[blindlaw] ABA Accreditation Standards, ADA Compliance Standards, and ADA Violation Complaint Process

[Anita Keith-Foust]

Dear Shelley:

I posted the details of the discrimination in December along with the email
documenting the conspiracy.

Based upon responses from several attorneys, this is not unusual. You and
your friends are blessed that you did not run into discrimination. 

Thank you for your concern.

Anita Keith-Foust
919-430-1978

-----Original Message-----
From: Shelley Richards [mailto:shelleyrichards9 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 10:11 AM
To: Anita Keith-Foust; Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] ABA Accreditation Standards, ADA Compliance
Standards, and ADA Violation Complaint Process

Just curious Anita have you experienced discrimination in trying to get into
a law school, or do you know somebody who has experienced discrimination in
being admitted to law school.  I ask because I did not experience this, and
the handful of other blind people I know who went to law school did not
either.  We are all from the same part of the country though, and applied
only to schools in a similar geographic area.  I am wondering after reading
your post if perhaps this is a problem, and perhaps if it is more a problem
in certain parts of the country over others.  I have not heard of
discrimination against blind students in applying to law schools at all, but
I don't personally know more than a few other blind people who have gone to
law school, and apart from those who were in my own school i do not
personally know anybody with other disabilities who has gone to law school.
So I am now just curious if this is a problem.  I have definitely heard of
blind students having problems with accomidations once they are already in
law school just not discrimination during the application process.

On 2/6/15, Anita Keith-Foust via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hello Everyone:
>
>
>
> I am sharing some information that I received from the American Bar 
> Association (ABA). In a nutshell, I asked the representative for the 
> link to their accreditation standards, specifically about the 
> standards for ADA compliance, and details about the complaint process.
>
>
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> Please follow this link to where I was directed:
> http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/misc/legal_edu
> cation /Standards/2014_2015_aba_standards_chapter2.authcheckdam.pdf
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>
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> I was told a person who wants to file a complaint must be enrolled in 
> the law school and file the complaint within a year of the violation.
>
>
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> I pointed out that disabled students would not be admitted to law 
> school if there is a conspiracy behind the scenes to keep them out. I 
> am following up with the representative.
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> I hope that you find this informative.
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> Thank you.
>
>
>
> Anita Keith-Fousat
>
> 919-430-1978
>
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