[blindlaw] law students seeking to use screen-reader on the bar exam?

[Tim Elder]

Hi Elizabeth,

The push-back on the accommodations you describe depends on the
jurisdiction.  Folks in the Ninth Circuit should not have any problem
obtaining the use of assistive technology assuming they used that
accommodation in law school.  You should speak with Scott LaBarre, also on
this list, about how to best put pressure on the bar examiners in other
jurisdictions from your position.  Much work has been done in this arena by
several attys on this list.

Regards,

-----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth Troutman [mailto:elt15 at duke.edu] 
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 1:19 PM
To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
Cc: 'Wegner, Judith Welch'; dfg at browngold.com
Subject: [blindlaw] law students seeking to use screen-reader on the bar
exam?

Hi All:

 

I am very happy to be a new member of this listserv,; I met a few folks at
the convention this year. I am a rising 2L at UNC Law. 

 

I am looking for other law students who would like to use assistive
technology on the MBE and MPRE in the coming few years. I have learned that
securing such accommodations, particularly the use of screen-readers like
JAWS and ZoomText, has been difficult in the past. I am hoping to help those
folks already working on this issue to build a coalition of law students in
a variety of jurisdictions and increase pressure on the National Conference
of Bar Examiners. Feel free to send me an email personally (elt15 at duke.edu)
or reply to the group.

 

Many  thanks,

Elizabeth

 

Elizabeth Troutman

JD/MPP Candidate

University of North Carolina School of Law

Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy

(704) 998-1772

elt15 at live.unc.edu

elt15 at duke.edu