[blindlaw] Handling Quoted Materials in Class?

[Elizabeth Akinola]

I agree with everything that Carrie Ann  suggested; that's how I did it and 
since you've tried using the Braillite with your laptop without success, I 
strongly believe that having your documents in Braille will help.

My professors were all very good at letting me know at least a week ahead 
that it'd be my turn to discuss a case in class and that gave  me plenty of 
time to download the case from Westlaw, print it out in Braille and have a 
separate document that contained only the summary.  Having read the whole 
case beforehand made it easy to find quotes or specific holdings when 
necessary; Otherwise the case summary is generally really all you need.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rod Alcidonis" <roddj12 at comcast.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 5:01 PM
Subject: [blindlaw] Handling Quoted Materials in Class?


>I would appreciate it please if current or former law students can share
> their strategy in dealing with the following issue in class.
>
> Currently, I believe that am at a major disadvantage in class, because I
> cannot directly read from the book to answer the professor's question, and
> professors are sometimes looking for the specific language of the court in 
> a
> particular case. Normally, if it is something I intend to argue about a
> case, such as a section in the restatement, or a specific ruling of the
> court, I would have it brailed-out, but when it is something that comes up
> during discussion, it is a problem.
>
> I now have my briefs and the supplemental materials for class all
> brailed-out, but sometimes the professor jumps around a lot in the 
> material,
> and I found that I would need to navigate too many Braille pages if I were
> to Braille the whole case for class.
>
> ? Any suggestions please?
>
> Rod Alcidonis
>
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