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

Tue Jun 16 07:29:37 UTC 2009

Good evening Dave,

The list would have to be private and perhaps someone from NABL would  
have to confirm their membership.  NABL could determine what "legal  
professional" means: lawyer, paralegal, etc.

I myself would not be considered a legal professional.  I have  
completed only one year of law school.  I only suggested the idea  
because this has come up a few times since I joined the list.

HTH,
Everett

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On 15-Jun-09, at 10:32 PM, David Andrews wrote:

> 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:
>>
>> The purpose of Blind Law is for the discussion of legal matters and
>> topics directly related to blind people and their blindness. This
>> discussion area will
>> 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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