[blindlaw] Writing the bar exam

[Tai Tomasi]

Graham Hardy is a member of this list and took the bar in British Columbia. Hopefully, he will chime in. I'm not sure if the exams are similar in each of these provinces. 

Ben, could you pay someone to put headings into the word document or convert it into an HTML document with links? Can you contact other blind attorneys who have taken the bar in Ontario to see how they approached this issue? Are you still affiliated with the university where you attended law school and would they be willing to assist in making the document accessible?   

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Subject: [blindlaw] Writing the bar exam


Hi all,

I am currently studying for the Ontario bar. It is a two day 480 question exam that covers about 2,000 pages of material.

The exam is open book, and the scores are curved. I'm having a hard time dealing with the index.

Sighted students talk a lot about having tabs, and indexes that they can use to quickly look up the information they need. Time is a large component of the exam, and even though I will have twice as much time, making this a four day exam, I am still concerned about the time to look things up quickly.

For starters, the pdf file they sent was difficult to use, so I converted it to a word file, but this expanded the number of pages. So any index that other people have for this already will not work, because the page numbers won't line up.

Ideally, I would most likely want an html type of document with embedded links, then I could use the jaws find for specific words, and click on links within an index to quickly go to where I need to.

However, I have no idea how to format that.

If anyone has anysuggestions for writing the bar I would appreciate it.

Sincerely,
Ben



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