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face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Freeh, Jessica
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<P><SPAN class=695263818-07062010><FONT size=4 face=times><STRONG>Bar Examiners
Don't See Eye to Eye with Blind Law Grads</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=695263818-07062010><FONT face=times>June 6,
2010</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=695263818-07062010><FONT face=times>By Scott
Broom</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P>BALTIMORE (AP) -- Three blind law students are suing over which software they
are allowed to use while taking the bar exam.</P>
<P>Attorney Daniel F. Goldstein says the accommodations offered by the National
Conference of Bar Examiners are "wildly inferior" to the programs used by
plaintiffs Timothy Elder, Anne Blackfield and Michael Witver, who still has some
sight.</P>
<P>The Maryland State Board of Law Examiners allowed them to use their preferred
software for the state-law sections but deferred to the Wisconsin-based national
governing body for the Multistate Bar Examination. The three, who graduated this
spring, plan to take the bar exam in July.</P>
<P>The suit was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court under the Americans with
Disabilities Act. The three lost sight due to degenerative disease and are not
proficient at Braille. </P></SPAN></DIV>
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