[blindlaw] LSAT

Rob Tabor rob.tabor at sbcglobal.net
Sat May 1 04:20:05 UTC 2010


Good evening Tom and list.
Perhaps the law school testing agencies need to be instructed on the recent 
court case against the Cal state board of bar examiners. If they are smart, 
they will read the hand writing on the wall.
best regards
Rob Tabor
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Ladis" <tom at tomladis.com>
To: <cathrynisfinally at verizon.net>; "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" 
<blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] LSAT


> Thank you.  LSAC makes getting appropriate accommodations very hard.  I 
> have heard stories similar to yours, and was told by a contact at LSAC to 
> state exactly what I want because if it is not listed I will definitely 
> not get it.  They were also not willing to discuss computer based testing 
> and what might be appropriate for blind test takers.  Some people have 
> suggested that I ask for the test in an electronic format in addition to 
> double time, more breaks, and Word to take notes for the Logic Games. 
> This may cause the need to appeal, but may get things that should be 
> available to everybody.  It doesn't seem right that every blind person 
> trying to take the test should go through these same hoops, over and over 
> again.  It also doesn't seem like a level playing field when blind people 
> need to take the test in a manner that introduces an additional 
> distraction and more stress.
>
>
>
> Tom
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cathryn Bonnette" <cathrynisfinally at verizon.net>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 9:42 AM
> Subject: [blindlaw] LSAT
>
>
>> In response to Tom-
>>
>>
>>
>> I don't believe the LSAT takers are permitted to use JAWS. The answer 
>> sheet
>> needs to be completed by a scribe to fill in the computerized form 
>> properly.
>> When I took the test, the person who read questions to me filled in the 
>> form
>> also. There was no other interaction during the test except for reading 
>> the
>> questions out loud.   Regulations were extremely rigid.  For example, I 
>> was
>> granted double time due to disability, but I forgot to request extra 
>> breaks
>> due to extended hours of examination, and thus breaks were denied by the
>> testing service! Unless they have drastically changed their approach, you
>> will get farther in demanding a qualified reader for the exam.  My reader
>> was a practicing attorney, competent to handle the material.
>>
>> Perhaps others have had different experiences, but that was mine. Feel 
>> free
>> to contact me off list if you wish.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Cathryn
>>
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