[blindlaw] FW: Justice Department Files Report from Expert Panel Calling for Sweeping Changes to Bring Law School Admission Council's Testing Accommodation Procedures into Compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act

Wed Feb 4 23:10:29 UTC 2015

Good luck

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From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Melanie
Peskoe via blindlaw
Sent: Wednesday, February 4, 2015 2:05 PM
To: Nightingale, Noel; Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] FW: Justice Department Files Report from Expert
Panel Calling for Sweeping Changes to Bring Law School Admission Council's
Testing Accommodation Procedures into Compliance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act

This is great news and hopefully future LSAT takers will benefit from the
changes. I had a really tough time getting accommodations, but with
persistence I eventually did get what I asked for. I'm taking my LSAT next
Saturday. 

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Accommodation Procedures into Compliance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act
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from an expert panel convened pursuant to the Consent Decree in Dept. of
Fair Employment & Housing (DEFH) v. Law School Admission Council, Inc.
(LSAC), Case No. 12-1830-EMC (N. D. Cal). The panel, consisting of experts
in cognitive disabilities, the provision of testing accommodations, and
compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), was charged with
examining ten specific areas of LSAC's testing accommodation practices and
establishing, where needed, changes or "best practices" to bring LSAC into
compliance with Title III of the ADA. The panel's Best Practices Report
requires sweeping changes to LSAC's testing accommodation practices in each
of the ten areas examined. For example, the Best Practices Report details
the types of documentation that will be sufficient for various types of
testing accommodations requests, outlines who should review testing
accommodation requests and how the review should be conducted, and creates
an appeals process for those candidates whose testing accommodation requests
are denied. The timeline for LSAC's implementation of the best practices
depends on whether any of the parties challenge them in court.
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