[blindlaw] fw: blind law grad sues

[Chris Danielsen]

Hello everyone,

Ms. Jones has asked me to clarify that she has not yet graduated from law
school.

Chris
 

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Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 3:03 PM
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Subject: [blindlaw] fw: blind law grad sues


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>Blind Law Grad Sues to Win Permission to Use Screenreader Software on 
>Multistate Ethics Exam - News - ABA Journal
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>A blind graduate of Vermont Law School has filed a federal lawsuit 
>against the National Conference of Bar Examiners, seeking permission to 
>use the same
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>screenreader software she relies on in her studies on the Multistate 
>Professional Responsibility Examination.
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>The NCBE and co-defendant Act Inc.  offer a number of accommodations to 
>the disabled including Braille, large-print and audio versions of the 
>paper-and-pencil
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>test.  However, plaintiff Deanna Jones, 44, says they would put her at 
>a disadvantage and prevent her from doing her best on the ethics test, 
>reports the
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>Associated Press.
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>"Whether I can pass with other accommodations is not the question," 
>she says, arguing that everyone wants to do their best on such tests.  
>"Why should a
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>disabled person be asked to do any less on an exam?"
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>The suit was brought on her behalf in U.S.  District Court in 
>Burlington by
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>Dan Goldstein,
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>who represents the National Federation of the Blind.
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>Related coverage:
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>ABAJournal.com: "
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>Blind Law Grads Sue Over Denied Use of Screen-Access Software on 
>Multistate Bar Exam"
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>ABAJournal.com: "
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>9th Circuit Rules Blind Law Grad Can Use Computer Aids, Despite Hacking
Fears"
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>ABAJournal.com: "
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>4 Law Schools Named in Suit By Blind Advocacy Group Over LSAC's Online 
>Law School Applications"
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>http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/blind_law_grad_sues_to_win
>_permission_to_use_screenreader_software_on_multi/
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