[blindlaw] LSAT Prep -Did You Know...

[Cody J. Davis]

Anita, 

The electronic copy that I received as a practice exam was not like the one in the link. However, the CD that they will send you after approval for accommodations is exactly like the actual test on test day. (the questions are different of course) There is a PC and Mac version of the test available. For prep, I would recommend a thing called BenchPrep. I used this and it was accessible, for the most part, using voiceover on my iPhone. I’m sure that if android phones/tablets have accessibility features would make it accessible as well. 

Just a short rant:

You should be very careful and stubbon when dealing with LSAC. They make it as difficult as they possibly can for those who require accommodations to take the LSAT. They have ridiculously burdensome requirements compared with all other major testing agencies or universities. If you ask for a particular accommodation and ar told it is unable or are told a certain format of the test is unavailable and they say it isn’t, keep asking. When I asked for a Mac comparable electronic version of the test they lied to me several times before letting me take a Mac accessible version of the test. In my opinion, the accommodations department of LSAC does not exist to help you, but rather to hinder you. All that said,  the policies of LSAC should have relaxed a bit since I took the LSAT seeing as how they just sellted a pretty large class action suite and agreed to policy changes. 

Best of luck and i recommend you do everything short of harassing LSAC to get the accommodations you need. 

 
> On Mar 30, 2015, at 7:22 PM, Shelly Ondich via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> You'll definitely want to read through the occommodations request packat
> found at lsac.org <http://lsac.org/>. Not only do you have to fill out their occommodations
> requestion, but there's also a ton of documentation you'll need including,
> but not limited to, a letter showing what types of occommodations you had on
> the SAT, ACT, etc, letters from the disability support services at your
> coleges detailing your occommodations, a medical report, etc. I'm not sure
> what else but it is very clearly outlined. I'm currently in the process of
> requesting occommodations as well. I'm having difficulty because I graduated
> from college in 1998 and too the SAT in 1993 before graduating from high
> school. Needless to say, none of the documentation LSAC wants is available.
> I'm going to submit my medical documentation, as well as a letter describing
> my situation and the reasons for my requested occommodations, and hope for
> the best.
> Good luck to you.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org <mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org>] On Behalf Of Anita
> Keith-Foust via blindlaw
> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 4:48 PM
> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org <mailto:blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [blindlaw] LSAT Prep -Did You Know...
> 
> Dear All:
> 
> 
> 
> I am prepping for the LSAT, and I was surprised by my conversation with the
> LSAC disability accommodations representative today.
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> 
> I thought that all I needed to do was to call LSAC and request a digital
> copy of the digital sample LSAT. I was informed that I had to have a digital
> version of the LSAT approved as an accommodation before I could request a
> digital sample.
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> 
> Does anyone know if what they will send is anything different from the
> digital copy of the LSAT found at this link:
> http://www.lsac.org/docs/default-source/jd-docs/sampleptjune.pdf?
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> I look forward to your response.
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> 
> Thank you.
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> 
> Anita Keith-Foust
> 
> 919-430-1978
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