[blindlaw] Re Research Technology - thank you

[ckrugman at sbcglobal.net]

Was this meeting recorded and will the Dallas meeting be broadcast or 
recorded for those who might not be able to attend.
Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ray wayne" <rwayne1 at nyc.rr.com>
To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 7:03 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Re Research Technology - thank you


> We discussed some of this at our NABLIND meeting immediately following the 
> tenBroek Syposium in Baltimore last month. We will do so again this summer 
> in Dallas at our annual meeting. I hope you can make it to Dallas, and 
> that you will come to our meeting. See agenda for time and location.
>
> Ray Wayne
> Secretary, National Assocíation of Blind Lawyers
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Elizabeth Rene" <emrene at earthlink.net>
> To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Monday, May 17, 2010 14:54:01
> Subject: [bllaw] Re Research Technology - thank you
>
>>
>>
>> Thanks to all of you who have sent your comments about using Westlaw and
>> Lexis with screen reader software.
>>
>> I'm very grateful to you.
>>
>> And please, if there's anyone who hasn't written yet about research
>> technology and techniques for blind lawyers, keep writing!
>>
>> Here's some more grist for the mill.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a Braille or electronic version of the Uniform System 
>> of
>> Citation?
>>
>> What about the Restatements of the Law?
>>
>> How do you Shepherdize?
>>
>> How do you draft legislation and review bills in progress?
>>
>> How do you mark clerks papers on appeal?
>>
>> How do you prepare trial notebooks?
>>
>> What have been your best techniques for organizing and presenting oral
>> argument on appeal?
>>
>> I'm speaking of the use of technology re all of this.
>>
>> When I practiced, I didn't have any blind lawyers to talk to, so I winged 
>> it
>> a lot.  I tried cases at all levels of state court, and argued regularly
>> before my state's court of appeals and supreme court.  I also conducted
>> hearings and settlement conferences, and wrote formal opinions.
>>
>> So I'll share my experience and advice too, for what it's worth.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Elizabeth
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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