[blindlaw] Update on LSAT Conference Call

Tue Jul 29 15:42:43 UTC 2014

Dear all,
I hope this finds you all well. By way of introduction, I am currently
a postdoctoral fellow in Political Science at Notre Dame, and I am
planning to make the transition from academia to the legal profession
in the very near future by attending law school in the fall of next
year. I am thus planning to take the LSAT in December, and because I
am totally blind, I am in the process of gathering all the information
I need to request accommodations. The questions I have about this
process may all be answered in the upcoming conference call on the
LSAT, but the primary problem I'm running into right now is obtaining
documentation of past accommodations for standardized tests I took in
high school and college (SAT, GRE, etc), especially since I graduated
from college back in 2005 and from high school in 2001. I have all of
my old score reports for these tests, but I only have accommodation
letters for one of them, since I did not know back in high school and
college that I would need all of this information to obtain future
accommodations. When requesting this information from the College
Board, the only option I was given was to order an archived score
report, which I don't think has any information on it regarding the
specific accommodations I received. As I recall, all the score reports
reflect is that the test was taken under nonstandard conditions. If
someone who has recently taken the LSAT and had to deal with the
College Board to get verification of past accommodations could help me
out here, I would greatly appreciate it. If necessary, I can wait
until the conference call to try dealing with the College Board again,
but I'm assuming that the LSAC requires accommodation requests to be
made several months before the anticipated test date. Please also feel
free to email me off list at jfetter at nd.edu. Thanks.
Sincerely,
James Fetter

On 7/24/14, Ronza Othman via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Based on the feedback and information we've received from the members of
> this list, we are hosting and organizing the call to incorporate the
> information you are seeking at the time and date you suggested (and adding
> an additional session that week for those who are unable to make the
> Saturday session).  Christopher, can you call me so that we can chat to
> make
> sure your personal ideas are incorporated as best as we can?  I'm at
> 708-829-0523.  Given that this is a global issue for our members, we
> decided
> that the NABL Board should coordinate this event - not trying to step on
> toes but rather give our members the forum you want within the organization
> rather than independent of it.  Afterall, we exist to provide resources for
> blind attorneys and law students.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Ronza
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stewart, Christopher K [mailto:chris.stewart at uky.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 9:46 PM
> To: Ronza Othman
> Cc: Blind Law Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Update on LSAT Conference Call
>
> The simple fact is there are real students in need of information sooner
> rather than later. Much as I appreciate the offer, I would still welcome
> anyone to contact me directly with regard to an August 9 call. I
> particularly urge anyone seeking to take the exam within the next testing
> cycle to call in and listen and contribute their experiences thus far.
>
> Moreover, the sooner there is a concise Fact Sheet or some other sort of
> guide for potential blind test takers, the better for everyone. If you
> would
> like to have a conference call later to amend what we've found, you should
> of course feel free. However, I can think of no reason not to act now
> particularly where accommodated testers must begin the process so early.
>
> Sincerely,
> Chris Stewart
>
>
>
> On 7/24/14, Ronza Othman <rothmanjd at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Chris,
>> Actually, the National Association of Blind Lawyers has decided to
>> host this call.  You've got some great ideas, and we hope to meet the
>> needs of everyone on the list.  We have been working to launch a
>> quarterly conference call to discuss relevant issues in the
>> profession, and we've missed the last one.  We'll take care of
>> arranging the Conference Bridge and coordinating logistics.  In
>> addition, we've decided to do two sessions of this call since there's
>> such tremendous interest.  Details to follow in a separate email.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ronza
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> Stewart, Christopher K via blindlaw
>> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 9:12 PM
>> To: blindlaw
>> Subject: [blindlaw] Update on LSAT Conference Call
>>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> Okay here's an update. I'm hearing that Saturday, August 9 is a better
>> day for many people. I would like to suggest 1:00 PM. I would ask that
>> people email me off list at chris.stewart at uky.edu with time questions
>> or confirmations of attendance. I will email everyone as a group
>> moving forward so that we don't flood this list with
>> conference-specific emails.
>>
>> I propose we discuss the following issues:
>>
>> 1. General application procedures for accommodated testing (our
>> individual experiences and recommendations)
>>
>> 2. Accommodated studying methods (from formal courses to general
>> accessible
>> resources) A. For those who are exclusively screenreader users/braille
>> users B. For those who use large print
>>
>> 3. The logic section specifically (how did we cope? How much of the
>> struggle is blindness-related? How much is the simple fact that nearly
>> everyone
>> struggles?)
>>
>> 4. State Voc Rehab. (I don't want to spend too much time on this
>> because everything is so different from state to state. However, I'd
>> at least like to get an overview of individual experiences.)
>>
>> I'm open to suggestion for additions or alterations to this list. I
>> have the conference call number and group number, and I'll send that
>> information out once we've set a definite time.
>>
>> I look forward to hearing from everyone.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Chris Stewart
>>
>>
>> --
>> Chris K. Stewart
>> University of Kentucky College of Law, J.D. Candidate, 2016 Staff
>> Editor, Kentucky Law Journal Co-President, American Constitution
>> Society California Institute of the Arts, B.F.A. 2010
>> Ph:
>> (502)457-1757
>>
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>
> --
> Chris K. Stewart
> University of Kentucky College of Law, J.D. Candidate, 2016 Staff Editor,
> Kentucky Law Journal Co-President, American Constitution Society California
> Institute of the Arts, B.F.A. 2010
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> (502)457-1757
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