Earl Oaks, who has been blind since childhood, faces a challenge later this month -- he'll take the Texas bar exam, in Braille, over the course of three days, the last two of which will each involve 12 hours of testing. "I'll give it my best shot," says Oaks. Simply earning his law degree was a marathon, not a sprint. Many of his textbooks were converted to Braille, which took longer to read, and when it came to reading The Bluebook in Braille, Oak says, "It was easier for me to memorize it."
July 22, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
For Earl Oaks, earning a law degree was a marathon, not a sprint. And next up will be another endurance challenge: taking the Texas bar exam, in Braille, over the course of three days, the last two of which will each involve 12 hours of testing.
“I’ll give it my best shot,” says Oaks, who has been blind since childhood. He graduated from Texas Tech University School of Law in May and is scheduled to take the bar exam July 29-31 in Lubbock.
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