[blindlaw] Number of blind law students

[Elizabeth Akinola]

Or maybe the person was only commenting about the blind students enrolled in 
the university where he/she teaches; I think the numbers are higher than 
what the comment suggests  too.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angie Matney" <Angie at mpmail.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Number of blind law students


> Hi John,
>
> There are six of us on the BlindJD2009 email list. I think there is at 
> least one other blind student starting law school. I
> actually think there are many more blind law students. I actually heard 
> someone refer to law school as a "stereotypical"
> career choice for blind students. <grin> I don't think the numbers are 
> nearly that high, but I found it interesting that this
> person (who worked in a disabilities office at a university) would make 
> this statement.
>
> Angie
>
> On Wed, 7 Jun 2006 03:27:10 -0400, John Ramsey wrote:
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>>Hello,
>>I am not sure if there are any accurate statistics on this, but I read an 
>>article some time ago that said something like ten
> blind students enter law school each year and of those ten only two 
> actually graduate. I am sure even if this were true
> for the year the author wrote the article, it must vary from year to year, 
> but I just thought I would see if anyone on the list
> had any ideas on the subject.
>>Thanks,
>>John
>
>
>
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