[blindlaw] Handling Quoted Materials in Class?

[ayoo0001 at email.vccs.edu]

Yes I'm interested because I might want to go back to Korea 
and help out the people who are blind Albert 

---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:16:55 -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>
>
>International Business Transactions; International Economic 
Law; 
>International Sales Law; ADR--which included International 
Arbitration.  I 
>had previously taken other classes in a Masters degree 
program in 
>International law and diplomacy including:  International  
Civil Rights 
>litigation; Diplomacy and Modern Diplomatic Practice;  
International Human 
>Rights Law; Law of Armed Conflicts;  General Principles of 
International 
>Law;  and Law of the Sea.
>
>Why do ask?  Are you interested in International Law?  If 
yes, I hope this 
>helps!
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: <ayoo0001 at email.vccs.edu>
>To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 9:23 AM
>Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Handling Quoted Materials in Class?
>
>
>> Elizabeth what kinds of classes did you take for
>> International law? Albert
>>
>> ---- Original message ----
>>>Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:00:15 -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>
>>>
>>>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!
>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>From: <ayoo0001 at email.vccs.edu>
>>>To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>>>Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 12:36 PM
>>>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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