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| The need to document a learning disability may arise
during the admissions process, during the period between admission and
enrollment, or after matriculation. Section 504 regulations do not allow
educational institutions to inquire about an applicant's handicap unless
the institution is attempting "to correct the effects of past discrimination."
An admissions committee may, however, require documentation of a learning
disability when applicants identify themselves as learning disabled (many
do in their personal statement). Nevertheless, the committee must
take care not to discriminate against the applicant on the basis of disability.
After admission, a learning disabled student who seeks special accommodations or modifications will need to provide the law school with recent documentation of the disability from a physician, psychologist, or learning disabilities specialist. Documentation should be no older than three years, unless the student will enter law school immediately after earning the bachelor's degree. Generally, the records of a student who documented a disability as a college freshman will have been updated through periodic testing and reviews of requests for special services. Such documentation should be acceptable to law school administrators. If the documentation is not clear, the examiner or the disabilities specialist at the undergraduate institution should be asked to provide further information. Interpretive help may also be obtained from a disabled student program on campus, faculty in education, psychology, or educational psychology, or from community agencies or outside consultants. |
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| February 2008 Bar Application Deadline November 30, 2007 |
| July 2008 Bar Application Deadline March 30, 2008 |
