Thanks to technology — and a helpful nudge from the Justice Department — it’s about to become easier for blind students to apply for law school. Our sibling publication, The National Law Journal, reported on last week’s announcement by the DOJ that it has helped reach a settlement that makes it possible for blind students to submit a law school application on the website used by most law schools nationwide — without asking for help.
Under the current system on the Law School Admissions Council website, blind students must seek assistance by telephone in the application process. Under the agreement, which resolves an Americans With Disabilities Act lawsuit brought by the National Federation of the Blind in February 2009, the LSAC has agreed to take steps to make the application site fully accessible to individuals who use screen readers by the beginning of the fall, 2012, application cycle.
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