[blindlaw] LSAT LAWSUIT

[Kirt Manwaring]

Dear list,
  I'm not a lawyer by any means, but it seems to me plenty of blind
people have done just fine with the LSAT questions, provided they're
given appropriate acommodations.
  Just my thoughts,
Kirt Manwaring

On 5/25/11, Russell J. Thomas, Jr. <rthomas at emplmntattorney.com> wrote:
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> Is anyone at NFB tracking this case?
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> LSAT Discriminates Against Blind Test Takers: Suit
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> By Dan Rivoli
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> Law360, New York (May 24, 2011) -- A blind law school hopeful from Michigan
> on Tuesday accused the American Bar Association of forcing schools to
> require that he and others who are visually impaired take the LSAT, which
> allegedly discriminates against the legally blind.
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> Angelo Binno, who is represented by blind attorney attorney Richard H.
> Bernstein, filed suit in a Michigan federal court alleging he could not get
> into law school because his scores were too low due to questions in the
> entrance exam that the blind and visually impaired have difficulty
> answering....
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> Respectfully,
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> Russell J. Thomas, Jr.
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