[blindlaw] FW: [DRBA] Attorney Job Opening - Disability Law Center-Boston

[Ross Doerr]

I would be careful to not "jump conclusions" here.
I have worked for a protection and advocacy here in Maine since 2006 under 
very similar requirements. The accommodation that was offerred to me was an 
hourly contract for me to pay my own driver and reader for client visits, 
handwritten documentation, last-minute evidence at administrative hearings, 
sighted assistance around court houses that I have never been to before and 
transport to court hearings etc.
Just because they don't post something that says "we offer reasonable 
accommodations" does not mean they won't do it when a visually disabled 
applicant comes along and qualifies for the job.
I handle in excess of 110 cases a year and have been doing exactly what that 
job calls for - the only accommodation that was provided being the 
driver/reader contract at an hourly rate, and the P&A paid them, not me.
If I were you, I'd focus more on the language that notes the weekend work 
and long hours. They aren't kidding. The work is long and you aren't paid 
what private practice lawyers get. But the work is rewarding.
IF anyone wants to speak with me about working for a P&A, contact me off 
list:
rumpole at roadrunner.com
 and I'd be happy to speak with them.


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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] FW: [DRBA] Attorney Job Opening - Disability Law 
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> Why is this on a job list for blind people when the requirements include a
> driver's license AND access to a car?
>
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> From: CMPDL's Disability Discussion Docket (3D)
> [mailto:CMPDL-3D at MAIL.ABANET.ORG] On Behalf Of Phelan, William
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 11:43 AM
> To: CMPDL-3D at MAIL.ABANET.ORG
> Subject: FW: [DRBA] Attorney Job Opening - Disability Law Center- Boston
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> Job opening in Boston, MA.
>
> William J. Phelan, IV, Esq.
> Special Projects and Technology Coordinator
> Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law
> American Bar Association
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> phelanw at staff.abanet.org<mailto:phelanw at staff.abanet.org>
> www.abanet.org/disability<http://www.abanet.org/disability>
> ________________________________
> From: Eve L Hill
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 2:23 PM
> To:
> Subject: [DRBA] Attorney Job Opening - Disability Law Center- Boston
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> Attached is a job opening at the Disability Law Center in Boston, in case
> you know anyone who may be interested.
>
> Thanks
> Eve
>
> Eve Hill, Esq.
> Senior Vice President
> Burton Blatt Institute
> 1667 K St. NW
> Suite 640
> Washington, DC 20006
> (202) 296-2044
> ehill at law.syr.edu
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