more on Risks Digest 24.10] Risks of applying to law school]

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Subject:        Re: [IP] Risks Digest 24.10] Risks of applying to law school
Date:   Thu, 24 Nov 2005 16:16:02 -0500 (EST)
From:   Bram Dov Abramson <bda () bazu org>
Reply-To:       bda () bazu org
To:     tonylima2 () att net
CC:     dave () farber net, charmaine.lyn () mcgill ca
References:     <4386274C.2050106 () farber net>



Hello,

There are a few good law schools beyond the reach of LSAC which your
friend might consider, mind you.  Should he have any French, he might join
several Americans who've opted for McGill:
http://www.law.mcgill.ca/undergraduate/admission-en.htm

I'm cc-ing our admissions head at McGill's Faculty of Law to make sure she
knows about the bad press Windows-only admissions procedures have been
getting!

cheers
Bram

> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 10:44:21 -0800
> From: Tony Lima <tonylima2 () att net>
> Subject: Risks of applying to law school
>
> No, not the risks you're thinking of.
>
> A friend is applying to law school.  He's young but knows something about
> computers.  Law schools collaborate with the Law School Admissions Council
> (http://www.lsac.org) to use a single application form.  This form is
> created using OmniForm (published by Nuance, formerly known as ScanSoft).
> OmniForm requires that you install an ActiveX control on your computer.
> This control apparently only works on Windows computers.  Macs are not
> welcome. (So much for "Legally Blonde.") Linux and other flavors of UNIX
> are beyond the pale.
>
> My friend was mumbling obscenities about installing this control.  The
> computer he was working on apparently died during the process so I took a
> deep breath and said he could work with my notebook computer.  He dug into
> the application, got to the ActiveX installation screen and the control
> refused to install.  At that point I took over (not wanting him messing
> with my security settings).  I finally got the control to install after
doing
> the following:
>
> - Disabling my anti-spyware software (ewido security suite).  I then tried
> to install the control with no luck.
>
> - Setting the privacy permission for lsac.org to "allow."  Again no luck
> installing the control.
>
> - Eliminating all security by making the security settings (Tools/Internet
> Options/Security/Custom Level) completely open.  I enabled each and every
> ActiveX and other control including unsigned controls and controls marked
> as not safe.  The control then installed successfully.
>
> Now perhaps I didn't have to go quite that far but a deadline was
> approaching and I really didn't want to take the time to perform the trial
> and error that would apparently be required to determine exactly how much
> security to give up.
>
> It occurs to me that this is truly THE law school admission test.  If
you're
> dumb enough to let this control install you're probably good law school
> material.  OTOH if you don't let the control through then you're too smart
> to be a lawyer.  (That's about all the humor I can manage after 1.5 hours
> fighting with this stuff.  I've disconnected from the net and am running
> my usual four scanning programs right now.)
>
> Tony Lima, Prof. of Economics, California State University, East Bay
> tony.lima () csueastbay edu  (510) 885-3889
>
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