After two years of legal wrangling, the Law School Admission Council and the National Federation of the Blind have reached a settlement — with the help of the U.S. Justice Department — over the accessibility of the website nearly every U.S. law school uses to accept student applications.
The council has agreed to make its entire site accessible to blind users without their having to rely on assistance from someone over the phone. Under the existing system, blind applicants must call the council’s customer support service during working hours to complete the online applications. Under the settlement, new technology will allow blind users to independently complete applications whenever they want.
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