[blindlaw] LSAT Accommodations

Wed Sep 26 17:20:41 UTC 2012

Hi Jordan,

There is a suit right now in federal court in California dealing with
LSAC's discriminatory accommodation practices. The U.S. Department of
Justice (DOJ) recently made a motion to intervene in the case and also
filed a strong amicus condemning LSAC's burdensome and retaliatory
accommodation policies as discriminatory.
Here are a few links about the case and the DOJ's position:
http://www.jdjournal.com/2012/09/07/u-s-government-finds-lsat-is-discriminatory-doj-files-motion/
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/September/12-crt-1081.html
http://www.ada.gov/defh_v_lsac/lsac_complaint.html

I know you're probably busy studying for the test, but writing to your
local Civil Rights Office or even the DOJ Office of Civil Rights about your
experience with the LSAC and copying the LSAC in on the letter might not be
a bad idea. LSAC is in hot water right now and letting them know you also
know that might be useful in your appeal. The DOJ might also be interested
to hear from you.
Here is  link with information on how to file a complaint with the DOJ
Office of Civil Rights Disability Section.
http://www.justice.gov/crt/complaint/#two

Good luck with your appeal!

 Best Regards,

Nora Devine, J.D.
devinenora at gmail.com

On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Scott C. LaBarre
<slabarre at labarrelaw.com>wrote:

> No actually, not with respect to LSAC.  Our suit against LSAC dealt with
> lack of access to their website and the law school application process.
>  Our
> law suits against the National Conference of Bar Examiners dealt with use
> of
> assistive technology on the bar exam.
>
> Best,
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jordan Richardson
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 10:03 AM
> To: Blind Law Mailing List
>  Cc: Blind Law Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] LSAT Accommodations
>
> Hey!
> Thank you so much!  How did all of you receive access to a computer?  I did
> not notice it on the list of accommodations in the application.
>
> Also, computer use was the subject of NFB's law suit, correct?
>
> Thanks,
> Jordan
>
> Sent from my iPod
>
> On 26/09/2012, at 2:51, Angie Matney <angie.matney at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I was granted the use of a computer with JAWS for the writing sample,
> > and I don't remember having to ask for that more than once or take any
> > special steps to get it. Unfortunately, though, my request to use a
> > braille writer during the logic games was inadvertently left off of my
> > form, and I was told my request could not be modified. Not once during
> > that process did I ever get the name of any individual I was
> > communicating with. LSAC's conduct regarding accommodated testing is
> > reprehensible.
> >
> > Angie
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9/25/12, Tai Blas <taiablas at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I was allowed to use MS Word for the writing sample and Microsoft Excel
> for
> >> the Logic Games.
> >>
> >> Tai
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On
> >> Behalf Of Deepa Goraya
> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 6:47 PM
> >> To: 'Blind Law Mailing List'
> >> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] LSAT Accommodations
> >>
> >> I was granted a computer with JAWS for the reading comprehension section
> >> and
> >> writing sample, as well as a brailled exam and scribe for the entire
> exam.
> >> But I have a friend who was allowed to use a computer with JAWS for the
> >> entire exam, and Kurzweil for the logic games.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On
> >> Behalf Of Tai Blas
> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 4:28 PM
> >> To: 'Blind Law Mailing List'
> >> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] LSAT Accommodations
> >>
> >> Jordan,
> >>
> >> I was granted use of a computer for the writing sample. However, I had
> to
> >> send several letters before LSAC granted this accommodation. Feel free
> to
> >> contact me off list.
> >>
> >> Tai
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On
> >> Behalf Of Jordan Richardson
> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 5:18 PM
> >> To: Blind Law Mailing List
> >> Subject: [blindlaw] LSAT Accommodations
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I was granted Braille and a scribe for the LSAT.  I asked for a computer
> >> for
> >> the writing portion, but was not granted this.  What accommodations were
> >> you
> >> all granted?
> >>
> >> I called LSAC Accommodations for a reason why this was and was not given
> an
> >> answer; nor was I given a phone number of a member of the accommodations
> >> committee.  What is your guys' experience?
> >>
> >> Respectfully & Thanks,
> >> Jordan Richardson
> >> Mn-abs president
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPod
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