[blindlaw] conference call for LSAT

[Sexton, bruce]

Okay, sounds like we have interest.  

I propose some of the following topics,  add to it please.  Each major topic
might be substantial enough to be their own call.  If we want to skip a
topic due to lack of interest we can.  

Accommodations
*  requesting accommodations from LSAC
*  What accommodations have been granted in the past.
*  What test formats are available 
*  Of the available test formats, what is included, what are the
challenges/advantages to each

Test Preparation
*  test prep material or companies that are most accessible. (Kaplan's books
are new and not completely accessible as of June 30, 2014, bookshare's
formulas are removed in the Logic game sections)
*  how to self-advocate for accessible material.
*  what if self-advocacy does not work?  
* what are work around people use?  

LSAT Alternative Techniques Advantages and challenges:
*  Excel
*  Braille
*  Magnet boards or other physical pieces 
*  speed and accuracy (what is blindness related and what is lack of
practice/skill/ individual limits.) 
* keeping track of all the elements (answer choices, queries, passages,,
game rules, pieces etc.)


Reader/amanuenses:

* to use or not to use
* how to strategically use a reader/amanuenses on the LSAT or in preparation
*  prep with a LSAC chosen reader 

Rehab:

*  What are the strategies people use to request rehab's assistance.  
* what kinds of services have VR programs provided pre-law students?  
*  What law schools should a student attend while seeking VR assistance?
*  what can VR provide while in law school?  


I propose we have someone take notes to provide future blind students the
info we come up with.  We could update the info or have calls like these
periodically.  

-Bruce 

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Stewart,
Christopher K via blindlaw
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2014 5:02 AM
To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] conference call for LSAT

Hello All,

Please count me in on this conference call. My perspective is that of
someone who could not get support from his local Voc Rehab because of
the cost of the prep courses but who nonetheless scored very well on
the exam using only prep books gathered from Bookshare.

It is time for those of us in practice and in law school to move
toward creating a single place as a resource for blind students
interested in taking the LSAT particularly where continued increases
in accessibility of legal materials makes the mainstream legal
profession more and more viable for blind individuals. Speaking from
my own experience, the actual process of making law school accessible
has run much more smoothly than that of taking the LSAT. In fact, the
headaches surrounding the LSAT created undue anxiety toward law school
itself. There is no reason for the LSAT to be more stressful than it
already is.

Best,
Chris

-- 
Chris K. Stewart
University of Kentucky College of Law, J.D. Candidate, 2016
California Institute of the Arts, B.F.A. 2010
Ph:
(502)457-1757

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