[blindlaw] Handling Quoted Materials in Class?

[Elizabeth Akinola]

No, I didn't.  I've never wanted to litigate and so my ttrips  to the 
courthouse have been limitted to the mock trials for Legal Writing class, 
the occasional show of support for cases of interest, and  the mandatory 
presence in court during my three-week summer internship.  I'm more for 
diplomacy, and alternative dispute resolution than for litigation.  Plus 
most of my courses were in international law!
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Handling Quoted Materials in Class?


> Elizabeth, did you shadow any one in the court room such as
> reporters or Albert attorneys?
>
> ---- Original message ----
>>Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 08:54:41 -0500
>>From: "Elizabeth Akinola" <elizabetha at ecnv.org>
>>Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Handling Quoted Materials in
> Class?
>>To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>>
>>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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