Hey NYABS-ers,<br><br>I hope you are all enjoying your break, and the beginning of a wonderful new year. <br><br>Below is a news tidbit I thought might be good to share. Some of you may have heard about the Enyart v. National Conference of Bar Examiners case if you are on the NABS listerserv, Basically a legally blind student is suing this Board for not allowing her to use her usual testing accommodations (JAWS and ZoomText) to take the Bar exam, the test you need to take after you finish law school in order to be allowed to practice law. There was a positive development in the case yesterday - Ms. Enyart is to be allowed to use her usual accommodations while the court case proceeds... Below is a description of the case, if you are interested, from an email I received from the American Bar Association Committee on Mental and Physical Disability Law....<br>
<br>Best,<br>Kate<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Lissner, Scott</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Lissner.2@osu.edu">Lissner.2@osu.edu</a>></span><br>
Date: Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:13 PM<br>Subject: FW: Ninth Circuit Decision in ENYART v. NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BAR EXAMINERS<br>To: <a href="mailto:CMPDL-3D@mail.abanet.org">CMPDL-3D@mail.abanet.org</a><br><br><br><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US">
<div><div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(181, 196, 223) -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Lissner, Scott <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 04, 2011 10:12 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:bod@ahead-lists.org" target="_blank">bod@ahead-lists.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Ninth Circuit Decision in ENYART v. NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BAR EXAMINERS</span></p>
</div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Today the Ninth Circuit affirmed the District Court’s preliminary Injunction in Enyart v. National Conference of Bar Examiners. I thought you might appreciate a quick summary along with a link to the decision. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">In short, Stephanie Enyart, a legally blind law school graduate, sought to take the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE) and the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) using a computer equipped with JAWS (voice output software) and ZoomText(screen enlargement software) a combination she had used throughout law school. The State Bar of California allowed Enyart’s request but the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) refused to allow it on the MPRE and MBE, claiming that providing digital versions would create test security issues. As an alternative they offered to provide a human reader, an audio CD of the test questions, a Braille version of the test, and/or a CCTV with a hard-copy version in large font with white letters printed on a black background. Enyart declined this counter offer stating that it would not allow her independently take the test or to synchronize the audio and visual inputs effectively and canceled her registration. Enyart sued NCBE under the Americans with Disabilities Act seeking injunctive relief. The District Court issued preliminary injunctions requiring NCBE to allow Enyart to take the exams using the assistive software, and NCBE appealed. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the District Court’s decision to grant the preliminary injunction requiring NCBE to permit Enyart to take the MBE and MPRE using a laptop equipped with JAWS and ZoomText while her original complaint is being decided. The results of the MPRE and the MBE taken with these accommodations will be held until Enyart’s original case claiming these are reasonable accommodations and any appeals are decided (or NCBE concedes the case). The full decision can be found at <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2011/01/04/10-15286.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2011/01/04/10-15286.pdf</a></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: black;">Scott</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">L. Scott Lissner, Ohio State University ADA Coordinator, </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Office Of Diversity And Inclusion</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><br> Associate, John Glenn School of Public Affairs <br> Lecturer, Knowlton School of Architecture, Moritz College of Law & Disability Studies </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> President Elect & Chair, Public Policy Committee, Association on Higher Education And Disability </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> Chair, ADA-OHIO<br>
Member, Ohio Governor's Council For People With Disabilities</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> Member, Columbus Advisory Council on Disability Issues </span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">(614) 292-6207(v); (614) 688-8605(tty)</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">(614) 688-3665(fax); <a href="http://ada.osu.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">Http://ada.osu.edu</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><a href="http://ada.osu.edu/conferences.htm" target="_blank"><b>Multiple Perspectives on Access, Inclusion & Disability: From Policy to Practice: May 4-5, 2011</b></a></span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></b></p>
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