[blindlaw] FW: Landmark Agreement with Law Schol Admission Council to Settle Justice Department's Nationwide Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

Tim Elder via blindlaw blindlaw at nfbnet.org
Fri May 30 18:21:54 UTC 2014 

I concur with Angie.  Many schools have voluntary disclosure procedures in
the application to allow a student to explain extenuating circumstances that
should be considered when creating a diverse class.  My school used this
process to promote affirmative action based on disadvantaged students
without having quotas for specific catagories of minority groups.  


-----Original Message-----
From: Angie Matney via blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw at nfbnet.org] 
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:34 PM
To: Michael Nowicki; Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] FW: Landmark Agreement with Law Schol Admission
Council to Settle Justice Department's Nationwide Disability Discrimination
Lawsuit

A person with a disability needs to have the right to apply to law school
without referencing their disability if they choose to do so.
While many people might choose to make this known during the application
process--and perhaps for the very reason that they wish to argue that the
test does not reflect their true ability, others might forgo any potential
advantages under the theory that they, not some third party, should control
when and how their disability is disclosed to admissions officers.

On 5/29/14, Michael Nowicki via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Dear Mr.  Hoekstra and mr.  Beitz,
>
> Thank you for explaining the issue.  I understand that our LSAT scores 
> are currently considered practically invalid, but what are the actual 
> implications of this policy?  Specifically, when a law school 
> admissions officer sees a flagged score, how does he/she typically react?
>
> Best,
>
> Michal
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sy 
> Hoekstra via blindlaw
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 3:48 PM
> To: 'Dan Beitz'; 'Blind Law Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] FW: Landmark Agreement with Law Schol 
> Admission Council to Settle Justice Department's Nationwide Disability 
> Discrimination Lawsuit
>
> And the tests would reflect a disabled person's ability to succeed, at 
> least in law school, if they had proper accommodations. The LSAC also 
> has to engage in some sort of review of their accommoodations policy 
> as part of the settlement, though I don't know the details. But I know 
> if I had had jaws and a laptop for the multiple choice, I would have 
> done better than I did with a reader, and it would have been an actual 
> sample of my testing ability, which is largely the determinate for success
in law school.
>
> Plus, part of their flagging policy was not to factor in extra time 
> exam scores into their calculation of percentile scores or give 
> examinees who used extra time their personal percentile score. That is 
> essentially a message to the world, and law school admissions 
> officers, that people who use extra time aren't taking the real exam.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dan 
> Beitz via blindlaw
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 4:27 PM
> To: Michael Nowicki; Blind Law Mailing List; 'Nightingale, Noel'
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] FW: Landmark Agreement with Law Schol 
> Admission Council to Settle Justice Department's Nationwide Disability 
> Discrimination Lawsuit
>
> The flagging of test scores almost always means that the results are 
> considered not statistically valid, and allegedly invalid scores are 
> disregarded.
>
>
>
>
> Daniel K. Beitz
> Wienner & Gould, P.C.
> 950 University Dr., Ste. 350
> Rochester, MI  48307
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> Michael Nowicki via blindlaw
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 4:23 PM
> To: 'Nightingale, Noel'; 'Blind Law Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] FW: Landmark Agreement with Law Schol 
> Admission Council to Settle Justice Department's Nationwide Disability 
> Discrimination Lawsuit
>
> Dear List Members,
>
> I am concerned that this settlement, if accepted and adopted, will end 
> up hurting more than helping prospective blind lawyers.  After all, 
> based on what I know, standardized test scores of persons with 
> disabilities often don't reflect their ability to succeed in the relevant
educational program.
> Consequently, doesn't the flagging of LSAT scores actually increase a 
> qualified blind applicant's chances of law school acceptance?  I know 
> that flagging could also have potentially negative consequences, but 
> don't the positive ones tend to outweigh the negatives?  I look 
> forward to your opinions on this matter.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Michal Nowicki
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> Nightingale, Noel via blindlaw
> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 12:25 PM
> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blindlaw] FW: Landmark Agreement with Law Schol Admission 
> Council to Settle Justice Department's Nationwide Disability 
> Discrimination Lawsuit
>
>
>
> From: U.S. Department of Justice [mailto:usdoj at public.govdelivery.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 10:07 AM
> To: Nightingale, Noel
> Subject: Landmark Agreement with Law Schol Admission Council to Settle 
> Justice Department's Nationwide Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
>
>
> The Justice Department filed a joint motion today for entry of a 
> landmark consent decree 
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> School Admission Council (LSAC) engaged in widespread and systemic 
> discrimination in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act 
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> $7.73 million in penalties and damages to compensate well over 6,000 
> individuals nationwide who applied for testing accommodations on the 
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> practice of "flagging," or annotating, LSAT score reports for test 
> takers with disabilities who receive extended time as an 
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