A third-year law student who's legally blind and learning disabled has won her first court case: her own. Deanna Jones sued the National Conference of Bar Examiners, claiming it violated the Americans With Disabilities Act by refusing to let her take a key legal ethics exam using a computer with screen access software that she has used to read in law school.
August 09, 2011 at 12:00 AM
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Deanna Jones, a third-year law student who’s legally blind and learning disabled, has won her first big court case: her own.
Jones sued the National Conference of Bar Examiners in July, accusing it of violating the Americans With Disabilities Act by refusing to let her take a key legal ethics exam using a computer with screen access software that she has used to read in college and in law school.
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