next year and a half or so.  Please feel free to distribute this message widely.  When responding, please email me at slabarre at labarrelaw.com and Anna Levine, alevine at dralegal.org, at Disability Rights Advocates.  Additionally, if you have responded to a similar message in the past, we kindly ask you to respond this time as well.  Thanks in advance for your assistance.
Scott C. LaBarre, Esq.

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1660 South Albion Street, Ste. 918
Denver, Colorado 80222
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From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Wed Feb 10 18:07:04 2010
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:07:04 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] Visionary Work, ABA Journal, October 2009
Message-ID: <E771EAA0575B844C98712011AE73D7ED5046D59864@EDUPTCEXMB03.ed.gov>

Blindlaw listers:

I spotted this article from the October 2009 ABA Journal about a legal clinic for the blind being run by a retired blind judge.

Link:
http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/visionary_work/

Text:
Visionary Work
Posted Oct 1, 2009
By Barbara Rose

Demand for free legal help surges during hard times, but at one unusual legal clinic in Chicago the demand is always great.

The Kane Legal Clinic was founded three years ago to provide pro bono services to the blind. Operated by the Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired, the clinic is believed to be the only one of its kind in the country.

"I don't think, even in the blind community, people are aware how great a need there is," says Nicholas T. Pomaro, the clinic's director. "Seventy percent of capable blind people are unemployed. They can't afford to hire an attorney."

"You gotta walk a mile in someone's shoes to know what it's like," he adds.

By that standard Pomaro, 71, is certainly qualified. Blinded at the age of 6 by a blood clot that affected his optic nerve, Pomaro was a Cook County Circuit Court judge for 29 years before he retired in 2005 to launch the clinic.

Pomaro and a part-time paralegal have helped hundreds of people with legal matters, including discrimination issues, criminal defense and personal injury. Most problems can be resolved by a phone call or two. When they can't, he opens a case file. His files have more than doubled since the clinic opened.

The clinic soon will move into larger quarters. But Pomaro has bigger dreams, including satellite offices in Chicago's suburbs. "There's a lot of blind attorneys who need work," he says. "I can't be everywhere."


From pattichang at att.net  Wed Feb 10 19:30:56 2010
From: pattichang at att.net (Patti chang )
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:30:56 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] Visionary Work, ABA Journal, October 2009
Message-ID: <qxRp03hcnkQ0.CwMSRNpp@smtp.att.yahoo.com>

Nfbi sponsored an intern to work here.

Patti Gregory-Chang
President, NFBI
Sent from my KNFB mobile. 

-original message-
Subject: [blindlaw] Visionary Work, ABA Journal, October 2009
From: "Nightingale, Noel" <Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov>
Date: 02/10/2010 12:20 PM

Blindlaw listers:

I spotted this article from the October 2009 ABA Journal about a legal clinic for the blind being run by a retired blind judge.

Link:
http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/visionary_work/

Text:
Visionary Work
Posted Oct 1, 2009
By Barbara Rose

Demand for free legal help surges during hard times, but at one unusual legal clinic in Chicago the demand is always great.

The Kane Legal Clinic was founded three years ago to provide pro bono services to the blind. Operated by the Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired, the clinic is believed to be the only one of its kind in the country.

"I don't think, even in the blind community, people are aware how great a need there is," says Nicholas T. Pomaro, the clinic's director. "Seventy percent of capable blind people are unemployed. They can't afford to hire an attorney."

"You gotta walk a mile in someone's shoes to know what it's like," he adds.

By that standard Pomaro, 71, is certainly qualified. Blinded at the age of 6 by a blood clot that affected his optic nerve, Pomaro was a Cook County Circuit Court judge for 29 years before he retired in 2005 to launch the clinic.

Pomaro and a part-time paralegal have helped hundreds of people with legal matters, including discrimination issues, criminal defense and personal injury. Most problems can be resolved by a phone call or two. When they can't, he opens a case file. His files have more than doubled since the clinic opened.

The clinic soon will move into larger quarters. But Pomaro has bigger dreams, including satellite offices in Chicago's suburbs. "There's a lot of blind attorneys who need work," he says. "I can't be everywhere."

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From AZNOR99 at aol.com  Wed Feb 10 22:23:30 2010
From: AZNOR99 at aol.com (AZNOR99 at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:23:30 EST
Subject: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of Bar
	Examine...
Message-ID: <140b5.508b7d83.38a48be2@aol.com>


 
Examiners to Provide Individualized Testing Accommodations to Blind Law  
School Graduate



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:   
Chris Danielsen, National Federation of the Blind, 
(410) 659-9314,  ext. 2330  
Scott LaBarre, LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., (303)  
504-5979  
Daniel Goldstein, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP,  
(410) 962-1030  

Anna Levine, Disability Rights 
Advocates,  (510) 665-8644  



Federal Judge Orders the National  

Conference of Bar Examiners 
to Provide Individualized Testing  Accommodations 


to Blind Law School Graduate

San  

Francisco, California (February 5, 2010): A 

federal court has  ruled that the National Conference of Bar Examiners 
(NCBE) 

will cause  a blind law school graduate irreparable harm unless it provides 
her  

the technology-based testing accommodations she needs to take two  exams 
required 

to become a member of the State Bar of  California.  The court issued its 
ruling in an order 

granting the  law school graduate’s motion for preliminary injunction on 

Thursday,  February 4, 2010.  The 

court’s ruling allows the plaintiff,  Stephanie Enyart, to take the 
February 2010 

Multistate Bar Examination  (MBE) and March 2010 Multistate Professional 

Responsibility  Examination (MPRE) on a laptop computer equipped with the 

assistive  technology software Ms. Enyart relies upon for screen reading 
(JAWS)  

and screen magnification (ZoomText). 

Dr. Marc Maurer,  President of the National Federation 

of the Blind, said: “The National  Federation of the Blind is extremely 
pleased 

with the ruling in this  case.  Law 

and equity simply do not permit the NCBE to dictate a  one-size-fits-all 
solution 

for all bar candidates with  disabilities.  We hope that this ruling will 
cause the 

NCBE to  think long and hard before it denies the requested accommodations 
of  

applicants to take its examinations.” 

The plaintiff,  

Stephanie Enyart, said: “A little 

over a year ago I sent my  first request for accommodations on the March 
2009 

MPRE, and tonight I  can go to sleep knowing when and how I can effectively 
take 

the exams  to fulfill my dreams.” 

Anna Levine of Disability Rights  

Advocates, an attorney representing the plaintiff, said: "I  

hope that our hard-fought victory here will send a message to testing  

organizations that they need to comply with the ADA and provide each  
individual test taker with 

a disability the accommodations that he or  she needs to demonstrate his or 
her 

actual knowledge, skills, and  abilities."  

The suit was filed on November 3, 2009, due to the  

NCBE’s refusal, on multiple occasions during the past year, to allow  Ms. 
Enyart 

to use the same technology on the MBE and MPRE that she has  used on 
university 

and law school exams and in various jobs and  internships.  The suit 
charged that the NCBE violated 

the  Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and California’s Unruh Civil 
Rights Act  by denying 

accommodations on the MBE and the MPRE.   



NCBE had argued that it fulfilled its legal  

obligations to Ms. Enyart by offering alternative accommodations, such  as 
a 

human reader, notwithstanding evidence that these alternatives  did not, in 
fact, 

accommodate Ms. Enyart’s disability.  In  rejecting NCBE’s argument, the 
court’s 

ruling paves the way for other  individuals prevented from pursuing their 

professional dreams by high  stakes testing providers who take a rigid 
approach 

to disability  accommodations.  



The plaintiff is represented with the  support of the 

National Federation of the Blind by LaBarre Law  Offices, P.C., in Denver, 
Colorado, and by 

Brown, Goldstein &  Levy, LLP, in Baltimore, Maryland.  The plaintiff is 
further represented  by 

Disability Rights Advocates, a nonprofit law center that  specializes in 
civil 

rights cases on behalf of persons with  disabilities, based in Berkeley, 
California.   


###

About the National Federation of 

the  Blind

With more than 50,000 members, the 

National Federation of  the Blind (NFB) is the largest and most influential 

membership  organization of blind people in the United 

States.  

The  NFB improves blind people’s lives through advocacy, education,  

research, technology, and programs encouraging independence and  

self-confidence.  It is the leading 

force in the  blindness field today and the voice of the nation's blind.  
In January  2004 the NFB opened the 

National Federation of the Blind Jernigan  Institute, the first research 
and 

training center in the United  

States for the blind led by the blind.   


From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Wed Feb 10 22:44:56 2010
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:44:56 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: [ADRC] 2010 Burton Blatt Institute Summer Law &
 Policy Internship in Washington, DC
Message-ID: <E771EAA0575B844C98712011AE73D7ED5046D5987D@EDUPTCEXMB03.ed.gov>



________________________________
From: CMPDL's Disability Discussion Docket (3D) [mailto:CMPDL-3D at MAIL.ABANET.ORG] On Behalf Of Phelan, William
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 1:25 PM
To: CMPDL-3D at MAIL.ABANET.ORG
Subject: FW: [ADRC] 2010 Burton Blatt Institute Summer Law & Policy Internship in Washington, DC

For 1Ls and 2Ls in law school.

William J. Phelan, IV, Esq.
Special Projects and Technology Coordinator
Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law
American Bar Association

phelanw at staff.abanet.org<mailto:phelanw at staff.abanet.org>
www.abanet.org/disability<http://www.abanet.org/disability>
________________________________
From: Carrie Griffin Basas
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 4:24 PM
To: Phelan, William; Parry, John
Subject: Fwd: [ADRC] 2010 Burton Blatt Institute Summer Law & Policy Internship in Washington, DC



Begin forwarded message:


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Date: January 12, 2010 2:14:21 PM CST
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Subject: [ADRC] 2010 Burton Blatt Institute Summer Law & Policy Internship in Washington, DC
Reply-To: Association of Disability Rights Counsel <ADRC at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<mailto:ADRC at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>>

Hi all
Attached is the announcement for the Burton Blatt Institute Summer Law & Policy Internship in Washington, DC.  This is an 8-week program with a stipend of $5,000.  It is open to 1st- and 2nd- year law students.
Please distribute the announcement to law schools and law students.
Thanks!
Eve

Eve Hill, Esq.
Senior Vice President
Burton Blatt Institute
1667 K St. NW
Suite 640
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 296-2044
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From JFreeh at nfb.org  Thu Feb 11 11:43:33 2010
From: JFreeh at nfb.org (Freeh,
	Jessica)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:43:33 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of Bar
 Examiners to Provide Individualized Testing Accommodations to Blind Law
 School Graduate
Message-ID: <auto-000139252193@mailfront1.g2host.com>



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



CONTACT:

Chris Danielsen, National Federation of the Blind, (410) 659-9314, ext. 2330

Scott LaBarre, LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., (303) 504-5979

Daniel Goldstein, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP, (410) 962-1030

Anna Levine, Disability Rights Advocates, (510) 665-8644



Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of Bar Examiners
to Provide Individualized Testing Accommodations

to Blind Law School Graduate



San Francisco, California (February 5, 2010):  A federal court has 
ruled that the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) will cause 
a blind law school graduate irreparable harm unless it provides her 
the technology-based testing accommodations she needs to take two 
exams required to become a member of the State Bar of 
California.  The court issued its ruling in an order granting the law 
school graduate's motion for preliminary injunction on Thursday, 
February 4, 2010.  The court's ruling allows the plaintiff, Stephanie 
Enyart, to take the February 2010 Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) 
and March 2010 Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination 
(MPRE) on a laptop computer equipped with the assistive technology 
software Ms. Enyart relies upon for screen reading (JAWS) and screen 
magnification (ZoomText).



Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, 
said: "The National Federation of the Blind is extremely pleased with 
the ruling in this case.  Law and equity simply do not permit the 
NCBE to dictate a one-size-fits-all solution for all bar candidates 
with disabilities.  We hope that this ruling will cause the NCBE to 
think long and hard before it denies the requested accommodations of 
applicants to take its examinations."



The plaintiff, Stephanie Enyart, said: "A little over a year ago I 
sent my first request for accommodations on the March 2009 MPRE, and 
tonight I can go to sleep knowing when and how I can effectively take 
the exams to fulfill my dreams."



Anna Levine of Disability Rights Advocates, an attorney representing 
the plaintiff, said: "I hope that our hard-fought victory here will 
send a message to testing organizations that they need to comply with 
the ADA and provide each individual test taker with a disability the 
accommodations that he or she needs to demonstrate his or her actual 
knowledge, skills, and abilities."



The suit was filed on November 3, 2009, due to the NCBE's refusal, on 
multiple occasions during the past year, to allow Ms. Enyart to use 
the same technology on the MBE and MPRE that she has used on 
university and law school exams and in various jobs and 
internships.  The suit charged that the NCBE violated the Americans 
with Disabilities Act (ADA) and California's Unruh Civil Rights Act 
by denying accommodations on the MBE and the MPRE.



NCBE had argued that it fulfilled its legal obligations to Ms. Enyart 
by offering alternative accommodations, such as a human reader, 
notwithstanding evidence that these alternatives did not, in fact, 
accommodate Ms. Enyart's disability.  In rejecting NCBE's argument, 
the court's ruling paves the way for other individuals prevented from 
pursuing their professional dreams by high stakes testing providers 
who take a rigid approach to disability accommodations.



The plaintiff is represented with the support of the National 
Federation of the Blind by LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., in Denver, 
Colorado, and by Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP, in Baltimore, 
Maryland.  The plaintiff is further represented by Disability Rights 
Advocates, a nonprofit law center that specializes in civil rights 
cases on behalf of persons with disabilities, based in Berkeley, California.





###



About the National Federation of the Blind



With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind 
(NFB) is the largest and most influential membership organization of 
blind people in the United States.  The NFB improves blind people's 
lives through advocacy, education, research, technology, and programs 
encouraging independence and self-confidence.  It is the leading 
force in the blindness field today and the voice of the nation's 
blind.  In January 2004 the NFB opened the National Federation of the 
Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and training center in 
the United States for the blind led by the blind.



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From b75205 at gmail.com  Thu Feb 11 14:36:03 2010
From: b75205 at gmail.com (James Pepper)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:36:03 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of Bar
	Examiners to Provide Individualized Testing Accommodations to
	Blind Law School Graduate
In-Reply-To: <auto-000139252193@mailfront1.g2host.com>
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Does anyone have a copy of this exam, or a practice exam so i can
demonstrate how to make it accessible?

James G. Pepper

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:43 AM, Freeh, Jessica <JFreeh at nfb.org> wrote:

>
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>
>
> CONTACT:
>
> Chris Danielsen, National Federation of the Blind, (410) 659-9314, ext.
> 2330
>
> Scott LaBarre, LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., (303) 504-5979
>
> Daniel Goldstein, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP, (410) 962-1030
>
> Anna Levine, Disability Rights Advocates, (510) 665-8644
>
>
>
> Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of Bar Examiners
> to Provide Individualized Testing Accommodations
>
> to Blind Law School Graduate
>
>
>
> San Francisco, California (February 5, 2010):  A federal court has ruled
> that the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) will cause a blind law
> school graduate irreparable harm unless it provides her the technology-based
> testing accommodations she needs to take two exams required to become a
> member of the State Bar of California.  The court issued its ruling in an
> order granting the law school graduate's motion for preliminary injunction
> on Thursday, February 4, 2010.  The court's ruling allows the plaintiff,
> Stephanie Enyart, to take the February 2010 Multistate Bar Examination (MBE)
> and March 2010 Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) on
> a laptop computer equipped with the assistive technology software Ms. Enyart
> relies upon for screen reading (JAWS) and screen magnification (ZoomText).
>
>
>
> Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said:
> "The National Federation of the Blind is extremely pleased with the ruling
> in this case.  Law and equity simply do not permit the NCBE to dictate a
> one-size-fits-all solution for all bar candidates with disabilities.  We
> hope that this ruling will cause the NCBE to think long and hard before it
> denies the requested accommodations of applicants to take its examinations."
>
>
>
> The plaintiff, Stephanie Enyart, said: "A little over a year ago I sent my
> first request for accommodations on the March 2009 MPRE, and tonight I can
> go to sleep knowing when and how I can effectively take the exams to fulfill
> my dreams."
>
>
>
> Anna Levine of Disability Rights Advocates, an attorney representing the
> plaintiff, said: "I hope that our hard-fought victory here will send a
> message to testing organizations that they need to comply with the ADA and
> provide each individual test taker with a disability the accommodations that
> he or she needs to demonstrate his or her actual knowledge, skills, and
> abilities."
>
>
>
> The suit was filed on November 3, 2009, due to the NCBE's refusal, on
> multiple occasions during the past year, to allow Ms. Enyart to use the same
> technology on the MBE and MPRE that she has used on university and law
> school exams and in various jobs and internships.  The suit charged that the
> NCBE violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and California's
> Unruh Civil Rights Act by denying accommodations on the MBE and the MPRE.
>
>
>
> NCBE had argued that it fulfilled its legal obligations to Ms. Enyart by
> offering alternative accommodations, such as a human reader, notwithstanding
> evidence that these alternatives did not, in fact, accommodate Ms. Enyart's
> disability.  In rejecting NCBE's argument, the court's ruling paves the way
> for other individuals prevented from pursuing their professional dreams by
> high stakes testing providers who take a rigid approach to disability
> accommodations.
>
>
>
> The plaintiff is represented with the support of the National Federation of
> the Blind by LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., in Denver, Colorado, and by Brown,
> Goldstein & Levy, LLP, in Baltimore, Maryland.  The plaintiff is further
> represented by Disability Rights Advocates, a nonprofit law center that
> specializes in civil rights cases on behalf of persons with disabilities,
> based in Berkeley, California.
>
>
>
>
>
> ###
>
>
>
> About the National Federation of the Blind
>
>
>
> With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind (NFB)
> is the largest and most influential membership organization of blind people
> in the United States.  The NFB improves blind people's lives through
> advocacy, education, research, technology, and programs encouraging
> independence and self-confidence.  It is the leading force in the blindness
> field today and the voice of the nation's blind.  In January 2004 the NFB
> opened the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, the first
> research and training center in the United States for the blind led by the
> blind.
>
>
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From AZNOR99 at aol.com  Thu Feb 11 15:47:16 2010
From: AZNOR99 at aol.com (AZNOR99 at aol.com)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:47:16 EST
Subject: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of Bar
	Examiners ...
Message-ID: <6a46.57ce51af.38a58084@aol.com>

It's not over yet. See article below from ABA Journal.
_http://ow.ly/16y2Fp_ (http://ow.ly/16y2Fp) 
 
 
Blind Student’s Bar Exam Battle Isn’t Over: Test Firm Seeks Emergency 9th  
Cir. Software Ban
 
 
A federal judge's ruling last month that Stephanie Enyart must be allowed 
to  use screen-reader software when taking the Multistate Bar Examination 
might not  be the final answer for the blind law graduate. 
In a filing yesterday, the National Conference of  Bar Examiners seeks an 
emergency ruling from the San Francisco-based 9th U.S.  Circuit Court of 
Appeals suspending a district court order that Enyart must be  allowed to use 
the software during the California bar exam later this month, the  _San  
Francisco Chronicle_ 
(http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/10/BA911BV6LN.DTL)  reports. 
The NCBE, which administers the test throughout the country, contends that  
having to wait a few more months for appellate review of the federal 
district  court's decision in Enyart's favor would not pose a hardship to her, the 
 newspaper says. 
Attorney Anna Levine of Disability Rights Advocates represents Enyart. She  
calls the appellate filing "flabbergasting ... irrational and  
mean-spirited." 
The NCBE objects to the software, which magnifies the test text and reads 
the  material into earbuds worn by the user because of security concerns. 
Enyart says  that a human reader, which the NCBE would permit, is less 
efficient at the job  and a potential distraction during the exam. 
Earlier coverage:
 
 
In a message dated 2/11/2010 9:03:38 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
JFreeh at nfb.org writes:



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



CONTACT:

Chris  Danielsen, National Federation of the Blind, (410) 659-9314, ext.  
2330

Scott LaBarre, LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., (303)  504-5979

Daniel Goldstein, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP, (410)  962-1030

Anna Levine, Disability Rights Advocates, (510)  665-8644



Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of Bar  Examiners
to Provide Individualized Testing Accommodations

to Blind  Law School Graduate



San Francisco, California (February 5,  2010):  A federal court has 
ruled that the National Conference of Bar  Examiners (NCBE) will cause 
a blind law school graduate irreparable harm  unless it provides her 
the technology-based testing accommodations she  needs to take two 
exams required to become a member of the State Bar of  
California.  The court issued its ruling in an order granting the law  
school graduate's motion for preliminary injunction on Thursday,  
February 4, 2010.  The court's ruling allows the plaintiff, Stephanie  
Enyart, to take the February 2010 Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) 
and  March 2010 Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination 
(MPRE) on a  laptop computer equipped with the assistive technology 
software Ms. Enyart  relies upon for screen reading (JAWS) and screen 
magnification  (ZoomText).



Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National  Federation of the Blind, 
said: "The National Federation of the Blind is  extremely pleased with 
the ruling in this case.  Law and equity  simply do not permit the 
NCBE to dictate a one-size-fits-all solution for  all bar candidates 
with disabilities.  We hope that this ruling will  cause the NCBE to 
think long and hard before it denies the requested  accommodations of 
applicants to take its examinations."



The  plaintiff, Stephanie Enyart, said: "A little over a year ago I 
sent my  first request for accommodations on the March 2009 MPRE, and 
tonight I can  go to sleep knowing when and how I can effectively take 
the exams to  fulfill my dreams."



Anna Levine of Disability Rights Advocates,  an attorney representing 
the plaintiff, said: "I hope that our hard-fought  victory here will 
send a message to testing organizations that they need  to comply with 
the ADA and provide each individual test taker with a  disability the 
accommodations that he or she needs to demonstrate his or  her actual 
knowledge, skills, and abilities."



The suit was  filed on November 3, 2009, due to the NCBE's refusal, on 
multiple  occasions during the past year, to allow Ms. Enyart to use 
the same  technology on the MBE and MPRE that she has used on 
university and law  school exams and in various jobs and 
internships.  The suit charged  that the NCBE violated the Americans 
with Disabilities Act (ADA) and  California's Unruh Civil Rights Act 
by denying accommodations on the MBE  and the MPRE.



NCBE had argued that it fulfilled its legal  obligations to Ms. Enyart 
by offering alternative accommodations, such as  a human reader, 
notwithstanding evidence that these alternatives did not,  in fact, 
accommodate Ms. Enyart's disability.  In rejecting NCBE's  argument, 
the court's ruling paves the way for other individuals prevented  from 
pursuing their professional dreams by high stakes testing providers  
who take a rigid approach to disability accommodations.



The  plaintiff is represented with the support of the National 
Federation of  the Blind by LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., in Denver, 
Colorado, and by Brown,  Goldstein & Levy, LLP, in Baltimore, 
Maryland.  The plaintiff is  further represented by Disability Rights 
Advocates, a nonprofit law center  that specializes in civil rights 
cases on behalf of persons with  disabilities, based in Berkeley,  
California.





###



About the National  Federation of the Blind



With more than 50,000 members, the  National Federation of the Blind 
(NFB) is the largest and most influential  membership organization of 
blind people in the United States.  The  NFB improves blind people's 
lives through advocacy, education, research,  technology, and programs 
encouraging independence and  self-confidence.  It is the leading 
force in the blindness field  today and the voice of the nation's 
blind.  In January 2004 the NFB  opened the National Federation of the 
Blind Jernigan Institute, the first  research and training center in 
the United States for the blind led by the  blind.



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From DFrye at nfb.org  Thu Feb 11 16:06:40 2010
From: DFrye at nfb.org (Frye, Dan)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:06:40 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case
Message-ID: <7638A85981599142811F69FBB9508B6B0204C919@FPNTEXCBE01.services.local>

Colleagues:
 
I was disappointed to read the following article, indicating that the
Bar Examiners plan to appeal the recent order in favor of Stephanie. The
article follows:
 

Bar exam firm appeals blind student's request


Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer <mailto:begelko at sfchronicle.com> 

Thursday, February 11, 2010

(02-10) 14:04 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The company that administers the
California bar exam has asked a federal appeals court to stop a blind
law student from using computer-assisted reading devices in the test,
which starts in two weeks.

The company, the nonprofit National Conference of Bar Examiners, filed
an emergency motion Tuesday asking the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals in San Francisco to suspend a federal judge's order requiring
the firm to accommodate Stephanie Enyart.

Urgent action is needed, the company said, because Enyart might
otherwise pass the test with computer assistance that she is not legally
entitled to receive. Enyart works as a law clerk for Disability Rights
Advocates in Berkeley and would suffer no hardship by waiting a few
months for an appeals court to review the case, the company said.

Anna Levine, a Disability Rights Advocates lawyer who represents Enyart,
called the request "flabbergasting ... irrational and mean-spirited."

Enyart, 32, has been legally blind since 15 from macular degeneration
and retinal dystrophy. As a UCLA law student, she took tests on a laptop
with software that magnified the text and read the questions into
earbuds.

But she has not taken the bar exam because the nonprofit company, which
administers the two multiple-choice portions of the California test,
refused to allow the same arrangements. 

The company, which uses some of its questions on successive exams, said
putting the test on a computer disk would expose its content to thieves.
Its lawyers also argue that disabled students are not entitled to their
preferred accommodations, only to those that provide reasonable access.

The examiners offered a pencil-and-paper test with questions displayed
on a large screen, a human reader and twice the usual three-day testing
period. Enyart said she would become nauseous from having to look at the
screen and needed the computer setup to have a fair chance of passing.

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer of San Francisco ordered the
accommodations Jan. 29 and said the bar examiners could provide their
own computer for increased security.

The company said in Tuesday's motion that it still faces security risks
from loading the questions into a laptop and shipping it to California.
And although Breyer specified that his order applies only to Enyart, the
company said other visually impaired students might take advantage of
the ruling to demand their own preferred accommodations.

E-mail Bob Egelko at begelko at sfchronicle.com
<mailto:begelko at sfchronicle.com> .

 
***********************
Daniel B. Frye, J.D.
Editor
The Braille Monitor
National Federation of the Blind
Office of the President
200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Telephone: (410) 659-9314 Ext. 2208
Mobile: (410) 241-7006
Fax: (410) 685-5653
Email: DFrye at nfb.org
Web Address: www.nfb.org <http://www.nfb.org/> 
"Voice of the Nation's Blind"
 

From jsorozco at gmail.com  Thu Feb 11 20:10:11 2010
From: jsorozco at gmail.com (Joe Orozco)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:10:11 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case
In-Reply-To: <7638A85981599142811F69FBB9508B6B0204C919@FPNTEXCBE01.services.local>
Message-ID: <D3B8D177D7FC4961A65E235D9282C8AC@Rufus>

I'm not belittling Stephanie's case, but I guess I'm interested in
something.  I would have preferred to take the LSAT on a computer but took
it in Braille instead.  Could I have sued LSAC for not making the exam
available on a computer, or is this a case where other students are allowed
to take the Bar exam on a computer and Stephanie is not?

Joe Orozco

"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves,
some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing 

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org 
[mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Frye, Dan
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:07 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case

Colleagues:
 
I was disappointed to read the following article, indicating that the
Bar Examiners plan to appeal the recent order in favor of Stephanie. The
article follows:
 

Bar exam firm appeals blind student's request


Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer <mailto:begelko at sfchronicle.com> 

Thursday, February 11, 2010

(02-10) 14:04 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The company that administers the
California bar exam has asked a federal appeals court to stop a blind
law student from using computer-assisted reading devices in the test,
which starts in two weeks.

The company, the nonprofit National Conference of Bar Examiners, filed
an emergency motion Tuesday asking the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals in San Francisco to suspend a federal judge's order requiring
the firm to accommodate Stephanie Enyart.

Urgent action is needed, the company said, because Enyart might
otherwise pass the test with computer assistance that she is not legally
entitled to receive. Enyart works as a law clerk for Disability Rights
Advocates in Berkeley and would suffer no hardship by waiting a few
months for an appeals court to review the case, the company said.

Anna Levine, a Disability Rights Advocates lawyer who represents Enyart,
called the request "flabbergasting ... irrational and mean-spirited."

Enyart, 32, has been legally blind since 15 from macular degeneration
and retinal dystrophy. As a UCLA law student, she took tests on a laptop
with software that magnified the text and read the questions into
earbuds.

But she has not taken the bar exam because the nonprofit company, which
administers the two multiple-choice portions of the California test,
refused to allow the same arrangements. 

The company, which uses some of its questions on successive exams, said
putting the test on a computer disk would expose its content to thieves.
Its lawyers also argue that disabled students are not entitled to their
preferred accommodations, only to those that provide reasonable access.

The examiners offered a pencil-and-paper test with questions displayed
on a large screen, a human reader and twice the usual three-day testing
period. Enyart said she would become nauseous from having to look at the
screen and needed the computer setup to have a fair chance of passing.

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer of San Francisco ordered the
accommodations Jan. 29 and said the bar examiners could provide their
own computer for increased security.

The company said in Tuesday's motion that it still faces security risks
from loading the questions into a laptop and shipping it to California.
And although Breyer specified that his order applies only to Enyart, the
company said other visually impaired students might take advantage of
the ruling to demand their own preferred accommodations.

E-mail Bob Egelko at begelko at sfchronicle.com
<mailto:begelko at sfchronicle.com> .

 
***********************
Daniel B. Frye, J.D.
Editor
The Braille Monitor
National Federation of the Blind
Office of the President
200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Telephone: (410) 659-9314 Ext. 2208
Mobile: (410) 241-7006
Fax: (410) 685-5653
Email: DFrye at nfb.org
Web Address: www.nfb.org <http://www.nfb.org/> 
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From cathrynisfinally at verizon.net  Thu Feb 11 21:11:52 2010
From: cathrynisfinally at verizon.net (Cathryn Bonnette)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:11:52 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case
In-Reply-To: <D3B8D177D7FC4961A65E235D9282C8AC@Rufus>
References: <7638A85981599142811F69FBB9508B6B0204C919@FPNTEXCBE01.services.local>
	<D3B8D177D7FC4961A65E235D9282C8AC@Rufus>
Message-ID: <EF3F50E240A44B68A709DA9F9A1A99E4@14bd0130080a469>

I took the essay exam using JAWS on a lap top with a human reader reading me
the questions.  This was not permitted on the Multistate part, and human
readers could not read the questions accurately.  When the net effect is
limited access compared to normally sighted test takers, I believe the type
of technology that allows equivalent access should not be allowed to remain
an obstacle.

Cathryn Bonnette 

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Joe Orozco
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 3:10 PM
To: 'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case

I'm not belittling Stephanie's case, but I guess I'm interested in
something.  I would have preferred to take the LSAT on a computer but took
it in Braille instead.  Could I have sued LSAC for not making the exam
available on a computer, or is this a case where other students are allowed
to take the Bar exam on a computer and Stephanie is not?

Joe Orozco

"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves,
some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing 

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org 
[mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Frye, Dan
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:07 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case

Colleagues:
 
I was disappointed to read the following article, indicating that the
Bar Examiners plan to appeal the recent order in favor of Stephanie. The
article follows:
 

Bar exam firm appeals blind student's request


Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer <mailto:begelko at sfchronicle.com> 

Thursday, February 11, 2010

(02-10) 14:04 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The company that administers the
California bar exam has asked a federal appeals court to stop a blind
law student from using computer-assisted reading devices in the test,
which starts in two weeks.

The company, the nonprofit National Conference of Bar Examiners, filed
an emergency motion Tuesday asking the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals in San Francisco to suspend a federal judge's order requiring
the firm to accommodate Stephanie Enyart.

Urgent action is needed, the company said, because Enyart might
otherwise pass the test with computer assistance that she is not legally
entitled to receive. Enyart works as a law clerk for Disability Rights
Advocates in Berkeley and would suffer no hardship by waiting a few
months for an appeals court to review the case, the company said.

Anna Levine, a Disability Rights Advocates lawyer who represents Enyart,
called the request "flabbergasting ... irrational and mean-spirited."

Enyart, 32, has been legally blind since 15 from macular degeneration
and retinal dystrophy. As a UCLA law student, she took tests on a laptop
with software that magnified the text and read the questions into
earbuds.

But she has not taken the bar exam because the nonprofit company, which
administers the two multiple-choice portions of the California test,
refused to allow the same arrangements. 

The company, which uses some of its questions on successive exams, said
putting the test on a computer disk would expose its content to thieves.
Its lawyers also argue that disabled students are not entitled to their
preferred accommodations, only to those that provide reasonable access.

The examiners offered a pencil-and-paper test with questions displayed
on a large screen, a human reader and twice the usual three-day testing
period. Enyart said she would become nauseous from having to look at the
screen and needed the computer setup to have a fair chance of passing.

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer of San Francisco ordered the
accommodations Jan. 29 and said the bar examiners could provide their
own computer for increased security.

The company said in Tuesday's motion that it still faces security risks
from loading the questions into a laptop and shipping it to California.
And although Breyer specified that his order applies only to Enyart, the
company said other visually impaired students might take advantage of
the ruling to demand their own preferred accommodations.

E-mail Bob Egelko at begelko at sfchronicle.com
<mailto:begelko at sfchronicle.com> .

 
***********************
Daniel B. Frye, J.D.
Editor
The Braille Monitor
National Federation of the Blind
Office of the President
200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Telephone: (410) 659-9314 Ext. 2208
Mobile: (410) 241-7006
Fax: (410) 685-5653
Email: DFrye at nfb.org
Web Address: www.nfb.org <http://www.nfb.org/> 
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From joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com  Thu Feb 11 21:28:17 2010
From: joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com (RJ Sandefur)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:28:17 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case
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How does Florida deal with this issue? RJ
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> I'm not belittling Stephanie's case, but I guess I'm interested in
> something.  I would have preferred to take the LSAT on a computer but took
> it in Braille instead.  Could I have sued LSAC for not making the exam
> available on a computer, or is this a case where other students are 
> allowed
> to take the Bar exam on a computer and Stephanie is not?
>
> Joe Orozco
>
> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves,
> some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Frye, Dan
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:07 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
> Subject: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case
>
> Colleagues:
>
> I was disappointed to read the following article, indicating that the
> Bar Examiners plan to appeal the recent order in favor of Stephanie. The
> article follows:
>
>
> Bar exam firm appeals blind student's request
>
>
> Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer <mailto:begelko at sfchronicle.com>
>
> Thursday, February 11, 2010
>
> (02-10) 14:04 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The company that administers the
> California bar exam has asked a federal appeals court to stop a blind
> law student from using computer-assisted reading devices in the test,
> which starts in two weeks.
>
> The company, the nonprofit National Conference of Bar Examiners, filed
> an emergency motion Tuesday asking the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of
> Appeals in San Francisco to suspend a federal judge's order requiring
> the firm to accommodate Stephanie Enyart.
>
> Urgent action is needed, the company said, because Enyart might
> otherwise pass the test with computer assistance that she is not legally
> entitled to receive. Enyart works as a law clerk for Disability Rights
> Advocates in Berkeley and would suffer no hardship by waiting a few
> months for an appeals court to review the case, the company said.
>
> Anna Levine, a Disability Rights Advocates lawyer who represents Enyart,
> called the request "flabbergasting ... irrational and mean-spirited."
>
> Enyart, 32, has been legally blind since 15 from macular degeneration
> and retinal dystrophy. As a UCLA law student, she took tests on a laptop
> with software that magnified the text and read the questions into
> earbuds.
>
> But she has not taken the bar exam because the nonprofit company, which
> administers the two multiple-choice portions of the California test,
> refused to allow the same arrangements.
>
> The company, which uses some of its questions on successive exams, said
> putting the test on a computer disk would expose its content to thieves.
> Its lawyers also argue that disabled students are not entitled to their
> preferred accommodations, only to those that provide reasonable access.
>
> The examiners offered a pencil-and-paper test with questions displayed
> on a large screen, a human reader and twice the usual three-day testing
> period. Enyart said she would become nauseous from having to look at the
> screen and needed the computer setup to have a fair chance of passing.
>
> U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer of San Francisco ordered the
> accommodations Jan. 29 and said the bar examiners could provide their
> own computer for increased security.
>
> The company said in Tuesday's motion that it still faces security risks
> from loading the questions into a laptop and shipping it to California.
> And although Breyer specified that his order applies only to Enyart, the
> company said other visually impaired students might take advantage of
> the ruling to demand their own preferred accommodations.
>
> E-mail Bob Egelko at begelko at sfchronicle.com
> <mailto:begelko at sfchronicle.com> .
>
>
> ***********************
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> 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place
> Baltimore, Maryland 21230
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From goldflash9 at sbcglobal.net  Thu Feb 11 21:53:18 2010
From: goldflash9 at sbcglobal.net (Sarah Clark)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:53:18 -0800
Subject: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case
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I don't know if they've allowed others to take the exam on a computer, but I 
know one thing.  The next time I take any kind of standardized exam I am 
requiring them to either allow me to bring my own reader, or allow me to 
take it on a computer with Jaws.
I very recently took a standardized professional exam with a reader that I 
was assured by the test administrators could read.  Even after I brought my 
concerns about using a human reader to the administrators prior to the exam, 
they would not let me bring my own reader, nor would they let me speak to 
the reader ahead of time to ensure that the person could read.  As it turns 
out, the person could not read.  She was probably the worst "reader" I had 
ever met.  The entire exam turned into a disaster and one of the most 
horrific experiences of my life.  I will never again trust an organization's 
judgement of the quality of the readers they use.  To them, their readers 
are all good.  Yet it is a fact that they have taken no concrete measures to 
ensure this to be the case. I did pass the exam somehow, but I will never 
again allow myself to be put into a situation like that.

Sarah





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Orozco" <jsorozco at gmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case


> I'm not belittling Stephanie's case, but I guess I'm interested in
> something.  I would have preferred to take the LSAT on a computer but took
> it in Braille instead.  Could I have sued LSAC for not making the exam
> available on a computer, or is this a case where other students are 
> allowed
> to take the Bar exam on a computer and Stephanie is not?
>
> Joe Orozco
>
> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves,
> some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Frye, Dan
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:07 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
> Subject: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case
>
> Colleagues:
>
> I was disappointed to read the following article, indicating that the
> Bar Examiners plan to appeal the recent order in favor of Stephanie. The
> article follows:
>
>
> Bar exam firm appeals blind student's request
>
>
> Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer <mailto:begelko at sfchronicle.com>
>
> Thursday, February 11, 2010
>
> (02-10) 14:04 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The company that administers the
> California bar exam has asked a federal appeals court to stop a blind
> law student from using computer-assisted reading devices in the test,
> which starts in two weeks.
>
> The company, the nonprofit National Conference of Bar Examiners, filed
> an emergency motion Tuesday asking the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of
> Appeals in San Francisco to suspend a federal judge's order requiring
> the firm to accommodate Stephanie Enyart.
>
> Urgent action is needed, the company said, because Enyart might
> otherwise pass the test with computer assistance that she is not legally
> entitled to receive. Enyart works as a law clerk for Disability Rights
> Advocates in Berkeley and would suffer no hardship by waiting a few
> months for an appeals court to review the case, the company said.
>
> Anna Levine, a Disability Rights Advocates lawyer who represents Enyart,
> called the request "flabbergasting ... irrational and mean-spirited."
>
> Enyart, 32, has been legally blind since 15 from macular degeneration
> and retinal dystrophy. As a UCLA law student, she took tests on a laptop
> with software that magnified the text and read the questions into
> earbuds.
>
> But she has not taken the bar exam because the nonprofit company, which
> administers the two multiple-choice portions of the California test,
> refused to allow the same arrangements.
>
> The company, which uses some of its questions on successive exams, said
> putting the test on a computer disk would expose its content to thieves.
> Its lawyers also argue that disabled students are not entitled to their
> preferred accommodations, only to those that provide reasonable access.
>
> The examiners offered a pencil-and-paper test with questions displayed
> on a large screen, a human reader and twice the usual three-day testing
> period. Enyart said she would become nauseous from having to look at the
> screen and needed the computer setup to have a fair chance of passing.
>
> U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer of San Francisco ordered the
> accommodations Jan. 29 and said the bar examiners could provide their
> own computer for increased security.
>
> The company said in Tuesday's motion that it still faces security risks
> from loading the questions into a laptop and shipping it to California.
> And although Breyer specified that his order applies only to Enyart, the
> company said other visually impaired students might take advantage of
> the ruling to demand their own preferred accommodations.
>
> E-mail Bob Egelko at begelko at sfchronicle.com
> <mailto:begelko at sfchronicle.com> .
>
>
> ***********************
> Daniel B. Frye, J.D.
> Editor
> The Braille Monitor
> National Federation of the Blind
> Office of the President
> 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place
> Baltimore, Maryland 21230
> Telephone: (410) 659-9314 Ext. 2208
> Mobile: (410) 241-7006
> Fax: (410) 685-5653
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From cdanielsen8 at aol.com  Fri Feb 12 00:14:05 2010
From: cdanielsen8 at aol.com (Chris Danielsen)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:14:05 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of
	BarExaminers ...
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These guys are so gonna lose. How can they argue that waiting for appellate
review will not harm Stephanie? It puts her career on hold. Sure, she has a
job, but her opportunities would be greater financially and otherwise if she
were licensed. I cannot see how they win on the merits.

Chris
 

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BarExaminers ...

It's not over yet. See article below from ABA Journal.
_http://ow.ly/16y2Fp_ (http://ow.ly/16y2Fp) 
 
 
Blind Student's Bar Exam Battle Isn't Over: Test Firm Seeks Emergency 9th
Cir. Software Ban
 
 
A federal judge's ruling last month that Stephanie Enyart must be allowed 
to  use screen-reader software when taking the Multistate Bar Examination 
might not  be the final answer for the blind law graduate. 
In a filing yesterday, the National Conference of  Bar Examiners seeks an 
emergency ruling from the San Francisco-based 9th U.S.  Circuit Court of 
Appeals suspending a district court order that Enyart must be  allowed to
use 
the software during the California bar exam later this month, the  _San  
Francisco Chronicle_ 
(http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/10/BA911BV6LN.DTL)
reports. 
The NCBE, which administers the test throughout the country, contends that  
having to wait a few more months for appellate review of the federal 
district  court's decision in Enyart's favor would not pose a hardship to
her, the 
 newspaper says. 
Attorney Anna Levine of Disability Rights Advocates represents Enyart. She  
calls the appellate filing "flabbergasting ... irrational and  
mean-spirited." 
The NCBE objects to the software, which magnifies the test text and reads 
the  material into earbuds worn by the user because of security concerns. 
Enyart says  that a human reader, which the NCBE would permit, is less 
efficient at the job  and a potential distraction during the exam. 
Earlier coverage:
 
 
In a message dated 2/11/2010 9:03:38 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
JFreeh at nfb.org writes:



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



CONTACT:

Chris  Danielsen, National Federation of the Blind, (410) 659-9314, ext.  
2330

Scott LaBarre, LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., (303)  504-5979

Daniel Goldstein, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP, (410)  962-1030

Anna Levine, Disability Rights Advocates, (510)  665-8644



Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of Bar  Examiners
to Provide Individualized Testing Accommodations

to Blind  Law School Graduate



San Francisco, California (February 5,  2010):  A federal court has 
ruled that the National Conference of Bar  Examiners (NCBE) will cause 
a blind law school graduate irreparable harm  unless it provides her 
the technology-based testing accommodations she  needs to take two 
exams required to become a member of the State Bar of  
California.  The court issued its ruling in an order granting the law  
school graduate's motion for preliminary injunction on Thursday,  
February 4, 2010.  The court's ruling allows the plaintiff, Stephanie  
Enyart, to take the February 2010 Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) 
and  March 2010 Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination 
(MPRE) on a  laptop computer equipped with the assistive technology 
software Ms. Enyart  relies upon for screen reading (JAWS) and screen 
magnification  (ZoomText).



Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National  Federation of the Blind, 
said: "The National Federation of the Blind is  extremely pleased with 
the ruling in this case.  Law and equity  simply do not permit the 
NCBE to dictate a one-size-fits-all solution for  all bar candidates 
with disabilities.  We hope that this ruling will  cause the NCBE to 
think long and hard before it denies the requested  accommodations of 
applicants to take its examinations."



The  plaintiff, Stephanie Enyart, said: "A little over a year ago I 
sent my  first request for accommodations on the March 2009 MPRE, and 
tonight I can  go to sleep knowing when and how I can effectively take 
the exams to  fulfill my dreams."



Anna Levine of Disability Rights Advocates,  an attorney representing 
the plaintiff, said: "I hope that our hard-fought  victory here will 
send a message to testing organizations that they need  to comply with 
the ADA and provide each individual test taker with a  disability the 
accommodations that he or she needs to demonstrate his or  her actual 
knowledge, skills, and abilities."



The suit was  filed on November 3, 2009, due to the NCBE's refusal, on 
multiple  occasions during the past year, to allow Ms. Enyart to use 
the same  technology on the MBE and MPRE that she has used on 
university and law  school exams and in various jobs and 
internships.  The suit charged  that the NCBE violated the Americans 
with Disabilities Act (ADA) and  California's Unruh Civil Rights Act 
by denying accommodations on the MBE  and the MPRE.



NCBE had argued that it fulfilled its legal  obligations to Ms. Enyart 
by offering alternative accommodations, such as  a human reader, 
notwithstanding evidence that these alternatives did not,  in fact, 
accommodate Ms. Enyart's disability.  In rejecting NCBE's  argument, 
the court's ruling paves the way for other individuals prevented  from 
pursuing their professional dreams by high stakes testing providers  
who take a rigid approach to disability accommodations.



The  plaintiff is represented with the support of the National 
Federation of  the Blind by LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., in Denver, 
Colorado, and by Brown,  Goldstein & Levy, LLP, in Baltimore, 
Maryland.  The plaintiff is  further represented by Disability Rights 
Advocates, a nonprofit law center  that specializes in civil rights 
cases on behalf of persons with  disabilities, based in Berkeley,  
California.





###



About the National  Federation of the Blind



With more than 50,000 members, the  National Federation of the Blind 
(NFB) is the largest and most influential  membership organization of 
blind people in the United States.  The  NFB improves blind people's 
lives through advocacy, education, research,  technology, and programs 
encouraging independence and  self-confidence.  It is the leading 
force in the blindness field  today and the voice of the nation's 
blind.  In January 2004 the NFB  opened the National Federation of the 
Blind Jernigan Institute, the first  research and training center in 
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From cdanielsen8 at aol.com  Fri Feb 12 00:22:33 2010
From: cdanielsen8 at aol.com (Chris Danielsen)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:22:33 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case
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I believe I have told this list before about my experience taking the bar
exam. I was permitted to take the essay portion of my state's bar exam on a
computer, with the questions provided to me in Braille. The multistate was
also provided in Braille but a human reader had to fill in the answers. I
was fine with the Braille copy but had I not been a proficient Braille
reader and if the reader they gave me had been allowed to read to me, I
shudder to think what would have happened. The fellow had only a high school
diploma. He literally told me to call him Bubba. He was forty years old and
still lived with his mom. A couple of times during the essay portion, the
examiners revised the questions slightly; they sent a runner from another
exam site to those of us with disabilities who were taking the exam at the
South Carolina Supreme Court. Bubba had great difficulty reading the
revisions but fortunately I could compare what he told me to the Braille
questions and figure out what had been changed. I was lucky and passed, but
I am still shocked that I had such a poor reader. He was a nice fellow and I
have nothing against him, but no way was he qualified to be a reader for a
blind person taking the bar exam.

Chris
 

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From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Sarah Clark
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 4:53 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case

I don't know if they've allowed others to take the exam on a computer, but I
know one thing.  The next time I take any kind of standardized exam I am
requiring them to either allow me to bring my own reader, or allow me to
take it on a computer with Jaws.
I very recently took a standardized professional exam with a reader that I
was assured by the test administrators could read.  Even after I brought my
concerns about using a human reader to the administrators prior to the exam,
they would not let me bring my own reader, nor would they let me speak to
the reader ahead of time to ensure that the person could read.  As it turns
out, the person could not read.  She was probably the worst "reader" I had
ever met.  The entire exam turned into a disaster and one of the most
horrific experiences of my life.  I will never again trust an organization's
judgement of the quality of the readers they use.  To them, their readers
are all good.  Yet it is a fact that they have taken no concrete measures to
ensure this to be the case. I did pass the exam somehow, but I will never
again allow myself to be put into a situation like that.

Sarah





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From: "Joe Orozco" <jsorozco at gmail.com>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case


> I'm not belittling Stephanie's case, but I guess I'm interested in
> something.  I would have preferred to take the LSAT on a computer but took
> it in Braille instead.  Could I have sued LSAC for not making the exam
> available on a computer, or is this a case where other students are 
> allowed
> to take the Bar exam on a computer and Stephanie is not?
>
> Joe Orozco
>
> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves,
> some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Frye, Dan
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:07 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
> Subject: [blindlaw] Stephanie's Case
>
> Colleagues:
>
> I was disappointed to read the following article, indicating that the
> Bar Examiners plan to appeal the recent order in favor of Stephanie. The
> article follows:
>
>
> Bar exam firm appeals blind student's request
>
>
> Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer <mailto:begelko at sfchronicle.com>
>
> Thursday, February 11, 2010
>
> (02-10) 14:04 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The company that administers the
> California bar exam has asked a federal appeals court to stop a blind
> law student from using computer-assisted reading devices in the test,
> which starts in two weeks.
>
> The company, the nonprofit National Conference of Bar Examiners, filed
> an emergency motion Tuesday asking the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of
> Appeals in San Francisco to suspend a federal judge's order requiring
> the firm to accommodate Stephanie Enyart.
>
> Urgent action is needed, the company said, because Enyart might
> otherwise pass the test with computer assistance that she is not legally
> entitled to receive. Enyart works as a law clerk for Disability Rights
> Advocates in Berkeley and would suffer no hardship by waiting a few
> months for an appeals court to review the case, the company said.
>
> Anna Levine, a Disability Rights Advocates lawyer who represents Enyart,
> called the request "flabbergasting ... irrational and mean-spirited."
>
> Enyart, 32, has been legally blind since 15 from macular degeneration
> and retinal dystrophy. As a UCLA law student, she took tests on a laptop
> with software that magnified the text and read the questions into
> earbuds.
>
> But she has not taken the bar exam because the nonprofit company, which
> administers the two multiple-choice portions of the California test,
> refused to allow the same arrangements.
>
> The company, which uses some of its questions on successive exams, said
> putting the test on a computer disk would expose its content to thieves.
> Its lawyers also argue that disabled students are not entitled to their
> preferred accommodations, only to those that provide reasonable access.
>
> The examiners offered a pencil-and-paper test with questions displayed
> on a large screen, a human reader and twice the usual three-day testing
> period. Enyart said she would become nauseous from having to look at the
> screen and needed the computer setup to have a fair chance of passing.
>
> U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer of San Francisco ordered the
> accommodations Jan. 29 and said the bar examiners could provide their
> own computer for increased security.
>
> The company said in Tuesday's motion that it still faces security risks
> from loading the questions into a laptop and shipping it to California.
> And although Breyer specified that his order applies only to Enyart, the
> company said other visually impaired students might take advantage of
> the ruling to demand their own preferred accommodations.
>
> E-mail Bob Egelko at begelko at sfchronicle.com
> <mailto:begelko at sfchronicle.com> .
>
>
> ***********************
> Daniel B. Frye, J.D.
> Editor
> The Braille Monitor
> National Federation of the Blind
> Office of the President
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From AZNOR99 at aol.com  Fri Feb 12 00:31:48 2010
From: AZNOR99 at aol.com (AZNOR99 at aol.com)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:31:48 EST
Subject: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of
	BarExaminers .
Message-ID: <18a60.778f4fd7.38a5fb74@aol.com>

I believe clerkships such as hers have a time limit, so it's pretty likely  
she won't have a job for long.  She's already had to wait over a year for  
the NCBE, meaning her life has been in limbo, her earned income potential is 
 lower than had she taken and passed a Bar Exam, and her future is  
uncertain.  And really, if they're so worried about their security, then  why are 
States providing their essay exams in electronic format?  That's  saying 
nothing of Government Agency employment exams, the Foreign Service Exam,  and 
tests such as AP and CLEP.  Why can't they incrypt the data like  government 
agencies and corporations do?  
 
Keep fighting, Stephanie!  Common sense will succeed in the end.
 
Ronza
 
 
 
In a message dated 2/11/2010 7:20:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
cdanielsen8 at aol.com writes:

These  guys are so gonna lose. How can they argue that waiting for  
appellate
review will not harm Stephanie? It puts her career on hold. Sure,  she has a
job, but her opportunities would be greater financially and  otherwise if 
she
were licensed. I cannot see how they win on the  merits.

Chris


-----Original Message-----
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Behalf  Of AZNOR99 at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:47 AM
To:  blindlaw at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the  National Conference of
BarExaminers ...

It's not over yet. See  article below from ABA Journal.
_http://ow.ly/16y2Fp_ (http://ow.ly/16y2Fp)  


Blind Student's Bar Exam Battle Isn't Over: Test Firm Seeks  Emergency 9th
Cir. Software Ban


A federal judge's ruling last  month that Stephanie Enyart must be allowed 
to  use screen-reader  software when taking the Multistate Bar Examination 
might not  be the  final answer for the blind law graduate. 
In a filing yesterday, the  National Conference of  Bar Examiners seeks an 
emergency ruling from  the San Francisco-based 9th U.S.  Circuit Court of 
Appeals suspending  a district court order that Enyart must be  allowed to
use 
the  software during the California bar exam later this month, the  _San   
Francisco Chronicle_  
(http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/10/BA911BV6LN.DTL)
reports.  
The NCBE, which administers the test throughout the country, contends  that 
 
having to wait a few more months for appellate review of the  federal 
district  court's decision in Enyart's favor would not pose a  hardship to
her, the 
newspaper says. 
Attorney Anna Levine of  Disability Rights Advocates represents Enyart. She 
 
calls the  appellate filing "flabbergasting ... irrational and  
mean-spirited."  
The NCBE objects to the software, which magnifies the test text and reads  
the  material into earbuds worn by the user because of security  concerns. 
Enyart says  that a human reader, which the NCBE would  permit, is less 
efficient at the job  and a potential distraction  during the exam. 
Earlier coverage:


In a message dated 2/11/2010  9:03:38 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
JFreeh at nfb.org  writes:



FOR IMMEDIATE  RELEASE



CONTACT:

Chris  Danielsen, National  Federation of the Blind, (410) 659-9314, ext.  
2330

Scott  LaBarre, LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., (303)  504-5979

Daniel  Goldstein, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP, (410)  962-1030

Anna  Levine, Disability Rights Advocates, (510)   665-8644



Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of  Bar  Examiners
to Provide Individualized Testing  Accommodations

to Blind  Law School Graduate



San  Francisco, California (February 5,  2010):  A federal court has  
ruled that the National Conference of Bar  Examiners (NCBE) will  cause 
a blind law school graduate irreparable harm  unless it  provides her 
the technology-based testing accommodations she  needs  to take two 
exams required to become a member of the State Bar of   
California.  The court issued its ruling in an order granting the  law  
school graduate's motion for preliminary injunction on  Thursday,  
February 4, 2010.  The court's ruling allows the  plaintiff, Stephanie  
Enyart, to take the February 2010 Multistate  Bar Examination (MBE) 
and  March 2010 Multistate Professional  Responsibility Examination 
(MPRE) on a  laptop computer equipped with  the assistive technology 
software Ms. Enyart  relies upon for screen  reading (JAWS) and screen 
magnification   (ZoomText).



Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National   Federation of the Blind, 
said: "The National Federation of the Blind  is  extremely pleased with 
the ruling in this case.  Law and  equity  simply do not permit the 
NCBE to dictate a one-size-fits-all  solution for  all bar candidates 
with disabilities.  We hope  that this ruling will  cause the NCBE to 
think long and hard before  it denies the requested  accommodations of 
applicants to take its  examinations."



The  plaintiff, Stephanie Enyart, said: "A  little over a year ago I 
sent my  first request for accommodations on  the March 2009 MPRE, and 
tonight I can  go to sleep knowing when and  how I can effectively take 
the exams to  fulfill my  dreams."



Anna Levine of Disability Rights Advocates,  an  attorney representing 
the plaintiff, said: "I hope that our  hard-fought  victory here will 
send a message to testing  organizations that they need  to comply with 
the ADA and provide each  individual test taker with a  disability the 
accommodations that he  or she needs to demonstrate his or  her actual 
knowledge, skills, and  abilities."



The suit was  filed on November 3, 2009, due  to the NCBE's refusal, on 
multiple  occasions during the past year,  to allow Ms. Enyart to use 
the same  technology on the MBE and MPRE  that she has used on 
university and law  school exams and in various  jobs and 
internships.  The suit charged  that the NCBE violated  the Americans 
with Disabilities Act (ADA) and  California's Unruh  Civil Rights Act 
by denying accommodations on the MBE  and the  MPRE.



NCBE had argued that it fulfilled its legal   obligations to Ms. Enyart 
by offering alternative accommodations, such  as  a human reader, 
notwithstanding evidence that these alternatives  did not,  in fact, 
accommodate Ms. Enyart's disability.  In  rejecting NCBE's  argument, 
the court's ruling paves the way for  other individuals prevented  from 
pursuing their professional dreams  by high stakes testing providers  
who take a rigid approach to  disability accommodations.



The  plaintiff is represented  with the support of the National 
Federation of  the Blind by LaBarre  Law Offices, P.C., in Denver, 
Colorado, and by Brown,  Goldstein  & Levy, LLP, in Baltimore, 
Maryland.  The plaintiff is   further represented by Disability Rights 
Advocates, a nonprofit law  center  that specializes in civil rights 
cases on behalf of persons  with  disabilities, based in Berkeley,   
California.





###



About the  National  Federation of the Blind



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blind people in the  United States.  The  NFB improves blind people's 
lives through  advocacy, education, research,  technology, and programs 
encouraging  independence and  self-confidence.  It is the leading 
force in  the blindness field  today and the voice of the nation's 
blind.   In January 2004 the NFB  opened the National Federation of the 
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From joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com  Fri Feb 12 00:51:09 2010
From: joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com (RJ Sandefur)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:51:09 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference
	ofBarExaminers ...
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Stephanie, are you willing to take this up to the supreme court if need be?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Danielsen" <cdanielsen8 at aol.com>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 7:14 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference 
ofBarExaminers ...


> These guys are so gonna lose. How can they argue that waiting for 
> appellate
> review will not harm Stephanie? It puts her career on hold. Sure, she has 
> a
> job, but her opportunities would be greater financially and otherwise if 
> she
> were licensed. I cannot see how they win on the merits.
>
> Chris
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of AZNOR99 at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:47 AM
> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of
> BarExaminers ...
>
> It's not over yet. See article below from ABA Journal.
> _http://ow.ly/16y2Fp_ (http://ow.ly/16y2Fp)
>
>
> Blind Student's Bar Exam Battle Isn't Over: Test Firm Seeks Emergency 9th
> Cir. Software Ban
>
>
> A federal judge's ruling last month that Stephanie Enyart must be allowed
> to  use screen-reader software when taking the Multistate Bar Examination
> might not  be the final answer for the blind law graduate.
> In a filing yesterday, the National Conference of  Bar Examiners seeks an
> emergency ruling from the San Francisco-based 9th U.S.  Circuit Court of
> Appeals suspending a district court order that Enyart must be  allowed to
> use
> the software during the California bar exam later this month, the  _San
> Francisco Chronicle_
> (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/10/BA911BV6LN.DTL)
> reports.
> The NCBE, which administers the test throughout the country, contends that
> having to wait a few more months for appellate review of the federal
> district  court's decision in Enyart's favor would not pose a hardship to
> her, the
> newspaper says.
> Attorney Anna Levine of Disability Rights Advocates represents Enyart. She
> calls the appellate filing "flabbergasting ... irrational and
> mean-spirited."
> The NCBE objects to the software, which magnifies the test text and reads
> the  material into earbuds worn by the user because of security concerns.
> Enyart says  that a human reader, which the NCBE would permit, is less
> efficient at the job  and a potential distraction during the exam.
> Earlier coverage:
>
>
> In a message dated 2/11/2010 9:03:38 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> JFreeh at nfb.org writes:
>
>
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>
>
> CONTACT:
>
> Chris  Danielsen, National Federation of the Blind, (410) 659-9314, ext.
> 2330
>
> Scott LaBarre, LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., (303)  504-5979
>
> Daniel Goldstein, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP, (410)  962-1030
>
> Anna Levine, Disability Rights Advocates, (510)  665-8644
>
>
>
> Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of Bar  Examiners
> to Provide Individualized Testing Accommodations
>
> to Blind  Law School Graduate
>
>
>
> San Francisco, California (February 5,  2010):  A federal court has
> ruled that the National Conference of Bar  Examiners (NCBE) will cause
> a blind law school graduate irreparable harm  unless it provides her
> the technology-based testing accommodations she  needs to take two
> exams required to become a member of the State Bar of
> California.  The court issued its ruling in an order granting the law
> school graduate's motion for preliminary injunction on Thursday,
> February 4, 2010.  The court's ruling allows the plaintiff, Stephanie
> Enyart, to take the February 2010 Multistate Bar Examination (MBE)
> and  March 2010 Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination
> (MPRE) on a  laptop computer equipped with the assistive technology
> software Ms. Enyart  relies upon for screen reading (JAWS) and screen
> magnification  (ZoomText).
>
>
>
> Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National  Federation of the Blind,
> said: "The National Federation of the Blind is  extremely pleased with
> the ruling in this case.  Law and equity  simply do not permit the
> NCBE to dictate a one-size-fits-all solution for  all bar candidates
> with disabilities.  We hope that this ruling will  cause the NCBE to
> think long and hard before it denies the requested  accommodations of
> applicants to take its examinations."
>
>
>
> The  plaintiff, Stephanie Enyart, said: "A little over a year ago I
> sent my  first request for accommodations on the March 2009 MPRE, and
> tonight I can  go to sleep knowing when and how I can effectively take
> the exams to  fulfill my dreams."
>
>
>
> Anna Levine of Disability Rights Advocates,  an attorney representing
> the plaintiff, said: "I hope that our hard-fought  victory here will
> send a message to testing organizations that they need  to comply with
> the ADA and provide each individual test taker with a  disability the
> accommodations that he or she needs to demonstrate his or  her actual
> knowledge, skills, and abilities."
>
>
>
> The suit was  filed on November 3, 2009, due to the NCBE's refusal, on
> multiple  occasions during the past year, to allow Ms. Enyart to use
> the same  technology on the MBE and MPRE that she has used on
> university and law  school exams and in various jobs and
> internships.  The suit charged  that the NCBE violated the Americans
> with Disabilities Act (ADA) and  California's Unruh Civil Rights Act
> by denying accommodations on the MBE  and the MPRE.
>
>
>
> NCBE had argued that it fulfilled its legal  obligations to Ms. Enyart
> by offering alternative accommodations, such as  a human reader,
> notwithstanding evidence that these alternatives did not,  in fact,
> accommodate Ms. Enyart's disability.  In rejecting NCBE's  argument,
> the court's ruling paves the way for other individuals prevented  from
> pursuing their professional dreams by high stakes testing providers
> who take a rigid approach to disability accommodations.
>
>
>
> The  plaintiff is represented with the support of the National
> Federation of  the Blind by LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., in Denver,
> Colorado, and by Brown,  Goldstein & Levy, LLP, in Baltimore,
> Maryland.  The plaintiff is  further represented by Disability Rights
> Advocates, a nonprofit law center  that specializes in civil rights
> cases on behalf of persons with  disabilities, based in Berkeley,
> California.
>
>
>
>
>
> ###
>
>
>
> About the National  Federation of the Blind
>
>
>
> With more than 50,000 members, the  National Federation of the Blind
> (NFB) is the largest and most influential  membership organization of
> blind people in the United States.  The  NFB improves blind people's
> lives through advocacy, education, research,  technology, and programs
> encouraging independence and  self-confidence.  It is the leading
> force in the blindness field  today and the voice of the nation's
> blind.  In January 2004 the NFB  opened the National Federation of the
> Blind Jernigan Institute, the first  research and training center in
> the United States for the blind led by the  blind.
>
>
>
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From mikefry79 at gmail.com  Fri Feb 12 03:01:27 2010
From: mikefry79 at gmail.com (Michael Fry)
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:01:27 -0800
Subject: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference
	ofBarExaminers ...
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Message-ID: <8c58e54a1002111901v1c390e27wb70e855e7a7c6ec7@mail.gmail.com>

Glad to see that your fighting to make things better for all of us,
Staphnie.  You're awesome.  By not taking the easy way out, you're sending a
message that it's not okay to block new technology that makes the lives of
people with disabilities better.

The defendants want to forstall the application of technology that
will alleviate a small part of the visually impaired's suffering, albeit a
small amount of suffering.  They want to do this because of some supposed
hypothetical security threat.

They want to shift the burden of proof from them proving that the software
posses a threat to you proving that the software is safe.  It's impossible
to prove a negative, i.e. that the software is safe.

This here is a small example of the precautionary principal at work.  The
precatuionary principal is the enemy of people with disabilities.  I tell
you all right now, this neo-luddite way of thinking is more dangerous to
people with disabilities than it is to anyone else.

I wish you could sue them for damages instead of just injuctive relief.
Teach these b$#%ards a lesson to think twice before denying a legitimate
accomodation request.

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 4:51 PM, RJ Sandefur
<joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com>wrote:

> Stephanie, are you willing to take this up to the supreme court if need be?
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Danielsen" <cdanielsen8 at aol.com>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 7:14 PM
>
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference
> ofBarExaminers ...
>
>
>   These guys are so gonna lose. How can they argue that waiting for
>> appellate
>> review will not harm Stephanie? It puts her career on hold. Sure, she has
>> a
>> job, but her opportunities would be greater financially and otherwise if
>> she
>> were licensed. I cannot see how they win on the merits.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of AZNOR99 at aol.com
>> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:47 AM
>> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of
>> BarExaminers ...
>>
>> It's not over yet. See article below from ABA Journal.
>> _http://ow.ly/16y2Fp_ (http://ow.ly/16y2Fp)
>>
>>
>> Blind Student's Bar Exam Battle Isn't Over: Test Firm Seeks Emergency 9th
>> Cir. Software Ban
>>
>>
>> A federal judge's ruling last month that Stephanie Enyart must be allowed
>> to  use screen-reader software when taking the Multistate Bar Examination
>> might not  be the final answer for the blind law graduate.
>> In a filing yesterday, the National Conference of  Bar Examiners seeks an
>> emergency ruling from the San Francisco-based 9th U.S.  Circuit Court of
>> Appeals suspending a district court order that Enyart must be  allowed to
>> use
>> the software during the California bar exam later this month, the  _San
>> Francisco Chronicle_
>> (
>> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/10/BA911BV6LN.DTL
>> )
>> reports.
>> The NCBE, which administers the test throughout the country, contends that
>> having to wait a few more months for appellate review of the federal
>> district  court's decision in Enyart's favor would not pose a hardship to
>> her, the
>> newspaper says.
>> Attorney Anna Levine of Disability Rights Advocates represents Enyart. She
>> calls the appellate filing "flabbergasting ... irrational and
>> mean-spirited."
>> The NCBE objects to the software, which magnifies the test text and reads
>> the  material into earbuds worn by the user because of security concerns.
>> Enyart says  that a human reader, which the NCBE would permit, is less
>> efficient at the job  and a potential distraction during the exam.
>> Earlier coverage:
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 2/11/2010 9:03:38 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>> JFreeh at nfb.org writes:
>>
>>
>>
>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>>
>>
>>
>> CONTACT:
>>
>> Chris  Danielsen, National Federation of the Blind, (410) 659-9314, ext.
>> 2330
>>
>> Scott LaBarre, LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., (303)  504-5979
>>
>> Daniel Goldstein, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP, (410)  962-1030
>>
>> Anna Levine, Disability Rights Advocates, (510)  665-8644
>>
>>
>>
>> Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of Bar  Examiners
>> to Provide Individualized Testing Accommodations
>>
>> to Blind  Law School Graduate
>>
>>
>>
>> San Francisco, California (February 5,  2010):  A federal court has
>> ruled that the National Conference of Bar  Examiners (NCBE) will cause
>> a blind law school graduate irreparable harm  unless it provides her
>> the technology-based testing accommodations she  needs to take two
>> exams required to become a member of the State Bar of
>> California.  The court issued its ruling in an order granting the law
>> school graduate's motion for preliminary injunction on Thursday,
>> February 4, 2010.  The court's ruling allows the plaintiff, Stephanie
>> Enyart, to take the February 2010 Multistate Bar Examination (MBE)
>> and  March 2010 Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination
>> (MPRE) on a  laptop computer equipped with the assistive technology
>> software Ms. Enyart  relies upon for screen reading (JAWS) and screen
>> magnification  (ZoomText).
>>
>>
>>
>> Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National  Federation of the Blind,
>> said: "The National Federation of the Blind is  extremely pleased with
>> the ruling in this case.  Law and equity  simply do not permit the
>> NCBE to dictate a one-size-fits-all solution for  all bar candidates
>> with disabilities.  We hope that this ruling will  cause the NCBE to
>> think long and hard before it denies the requested  accommodations of
>> applicants to take its examinations."
>>
>>
>>
>> The  plaintiff, Stephanie Enyart, said: "A little over a year ago I
>> sent my  first request for accommodations on the March 2009 MPRE, and
>> tonight I can  go to sleep knowing when and how I can effectively take
>> the exams to  fulfill my dreams."
>>
>>
>>
>> Anna Levine of Disability Rights Advocates,  an attorney representing
>> the plaintiff, said: "I hope that our hard-fought  victory here will
>> send a message to testing organizations that they need  to comply with
>> the ADA and provide each individual test taker with a  disability the
>> accommodations that he or she needs to demonstrate his or  her actual
>> knowledge, skills, and abilities."
>>
>>
>>
>> The suit was  filed on November 3, 2009, due to the NCBE's refusal, on
>> multiple  occasions during the past year, to allow Ms. Enyart to use
>> the same  technology on the MBE and MPRE that she has used on
>> university and law  school exams and in various jobs and
>> internships.  The suit charged  that the NCBE violated the Americans
>> with Disabilities Act (ADA) and  California's Unruh Civil Rights Act
>> by denying accommodations on the MBE  and the MPRE.
>>
>>
>>
>> NCBE had argued that it fulfilled its legal  obligations to Ms. Enyart
>> by offering alternative accommodations, such as  a human reader,
>> notwithstanding evidence that these alternatives did not,  in fact,
>> accommodate Ms. Enyart's disability.  In rejecting NCBE's  argument,
>> the court's ruling paves the way for other individuals prevented  from
>> pursuing their professional dreams by high stakes testing providers
>> who take a rigid approach to disability accommodations.
>>
>>
>>
>> The  plaintiff is represented with the support of the National
>> Federation of  the Blind by LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., in Denver,
>> Colorado, and by Brown,  Goldstein & Levy, LLP, in Baltimore,
>> Maryland.  The plaintiff is  further represented by Disability Rights
>> Advocates, a nonprofit law center  that specializes in civil rights
>> cases on behalf of persons with  disabilities, based in Berkeley,
>> California.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ###
>>
>>
>>
>> About the National  Federation of the Blind
>>
>>
>>
>> With more than 50,000 members, the  National Federation of the Blind
>> (NFB) is the largest and most influential  membership organization of
>> blind people in the United States.  The  NFB improves blind people's
>> lives through advocacy, education, research,  technology, and programs
>> encouraging independence and  self-confidence.  It is the leading
>> force in the blindness field  today and the voice of the nation's
>> blind.  In January 2004 the NFB  opened the National Federation of the
>> Blind Jernigan Institute, the first  research and training center in
>> the United States for the blind led by the  blind.
>>
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Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:08:30 -0800
Subject: [blindlaw] Take a look at my photos on Facebook
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From mdubin at pobox.com  Fri Feb 12 09:41:44 2010
From: mdubin at pobox.com (Marc Dubin)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:41:44 -0800
Subject: [blindlaw] The CIL's Advocacy Blog has some new,
 easy to remember addresses -- and some new Advocacy Committees --
 Visit and get involved
Message-ID: <5A25DC99048B6F43BF1B0D75457F7C6924F65FD005@EXVMBX016-1.exch016.msoutlookonline.net>

2/12/10:

The CIL of South Florida's Advocacy Blog is a way to stay informed, and to get involved. Visit www.adaadvocacyblog.org<http://www.adaadvocacyblog.org> or www.ciladvocacyblog.org<http://www.ciladvocacyblog.org>. Please link to us. Please tell others.

We also have formed Advocacy Committees. Join a Committee, and get involved. Visit http://cilsfla.blogspot.com/2010/02/advocacy-committeesworking-groups.html

Marc

Marc Dubin, Esq.
Director of Advocacy, Center for Independent Living of South Florida
www.ciladvocacyblog.org
www.dvsacblog.org
mdubin at pobox.com<mailto:mdubin at pobox.com>
Mobile: 305-896-3000
Fax: 877-731-3030
Former Senior Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice
Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section-  1993-2005   www.ada.gov<http://www.ada.gov/>
Former Special Counsel, Office on Violence Against Women, USDOJ
Founder & Executive Director, CAVNET    www.cavnet.org<http://www.cavnet.org/>

Available for consultation on matters involving the Americans with Disabilities Act or on matters involving violence against women


"Several years ago, I worked with Marc in resolving a complaint against a local arts organization concerning accessibility. I found Marc to be thoroughly professional, an expert on the ADA, and a fine example of what an attorney advocating for his client can accomplish." Betty Siegel, Director of Accessibility at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.

"We appreciate your passion ...  We see you as a partner and a friend for all the feedback that you have given us..." Marriott Hotel

"Marc's style of negotiation is excellent. He offers concerns and information about possible violations of the law, time and time again, challenging one to improve services to people with disabilities and providing the tools and contacts to do so.... I have found him to be thoroughly professional, well-informed, very well-connected, and an asset to my efforts to enhance services to the disability community...."
Joe Kocy, formerly the Broward County Administrator's Special Assistant for Housing


From joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com  Fri Feb 12 10:25:21 2010
From: joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com (RJ Sandefur)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:25:21 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] The CIL's Advocacy Blog has some new,
	easy to remember addresses -- and some new Advocacy Committees --
	Visit and get involved
References: <5A25DC99048B6F43BF1B0D75457F7C6924F65FD005@EXVMBX016-1.exch016.msoutlookonline.net>
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Are their any other Lawyers from Florida on this list? RJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marc Dubin" <mdubin at pobox.com>
To: <adaexpertise at listbox.com>
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 4:41 AM
Subject: [blindlaw] The CIL's Advocacy Blog has some new, easy to remember 
addresses -- and some new Advocacy Committees -- Visit and get involved


> 2/12/10:
>
> The CIL of South Florida's Advocacy Blog is a way to stay informed, and to 
> get involved. Visit 
> www.adaadvocacyblog.org<http://www.adaadvocacyblog.org> or 
> www.ciladvocacyblog.org<http://www.ciladvocacyblog.org>. Please link to 
> us. Please tell others.
>
> We also have formed Advocacy Committees. Join a Committee, and get 
> involved. Visit 
> http://cilsfla.blogspot.com/2010/02/advocacy-committeesworking-groups.html
>
> Marc
>
> Marc Dubin, Esq.
> Director of Advocacy, Center for Independent Living of South Florida
> www.ciladvocacyblog.org
> www.dvsacblog.org
> mdubin at pobox.com<mailto:mdubin at pobox.com>
> Mobile: 305-896-3000
> Fax: 877-731-3030
> Former Senior Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice
> Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section-  1993-2005 
> www.ada.gov<http://www.ada.gov/>
> Former Special Counsel, Office on Violence Against Women, USDOJ
> Founder & Executive Director, CAVNET 
> www.cavnet.org<http://www.cavnet.org/>
>
> Available for consultation on matters involving the Americans with 
> Disabilities Act or on matters involving violence against women
>
>
> "Several years ago, I worked with Marc in resolving a complaint against a 
> local arts organization concerning accessibility. I found Marc to be 
> thoroughly professional, an expert on the ADA, and a fine example of what 
> an attorney advocating for his client can accomplish." Betty Siegel, 
> Director of Accessibility at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing 
> Arts, Washington, D.C.
>
> "We appreciate your passion ...  We see you as a partner and a friend for 
> all the feedback that you have given us..." Marriott Hotel
>
> "Marc's style of negotiation is excellent. He offers concerns and 
> information about possible violations of the law, time and time again, 
> challenging one to improve services to people with disabilities and 
> providing the tools and contacts to do so.... I have found him to be 
> thoroughly professional, well-informed, very well-connected, and an asset 
> to my efforts to enhance services to the disability community...."
> Joe Kocy, formerly the Broward County Administrator's Special Assistant 
> for Housing
>
> _______________________________________________
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From cathrynisfinally at verizon.net  Fri Feb 12 12:24:53 2010
From: cathrynisfinally at verizon.net (Cathryn Bonnette)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:24:53 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference
 ofBarExaminers .
In-Reply-To: <18a60.778f4fd7.38a5fb74@aol.com>
References: <18a60.778f4fd7.38a5fb74@aol.com>
Message-ID: <0616A7B5BDEF4C359DFE1716E8E23EE3@14bd0130080a469>

If my understanding is correct, the appellate court will only look for
errors, procedural etc., not revisit the facts. (?)
Is there a chance other law students face this and could become a class
action?

Cathryn

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of AZNOR99 at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 7:32 PM
To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference
ofBarExaminers .

I believe clerkships such as hers have a time limit, so it's pretty likely  
she won't have a job for long.  She's already had to wait over a year for  
the NCBE, meaning her life has been in limbo, her earned income potential is

 lower than had she taken and passed a Bar Exam, and her future is  
uncertain.  And really, if they're so worried about their security, then
why are 
States providing their essay exams in electronic format?  That's  saying 
nothing of Government Agency employment exams, the Foreign Service Exam,
and 
tests such as AP and CLEP.  Why can't they incrypt the data like  government

agencies and corporations do?  
 
Keep fighting, Stephanie!  Common sense will succeed in the end.
 
Ronza
 
 
 
In a message dated 2/11/2010 7:20:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
cdanielsen8 at aol.com writes:

These  guys are so gonna lose. How can they argue that waiting for  
appellate
review will not harm Stephanie? It puts her career on hold. Sure,  she has a
job, but her opportunities would be greater financially and  otherwise if 
she
were licensed. I cannot see how they win on the  merits.

Chris


-----Original Message-----
From:  blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf  Of AZNOR99 at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:47 AM
To:  blindlaw at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the  National Conference of
BarExaminers ...

It's not over yet. See  article below from ABA Journal.
_http://ow.ly/16y2Fp_ (http://ow.ly/16y2Fp)  


Blind Student's Bar Exam Battle Isn't Over: Test Firm Seeks  Emergency 9th
Cir. Software Ban


A federal judge's ruling last  month that Stephanie Enyart must be allowed 
to  use screen-reader  software when taking the Multistate Bar Examination 
might not  be the  final answer for the blind law graduate. 
In a filing yesterday, the  National Conference of  Bar Examiners seeks an 
emergency ruling from  the San Francisco-based 9th U.S.  Circuit Court of 
Appeals suspending  a district court order that Enyart must be  allowed to
use 
the  software during the California bar exam later this month, the  _San   
Francisco Chronicle_  
(http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/10/BA911BV6LN.DTL)
reports.  
The NCBE, which administers the test throughout the country, contends  that 
 
having to wait a few more months for appellate review of the  federal 
district  court's decision in Enyart's favor would not pose a  hardship to
her, the 
newspaper says. 
Attorney Anna Levine of  Disability Rights Advocates represents Enyart. She 
 
calls the  appellate filing "flabbergasting ... irrational and  
mean-spirited."  
The NCBE objects to the software, which magnifies the test text and reads  
the  material into earbuds worn by the user because of security  concerns. 
Enyart says  that a human reader, which the NCBE would  permit, is less 
efficient at the job  and a potential distraction  during the exam. 
Earlier coverage:


In a message dated 2/11/2010  9:03:38 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
JFreeh at nfb.org  writes:



FOR IMMEDIATE  RELEASE



CONTACT:

Chris  Danielsen, National  Federation of the Blind, (410) 659-9314, ext.  
2330

Scott  LaBarre, LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., (303)  504-5979

Daniel  Goldstein, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP, (410)  962-1030

Anna  Levine, Disability Rights Advocates, (510)   665-8644



Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of  Bar  Examiners
to Provide Individualized Testing  Accommodations

to Blind  Law School Graduate



San  Francisco, California (February 5,  2010):  A federal court has  
ruled that the National Conference of Bar  Examiners (NCBE) will  cause 
a blind law school graduate irreparable harm  unless it  provides her 
the technology-based testing accommodations she  needs  to take two 
exams required to become a member of the State Bar of   
California.  The court issued its ruling in an order granting the  law  
school graduate's motion for preliminary injunction on  Thursday,  
February 4, 2010.  The court's ruling allows the  plaintiff, Stephanie  
Enyart, to take the February 2010 Multistate  Bar Examination (MBE) 
and  March 2010 Multistate Professional  Responsibility Examination 
(MPRE) on a  laptop computer equipped with  the assistive technology 
software Ms. Enyart  relies upon for screen  reading (JAWS) and screen 
magnification   (ZoomText).



Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National   Federation of the Blind, 
said: "The National Federation of the Blind  is  extremely pleased with 
the ruling in this case.  Law and  equity  simply do not permit the 
NCBE to dictate a one-size-fits-all  solution for  all bar candidates 
with disabilities.  We hope  that this ruling will  cause the NCBE to 
think long and hard before  it denies the requested  accommodations of 
applicants to take its  examinations."



The  plaintiff, Stephanie Enyart, said: "A  little over a year ago I 
sent my  first request for accommodations on  the March 2009 MPRE, and 
tonight I can  go to sleep knowing when and  how I can effectively take 
the exams to  fulfill my  dreams."



Anna Levine of Disability Rights Advocates,  an  attorney representing 
the plaintiff, said: "I hope that our  hard-fought  victory here will 
send a message to testing  organizations that they need  to comply with 
the ADA and provide each  individual test taker with a  disability the 
accommodations that he  or she needs to demonstrate his or  her actual 
knowledge, skills, and  abilities."



The suit was  filed on November 3, 2009, due  to the NCBE's refusal, on 
multiple  occasions during the past year,  to allow Ms. Enyart to use 
the same  technology on the MBE and MPRE  that she has used on 
university and law  school exams and in various  jobs and 
internships.  The suit charged  that the NCBE violated  the Americans 
with Disabilities Act (ADA) and  California's Unruh  Civil Rights Act 
by denying accommodations on the MBE  and the  MPRE.



NCBE had argued that it fulfilled its legal   obligations to Ms. Enyart 
by offering alternative accommodations, such  as  a human reader, 
notwithstanding evidence that these alternatives  did not,  in fact, 
accommodate Ms. Enyart's disability.  In  rejecting NCBE's  argument, 
the court's ruling paves the way for  other individuals prevented  from 
pursuing their professional dreams  by high stakes testing providers  
who take a rigid approach to  disability accommodations.



The  plaintiff is represented  with the support of the National 
Federation of  the Blind by LaBarre  Law Offices, P.C., in Denver, 
Colorado, and by Brown,  Goldstein  & Levy, LLP, in Baltimore, 
Maryland.  The plaintiff is   further represented by Disability Rights 
Advocates, a nonprofit law  center  that specializes in civil rights 
cases on behalf of persons  with  disabilities, based in Berkeley,   
California.





###



About the  National  Federation of the Blind



With more than 50,000  members, the  National Federation of the Blind 
(NFB) is the largest  and most influential  membership organization of 
blind people in the  United States.  The  NFB improves blind people's 
lives through  advocacy, education, research,  technology, and programs 
encouraging  independence and  self-confidence.  It is the leading 
force in  the blindness field  today and the voice of the nation's 
blind.   In January 2004 the NFB  opened the National Federation of the 
Blind  Jernigan Institute, the first  research and training center in 
the  United States for the blind led by the  blind.



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From joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com  Fri Feb 12 13:02:13 2010
From: joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com (RJ Sandefur)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:02:13 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference
	ofBarExaminers .
References: <18a60.778f4fd7.38a5fb74@aol.com>
	<0616A7B5BDEF4C359DFE1716E8E23EE3@14bd0130080a469>
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That's what I'm wornding as well? RJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cathryn Bonnette" <cathrynisfinally at verizon.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 7:24 AM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference 
ofBarExaminers .


> If my understanding is correct, the appellate court will only look for
> errors, procedural etc., not revisit the facts. (?)
> Is there a chance other law students face this and could become a class
> action?
>
> Cathryn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of AZNOR99 at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 7:32 PM
> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the National Conference
> ofBarExaminers .
>
> I believe clerkships such as hers have a time limit, so it's pretty likely
> she won't have a job for long.  She's already had to wait over a year for
> the NCBE, meaning her life has been in limbo, her earned income potential 
> is
>
> lower than had she taken and passed a Bar Exam, and her future is
> uncertain.  And really, if they're so worried about their security, then
> why are
> States providing their essay exams in electronic format?  That's  saying
> nothing of Government Agency employment exams, the Foreign Service Exam,
> and
> tests such as AP and CLEP.  Why can't they incrypt the data like 
> government
>
> agencies and corporations do?
>
> Keep fighting, Stephanie!  Common sense will succeed in the end.
>
> Ronza
>
>
>
> In a message dated 2/11/2010 7:20:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> cdanielsen8 at aol.com writes:
>
> These  guys are so gonna lose. How can they argue that waiting for
> appellate
> review will not harm Stephanie? It puts her career on hold. Sure,  she has 
> a
> job, but her opportunities would be greater financially and  otherwise if
> she
> were licensed. I cannot see how they win on the  merits.
>
> Chris
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf  Of AZNOR99 at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:47 AM
> To:  blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Federal Judge Orders the  National Conference of
> BarExaminers ...
>
> It's not over yet. See  article below from ABA Journal.
> _http://ow.ly/16y2Fp_ (http://ow.ly/16y2Fp)
>
>
> Blind Student's Bar Exam Battle Isn't Over: Test Firm Seeks  Emergency 9th
> Cir. Software Ban
>
>
> A federal judge's ruling last  month that Stephanie Enyart must be allowed
> to  use screen-reader  software when taking the Multistate Bar Examination
> might not  be the  final answer for the blind law graduate.
> In a filing yesterday, the  National Conference of  Bar Examiners seeks an
> emergency ruling from  the San Francisco-based 9th U.S.  Circuit Court of
> Appeals suspending  a district court order that Enyart must be  allowed to
> use
> the  software during the California bar exam later this month, the  _San
> Francisco Chronicle_
> (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/10/BA911BV6LN.DTL)
> reports.
> The NCBE, which administers the test throughout the country, contends 
> that
>
> having to wait a few more months for appellate review of the  federal
> district  court's decision in Enyart's favor would not pose a  hardship to
> her, the
> newspaper says.
> Attorney Anna Levine of  Disability Rights Advocates represents Enyart. 
> She
>
> calls the  appellate filing "flabbergasting ... irrational and
> mean-spirited."
> The NCBE objects to the software, which magnifies the test text and reads
> the  material into earbuds worn by the user because of security  concerns.
> Enyart says  that a human reader, which the NCBE would  permit, is less
> efficient at the job  and a potential distraction  during the exam.
> Earlier coverage:
>
>
> In a message dated 2/11/2010  9:03:38 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> JFreeh at nfb.org  writes:
>
>
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE  RELEASE
>
>
>
> CONTACT:
>
> Chris  Danielsen, National  Federation of the Blind, (410) 659-9314, ext.
> 2330
>
> Scott  LaBarre, LaBarre Law Offices, P.C., (303)  504-5979
>
> Daniel  Goldstein, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP, (410)  962-1030
>
> Anna  Levine, Disability Rights Advocates, (510)   665-8644
>
>
>
> Federal Judge Orders the National Conference of  Bar  Examiners
> to Provide Individualized Testing  Accommodations
>
> to Blind  Law School Graduate
>
>
>
> San  Francisco, California (February 5,  2010):  A federal court has
> ruled that the National Conference of Bar  Examiners (NCBE) will  cause
> a blind law school graduate irreparable harm  unless it  provides her
> the technology-based testing accommodations she  needs  to take two
> exams required to become a member of the State Bar of
> California.  The court issued its ruling in an order granting the  law
> school graduate's motion for preliminary injunction on  Thursday,
> February 4, 2010.  The court's ruling allows the  plaintiff, Stephanie
> Enyart, to take the February 2010 Multistate  Bar Examination (MBE)
> and  March 2010 Multistate Professional  Responsibility Examination
> (MPRE) on a  laptop computer equipped with  the assistive technology
> software Ms. Enyart  relies upon for screen  reading (JAWS) and screen
> magnification   (ZoomText).
>
>
>
> Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National   Federation of the Blind,
> said: "The National Federation of the Blind  is  extremely pleased with
> the ruling in this case.  Law and  equity  simply do not permit the
> NCBE to dictate a one-size-fits-all  solution for  all bar candidates
> with disabilities.  We hope  that this ruling will  cause the NCBE to
> think long and hard before  it denies the requested  accommodations of
> applicants to take its  examinations."
>
>
>
> The  plaintiff, Stephanie Enyart, said: "A  little over a year ago I
> sent my  first request for accommodations on  the March 2009 MPRE, and
> tonight I can  go to sleep knowing when and  how I can effectively take
> the exams to  fulfill my  dreams."
>
>
>
> Anna Levine of Disability Rights Advocates,  an  attorney representing
> the plaintiff, said: "I hope that our  hard-fought  victory here will
> send a message to testing  organizations that they need  to comply with
> the ADA and provide each  individual test taker with a  disability the
> accommodations that he  or she needs to demonstrate his or  her actual
> knowledge, skills, and  abilities."
>
>
>
> The suit was  filed on November 3, 2009, due  to the NCBE's refusal, on
> multiple  occasions during the past year,  to allow Ms. Enyart to use
> the same  technology on the MBE and MPRE  that she has used on
> university and law  school exams and in various  jobs and
> internships.  The suit charged  that the NCBE violated  the Americans
> with Disabilities Act (ADA) and  California's Unruh  Civil Rights Act
> by denying accommodations on the MBE  and the  MPRE.
>
>
>
> NCBE had argued that it fulfilled its legal   obligations to Ms. Enyart
> by offering alternative accommodations, such  as  a human reader,
> notwithstanding evidence that these alternatives  did not,  in fact,
> accommodate Ms. Enyart's disability.  In  rejecting NCBE's  argument,
> the court's ruling paves the way for  other individuals prevented  from
> pursuing their professional dreams  by high stakes testing providers
> who take a rigid approach to  disability accommodations.
>
>
>
> The  plaintiff is represented  with the support of the National
> Federation of  the Blind by LaBarre  Law Offices, P.C., in Denver,
> Colorado, and by Brown,  Goldstein  & Levy, LLP, in Baltimore,
> Maryland.  The plaintiff is   further represented by Disability Rights
> Advocates, a nonprofit law  center  that specializes in civil rights
> cases on behalf of persons  with  disabilities, based in Berkeley,
> California.
>
>
>
>
>
> ###
>
>
>
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> encouraging  independence and  self-confidence.  It is the leading
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From mruniverse08 at gmail.com  Fri Feb 12 13:32:35 2010
From: mruniverse08 at gmail.com (WB)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:32:35 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] Fifth Circuit Court Ruling
Message-ID: <01eb01caabe7$d769f140$863dd3c0$@com>

Has anyone heard of the Fifth Circuit Court ruling that now places a statute
of limitations on non ADA compliance?  I think it is saying that you cannot
file suit when you discover non-compliance.  It has to be within two years
of when the structure was constructed.


From Susan.Kelly at pima.gov  Fri Feb 12 17:00:48 2010
From: Susan.Kelly at pima.gov (Susan Kelly)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:00:48 -0700
Subject: [blindlaw] availability of rehab services in Nevada
Message-ID: <1C09B58171332F49B237676A5158B1F7033D6B1C@EVS02.central.pima.gov>

  

One of the students in my visual rehab / adaptive skills class in Tucson
(southern Arizona area, for those not familiar with the city) flies in
weekly from Las Vegas to attend.  He and his wife were directed to SAAVI
after learning from his doctor that no such services existed in the
state of Nevada.  As attorneys, myself and another classmate were very
distressed by that in terms of ADA issues, etc.  Does anyone know if
this is true, and if so, whether any class action suit / negotiations
are in progress?  We would like to be able to provide our classmate, an
older, retired gentleman, with some "local" assistance, whatever it
might be.  

Feel free to email me off-list if this is not of general interest to the
group.  Thanks. 

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From cathrynisfinally at verizon.net  Fri Feb 12 20:22:51 2010
From: cathrynisfinally at verizon.net (Cathryn Bonnette)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:22:51 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Fifth Circuit Court Ruling
In-Reply-To: <01eb01caabe7$d769f140$863dd3c0$@com>
References: <01eb01caabe7$d769f140$863dd3c0$@com>
Message-ID: <2B227E7CDA43426299AE4B7F44B174CF@14bd0130080a469>

Does that mean the exam guidelines that existed web the /ada passed? Do you
have a citation?

Cathryn

-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of WB
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 8:33 AM
To: 'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'
Subject: [blindlaw] Fifth Circuit Court Ruling

Has anyone heard of the Fifth Circuit Court ruling that now places a statute
of limitations on non ADA compliance?  I think it is saying that you cannot
file suit when you discover non-compliance.  It has to be within two years
of when the structure was constructed.

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From mruniverse08 at gmail.com  Fri Feb 12 20:37:27 2010
From: mruniverse08 at gmail.com (WB)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:37:27 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] Fifth Circuit Court Ruling
In-Reply-To: <2B227E7CDA43426299AE4B7F44B174CF@14bd0130080a469>
References: <01eb01caabe7$d769f140$863dd3c0$@com>
	<2B227E7CDA43426299AE4B7F44B174CF@14bd0130080a469>
Message-ID: <02e001caac23$31aaa420$94ffec60$@com>

I'm looking for a copy of the ruling.

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Cathryn Bonnette
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 2:23 PM
To: 'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Fifth Circuit Court Ruling

Does that mean the exam guidelines that existed web the /ada passed? Do you
have a citation?

Cathryn

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Behalf Of WB
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 8:33 AM
To: 'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'
Subject: [blindlaw] Fifth Circuit Court Ruling

Has anyone heard of the Fifth Circuit Court ruling that now places a statute
of limitations on non ADA compliance?  I think it is saying that you cannot
file suit when you discover non-compliance.  It has to be within two years
of when the structure was constructed.

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From drdrum1 at hotmail.com  Fri Feb 12 21:15:26 2010
From: drdrum1 at hotmail.com (Ian Shadrick)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:15:26 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] availability of rehab services in Nevada
In-Reply-To: <1C09B58171332F49B237676A5158B1F7033D6B1C@EVS02.central.pima.gov>
References: <1C09B58171332F49B237676A5158B1F7033D6B1C@EVS02.central.pima.gov>
Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP1656EFD7C25C1570C13960E64D0@phx.gbl>

There are in fact state IL services available, I have a colleague  
there who is on a national board with me, who is a VRT.

Ian Shadrick

Ian Shadrick M.A., CVRT, CRC
Michigan Cimmission f/t Blind
MCB Training Center

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 12, 2010, at 12:00, "Susan Kelly" <Susan.Kelly at pima.gov> wrote:

>
>
> One of the students in my visual rehab / adaptive skills class in  
> Tucson
> (southern Arizona area, for those not familiar with the city) flies in
> weekly from Las Vegas to attend.  He and his wife were directed to  
> SAAVI
> after learning from his doctor that no such services existed in the
> state of Nevada.  As attorneys, myself and another classmate were very
> distressed by that in terms of ADA issues, etc.  Does anyone know if
> this is true, and if so, whether any class action suit / negotiations
> are in progress?  We would like to be able to provide our classmate,  
> an
> older, retired gentleman, with some "local" assistance, whatever it
> might be.
>
> Feel free to email me off-list if this is not of general interest to  
> the
> group.  Thanks.
>
> _______________________________________________
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From Susan.Kelly at pima.gov  Fri Feb 12 22:42:08 2010
From: Susan.Kelly at pima.gov (Susan Kelly)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:42:08 -0700
Subject: [blindlaw] availability of rehab services in Nevada
In-Reply-To: <BLU0-SMTP1656EFD7C25C1570C13960E64D0@phx.gbl>
References: <1C09B58171332F49B237676A5158B1F7033D6B1C@EVS02.central.pima.gov>
	<BLU0-SMTP1656EFD7C25C1570C13960E64D0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <1C09B58171332F49B237676A5158B1F7033D6B20@EVS02.central.pima.gov>

I will let the couple know - it sounds as though the ophthalmologists
are not well-informed on the subject, or perhaps assume that the wife
can handle everything for her husband.  Do you know of a contact site or
number that I may pass along?

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Ian Shadrick
Sent: Friday, 12 February, 2010 2:15 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] availability of rehab services in Nevada

There are in fact state IL services available, I have a colleague  
there who is on a national board with me, who is a VRT.

Ian Shadrick

Ian Shadrick M.A., CVRT, CRC
Michigan Cimmission f/t Blind
MCB Training Center

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 12, 2010, at 12:00, "Susan Kelly" <Susan.Kelly at pima.gov> wrote:

>
>
> One of the students in my visual rehab / adaptive skills class in  
> Tucson
> (southern Arizona area, for those not familiar with the city) flies in
> weekly from Las Vegas to attend.  He and his wife were directed to  
> SAAVI
> after learning from his doctor that no such services existed in the
> state of Nevada.  As attorneys, myself and another classmate were very
> distressed by that in terms of ADA issues, etc.  Does anyone know if
> this is true, and if so, whether any class action suit / negotiations
> are in progress?  We would like to be able to provide our classmate,  
> an
> older, retired gentleman, with some "local" assistance, whatever it
> might be.
>
> Feel free to email me off-list if this is not of general interest to  
> the
> group.  Thanks.
>
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From drdrum1 at hotmail.com  Fri Feb 12 23:27:34 2010
From: drdrum1 at hotmail.com (Ian Shadrick)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:27:34 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] availability of rehab services in Nevada
In-Reply-To: <1C09B58171332F49B237676A5158B1F7033D6B20@EVS02.central.pima.gov>
References: <1C09B58171332F49B237676A5158B1F7033D6B1C@EVS02.central.pima.gov>
	<BLU0-SMTP1656EFD7C25C1570C13960E64D0@phx.gbl>
	<1C09B58171332F49B237676A5158B1F7033D6B20@EVS02.central.pima.gov>
Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP477F742612BCB84B62131AE64D0@phx.gbl>

Susan,
I will did it up, I don't have it on me at te moment.
Ian

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 12, 2010, at 17:42, "Susan Kelly" <Susan.Kelly at pima.gov> wrote:

> I will let the couple know - it sounds as though the ophthalmologists
> are not well-informed on the subject, or perhaps assume that the wife
> can handle everything for her husband.  Do you know of a contact  
> site or
> number that I may pass along?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Ian Shadrick
> Sent: Friday, 12 February, 2010 2:15 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] availability of rehab services in Nevada
>
> There are in fact state IL services available, I have a colleague
> there who is on a national board with me, who is a VRT.
>
> Ian Shadrick
>
> Ian Shadrick M.A., CVRT, CRC
> Michigan Cimmission f/t Blind
> MCB Training Center
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Feb 12, 2010, at 12:00, "Susan Kelly" <Susan.Kelly at pima.gov> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> One of the students in my visual rehab / adaptive skills class in
>> Tucson
>> (southern Arizona area, for those not familiar with the city) flies  
>> in
>> weekly from Las Vegas to attend.  He and his wife were directed to
>> SAAVI
>> after learning from his doctor that no such services existed in the
>> state of Nevada.  As attorneys, myself and another classmate were  
>> very
>> distressed by that in terms of ADA issues, etc.  Does anyone know if
>> this is true, and if so, whether any class action suit / negotiations
>> are in progress?  We would like to be able to provide our classmate,
>> an
>> older, retired gentleman, with some "local" assistance, whatever it
>> might be.
>>
>> Feel free to email me off-list if this is not of general interest to
>> the
>> group.  Thanks.
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> blindlaw mailing list
>> blindlaw at nfbnet.org
>> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org
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From qmsingleton at comcast.net  Sat Feb 13 05:40:24 2010
From: qmsingleton at comcast.net (Quintina M. Singleton)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:40:24 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] Thruoureyes Announcement
Message-ID: <auto-000139576552@mailfront1.g2host.com>


Thru Our Eyes announces a double show for this coming <?xml:namespace 
prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" 
/>Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Joe Ruffalo will interview Jesse Hartle, government programs specialist

on Wednesday, February 17 at 8:00 pm. Est.

The following topics to be discussed are as follows:

  history of the Washington Seminar

an overview of the issues in the past that the NFB made a difference

an overview of this year's issues

feature, "How all need to Get Involved"

the importance of thank you emails to the representatives

the importance to meet the Congressional representatives while they are

in their home districts

Stay tuned in to hear at 9:00 PM Jerry Moreno and Janie Degenshein 
interview David denotaris, director bureau of blindness and visual

services for the State of Pennsylvania and motivational speaker

Book corner:

LA Times by Stuart Woods 330 pages on 7 sides

Movie producer, Michael Vincent has a terrific future but a notorious 
mob laden past.

Will his past come back to haunt him? This perilous slope ride 
includes the mob and

Hollywood!

Shoot Him If He Runs by Stuart Woods 290 pages on 6 sides Attorney, 
Stone Barrington

returns to an island to track down a former CIA agent turned 
assassin. Holly Barker

joins him to defeat this foe!

Pandora's Daughter by Iris Johansen 375 pages on 7 sides

At the age of 15, Megan Blair's mother dies. For 12 years, she is 
unburdened with

the voices she heard when her mother was alive. Now, she is asked to 
call upon her

gift to locate her pursuer who is determined to eliminate her as well!

Quicksand by Iris Johansen 340 pages on 7 sides

Eve Duncan and her lover Joe Quinn seek the aid of Megan Blair (from 
Pandora's Daughter)in

stopping a serial killer who targets children.

  Hold on with the constant turmoil uncovered.

Survival of the Fittest by Johnathon Kellerman

As its title suggests, the game is to survive. A truly

unbelievable journey.

To listen to these  programs via telephone, please call

  1-605-475-6333, access code:

833520.

To access the show online visit www.thruoureyes.org/jaws.html

The call in number for anyone

interested in asking a question is 1-888-572-0141.



From ckrugman at sbcglobal.net  Sun Feb 14 07:46:15 2010
From: ckrugman at sbcglobal.net (ckrugman at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:46:15 -0800
Subject: [blindlaw] availability of rehab services in Nevada
In-Reply-To: <1C09B58171332F49B237676A5158B1F7033D6B1C@EVS02.central.pima.gov>
References: <1C09B58171332F49B237676A5158B1F7033D6B1C@EVS02.central.pima.gov>
Message-ID: <17A8B83939E242ADBDEA746C247DF25F@spike>

What is "SAAVI"?
Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
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To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 9:00 AM
Subject: [blindlaw] availability of rehab services in Nevada


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From dandrews at visi.com  Sun Feb 14 22:22:57 2010
From: dandrews at visi.com (David Andrews)
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:22:57 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] An Overview of Important Points About the Google
 Proposed Settlement
Message-ID: <auto-000139695523@mailfront1.g2host.com>


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>An Overview of Important Points About the Google Proposed Settlement
>The Authors Guild, Inc., et. al. v. Google, Inc.  Proposed Settlement
>Agreement
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>Overview
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>Google, in partnership with leading libraries has been creating a massive
>electronic books database of millions of titles.  The settlement of the suit
>against Google, if approved, will resolve lawsuits brought on behalf of a
>broad class of authors and publishers against Google for copyright
>infringement allegations in connection with the Google Book Project.  The
>agreement will significantly expand online access to works through Google
>Book Search from the collections of major U.S. libraries and will also
>enhance the ability of authors and publishers to distribute their content in
>digital form.  All of the services that will result from this settlement for
>the public will be accessible to all blind and print-disabled persons,
>although Google will have up to five years after the settlement is finally
>approved to deliver access.  What this settlement will do is expand by
>millions of volumes the number of books that blind and other print-disabled
>readers will have available to them to purchase, check out from certain
>participating libraries or read at public libraries.
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>After final approval, the settlement will authorize Google to do the
>following:
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>*     Continue to scan in-copyright books
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>*     Develop an electronic books database
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>*     Provide responses to searches in the database (already accessible)
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>*     For books in the database that are no longer commercially available
>for sale and for commercially available books whose authors choose to
>participate,
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>       *     Sell individual books to consumers in digital form; and
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>       *     Sell institutional subscriptions to the books database to
>schools, corporations and other institutions
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>*     With respect to libraries, the settlement will authorize Google to
>provide public and higher education libraries with free access to the books
>database and special terminals will be provided free to every public library
>in the country.
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>How will the Agreement Affect the Blind and Others with Print Disabilities?
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>.        The Agreement expressly authorizes Google to provide the material
>it offers users "in a manner that accommodates users with Print Disabilities
>so that such users have a substantially similar user experience as users
>without Print Disabilities."  A user with a Print Disability under the
>agreement is one who is "unable to read or use standard printed material due
>to blindness, visual disability, physical limitations, organic function, or
>dyslexia."  The material covered includes material provided by Google
>through institutional subscriptions, public access services, and consumer
>purchases, as well as the material Google displays as snippets, book
>previews, and the pages in front of and behind the books (such as the table
>of contents and index).
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>.        Google expresses its intention within the agreement to make digital
>copies of the books accessible to users with Print Disabilities so that such
>users have a substantially similar user experience as users without Print
>Disabilities.  To the extent Google is unable to do so, Google will
>reasonably cooperate to enable such access to books through an Alternative
>Accommodated Service Provider.
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>.        The Agreement also places upon Google the obligation to offer the
>books in an accessible format at no greater cost to users with Print
>Disabilities.   Specifically, Google must use commercially reasonable
>efforts to enable an "accommodated service" to users of Google's
>institutional subscriptions, public access services, consumer purchases and
>other revenue models.  An "accommodated service" means a service that offers
>the text of books and inserts in the form of electronic text used in
>conjunction with screen enlargement, voice output, and refreshable Braille
>displays (or at Google's option and with the Registry's approval, other
>technologies to reasonably accommodate Print Disabilities) at no greater
>charge than the charge to view Books in a similar manner to users without a
>Print Disability.
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>.        For Institutional Subscription users with Print Disabilities,
>Google must offer an Accommodated Service for all books in the Institutional
>Subscription Database for which Google's automated OCR system is successful.
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>.        Further, Google must not unreasonably withhold its consent to a
>request from a Fully Participating library to work with particular
>third-party contractors to provide access to the full text of the Books and
>Inserts as described under "Accommodated Service" and to improve the quality
>of such Books (e.g. OCR quality and structure extraction) for the purpose of
>providing such access.
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>.        If within 5 years from the Effective Date of the Agreement Google
>has not complied, or ceases to comply, with its obligation to offer an
>accommodated service, upon notice by the Fully Participating Libraries,
>Google must use commercially reasonable efforts to identify and work with an
>alternative provider to readily provide copies of Books and Inserts
>requested by the alternative provider solely for the purpose of making those
>books accessible to users with Print Disabilities.
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>How will Users with Print Disabilities' who use the Services of Google's
>Partner Libraries be Affected?
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>*     Libraries that have Digitization Agreements with Google are authorized
>to permit users with Print Disabilities to borrow digital copies of the
>library's collection.  The digital copy must be accessible when used in
>conjunction with screen enlargement, voice output, or refreshable Braille
>displays.  Certified users must agree to refrain from using, reproducing or
>distributing the book in an unlawful manner and the library must maintain
>data about its provision of "special access" to certified users.



From Susan.Kelly at pima.gov  Tue Feb 16 01:35:57 2010
From: Susan.Kelly at pima.gov (Susan Kelly)
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:35:57 -0700
Subject: [blindlaw] availability of rehab services in Nevada
Message-ID: <1C09B58171332F49B237676A5158B1F7033D6B21@EVS02.central.pima.gov>

Southern Arizona association for the visually impaired.  They provide rehabilitation, training (like braille, computers and the like) and recreational opportunities here in southern Arizona for people of all ages with low vision and blindness.

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Sun Feb 14 00:46:15 2010
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] availability of rehab services in Nevada

What is "SAAVI"?
Chuck
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From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Tue Feb 16 23:01:59 2010
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:01:59 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: [mamas_jobs] City of Seattle Employment Investigator
 - Ref#30681799
Message-ID: <E771EAA0575B844C98712011AE73D7ED5046D598C4@EDUPTCEXMB03.ed.gov>

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From lists at zufelt.ca  Wed Feb 17 16:31:59 2010
From: lists at zufelt.ca (E.J. Zufelt)
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:31:59 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Accessibility of interactive / point-of-sales (POS)
	devices
Message-ID: <4B4E09D7-ED99-4242-B839-127A5E1A6E95@zufelt.ca>

Good morning,

I am doing research into interactive devices, particularly point-of- 
sales / Interac / Debit (POS) devices.  I am looking for resources,  
from any jurisdiction, of the following varieties to inform my report:

1. Examples of accessible POS or similar devices.

2 Any standards and guidelines for the accessibility of POS or similar  
devices.

3. Laws that mandate the full, or partial, accessibility of POS or  
similar devices.

4. Examples of successful use of laws to enforce the accessibility of  
POS devices.

I will publicly post the list of resources that I collect for reuse.

Thank you in advance,
Everett



From timandvickie at hotmail.com  Wed Feb 17 19:59:44 2010
From: timandvickie at hotmail.com (Tim Shaw)
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:59:44 +0000
Subject: [blindlaw] Accessibility of interactive / point-of-sales
	(POS)	devices
In-Reply-To: <4B4E09D7-ED99-4242-B839-127A5E1A6E95@zufelt.ca>
References: <4B4E09D7-ED99-4242-B839-127A5E1A6E95@zufelt.ca>
Message-ID: <BAY139-W10D2711B53CF100E6E7928CF480@phx.gbl>


Here is the only resource I know of for this:

 

http://www.captek.net/Captek/Talking_Cash_Registers.html
 
> From: lists at zufelt.ca
> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:31:59 -0500
> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blindlaw] Accessibility of interactive / point-of-sales (POS) devices
> 
> Good morning,
> 
> I am doing research into interactive devices, particularly point-of- 
> sales / Interac / Debit (POS) devices. I am looking for resources, 
> from any jurisdiction, of the following varieties to inform my report:
> 
> 1. Examples of accessible POS or similar devices.
> 
> 2 Any standards and guidelines for the accessibility of POS or similar 
> devices.
> 
> 3. Laws that mandate the full, or partial, accessibility of POS or 
> similar devices.
> 
> 4. Examples of successful use of laws to enforce the accessibility of 
> POS devices.
> 
> I will publicly post the list of resources that I collect for reuse.
> 
> Thank you in advance,
> Everett
> 
> 
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From AZNOR99 at aol.com  Thu Feb 18 03:20:07 2010
From: AZNOR99 at aol.com (AZNOR99 at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:20:07 EST
Subject: [blindlaw] Accessibility of interactive / point-of-sales (POS)
	devices
Message-ID: <1e7f8.1c4321b7.38ae0be7@aol.com>

Everett,
 
Please feel free to contact my colleague, Lauren McLarney, concerning some  
new legislation that has just been introduced in the House and will 
hopefully  soon be introduced in the Senate.  This legislation will require a study 
to  determine the most appropriate manner in which to make new technology, 
including  Point of Sale Keyoskes accessible.  The legislation is a bit more 
 complicated than that, but Lauren is our point person on this issue.  She  
can be reached at 410-659-9314 Ext. 2207.
 
Regards,
Ronza
 
 
 
In a message dated 2/17/2010 11:32:15 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
lists at zufelt.ca writes:

Good  morning,

I am doing research into interactive devices, particularly  point-of- 
sales / Interac / Debit (POS) devices.  I am looking for  resources,  
from any jurisdiction, of the following varieties to  inform my report:

1. Examples of accessible POS or similar  devices.

2 Any standards and guidelines for the accessibility of POS or  similar  
devices.

3. Laws that mandate the full, or partial,  accessibility of POS or  
similar devices.

4. Examples of  successful use of laws to enforce the accessibility of  
POS  devices.

I will publicly post the list of resources that I collect for  reuse.

Thank you in  advance,
Everett


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From my5thattempt at yahoo.com  Thu Feb 18 21:55:51 2010
From: my5thattempt at yahoo.com (M BG)
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:55:51 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [blindlaw] I need of a San Deigo ADA attorney
Message-ID: <162233.29282.qm@web36704.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Good afternoon all,

I am a visually impaired parent in the San Diego area and I am having issue with my daughters High School providing me forms, grades, correspondence, etc. in ADA compliant formats within one of her specific courses.  There has been an ongoing issue for several months and it is now to the point that further intervention outside of the High School and District is warranted.  Within this group are there any attorneys in the San Diego area that I can consult with and determine if there is an ADA case?

Respectfully requested,
Misty M. Brandon



      

From ckrugman at sbcglobal.net  Fri Feb 19 20:38:13 2010
From: ckrugman at sbcglobal.net (ckrugman at sbcglobal.net)
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:38:13 -0800
Subject: [blindlaw] I need of a San Deigo ADA attorney
In-Reply-To: <162233.29282.qm@web36704.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References: <162233.29282.qm@web36704.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <C78E6D32C61C48F29D357FEE3A77902A@spike>

You may want to check the web site of the Council of Attorney Parent 
Advocates at www.capa.net as they list many attorneys and advocates in 
southern California and elsewhere in the country. The searchable data base 
is organized by state as this is a national organization.
Chuck Krugman, M.S.W., Paralegal
1237 P Street
Fresno ca 93721
559-266-9237
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "M BG" <my5thattempt at yahoo.com>
To: "Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 1:55 PM
Subject: [blindlaw] I need of a San Deigo ADA attorney


> Good afternoon all,
>
> I am a visually impaired parent in the San Diego area and I am having 
> issue with my daughters High School providing me forms, grades, 
> correspondence, etc. in ADA compliant formats within one of her specific 
> courses.  There has been an ongoing issue for several months and it is now 
> to the point that further intervention outside of the High School and 
> District is warranted.  Within this group are there any attorneys in the 
> San Diego area that I can consult with and determine if there is an ADA 
> case?
>
> Respectfully requested,
> Misty M. Brandon
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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From my5thattempt at yahoo.com  Fri Feb 19 22:47:06 2010
From: my5thattempt at yahoo.com (M BG)
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:47:06 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [blindlaw] I need of a San Deigo ADA attorney
In-Reply-To: <C78E6D32C61C48F29D357FEE3A77902A@spike>
References: <162233.29282.qm@web36704.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
	<C78E6D32C61C48F29D357FEE3A77902A@spike>
Message-ID: <602836.97427.qm@web36708.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Thank you for the referral. I'm specifically looking for an attorney who is also visually impaired for this case.  That is why I posted to Blind Law mailing list. I will check with the Council of Attorney Parent Advocates for this. Thank you





________________________________
From: "ckrugman at sbcglobal.net" <ckrugman at sbcglobal.net>
To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Fri, February 19, 2010 12:38:13 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] I need of a San Deigo ADA attorney

You may want to check the web site of the Council of Attorney Parent Advocates at www.capa.net as they list many attorneys and advocates in southern California and elsewhere in the country. The searchable data base is organized by state as this is a national organization.
Chuck Krugman, M.S.W., Paralegal
1237 P Street
Fresno ca 93721
559-266-9237
----- Original Message ----- From: "M BG" <my5thattempt at yahoo.com>
To: "Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 1:55 PM
Subject: [blindlaw] I need of a San Deigo ADA attorney


> Good afternoon all,
> 
> I am a visually impaired parent in the San Diego area and I am having issue with my daughters High School providing me forms, grades, correspondence, etc. in ADA compliant formats within one of her specific courses.  There has been an ongoing issue for several months and it is now to the point that further intervention outside of the High School and District is warranted.  Within this group are there any attorneys in the San Diego area that I can consult with and determine if there is an ADA case?
> 
> Respectfully requested,
> Misty M. Brandon
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> blindlaw mailing list
> blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org
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From JFreeh at nfb.org  Sat Feb 20 03:27:31 2010
From: JFreeh at nfb.org (Freeh,
	Jessica)
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:27:31 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] AP: Judge says no quick ruling on Google book plans
Message-ID: <auto-000140608546@mailfront1.g2host.com>


[]


Judge says no quick ruling on Google book plans

By LARRY NEUMEISTER (AP) – 21 hours ago

NEW YORK ­ Supporters of Google's effort to 
create the world's largest digital library 
Internet told a federal judge Thursday that it would benefit society.

Marc Maurer, president of the National Federation 
of the Blind, said the audio capabilities of 
Google's system "will give us access to 10 million books."

One of the opponents ­ which include authors, 
foreign governments, corporate rivals and even 
the U.S. Department of Justice ­ countered at a 
packed court hearing in Manhattan that Google's 
plans were more about commerce, not access to books.

"It's not going to be a great library, it's going 
to be a good store," said Sarah Canzoneri, a 
member of the Children's Book Guild and plaintiff 
in a lawsuit by authors and publishers.

U.S. District Judge Denny Chin already has read 
more than 500 submissions about a $125 million 
settlement aimed at ending a pair of 2005 
lawsuits that tried to stop Google from scanning 
books into a gigantic online database.

On Thursday, he was hearing statements from 
interested parties before deciding whether 
changes made to a deal first announced in October 
2008 are sufficient to withstand constitutional scrutiny.

"To end the suspense, I'm not going to rule 
today," he said at the start. "There is just too much to digest."

He added, "Voluminous materials have been 
submitted. There is a lot of repetition. Some of 
the submissions even quote other submissions."

In court papers submitted last week, Google Inc., 
which is based in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns 
= "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" 
/>Mountain View, Calif., defended its deal with 
authors by saying its digital library lives up to 
the purpose of copyright law, which is to create 
and distribute expressive works.

"No one seriously disputes that approval of the 
settlement will open the virtual doors to the 
greatest library in history, without costing 
authors a dime they now receive or are likely to 
receive if the settlement is not approved," Google said.

The Department of Justice said Google and the 
plaintiffs have made substantial improvements to 
the original settlement, but it said "substantial issues remain."

It said the new deal raised antitrust concerns 
and suffered from the same core issue as the 
original agreement because it establishes 
forward-looking business arrangements that 
"confer significant and possibly anticompetitive 
advantages on a single entity ­ Google."

Still, the Department of Justice said it believes 
an approvable settlement may be achievable, 
perhaps by requiring rights holders to opt in to the settlement.

France and Germany, which oppose the settlement, 
noted they support a European book-scanning 
project, Europeana, because it is in compliance 
with their laws and requires permission from 
copyright holders before books are scanned.

Obtaining permission beforehand is what 
<http://amazon.com/>Amazon.com Inc. said it did 
when it engaged in a similar book-scanning 
project. Amazon's lawyers oppose the Google 
settlement and have asked to address the court. 
Other Google rivals including Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. also oppose it.

Among authors opposing the deal are folk singer 
Arlo Guthrie and writer Catherine Ryan Hyde, 
whose novel "Pay it Forward" was adapted and released as a movie.

"While I believe that the proposed Google Books 
Settlement has the potential to provide authors 
with additional exposure and perhaps additional 
sources of revenue for their works," Hyde wrote, 
"I continue to believe that the proposed 
settlement as amended remains critically flawed 
and is unfair to authors in a number of crucial respects."

Lawyers for the plaintiffs who brought the 2005 
lawsuits defended the settlement. Their 
submission to the judge said there were 
relatively few complaints, considering the 
ambitious plan to digitize all the world's books, 
and that many opponents "advance competitive and 
other parochial self-interests" that conflict 
with the broader interests of the publishing industry.

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From thebluesisloose at gmail.com  Sat Feb 20 23:53:10 2010
From: thebluesisloose at gmail.com (Beth)
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:53:10 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Hello/introduction
Message-ID: <4383d01d1002201553v644ac561y47aa91a3adf1a136@mail.gmail.com>

Hello, my name is Beth Taurasi.  I am totally blind from birth and
studying social work at Florida State University.  I have some legal
questions though as my college experience has been hampered by some
things.  First, my parents incapacitated me when I was seventeen.
They did it supposedly out of "love", but it has proven to be very
hard to live with and a big distraction.  Second, the incapacitation
and resulting guardianship has allowed the family to get nosy about my
rehabilitation case.  I am wondering how to go about the Suggestion of
Capacity form in Florida, statute 744.464.  I've done quite a bit of
legal homework, and can't find an attorney at this point.  If any of
you are interested, I'd like to know if there are any cases like mine
and what happened and what was the result.  How could I go about
getting rid of this thing?  Thanks, guys.
Beth Taurasi


From lists at zufelt.ca  Sun Feb 21 22:03:31 2010
From: lists at zufelt.ca (E.J. Zufelt)
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:03:31 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Section 508 citation
Message-ID: <DB232754-1445-4D71-A4EA-46C34A2502C7@zufelt.ca>

Good afternoon,

Hoping that someone can give me the proper citation to the law  
commonly referred to as
"Section 508".  The proper legal citation and a URL to an official  
copy of the law would be much appreciated.

Thank you in advance,Everett Zufelt
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From clucas at disabilitypride.com  Sun Feb 21 23:16:34 2010
From: clucas at disabilitypride.com (clucas at disabilitypride.com)
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:16:34 +0000
Subject: [blindlaw] Section 508 citation
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29 USC 794

Carrie
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Good afternoon,

Hoping that someone can give me the proper citation to the law  
commonly referred to as
"Section 508".  The proper legal citation and a URL to an official  
copy of the law would be much appreciated.

Thank you in advance,Everett Zufelt
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From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Mon Feb 22 17:00:58 2010
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:00:58 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: [Jobs] FW: The Civil Rights Division of the U.S.
	Department of	Justice is Recruiting (New Positions Added)
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Subject: [Jobs] FW: The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice is Recruiting (New Positions Added)



________________________________
From: Special Programs Vacancies [mailto:CRT.SpecProgVacancies at usdoj.gov]
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 7:14 PM
Subject: The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice is Recruiting (New Positions Added)

The Civil Rights Division (Division) would like to thank each of you for participating in our efforts to increase outreach to lawyers interested in working for the Division.  By agreeing to receive our attorney job announcements, you are helping to make sure we have the best lawyers we can find.  The application period for several of our lawyer positions will be closing within a week; and several others will close in the next few weeks.  If you have a convenient way to remind your constituents of the looming deadline, we would very much appreciate it.

The Division hopes to attract a broad and diverse pool of qualified applicants, and, to that end, encourages you to forward this information to any qualified applicants, including qualified applicants with disabilities, who may be interested in working for the Division.

For your convenience, all current Division job announcements are listed below.  Please also remind members of your organization that all our lawyer job announcements can always be found on the Division's homepage, http://www.justice.gov/crt/recruit.php.  In addition, if you know of other organizations that might want to receive our job announcements, please let them know the process is very simple.  They just need to send an email to CRT.SpecProgVacancies at usdoj.gov<mailto:CRT.SpecProgVacancies at usdoj.gov>.  There are no elaborate forms to fill out - just an email indicating that the organization wishes to receive future job listings and the e-mail address for us to contact them.  Please do not hesitate to let us know if you have suggestions on how we can improve our outreach efforts.  Thank you.

Current Civil Rights Division Job Announcements:

Remark

Position

Section

Grade

Salary

Closing Date



Trial Attorney<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=85849941>

Voting

GS-14/15

$105,211 - $155,500

2/22/2010



Trial Attorney<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=85957733>

Housing and Civil Enforcement

GS-14/15

$105,211 - $155,500

2/25/2010



Deputy Chief<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=85861657>

Voting

GS-15

$123,758 - $155,500

2/25/2010



Deputy Chief<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=85798699>

Criminal

GS-15

$123,758 - $155,500

2/26/2010



Trial Attorney<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=85798668>

Employment Litigation

GS-14/15

$105,211 - $155,500

3/2/2010



Economist (DEU)<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=86009892>

Housing and Civil Enforcement

GS-13/15

$89,033 - $155,500

3/2/2010



Economist (MPP)<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=86009872>

Housing and Civil Enforcement

GS-13/15

$89,033 - $155,500

3/2/2010



Civil Rights Analyst (Bilingual) (DEU)<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=86047678>

Voting

GS-7/11

$42,209 - $81,204

3/3/2010



Civil Rights Analyst (DEU)<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=86047805>

Voting

GS-7/11

$42,209 - $81,204

3/3/2010



Civil Rights Analyst (Bilingual) (MPP)<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=86047562>

Voting

GS-7/11

$42,209 - $81,204

3/3/2010



Civil Rights Analyst (MPP)<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=86047765>

Voting

GS-7/11

$42,209 - $81,204

3/3/2010



Trial Attorney<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=85849003>

Office of Special Counsel

GS-14/15

$105,211 - $155,500

3/5/2010



Deputy Chief<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=85926412>

Employment Litigation

GS-15

$123,758 - $155,500

3/10/2010



Chief<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=85958062>

Coordination and Review

ES-01/00

$119,554 - $179,700

3/11/2010



Chief<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=85957925>

Voting

ES-01/00

$119,554 - $179,700

3/11/2010

New

Paralegal Specialist (DEU)<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=86353077>

Housing and Civil Enforcement

GS-9/11

$51,630 - $73,917

3/11/2010

New

Equal Opportunity Specialist (DEU)<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=86353187>

Housing and Civil Enforcement

GS-12/13

$74,872 - $115,742

3/11/2010

New

Paralegal Specialist (MPP)<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=86352816>

Housing and Civil Enforcement

GS-9/11

$51,630 - $73,917

3/11/2010

New

Equal Opportunity Specialist (MPP)<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=86353150>

Housing and Civil Enforcement

GS-12/13

$74,872 - $115,742

3/11/2010



Trial Attorney<http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=85798670>

Educational Opportunities

GS-14/15

$105,211 - $155,500

3/18/2010



Student Volunteer<http://www.justice.gov/crt/recruit_employ/pdo_student_volunteer.pdf>

Professional Development Office

volunteer

n/a

open until filled



Student Volunteer<http://www.justice.gov/crt/recruit_employ/volunteer_oaag.doc>

Office of the Assistant Attorney General

volunteer

n/a

open until filled



Student Volunteer<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/arm/int/internsum10.htm#crt>

Coordination and Review

volunteer

n/a

rolling basis



Student Volunteer<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/arm/int/internsum10.htm#crt>

Various Sections

volunteer

n/a

rolling basis



Student Volunteer<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/arm/int/internsum10.htm#crt>

Professional Development Office

volunteer

n/a

rolling basis



Student Volunteer<http://www.justice.gov/crt/edo/volunteerIntern.php>

Educational Opportunities

volunteer

n/a

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From phingus at gmail.com  Mon Feb 22 22:39:27 2010
From: phingus at gmail.com (Philip Sklover)
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:39:27 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Jaws and Westlaw
Message-ID: <8E726EF1B8B147409292E9BC2DFB7B71@phingus>

Has any JAWS and Westlaw user encountered a continuous reading issue in
reading recent, but not older Westlaw decisions, using the JAWS continuous
reading feature.  I have been off Westlaw for about six months, having lost
my Westlaw privileges when I retired.  When I again secured its use, I
brought up the recent Citizens United Supreme Court decision.  I have JAWS
10 loaded on my PC.  When I began to read the decision, unlike in the past,
JAWS  now announced every link, which was annoying.  What was worse was that
the continuous reading (insert and page down did not work properly.
Passages would be repeated and the reading stalled.  Thinking that I may
have some JAWS configuration issue unique to my PC, I emailed the Westlaw
decision as an attachment to my long-time adaptive equipment instructor.  He
also has the same version of JAWS on his PC.    He has the same continuous
reading blockage issue.    I then brought up an older Supreme Court
decision, Griggs v Duke Power Company, and I had no problem reading it using
continuous reading.  In the older decision, Every link was not announced
aloud.  

	Has anyone else had a  similar difficulty.]

Phil


Philip B. Sklover



From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Tue Feb 23 00:13:55 2010
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:13:55 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: Attorney Vacancies at the U.S. Department of Justice
Message-ID: <E771EAA0575B844C98712011AE73D7ED5046D59931@EDUPTCEXMB03.ed.gov>



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Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 11:43 AM
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Subject: [Jobs] FW: Attorney Vacancies at the U.S. Department of Justice



________________________________
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To: newmedia at ja.org; Neysas at dnfsb.gov; Maurer, Patricia; nijc at aol.com; nlove at opd.state.md.us; nmcconnell at jackscamp.com; noconnell at tabinc.org; noryrp at cox.net; nromulus at gmail.com; ntb at boglechang.com; nwpatton at law.stanford.edu; ocaaba at cox.net; omanager at lawyerscomm.org; palsd at hotmail.com; patel at fr.com; pchanster at yahoo.com; pchapman at koonz.com; pgrewal at daycasebeer.com; pkim at lordbissell.com; Maurer, Patricia; pmorrison at state.wv.us; poppy.johnston at unlv.edu; president at abaw.org; president at adc.org
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Current Department of Justice Attorney Vacancies

 *   U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION, CRIMINAL SECTION DEPUTY CHIEF/GS-15 This position is open until February 26, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/crm-deputy-chief-oarm-2010.htm>
Date posted: 02-17-2010
 *   U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL SENIOR COUNSEL (SL) All applications must be received no later than March 2, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/seniorlevelvacancy-2010.htm>
Date posted: 02-17-2010
 *   U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CRIMINAL DIVISION, FRAUD SECTION EXPERIENCED ATTORNEYS / GS-905-13/14/15 10-CRM-FRD-009 These vacancies are open until filled.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/frdattyopencontinuous.htm>
Date posted: 02-17-2010
 *   ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI Applications will be accepted until close of business March 2, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/ausa-vac-ann02-2010.htm>
Date posted: 02-17-2010
 *   ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL  OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA and SPECIAL ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA NORFOLK OFFICE Position is open until filled. In order to ensure consideration of application, it should be received by the Office of the Attorney General by February 26, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/psnprosecutorpositionnorfolk.htm>
Date posted: 02-12-2010
 *   ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA and SPECIAL ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ALEXANDRIA OFFICE Position is open until filled. In order to ensure consideration of application, it should be received by the Office of the Attorney General by February 26, 2010<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/psnprosecutorpositionalexandria.htm>
Date posted: 02-12-2010
 *   U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE U.S. TRUSTEE'S OFFICE -- LOS ANGELES, CA TRIAL ATTORNEY VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT #LA10-001 Applications must be postmarked by the closing date of February 26, 2010 and will be accepted up to five calendar days after the closing date.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/trialatty-losangeles2010.htm>
Date posted: 02-05-2010
 *   EXPERIENCED TRIAL ATTORNEYS, GS-0905 -13/14/15 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CRIMINAL DIVISION OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS WASHINGTON, DC 10-CRM-OIA-008 This vacancy announcement will remain open until February 19, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/oiaexperiencedtrialattorney.htm>
Date posted: 02-05-2010
 *   VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY (CIVIL) UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND NORTHERN (BALTIMORE) DIVISION ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: 10-MD-04 This announcement will close on March 1, 2010; therefore, resumes, cover letters and transcripts must be e-mailed or received by the closing date.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/10-md-04ausacivil.htm>
Date posted: 02-03-2010
 *   U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CRIMINAL DIVISION OFFICE OF OVERSEAS PROSECUTORIAL DEVELOPMENT, ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING EXPERIENCED ATTORNEY / GS-14 to GS-15 (ALBANIA) Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/albania-rla-ann.htm>
Date posted: 02-03-2010
 *   U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION, OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR IMMIGRATION-RELATED UNFAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES TRIAL ATTTORNEY, GS-14/15 Application Deadline March 05, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/10-crt-ospc-immigration-related.htm>
Date posted: 02-02-2010
 *   U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION, HOUSING AND CIVIL ENFORCEMENT SECTION TRIAL ATTORNEY, GS-14/15 Application Deadline February 25, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/10-crt-housingandcivilenforcement.htm>
Date posted: 02-02-2010
 *   U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION, COORDINATION AND REVIEW SECTION CHIEF, ES-905 (SENIOR EXCUTIVE SERVICE) Application Deadline March 11, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/chief-cor-2010-oarm.htm>
Date posted: 01-29-2010
 *   U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION, VOTING SECTION CHIEF, ES-905 (SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE) Application Deadline March 11, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/chief-voting-2010.htm>
Date posted: 01-29-2010
 *   UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS OFFICE DISTRICT OF U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY VIRGIN ISLANDS JANUARY 27, 2010 Applications should be postmarked no later than Friday, February 17, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/10-usao-virginislands.htm>
Date posted: 01-29-2010
 *   TRIAL ATTORNEYS, GS-12 THROUGH GS-15 (TEMPORARY POSITIONS) CIVIL DIVISION, FEDERAL PROGRAMS BRANCH WASHINGTON, DC These positions are open until filled.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/10-civ-fedprogbr-trialatty.htm>
Date posted: 01-29-2010
 *   U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION, EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION SECTION DEPUTY CHIEF, GS-15 Application Deadline March 10, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/deputychiefempoarm2010.htm>
Date posted: 01-29-2010
 *   U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION, VOTING SECTION TRIAL ATTORNEY, GS-14/15 Application Deadline February 22, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/attorneyvotingoarm2010.htm>
Date posted: 01-29-2010
 *   DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION, VOTING SECTION DEPUTY CHIEF, GS-15 Application Deadline February 25, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/deputychiefvotingoarm2010.htm>
Date posted: 01-29-2010
 *   IMMIGRATION JUDGE EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR IMMIGRATION REVIEW ORLANDO, FL VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: EOIR-10-0078 All applications must be received in the Human Resources Office by the close of business on February 18, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/immigrationjudge.htm>
Date posted: 01-29-2010
 *   UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DISTRICT OF U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY VIRGIN ISLANDS JANUARY 27, 2010 Applications should be postmarked no later than Friday, February 19, 2010.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/ausa-virgin-islands.htm>
Date posted: 01-27-2010
 *   DEPUTY CHIEF, PUBLIC INTEGRITY SECTION CRIMINAL DIVISION WASHINGTON, DC Applications must be received by the closing date February 23, 2010 to receive consideration.<http://www.justice.gov/oarm/jobs/10-crm-integritysection.htm>
Date posted: 01-27-2010

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From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Tue Feb 23 00:30:44 2010
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:30:44 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] Section 508 citation
In-Reply-To: <864777565-1266794183-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-322048740-@bda907.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>
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Section 508 is at 29 U.S.C. 794d, and at the below link.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode29/usc_sec_29_00000794---d000-.html 

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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Section 508 citation

29 USC 794

Carrie
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Good afternoon,

Hoping that someone can give me the proper citation to the law commonly referred to as "Section 508".  The proper legal citation and a URL to an official copy of the law would be much appreciated.

Thank you in advance,Everett Zufelt
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From LBlake at nfb.org  Tue Feb 23 13:17:23 2010
From: LBlake at nfb.org (Blake, Lou Ann)
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:17:23 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] 2010 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium
Message-ID: <7638A85981599142811F69FBB9508B6B0211B3F1@FPNTEXCBE01.services.local>

Don't Miss Your Opportunity to Hear Assistant Attorney General for Civil
Rights Tom Perez, Former Congressman Tony Coelho, and Other Leading
Disabilities Rights Advocates 

 

at the

 

2010 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium

 

Equality, Difference, and the Right to Live in the World

 

April 15-16, 2010

at the

National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute

Baltimore, Maryland

 

 

Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Tom Perez and former
Congressman Tony Coelho head the list of distinguished law professors,
practitioners, and advocates who will discuss the concepts of equality
and difference as they relate to the disabled in employment, education,
medical treatment, and access to technology.  With an expanded format to
incorporate workshops, the 2010 symposium will provide more time for
discussion, collaboration, and networking.

 

2010 plenary session presenters:

 

*	Adrienne Asch, Director, Center for Ethics, Yeshiva University
*	Dan Brock, Director, Division of Medical Ethics, Harvard Medical
School
*	Richard Brown, Chief Judge, Wisconsin Court of Appeals
*	David Ferleger, Esquire, Law Office of David Ferleger
*	Dan Goldstein, Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
*	Andrew Imparato, President and CEO, American Association of
People with Disabilities
*	Leslie Seid Margolis, Managing Attorney, Education Unit,
Maryland Disability Law Center
*	Mark Weber, Vincent dePaul Professor of Law, DePaul University
College of Law

 

2010 workshop facilitators:

 

*	Charles Brown, Director, Volunteer Lawyers for the Blind,
American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults
*	Ira Burnim, Legal Director, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
*	Claudia Center, Senior Staff Attorney, The Legal Aid Society
Employment Law Center
*	Marc Charmatz, Senior Attorney, National Association of the Deaf
*	Robert Dinerstein, Professor of Law and Director of Clinical
Programs,  American University Washington College of Law
*	Eve Hill, Senior Vice President, Burton Blatt Institute
*	Sharon Krevor-Weisbaum, Partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
*	Christopher Kuczynski, Esquire, Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission
*	Jennifer Mathis, Deputy Legal Director, Bazelon Center for
Mental Health Law
*	Ruby Moore, Executive Director, Georgia Advocacy Office, Inc.
*	Ari Ne'eman, President, Autistic Self-Advocacy Network
*	Steven Schwartz, Executive Director, Center for Public
Representation

 

Documentation for CLE credits will be provided.

 

Registration fee: $175

Student registration fee: $25

 

A limited number of scholarships to cover the registration fee will be
available to individuals with demonstrated financial need.

 

To learn more about the symposium and symposium sponsorship
opportunities, view the agenda, and register online, please visit
http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Law_Symposium.asp
<http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Law_Symposium.asp> .  You may also download from
this Web site a registration form to mail or fax.  Hotel information is
also available on the symposium Web site.

 

For additional information, contact:

 

Lou Ann Blake, JD

Law Symposium Coordinator

Jacobus tenBroek Library

Jernigan Institute

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND

200 East Wells Street

at Jernigan Place

Baltimore, Maryland 21230

Telephone: 410-659-9314, ext. 2221

E-mail: lblake at nfb.org

 

 


From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Tue Feb 23 16:29:59 2010
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:29:59 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] I need of a San Deigo ADA attorney
In-Reply-To: <162233.29282.qm@web36704.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <E771EAA0575B844C98712011AE73D7ED5046D5993D@EDUPTCEXMB03.ed.gov>

You can also file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights and do not need a lawyer to do so.  To file a complaint, go on line to:

www.ed.gov/ocr

 
Noel Nightingale

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Subject: [blindlaw] I need of a San Deigo ADA attorney

Good afternoon all,

I am a visually impaired parent in the San Diego area and I am having issue with my daughters High School providing me forms, grades, correspondence, etc. in ADA compliant formats within one of her specific courses.  There has been an ongoing issue for several months and it is now to the point that further intervention outside of the High School and District is warranted.  Within this group are there any attorneys in the San Diego area that I can consult with and determine if there is an ADA case?

Respectfully requested,
Misty M. Brandon



      
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