[blindlaw] Exam$ software and law school exams

[Kate Carroll]

I certainly intend to finish in the usual three years, and I know many
people who have.
I do believe the typical Bar exam in the States is 2 days long.
@ Sarah, to speak on what you mentioned, I was talking to a blind lawyer
yesterday who did say that all exams while he was in law school were
hand-written. So, there is a little bit of a new obstacle here with the new
and changing exam technology.

Kate
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Sarah Clark <goldflash9 at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> Hi Blaine,
> I know of a number of blind law school graduates who kept up with their
> classmates and finished in the allotted 3 years, including my husband.  It
> certainly can be done.
>
> Sarah
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Blaine Deutscher" <
> b.m.deutscher at sasktel.net>
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>
>  I'm not sure what it's like in the sattes but isn't the bar a two day
>> process? do blind people get time and a half to write the exam or how does
>> that work? It's something to look into now as I'm always trying to make
>> lives better for future students so if I speak with the law school in
>> Saskatchewan they might have some blind people before me that have gone
>> through and whatever system they used worked. I know some people will say
>> "blind people before you went through without technology so what did they
>> do?" My response to that is yes they did but now that technology is there
>> and we are using it more exams should be easier to take. I'm waiting for
>> the
>> day that a blind person can keep up with his classmates with the four
>> courses or whatever it takes to be done the same time that they are.
>>
>> Blaine
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kate Carroll" <
>> carroll.kathryn.e at gmail.com>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 6:52 AM
>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Exam$ software and law school exams
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>>
>> Thank you Aser. I was not aware that I might be going through the exact
>> same
>> thing with the Bar.
>>
>> Kate
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 1:28 AM, Aser Tolentino
>> <agtolentino at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>  Hi,
>>> My school and the CA bar use ExamSoft. While I've heard talk of greater
>>> accessibility now, at the time I started law school three years ago it
>>> was
>>> not possible to run a screen reader alongside the software; I confirmed
>>> this
>>> with the sample test and by speaking to the school's IT department. My
>>> advice would be to request the school forgo your use of the software as a
>>> testing accommodation. The issue will come up again when you take the bar
>>> and could be more contentious then.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Aser
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Kate Carroll
>>> <carroll.kathryn.e at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>> > Good evening everyone!
>>> >
>>> > I am looking for some advice concerning law school exams. If anyone has
>>> any
>>> > thoughts on my question, i would greatly appreciate hearing them.
>>> >
>>> > I am in my first year of law school. I currently use a Dell Latitutde
>>> with
>>> > Windows 7, and ZoomText for magnification and reading. I will have to
>>> > use
>>> > the software Exam4 for my upcoming exams. I have heard that this
>>> > software
>>> > will likely prevent ZoomText (and possibly the built-in Windows
>>> > magnification program) from working if I attempt to use them during an
>>> > exam.
>>> > I havent actually tested the problem with the tech guys at the school
>>> > because I need to get a Zoomtext license and right now don't have
>>> Zoomtext
>>> > on my laptop.
>>> >
>>> > Does anyone have experience with this Exam4 software, and is a user of
>>> > ZoomText? What did you do to get around this (alleged)  problem? Any
>>> ideas,
>>> > again, are welcome.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > Kate
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Kathryn CARROLL
>>> > St. John's University College of Law 2013
>>> > 631-521-318 C
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