[blindlaw] Number of Reader Hours

[McCarthy, Jim]

Tai,
I think what you have been hearing is pretty much the same as I recall.  There are often a goodly number of articles in some of the more upper division classes, but these can pretty easily be scanned if that fits your access style.  There will be books that are not available for the usual places so you will either get them read or scan them according to your preference.  I used the blue book on tape, a nearly useless undertaking.  Having it in word would be better, Brailing might be good but sometimes you bold and other times italic, (mostly bold I think) so Braille may not fully solve things either.  I should have tried getting it in Braille though because that would have beat tape for sure.

You will get Lexis and Westlaw and unlimited use of both!  Perhaps, t e legal research and writing classes will want you to demonstrate that you can find stuff the good old fashioned way in the library books, but I would not be surprised either if that has now been thrown aside.  When I was in school, we had lexis and Westlaw, but first were taught to use the on the shelf sources.  That was fourteen years ago though so by now you probably will do library research on line.  People who have a more recent experience can let us know whether my hunch is right or not.

I am in Bar Review, and every evening I hear people talking about this and that.  Apparently, for law students, Lexis and Westlaw give user points that can be redeemed for merchandise.  People tell stories of saving their points and working to accumulate as many as possible in order to redeem them for music players, gulf clubs and who knows what.  The point being that the online services will try to hook you in during you laws school career in order that you will remain a valued customer once you are finished.  After that though you start getting an idea what the services that you never paid for really cost!
Jim McCarthy

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]On
Behalf Of Tai Schmittroth
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 1:43 AM
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Number of Reader Hours


Really? Only one textbook? That is all? I figured I would need a reader for
library research, but from what you are saying it may not be necessary. Was
most of what you needed available online or in electronic format from the
publishers? 
Thanks.
Tai
 

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of John Ramsey
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 6:01 PM
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Number of Reader Hours

Hello Tai,

I also preferred to use the electronic or taped textbooks, and when handouts
or articles were used, I would just have them scanned into word documents
and still use JAWS. My first year I used a reader for one textbook that was
inaccessible but that was all.

I have never used the Microsoft program that you referred to.

Take care,

John


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