[blindlaw] About blindlaw, was Request for laptop during essay section denied

Tue Jun 16 02:32:38 UTC 2009

How would you guarantee that everyone on the list was a "legal professional?"

Dave

At 12:28 PM 6/15/2009, you wrote:
>Good afternoon,
>
>Perhaps people would benefit from a second list for law professionals
>only?
>
>About blindlaw:
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>be directly monitored by members of the National Association of Blind
>Lawyers, a division of the National Federation of the Blind.
>
>This area is also intended as a means for the members of the
>National Association of Blind Lawyers to stay in contact with each
>other.
>
>HTH,
>Everett
>
>
>On 15-Jun-09, at 10:46 AM, Rod Alcidonis wrote:
>
>>Craig:
>>
>>Good comments. There was a time when there was talk for the list to
>>remain only for blind attorneys, and I opposed it. Granted, I was
>>not a law student then, but I now see why this would have been the
>>best idea. There is a music production listserv called Midimag, it
>>is so well monitored that there aren't any posts that is not music
>>related. Folks usually don't get to post more than one off message
>>on the list.
>>
>>Rod Alcidonis, J.D.
>>C. 718-704-4651
>>roddj12 at hotmail.com
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Borne" <cdborne at gmail.com>
>>To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 12:40 AM
>>Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Request for laptop during essay section denied
>>
>>
>>>Bryan,
>>>
>>>You really need to learn a little tact.  She was looking for a work- around
>>>to an accommodation issue, not a tech solution to what she needed.
>>>
>>>Frankly, I am getting really tired of the non-attorney participants
>>>on this
>>>list chiming in on law (or bar exam) issues.  Is this or is it not
>>>a list
>>>for blind lawyers and law related to blind related issues?  If so,
>>>why are
>>>the attorneys (or law students) on this list constantly assaulted
>>>with
>>>flaming comments that neither answer legal questions nor promote the
>>>practice of law with blind attorneys?  Over the past few weeks, I
>>>have
>>>exercised my delete key more often than in the past due to the high
>>>email
>>>traffic related neither to the practice of law nor to legal issues
>>>related
>>>to blind plaintiffs/defendants.
>>>
>>>I respectfully ask that this loosy-goosy monitoring of this list
>>>serve be
>>>tightened.  I am frankly tired of receiving emails containing
>>>flames from
>>>non-attorneys discussing non-legal topics.  It is a waste of time
>>>and an
>>>annoyance.  I, as a practicing attorney, am less inclined to post a
>>>query to
>>>this list because I don't have the time or patience to deal with
>>>the replies
>>>coming from judgmental, non-legal participants in this list.
>>>
>>>Either blind attorneys/law students have a forum on blindnet, or
>>>they do
>>>not.
>>>
>>>Craig
>>>
>>>
>>>Craig Borne
>>>Baltimore, Maryland
>>>"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial
>>>appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in
>>>defense of custom."  --Thomas Paine, Common Sense
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw- bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>Behalf Of Bryan Schulz
>>>Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 6:51 PM
>>>To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
>>>Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Request for laptop during essay section
>>>denied
>>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>DUMB!
>>>buy another 2.5" laptop hard drive and a thin sata to usb enclosure.
>>>then use casper to clone your drive to the second hard drive as it
>>>is free
>>>for 30 days.
>>>then uninstall everything you have to in order to comply with the
>>>testing
>>>rules.
>>>after the test, swap the hard drives as the new one will most
>>>likely have
>>>much more capacity and you could then use the original smaller
>>>drive in the
>>>usb enclosure for extra storage.
>>>the new drive and enclosure will cost about $80.
>>>
>>>Bryan Schulz
>>>The BEST Solution
>>>www.best-acts.com
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Angie Matney" <angie.matney at gmail.com >
>>>To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>>>Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 2:18 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Request for laptop during essay section
>>>denied
>>>
>>>
>>>>For those who are lucky enough to be able to use a laptop on the
>>>>essays, I
>>>>have a thought. If I am ultimately granted this accommodation, I
>>>>expect
>>>>the
>>>>Board will ask me to wipe my computer clean. I believe that,
>>>>instead of
>>>>gutting my computer (and then worrying that I have inadvertently
>>>>left
>>>>something on there that shouldn't be there), I am going to buy a
>>>>second
>>>>netbook for use on the bar. A netbook costs around $400. I might
>>>>buy one
>>>>just like the one I am using now. I can always sell it at a
>>>>discount after
>>>>I'm done. (Then again, I might keep it and turn it into a linux
>>>>machine...but that''s a topic of discussion for another list.)
>>>>Current
>>>>netbooks comply with the technical requirements that Virginia has
>>>>for
>>>>laptops. Also, the batter ycan last for an entire day of testing
>>>>without
>>>>needing to be recharged.
>>>>
>>>>This is not exactly the cheapest solution, but I believe it's what
>>>>I will
>>>>do
>>>>it I need a clean computer.
>>>>
>>>>Angie
>>>>
>>>>
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