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Litigation

Oct. 28, 2011

Blind law school graduate prevails in fight against testing authority

A blind law school graduate's two-year battle with bar exam testing authorities over accommodations for her disability came to an end this week with a federal judge ruling in her favor.


By Amy Yarbrough


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - A blind law school graduate's two-year battle with bar exam testing authorities over accommodations for her disability came to an end this week with a federal judge ruling in her favor.


On Monday, U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer applied a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that held that licensing exam administrators must provide accommodations that best ensure disabl...

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