[blindLaw] Tip: approach to law school

[omar duncan]

Here is the chat gpt condensed version of my email that is shorter and more
concise organized and easy to follow.

After this email, Which is a ChatGPT AI short version of my above longer
email, I will send another email in this thread. That is ChatGPT’s text
summary and breakdown that is a lot more organized and even easier to
follow.

The email is immediately attached below:


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Hello everyone,

I wanted to share a quick tip for those considering law school—especially
anyone navigating accessibility challenges, including blind or visually
impaired students.

Based on my experience, part-time, evening, or hybrid law school programs
can be significantly more manageable than full-time day programs. These
programs typically involve a lighter course load, more flexibility, and
fewer days on campus, which makes it easier to keep up with readings,
exams, and accessibility-related logistics.

In contrast, full-time day programs move at a very fast pace. Even with
reduced course load accommodations, students may still be on campus 3–5
days per week and juggling heavy reading demands, midterms, finals, and
ongoing coordination with disability services—many of which lack experience
supporting blind or visually impaired students. This can create constant
stress and a cycle of catching up.

Part-time and hybrid programs offer more time to:
- Adjust to screen readers and assistive technology
- Handle accessibility requests without falling behind academically
- Study more effectively with fewer simultaneous classes
- Reduce commuting time and housing costs

Additional benefits include smaller class sizes, more accessible
professors, and in some cases, less competitive grading curves. While these
programs may take longer to complete (3.5–4 years), that tradeoff can be
well worth it—especially during the critical first year of law school.

I personally enrolled in a full-time day program but realized just before
classes started that—even with accommodations—the pace and structure would
be overwhelming. I switched to a part-time program at the last minute, and
it was the right decision for my situation.

I hope this helps those applying in upcoming cycles or currently weighing
their options. Feel free to email me back if you’d like to discuss this
further or set up a call.

Best regards,



On Sat, Dec 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM omar duncan <oduncan821 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello, I wanna drop a quick tip regarding part  time  or Hyrbid law school
> program to consider choosing that may be more palatable and easier to
> digest. I talk about the reasons to consider these part time programs  at
> school that have to do with the challenges we face in school and to
> overcome the challenges associated with the deficiencies That characterize
> the service of many disability services at Law School, especially those
> that have minimal to zero experience with students or visually impaired or
> blind. I also contrast the part-time program by talking about the reduced
> course load of combination that’s a full-time Day Program programs my offer
> and why the part-time program is still better than this alternative within
> the context of the full-time day program. I talk about challenges in the
> full-time Day Program, and if anyone  wants to discuss this topic further
> with me, please feel free to email me back and we can schedule a call, too
> if anyone likes.
>
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>
> I put my long email below, which  some of you may not want to read because
> it is long, through ChatGPT synthesize everything and shorten it all so it
> can be more concise easier to digest and follow. I will email the AI
> artificial intelligence, ChatGPT synthesization and concise version of this
> message in another subsequent email within the thread right after this
> email, so stay posted. That would be a lot easier to read than the email
> below.
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> For those considering law school and are applying g for the next cycle or
> the next next cycle after this cycle… consider a part time or hybrid or
> part time evening or day program or anything part time (regardless of time
> of day)  or hybrid with part online stuff.
>
> The reason for this recommendation is because it is easier to handle the
> load. They have you taken less classes compared to the full-time day and it
> is more flexible?
>
> Also, whenever you have to take for example, one midterm and one final at
> the end of the semester instead of two terms and two finals as in the Day
> Program, there’s a lot of busting of your behind you have to do.
>
> Accessibility challenges might arise. When you’re going at war speed in
> the full-time, Day Program, it might be hard to juggle overcome these
> accessibility challenges, like converting readings and files in alternative
> format while also at the same time staying on top of your materials, you
> might fall behind in one area It is going to be constant, catch-up and
> nonsense and tough to deal with that.  Why don’t you used to be in a
> part-time program will have more time to adjust an adapt, tease issues,
> challenges, and unforeseen circumstances without falling behind the Day
> Program that is full-time is very fast paced and intense and it’s going out
> full velocity you don’t want to be behind the train
>
> Most schools offering a reduced courseload accommodation for the
>  full-time Day Program.
>
> However, they either let you take out your two-year loan courses or your
> semester five unit intensive course.
>
> The bottom line is they let you take out no more than five credits for the
> whole year. Depending on what section you’re putting in for the date
> program and what day your classes fall on and what class you decide to take
> out, as well as other factors based on how your schedule is arranged, you
> still might be going to school at least 3 to 4 days per week.
>
> Some hybrid evening programs or part-time programs have you gone to school
> lesson, which is a lot easier and you can use the time not commuting to
> study more and for those of you who live far to a Law School, if you if
> you’re only wearing one or two days per week max you don’t have to live
> next to school and pay for housing.
>
> They are more flexible and understand because People who have busier
>  schedules
>
> Most people these part-time programs are working and they are more
> experience and knowledgeable so they might be smarter than the Day Program
> people, however, the Day Program kids are full-time and have more time to
> study. So, it is hard harder to deal with the curve of the Day Program and
> is more competitive there.
>
> If you put in the part-time program are all working and have less time to
> study and it might be easier to beat the curve, despite them being a little
> bit smarter than the days students who are  mostly kids.
> Some teachers are generally more committed and understand to their
> students in the day program and there are less students in A part-time
> cohort compared to the full-time Day Program, which she has more connection
> with the teacher. There are more accessible during office hours.
>
> These are just a few reasons to consider part time programs.
> With that said, most schools Have a reduced  course  load  accommodations
> within full-time day programs— You can consider that. However, the
> part-time programs acquiring us stays on campus unless classes throughout
> this semester requiring less time and less commute may be better for our
> needs.
>
> The other benefit to this arrangement with part-time is that when you have
> less classes to take more hours free, you can use that time to enhance your
> technology skills and areas like JAWS  and all that other stuff OR USE THAT
> EXTRA TIME TO GET A HANG OF THE NEW LEARNING STYLES TEXT TO SPEECH OF THE
> VARIOUS TOOLS YOU MIGHT BE LEARNING Because some of these tools has a huge
> learning curve, especially if you’re new to them, make me before I start
> school,  and takes a long time to get used to. When you start off with less
> classes, it is easier to get used to it and you don’t have to take a lot of
> classes at once like in the full-time, Day Program, where it might be hard
> To process all the information in a full time day course load because it is
> hard to process all of this vast amounts of information with technology I
> might not be efficient at reading and reviewing things. That is another
> reason why the part-time programs take less classes and have more time to
> go over material might be more efficient. Basically, it might be hard to
> learn with text to  speech compared to other methods like eyes What are
> some of us might not be as efficient in JAWS other software. Therefore, it
> might be hard to learn this vast amounts of information in the full-time
> Day Program where you’re taking 16 units or four classes two year long and
> two semester long when the software’s might have inherent challenges when
> it comes to reading quickly, and some of us might not be as proficient in
> them are still are in the process of learning
>
> However, I want to provide a disclaimer :
> some of these part-time programs may be 3 1/2 or four years and somebody
> may require a couple summers, but that is a small investment to pay in
> terms of time in return for the spread out distribution of classes, which
> makes things easier in your first year. Your first year is vital to Law
> School success and being inundated in law school your first year might
> result in strained performance and constant stress. increase the chances of
> success.
>
> Another added bonus. Some of these part-time programs are less competitive
> than the day programs. It might be easier to get into with  LSAT scores
> that are lower. What are these programs are in the evening and might not be
> attracted to a lot of people because they’re four years and since they’re
> at night time they have less students than the day program, and the classes
> often have more space available so they might be more willing to let people
> in because, at the end of the day, they want money and they won’t let an
> open seat go to waste that would otherwise stay open
>
> I just wanted to make you all aware of the benefits and advantages of
> enrolling in a part-time program at an ABA accredited Law School.
>  it is something worth considering, Especially you in our situation that I
> outlined above where we have to deal with accessibility challenges and have
> a hard time reading and memorizing and processing things because of
> technology challenges and also the deficiencies that make processing
> information with text  speech harder And some of us not being as efficient
> in these programs, and The less classes less hours you have to invest will
> allow a buffer to deal with these challenges and will serve as a cushion.
> Also, a lot of schools accessibilities offices are bad and don’t really
> provide sufficient service and this ads and other layer of unnecessary
> stress of fear in the daytime program and could make you crumble in this
> extra time from taking less classes and more hours available will allow you
> to deal with the will allow you to have more time to deal with the
> accessibility and disabled services office without taking time off from
> your studies, which would result in a backlog and constant catch-up if
> you’re in the full-time Day Program. I want to remind a lot of of you,
> especially as a lot of you know, that the accessibility office is at many
> schools, except for a few that are well resource and staffed, can have
> challenges, accommodating, blind, and visually impaired students. Also,
> many schools have not had experience with a blind visually impaired person,
> and you might need to teach them some things like how to get books and
> alternative format and various accommodations you need. Some of these
> schools have not even received the types of accommodations that you guys
> might need and might not take some more time up until test time to provide
> to work these details out to be able to get granted the accommodation and
> when school starts midterms are within a month away and midterms will be
> here before you know it when school starts. After midterms, which most
> schools have finals will come by right around the corner right after And
> when you’re a full-time program, we have so much going on so much to read
> in less time to do administrative stuff like handle accommodations, and
> with some school access accessibility in disabled services office is being
> a pain to deal with, having a part-time course loan we have less to deal
> with and more time on your hands might make it easier to overcome these
> hurdles
>
> I just wanted to tell you all about the benefits about a part-time Law
> School that is suitable for a lot of our situations and for you guys to
> consider it. It could be very advantageous for us in our situation. Most
> law schools except for the top 20 and top 40 law schools have some form of
> a part-time program or hybrid program for adult learners that is
> accommodating to our situation too. .
>
>
> I’m someone who applied for the Day Program and enrolled in the Day
> Program. I got into the Day Program . ending orientation week a week before
> starting school, at a revelation that doing all of this reading in
> full-time Day Program, even reduced coleslaw for which I was approved as an
> accommodation, it would be difficult, given my skills with screen readers
> and technology. Not with all of that stuff, I just mentioned above, my
> reduced crossword would have me going to school five days per week the same
> amount of days as I would be going with a full-time Day Program because of
> the way that my classes are laid out and how many days they are scheduled
> that throughout the week and how long each classes. At  best , a  reduce
> courseload, depending What section you are in how many days the classes are
> scheduled for they are arranged, will have you going to school no less than
> four days maybe no less than three days depending on what school you go to
> how they arrange their things but expect anywhere from least three days of
> school per week five days per week with a reduced course load I realize
> that it will be too much in the nick of time on the Friday before school
> started a couple of days before school started,  I enrolled  in the
> part-time program
>
> I know what I’m saying is a lot, but please take it into consideration
> What I’m saying to not only  maximize the chances that you guys get in It’s
> also increase the chances that you do well in Law School.
>
> Feel free to email me or call me to discuss my position further Earth any
> of you guys were applying appreciate some more insight On this
>
> Thank you for your attention and time.
>
> I hope this information will be useful and insightful to those of you were
> considering Law School, and for those you are Law School like me or who
> have already graduated, please feel free to chime in when your thoughts in
> your experiences and whether you agree or disagree about hybrid/part-time
> programs versus full-time day programs or reduce courseload accommodation
> within the full-time Day Program.
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