[blindlaw] Disabled Students' Bill Rights: Resolution forABAStudent Division 15th Circuit

[booboobuttken at bellsouth.net]

Sorry, I meant to address this to an individual on the list, not the whole
group.
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forABAStudent Division 15th Circuit


> Hi Danielle -
> Don't know if you ever got on the list and saw this already, but I thought
> it was an interesting post that may pertain to this year's group regarding
> law school and the bar.  Hope it is helpful.
> Annette
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> From: "O'Reilly, Patrick" <OREILLPA at law.unm.edu>
> To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 11:34 AM
> Subject: [blindlaw] Disabled Students' Bill Rights: Resolution for
> ABAStudent Division 15th Circuit
>
>
> I didn't receive any input on this, so I thought I'd send it out a second
> and final time.
>
> My name is Brendan O'Reilly and I'm a third-year law student at the
> University of New Mexico. I serve my class as third-year representative to
> the faculty and this summer was appointed by my ABA Student Division 15th
> Circuit Governor, Jason Redd, to serve as Lt. Governor in charge of
> Resolutions and Bylaws.
>
> I mentioned to Gov. Redd some of the difficulties I and other visually
> impaired and blind law students and attorneys face in applying to law
> school, getting materials for law school, and in preparing for and taking
> the bar exam. Specifically, I mentioned to him: 1) the difficulty I had in
> acquiring book lists in a timely enough fashion to request digital format
> books from publisers; 2) the difficulty I had in acquiring books in a
timely
> fashion from my school's accessibility services office; 3) LSAT and Bar
> examinees' problems in using a reader for the exams with whom the examinee
> is comfortabe; and 4) some other classroom accessibility issues.
>
> Gov. Redd and I agree that the best means to address these issues is to
> draft a BILL OF RIGHTS applicable to all students and lawyers that
addresses
> each student's right, regardless of disability status, to have open,
timely,
> and equal access to any and all amenities and service afforded all other
> students.
>
> Gov. Redd has suggested that such a resolution could be presented to a
> meeting of four student division circuits in October, who could then
certify
> the resolution/Bill of Rights to the ABA House of Delegates.
>
> I may be a bit fuzzy on this process, but all the same, I solicit your
input
> as to what you'd like to see in the Bill of Rights. Please feel free to
> throw in the kitchen sink as I'd rather be over inclusive than under
> inclusive.
>
> Thank you,
> Brendan O'Reilly
> 15th Circuit Lt. Governor-Resolutions and Bylaws
> 817 La Veta NE
> Albuquerque, NM 87108
> 505-255-1597
> oreillpa at law.unm.edu
>
>
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