Marie Powell v. National Board of Medical Examiners, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Bruce M. Koeppen

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• noting that in evaluating “the substance of a genuinely academic decision, courts should accord the faculty’s professional judgment great deference”
• holding that the NCBE did not violate ADA or Rehabilitation Act when it followed its standard procedures for 12 considering accommodations and there was no evidence that those standard procedures were unreasonable or discriminatory
• holding, in the alternative, that even if plaintiff could show that she was a qualified individual, her discrimination claim failed because she offered no proof that she was discriminated against on account of her disability
• allowing a student in medical school to continue in program without passing Step 1 “would have changed the nature and substance of [the] program”
• allowing a student in medical school to 25 1 continue in program without passing Step 1 “would have changed the nature 2 and substance of [the] program”
• allowing a student in medical school to 25 1 continue in program without passing Step 1 “would have changed the nature 2 and substance of [the] program”

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