[blindLaw] Tip: approach to law school

[omar duncan]

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is a lot easier to follow:  Is attached immediately below right after this:


Key Points & Summary


Main Topic


Why part-time or hybrid law school programs may be a better option than
full-time day programs, particularly for students with accessibility needs.
Also consider reduced course loan programs is in the full-time day programs
If you were only keen on the full-time Day Program program , but part-time
programs may be better In more suitable for our needs


Core Reasons to Consider Part-Time/Hybrid Programs


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   Lighter course load → easier to manage readings and exams
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   More flexibility → fewer days on campus, better scheduling
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   Extra time for accessibility needs → converting materials, working with
   disability services
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   Less intense pace → reduced stress and better academic performance


Accessibility Challenges Highlighted


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   Many law school disability services offices have little to no experience
   with blind or visually impaired students
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   Accommodations (alternative formats, exam adjustments) often take time
   and may not be ready by midterms
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   Full-time programs leave little room to manage administrative delays
   without falling behind


Comparison to Full-Time Day Programs


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   Full-time programs are fast-paced and intense
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   Reduced course load accommodations often still require 3–5 days on campus
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   Heavy reading demands + assistive technology learning curves can be
   overwhelming


Additional Advantages of Part-Time Programs


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   Smaller cohorts and better professor access
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   Often less competitive curves
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   Can be easier to gain admission, especially with lower LSAT scores
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   Saves on commuting time and housing costs


Personal Example


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   The author initially enrolled in a full-time day program
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   Realized just before classes began that the pace was unmanageable
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   Switched to a part-time program and found it better aligned with
   accessibility and learning needs


Bottom Line


Part-time and hybrid law school programs can provide a critical buffer for
students facing accessibility, technology, and processing
challenges—improving both admission chances and long-term success in law
school.


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On Sat, Dec 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM omar duncan <oduncan821 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
>
>
> ——————————————————-
> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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