[nabs-l] Law School's Power Over Readers for Outside of Class Work Paid for by the state

[Aimee Harwood]

Greetings everyone,

I am getting a reader who is paid by the state.  This reader will perform reading of any material for school purposes that I need them to read.  They will also proof any assignments before I hand them in.  I will use them during research to help locate something on the screen that is hard to locate it is too time consuming to navigate to just to get that one bit of info. Basically the individual will assist with anything vision related.  

My school assigns a judicial opinion the first semester of the 1L year. All graded assignments have restrictions on students getting outside assistance. We are not allowed to let anyone see our work or assist us in any way regarding the assignment including research. If a student violates any of the restrictions, they violate the honor code.

Now that you have the basic situation, can the school penalize me for using a reader to assist me in any visual aspect of the assignment? If I use the reader to verify the formatting or point out any issues they see that I may have missed because I didn't see it?  What about penalizing me for using the reader to assist in research to find what I ask them to find  or highlight what I ask them to highlight? Basically, can they penalize me for the reader performing non-essential tasks on graded assignments?  How much control does the school have over the person paid by the state to assist with outside of class activities as long as I am the one doing the legal work?



Aimee

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