Comments on: August 2001 archives, part 2 http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 27 May 2012 17:39:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: irwin ironstone http://overlawyered.com/early-years/august-2001-archives-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-28139 irwin ironstone Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:26:39 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?page_id=6930#comment-28139 The WV bar gave Mr. Kelly the equivolent time for three days, compressed into two days. It is like working two(2) 12 hour days rather than three(3) 8 hour days. Perhaps the lawyer who wrote the post should review the facts prior to "trying the case in the press." Deliberate review is frequently better than a shotgun mouth! The WV bar gave Mr. Kelly the equivolent time for three days, compressed into two days. It is like working two(2) 12 hour days rather than three(3) 8 hour days.

Perhaps the lawyer who wrote the post should review the facts prior to “trying the case in the press.” Deliberate review is frequently better than a shotgun mouth!

]]> By: Needs four days to finish bar exam http://overlawyered.com/early-years/august-2001-archives-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-26456 Needs four days to finish bar exam Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:25:59 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?page_id=6930#comment-26456 [...] In response to his request for handicap accommodation, the West Virginia Board of Bar Examiners gave Shannon Kelly three instead of two days to complete the bar exam, “printed its examination in big type … gave him a room to himself and allowed him an extra day to complete the test”. He flunked anyway, so it’s off to federal court to demand further accommodations for what his lawyer Edward McDevitt describes as Kelly’s “severe deficits in processing speed, cognitive fluency and rapid naming”. (Above the Law, Aug. 4; WV Record, Jul. 25). We covered similar issues in the famous Marilyn Bartlett case (before federal judge Sonia Sotomayor in New York) Aug. 20-21, 2001. [...] [...] In response to his request for handicap accommodation, the West Virginia Board of Bar Examiners gave Shannon Kelly three instead of two days to complete the bar exam, “printed its examination in big type … gave him a room to himself and allowed him an extra day to complete the test”. He flunked anyway, so it’s off to federal court to demand further accommodations for what his lawyer Edward McDevitt describes as Kelly’s “severe deficits in processing speed, cognitive fluency and rapid naming”. (Above the Law, Aug. 4; WV Record, Jul. 25). We covered similar issues in the famous Marilyn Bartlett case (before federal judge Sonia Sotomayor in New York) Aug. 20-21, 2001. [...]

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