Blind Student Can Use Computer-Assisted Devices on Bar Exam, Judge Says

A federal judge has ordered the National Conference of Bar Examiners to allow a blind law student to use computer-assisted reading devices when taking the bar examination next month, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The national examiners group routinely makes other accommodations available to blind applicants, but had resisted putting test questions on a computer disk, citing test-security concerns. Federal disability law “does not require testing organizations to provide disabled examinees with their preferred accommodations,” the group’s lawyer, Gregory Tenhoff, had argued in court papers.