[blindlaw] Handling Quoted Materials in Class?

[Carrie Ann Lucas]

Another thing to add...  During all of law school, I only had one professor
that used the pure "Socratic" method of choosing a student at random to be
on the hot seat.  All the rest had some method of choosing students, be it
alphabetically, by seating chart, or something along those lines.  All the
other students could predict when they would be called on, and could be more
prepared.  I know my hearing loss was a reason for not being able to figure
out those systems, and I suspect vision played a part as well.  I don't know
if that is true for you or not Rod, but at any rate, don't be shy about
asking for a heads up, because chances are, the professor has a method, and
you just may not be aware of it.  

Carrie Ann Lucas
Attorney/Equal Justice Works Fellow
Center for Rights of Parents with Disabilities
Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition
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-----Original Message-----
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.