[blindlaw] Advice re starting out

[lisamc2 at optonline.net]

Hello,

My name is Lisa Carlone. I have a law degree and am waiting for the results of the New York bar exam. 

I have low vision so I took all the exams in large print. One course that especially helped with public speaking was Trial Advocacy. The students worked in teams and had to prepare a mock trial at the end of the semester. 

If you are thinking about trial work, I recommend a course like this if your college has one. I know there is software that translates written notes into speech but am not sure about the specifics. 

If the school has an internship program that involves trial work, that is a good way to get experience too.

I hope this helps. Good luck.

Lisa Carlone

----- Original Message -----
From: ger sadlier 
Date: Monday, September 25, 2006 12:59 pm
Subject: [blindlaw] Advice re starting out
To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org

> Hi, my name is Gerard Sadlier. I'm currently in my final year in 
> a law degree program in Ireland. I'm totelly blind and am 
> looking for advice on what professional path i should pursue 
> after completing my college course. Any advice, or suggestions 
> would be really good, together with any problems people had and 
> what they did to solve them.
> For those of you (perhaps a large majority) who know little or 
> nothing about the legal system in Ireland, I should say that 
> like most US states, its a common law jurisdiction, though more 
> like the UK than the US.
> Unlike the US, the profession is divided into 2 branches.
> Solicitors who meet directly with the public, do conveyancing 
> wills etc. and prepare cases and barristers, who do most of the 
> court work in the supeerior courts at least.
> As of yet, i'm undecided as to which branch i'd like to pursue 
> but i think i'd like to become a barrister.
> the main difficulty which springs to mind re this is 
> presentation of a case, making detailed submissions in court. 
> how have people managed this. (a part from the normal lack of 
> enthuseasm for public speaking, what do you do for notes?).
> i'm sure other questions will come to mind.
> I appreciate your help regarding this.
> kind regards Ger
> 
> 
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Hello,
 
My name is Lisa Carlone. I have a law degree and am waiting for the results of the New York bar exam.
 
I have low vision so I took all the exams in large print. One course that especially helped with public speaking was Trial Advocacy. The students worked in teams and had to prepare a mock trial at the end of the semester.
 
If you are thinking about trial work, I recommend a course like this if your college has one. I know there is software that translates written notes into speech but am not sure about the specifics.
 
If the school has an internship program that involves trial work, that is a good way to get experience too.
 
I hope this helps. Good luck.
 
Lisa Carlone
----- Original Message -----
From: ger sadlier
Date: Monday, September 25, 2006 12:59 pm
Subject: [blindlaw] Advice re starting out
To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> Hi, my name is Gerard Sadlier. I'm currently in my final year in
> a law degree program in Ireland. I'm totelly blind and am
> looking for advice on what professional path i should pursue
> after completing my college course. Any advice, or suggestions
> would be really good, together with any problems people had and
> what they did to solve them.
> For those of you (perhaps a large majority) who know little or
> nothing about the legal system in Ireland, I should say that
> like most US states, its a common law jurisdiction, though more
> like the UK than the US.
> Unlike the US, the profession is divided into 2 branches.
> Solicitors who meet directly with the public, do conveyancing
> wills etc. and prepare cases and barristers, who do most of the
> court work in the supeerior courts at least.
> As of yet, i'm undecided as to which branch i'd like to pursue
> but i think i'd like to become a barrister.
> the main difficulty which springs to mind re this is
> presentation of a case, making detailed submissions in court.
> how have people managed this. (a part from the normal lack of
> enthuseasm for public speaking, what do you do for notes?).
> i'm sure other questions will come to mind.
> I appreciate your help regarding this.
> kind regards Ger
>
>
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