The people who may suffer most from the college admissions scandal won’t be the ones who were caught cheating. This scandal – and the lasting damage and distrust this kind of cheating creates – may hurt students with disabilities who exercise their right to the accommodations they need. Source: https://pix11.com/2019/05/01/heres-how-the-college-admission-scandal-impacted-students-with-disabilities/
May 20, 2014 Today’s settlement in The Department of Fair Employment and Housing v. Law School Admission Council, Inc. case is a resounding victory for all individuals with disabilities who seek a level playing field on which to qualify for entrance into the legal profession. I thank the U.S. Department of Justice, the California Department […]
Alexander Morelli — whose dad is high-flying litigator Benedict Morelli — says in court papers that he suffers from “learning and attention disabilities” that were diagnosed when he was in seventh grade. But Alexander, 23, wants to follow in his father’s footsteps and claims he’s entitled to special “accommodations” during the Dec. 1 LSAT, specifically […]
Resolution 111 Summary Under the Commission on Disability Right’s (CDR) resolution the ABA urges entities that administer law school admissions tests to provide accommodations that best ensure that the skills of the test-takers are measured, and not their disabilities. It would further urge that the process for determining whether to grant an accommodation be made […]
FORT SALONGA, L.I. — It’s down to the wire. With just three days left until the law school entrance exam a Long Island woman with special needs has been denied extra time to take Saturday’s test. In response she is filing a federal lawsuit. Lisa Rousso wiped away tears as she spoke to CBS 2′s Jennifer McLogan on […]
NEW YORK, Dec 1 – A woman who was granted extra time to take the law-school entrance exam in 1992 after she sustained a gunshot wound is suing exam administrators for refusing to give her another extension — this time to accommodate a cognitive disability — when she re-takes the exam this week. Lisa Rousso […]
