I wonder, can I sue the Bar Board Examiners? The application for non-standard students wanting to take the bar is tedious and extreme. Admittedly, I can understand why they want a doctor’s statement as to why I need extra time to take the exam. I know they need proof that I’m physically in a scooter, and that because of the AMC I’m lucky enough that I can write with my right hand. The thing is, the information they want is excessive, and it’s made me so unconfortable. They want medical records and tests done. They want my transcripts. They don’t ask the regular students for transcripts, but because I’m looking for accomidations I have to provide a college transcript, my transcript here, and my LSAT scores, even if I didn’t receive accomidations for that. What relevance do my grades have on the fact that I need accomidations in order to take the bar exam. I’m not a criminal here, yet every question is so detailed, it’s like they’re expecting me to trip up on something. I’m afraid they’ll deny my application because I can’t remember the name and current address of the doctor who diagnosed me with AMC. It was 25 years ago. The doctor is probably retired.
My mom, the sensible one, wonders if they can’t just send someone to look at me. They don’t care. The doctor I went to see on Wednsday was so bothered by the questions, that in the last box she asked if the Board was familiar with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
When I look at the application, it makes me so uneasy. Maybe I’m overreacting, but I do feel discriminated by it all. I feel as if they’re just waiting to stamp denied on the application because they aren’t satisfied with the doctor’s answers or the school’s answers. So I can’t write as fast as everyone else. Does this mean I can’t be a lawyer because of it.
I hate having to go overboard to prove that the accomidations are necessary. I’m not trying to cheat. Believe me, if I could write like a normal person I would.
I understand that they need proof, but there’s a difference between needing proof and being overly intrusive. Those records are personal. What the doctor had to put down is personal.
I just hate it. I hate it because filling out that application has made me feel dirty, so undeserving of what I need. I’m not the criminal here, but everything about that application makes it seem otherwise. And I know I’m not the first person to feel like this either.