[blindlaw] law students

Thu Feb 28 18:07:05 CST 2008

Leslie,

Many of the publishers will be able to provide you with a copy of the  
textbooks in a format you can use.  Some send them in Adobe files, some as  Word 
documents, and some as WordPerfect files.  I'd suggest you contact  your 
professors and find out what books they intend to use for sure.  Then  I'd call the 
publishers of the books and ask them what they have available for  you.  You'll 
need to provide them with proof of purchase of a hard copy of  the book before 
they send you out an electronic textbook.  Thompson West  does provide 
textbooks in Word format, I believe.  If I may, I'd suggest  you actually do the 
research and work to get your books yourself rather than  relying on your DSS 
Office to do it.  That way, you can have a say in how  soon you get the 
materials, what format, etc.  You may need a letter from  your DSS Office varifying 
your disability though.  I had them write me a  standard form letter, which I 
submitted to each publisher as I began working  with them.  They keep them in 
your file, so one time is usually enough to  get you in the system.

Good luck.

Ronza

In a message dated 2/28/2008 5:57:41 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
jts220 at charter.net writes:

Leslie:

I believe Lexis may have textbooks on CD.  Does  anyone know of a good 
Americans With Disabilities attorney?  I have a  possible claim against the State of 
Georgia for denying my firm a contract and  want to file a cliam is possible.

Josh Smith
---- Leslie Fairall  <fairall at ns.shellworld.net> wrote: 
> I will be starting Concord  Law School in the April class if all goes as 
> planned. At this point,  I'm preliminarily tracking down class textbooks. I 
> have checked  Bookshare.org and RFB&D, and will be calling the West Group 
> soon.  RFB&D seems to have the most titles available. Has anyone ever 
>  received their books in an electronic format from the West Group? If so,  
> are they in Microsoft Word or similar format? Are there any other  
> resources that I may have missed? I don't mind doing some scanning,  but 
> I'd really prefer not to have to do it much since I have a  full-time job 
> and will be going to school part-time. Any information  or suggestions 
> would be very much appreciated. Thanks.
>  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Leslie,

Many of the publishers will be able to provide you with a copy of the textbooks in a format you can use.  Some send them in Adobe files, some as Word documents, and some as WordPerfect files.  I'd suggest you contact your professors and find out what books they intend to use for sure.  Then I'd call the publishers of the books and ask them what they have available for you.  You'll need to provide them with proof of purchase of a hard copy of the book before they send you out an electronic textbook.  Thompson West does provide textbooks in Word format, I believe.  If I may, I'd suggest you actually do the research and work to get your books yourself rather than relying on your DSS Office to do it.  That way, you can have a say in how soon you get the materials, what format, etc.  You may need a letter from your DSS Office varifying your disability though.  I had them write me a standard form letter, which I submitted to each publisher as I began working with them.  They keep them in your file, so one time is usually enough to get you in the system.

Good luck.

Ronza

In a message dated 2/28/2008 5:57:41 P.M. Central Standard Time, jts220 at charter.net writes:
Leslie:
I believe Lexis may have textbooks on CD.  Does anyone know of a good Americans With Disabilities attorney?  I have a possible claim against the State of Georgia for denying my firm a contract and want to file a cliam is possible.
Josh Smith
---- Leslie Fairall <fairall at ns.shellworld.net> wrote:
> I will be starting Concord Law School in the April class if all goes as
> planned. At this point, I'm preliminarily tracking down class textbooks. I
> have checked Bookshare.org and RFB&D, and will be calling the West Group
> soon. RFB&D seems to have the most titles available. Has anyone ever
> received their books in an electronic format from the West Group? If so,
> are they in Microsoft Word or similar format? Are there any other
> resources that I may have missed? I don't mind doing some scanning, but
> I'd really prefer not to have to do it much since I have a full-time job
> and will be going to school part-time. Any information or suggestions
> would be very much appreciated. Thanks.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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