[nabs-l] Going to Law School

[Justin Young]

Well, I'll be at Nazareth College for 2 years and I'm not sure if I
will go right after that or take a year off because I'd also liked to
do the program for being certified as a Braille transcriber/proof
reader.  So, 3 to 4 years from now!

On 5/20/10, Sean Whalen <smwhalenpsp at gmail.com> wrote:
> Justin,
>
> You can find accommodation request materials at www.lsac.org. There are
> forms which you must fill out as well as forms that a medical professional
> must fill. Additionally, they will ask for history of accommodations in
> college and on past standardized tests.
>
> When requesting accommodations, be as specific and explicit as possible
> about what you want. It is a good idea to look at practice LSAT materials
> beforehand to help you make a determination as to which accommodations you
> will want to ask for. I know that viewing practice logic games ahead of time
> and devising strategies to deal with them helped me to ask for the most
> useful accommodations. I, for example, requested to be able to use MS Excel
> for logic games, which in most cases are dealt with by drawing diagrams.
> Excel offers the ability to put things in a much clearer spacial context
> than notes in a Word document. This has proved helpful, and I would have
> never thought to make such a request if I hadn't done practice problems.
>
> What year are you in school and when are you thinking about attending law
> school?
>
> Look around, though I am not familiar with many, there are surely at least a
> handful of schools with strength in disability law. Do some research online,
> and talk to prospective schools to see which program best fits your desires.
>
> Take care,
>
> Sean
>
>
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