Posts Tagged ‘Lisa Rousso’

December 2, 2011 | Press, Testing

CBS News – LSAT Extension Denied For Long Island Woman With Cognitive Disorder

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 […]

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December 1, 2011 | Press, Testing

Reuters – Woman With Cognitive Disability Sues for More Time to Take LSAT

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 […]

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November 30, 2011 | News

Woman with Brain Disorder Sues for More Time on the LSAT

A would-be law student in New York state has filed suit seeking additional time to take the Law School Admission Test. Lisa Rousso, 41, of Fort Salonga, N.Y., says she needs more time because of a brain disorder that causes her to read and write more slowly, Newsday reports. Her suit against the Law School […]

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November 30, 2011 | News

Woman Sues Over Law School Entrance Exam

A Fort Salonga woman who says she has a brain disorder that causes her to read and write slowly has filed a federal lawsuit against administrators of the law school entrance exam, saying she has been denied additional time she needs to take the test. Lisa Rousso, 41, filed suit Monday in federal court in […]

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