Hello Access Indians, This is 4-month old news. Still it may be helpful for some of us. Blind Law-School Grad Wins Right to Use Assistive Technology on Bar Exam January 4, 2011, 3:23 pm
By Marc Parry A blind law-school graduate won a legal victory today in her fight to take two legal exams with help from assistive software. It’s the latest in a series of court battles over issues of technology accessibility. Stephanie Enyart, who graduated from UCLA School of Law in 2009, tried to take the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam and the Multistate Bar Exam using a computer equipped with read-aloud software. But the National Conference of Bar Examiners refused to approve the accommodation. She sued, and a district court ruled that the conference must let her take the exams with the assistive software. Today’s decision, by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, upheld the lower court’s rulings. This entry was posted in Legal Troubles. This news was taken from http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/blind-law-school-grad-wins-right-to-use-assistive-tech-on-bar-exam/28776 Thank You All. Your's Sathiyaprakash To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
