[blindlaw] New Member Intro and Questions

[Sy Hoekstra]

Hi Amy,

I think the lack of response here is due to the fact that you ask a number
of large questions on which we could probably all write short books. I have
found though that the legal profession in general is pretty good about
accommodations, considering it is decently well-aware of the legal
obligations surrounding disability rights. I have had no trouble in law
school getting accommodations I need (I'm a 3L), and the LSAT, MPRE, and bar
exams are getting slowly more and more comfortable for visually impaired
people to get through. Though the accommodations process for the bar exam
can be a nightmare depending on the state you're in. I do all of my note
taking, outlining, and reading using JAWS, and I find that legal casebooks
are quite easy to get ahold of in electronic, accessible formats. 

If you have any things you are particularly worried about, I would certainly
be happy to answer questions.

Best regards,
Sy

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Aimee
Harwood
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 2:52 PM
To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
Subject: [blindlaw] New Member Intro and Questions

Hello everyone. I hope this email finds you all well.  My name is Aimee. I
am seriously considering law school. I have read about the issues with the
LSAT and would like to see if anyone has any suggestions and or
recommendations to make that process more successful. I haven't narrowed
down what schools I would be most interested in attending. I would like to
see if there are schools that are more blind friendly than others. Could
some of you please tell me about your experiences at the schools you
attended? How difficult was it to juggle the 16 hour semesters and what
methods did you use to accomplish all of the reading, assignments,
outlining, and or whatever methods used to keep everything straight. Sighted
people use highlighters, underlining, and many other visual aids to manage
the massive amount of information covered in law school. How will a blind
person manage all of this information so that when it comes exam time, I
won't be studying unnecessary information. I totally understand that this
will be totally different than undergrad and really would like some insight
on how we manage it all. 

Everyone says I will make a great lawyer. It is really great to have the
genuine support from those who know me well enough to make a statement
regarding my suitability for the profession. I look forward to learning
everything and anything related to being a lawyer. It is something I have
been interested in doing sins I was a teenager. I just didn't have the
connection to other blind individuals or organizations and didn't think
Blind people could be lawyers. I wasn't introduced to JAWS and computers
until long after high school. Here is a funny joke. I thought I would be
able to be a horse trainer more than I would be able to be a lawyer. I
suppose that was because I had been working with or at least riding horses
since I was a young girl.I am going into law school as a non-traditional
student. I am making a later in life career change. Unfortunately I am not
able to do the horse life any more. The president of my chapter said to me
one evening, "Why don't you go to law school?" I had already been thinking
about it, but that was the start of this new chapter.  

Again, I really look forward to this journey and hearing the good, bad, and
the ugly that you all have to share with me.


Aimee
Sent from my iPad
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