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Update your profile | Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy American Bar Association | 321 N Clark | Chicago, IL 60654 | 1-800-285-2221 From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov Tue Apr 3 15:46:21 2012 From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel) Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 10:46:21 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] FW: [ABA-3D] Job Announcement: Program Specialist--ABA Commission on Disability Rights In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: From: The Disability Discussion Docket (3D) - Official e-mail list of the Commission on Disability Right [mailto:3D at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG] On Behalf Of Moore, Brandon Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 7:29 AM To: 3D at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG Subject: [ABA-3D] Job Announcement: Program Specialist--ABA Commission on Disability Rights Program Specialist Commission on Disability Rights PK10776 Hiring range: $51,700- $57,100 The Program Specialist is responsible for the management and implementation of programs, projects and activities of the entity. 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M/F/D/V Follow this link to apply: https://www5.recruitingcenter.net/Clients/abanet/PublicJobs/Intranet/controller.cfm?jbaction=JobProfile&Job_Id=10721&esid=az Brandon Moore-Rhodes Commission on Disability Rights (202) 662-1574 From LBlake at nfb.org Tue Apr 3 16:34:14 2012 From: LBlake at nfb.org (Blake, Lou Ann) Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 09:34:14 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] 2012 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium Message-ID: Only Two Weeks Remaining to Register! for the 2012 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium Disability Identity in the Disability Rights Movement April 19-20, 2012 at the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute Baltimore, Maryland Don't miss your opportunity to hear Eve Hill, senior counselor to Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez at the United States Department of Justice, and other leading disability rights advocates at the 2012 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium. The symposium will consist of plenary sessions and workshops facilitated by distinguished law professors, practitioners, and advocates who will discuss topics such as: judicial perspectives on the presentation of disability cases, how to influence jurors' perception of disability, the impact of the ADA Amendments Act on employment cases, the role of identity in the disability rights movement, and disability discrimination in health care.. 2012 plenary session presenters: * Adrienne Asch, Edward and Robin Milstein Professor of Bioethics, Yeshiva University * David Ball, jury consultant, Malekpour & Ball Consulting * Richard S. Brown, Chief Judge, Wisconsin Court of Appeals * Brian East, senior attorney, Disability Rights Texas * Katie Eyer, Research Scholar and Lecturer in Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School * Donovan W. Frank, U.S. District Judge, District of Minnesota * Arlene S. Kanter, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence and Professor of Law, Syracuse University College of Law * Peggy R. Mastroianni, legal counsel, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission * Jane Perkins, legal director, National Health Law Program * Francis A. Polito, Chief Administrative Judge, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission * Silvia Yee, senior staff attorney, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund 2012 workshop facilitators: * Michael Allen, partner, Relman, Dane & Colfax * Robert Ardinger, president, Ardinger Consultants and Associates * Charles Brown, director, Volunteer Lawyers for the Blind, American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults * Michael Bullis, parent * Matthew W. Dietz, principal, Law Offices of Matthew W. Dietz, P.L. * Brian Dimmick, staff attorney, American Diabetes Association * Senator Lisa A. Gladden, Maryland General Assembly * Daniel F. Goldstein, partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP * Judith A. Gran, partner, Reisman Carolla Gran LLP * Katy Kaplan, assistant director, Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion of People with Psychiatric Disabilities * Scott C. LaBarre, principal, LaBarre Law Offices, PC * William J. Phelan, IV, partner, The Gowen Group Law Office PLLC * Howard A. Rosenblum, Chief Executive Officer, National Association of the Deaf * Jackie Simon, member, Equal Rights Center Board of Directors; broker/owner, Jackie Simon Homes, LLC * Joyce Walker-Jones, senior attorney advisor, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Documentation for CLE credits will be provided. Registration fee: $175 Student registration fee: $25 A limited number of scholarships to cover the registration fee will be available to individuals with demonstrated financial need. To learn more about the symposium and symposium sponsorship opportunities, view the agenda, and register online, please visit http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Law_Symposium.asp. You may also download from this Web site a registration form to mail or fax. Hotel information is also available on the symposium Web site. For additional information, contact: Lou Ann Blake, JD Law Symposium Coordinator Jernigan Institute NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place Baltimore, Maryland 21230 Telephone: 410-659-9314, ext. 2221 E-mail: lblake at nfb.org From taiablas at gmail.com Thu Apr 5 13:08:58 2012 From: taiablas at gmail.com (Tai Blas) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 08:08:58 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Law Journal Message-ID: Hello. I have some questions for blind students or attorneys who have served on law journals as part of their law school career. I would like to know how blind law studentshandle the lengthy cite checking involved in serving on a journal. Also, did you hire readers to assist you and if so, were your readers fellow law students or individuals unfamiliar with the law? I am thinking of writing on to a journal next year but am not sure whether it will be a valuable experience for me because of the focus on complying with bluebook rules or if I would be better off doing a writing seminar or appellate advocacy instead. Thanks. Tai From taiablas at gmail.com Thu Apr 5 13:12:34 2012 From: taiablas at gmail.com (Tai Blas) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 08:12:34 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Signals During Oral Argument? Message-ID: Hello. I am giving my first oral argument next week and am wondering what accommodations blind lawyers request for nonverbal signals. It is my understanding that in the courtroom, different color lights let attorneys know how much time they have left in their oral arguments. Do you bring your own timekeeping device to the podium or do you ask for an oral signal? Also, do the judges generally give you an audible signal when you may begin your argument? Thanks. Tai From agtolentino at gmail.com Thu Apr 5 13:53:17 2012 From: agtolentino at gmail.com (Aser Tolentino) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 06:53:17 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] Law Journal In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello, I did a year with a journal and imposed upon a family member to act as a reader for cite checking. It wasn't fun, but I never got any negative feedback. Depending on what you want to do after law school, it can be a very valuable experience. I was far more drawn to appellate advocacy, trial practice and externships myself. Respectfully, Aser Tolentino, Esq. On Apr 5, 2012, at 6:08 AM, Tai Blas wrote: > Hello. I have some questions for blind students or attorneys who have > served on law journals as part of their law school career. I would > like to know how blind law studentshandle the lengthy cite checking > involved in serving on a journal. Also, did you hire readers to assist > you and if so, were your readers fellow law students or individuals > unfamiliar with the law? I am thinking of writing on to a journal next > year but am not sure whether it will be a valuable experience for me > because of the focus on complying with bluebook rules or if I would be > better off doing a writing seminar or appellate advocacy instead. > > Thanks. > > Tai > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/agtolentino%40gmail.com From agtolentino at gmail.com Thu Apr 5 13:59:30 2012 From: agtolentino at gmail.com (Aser Tolentino) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 06:59:30 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] Signals During Oral Argument? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2D893A2A-C403-45E3-96E1-4EE2AD433FC0@gmail.com> Hello, The only timed arguments I've ever done were for moot court (appellate advocacy). I usually arranged before the argument with the time keeper to give a verbal warning at the times when visual signals were given. Sometimes members of the panel offered to provide the same information. I also carried a BrailleNote to the podium and set the stopwatch. Respectfully, Aser Tolentino, Esq. On Apr 5, 2012, at 6:12 AM, Tai Blas wrote: > Hello. I am giving my first oral argument next week and am wondering > what accommodations blind lawyers request for nonverbal signals. It is > my understanding that in the courtroom, different color lights let > attorneys know how much time they have left in their oral arguments. > Do you bring your own timekeeping device to the podium or do you ask > for an oral signal? Also, do the judges generally give you an audible > signal when you may begin your argument? > > Thanks. > > Tai > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/agtolentino%40gmail.com From dravant at ameritech.net Thu Apr 5 14:27:26 2012 From: dravant at ameritech.net (denise avant) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 09:27:26 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Signals During Oral Argument? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello I have done numerous oral arguments You can let the court kbow ahead of time and verbal warning can be given or the baliff or time keeper can ring a little bell You can keep time yourself if you do not think that will be too distracting Sent from my iPhone On Apr 5, 2012, at 8:12 AM, Tai Blas wrote: > Hello. I am giving my first oral argument next week and am wondering > what accommodations blind lawyers request for nonverbal signals. It is > my understanding that in the courtroom, different color lights let > attorneys know how much time they have left in their oral arguments. > Do you bring your own timekeeping device to the podium or do you ask > for an oral signal? Also, do the judges generally give you an audible > signal when you may begin your argument? > > Thanks. > > Tai > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/dravant%40ameritech.net From dravant at ameritech.net Thu Apr 5 14:32:33 2012 From: dravant at ameritech.net (denise avant) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 09:32:33 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Law Journal In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3ED2AE22-3FB6-4A31-A5A5-7521F024AC93@ameritech.net> Is the blue book accessible This may impact your decision Sent from my iPhone On Apr 5, 2012, at 8:08 AM, Tai Blas wrote: > Hello. I have some questions for blind students or attorneys who have > served on law journals as part of their law school career. I would > like to know how blind law studentshandle the lengthy cite checking > involved in serving on a journal. Also, did you hire readers to assist > you and if so, were your readers fellow law students or individuals > unfamiliar with the law? I am thinking of writing on to a journal next > year but am not sure whether it will be a valuable experience for me > because of the focus on complying with bluebook rules or if I would be > better off doing a writing seminar or appellate advocacy instead. > > Thanks. > > Tai > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/dravant%40ameritech.net From slabarre at labarrelaw.com Thu Apr 5 15:18:55 2012 From: slabarre at labarrelaw.com (Scott C. LaBarre) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 09:18:55 -0600 Subject: [blindlaw] Signals During Oral Argument? In-Reply-To: <2D893A2A-C403-45E3-96E1-4EE2AD433FC0@gmail.com> References: <2D893A2A-C403-45E3-96E1-4EE2AD433FC0@gmail.com> Message-ID: <008f01cd133f$6b2cfbf0$4186f3d0$@labarrelaw.com> Greetings, I have appeared before several federal appellate courts and others. I usually work with the courtroom clerk to inform the panel that I will need some kind of verbal warning which the presiding judge has had no difficulty in giving. Beforehand, I prepare what I want to say to wrap up the argument once I receive that verbal warning. I also keep track of time on my notetaker type device, which currently happens to be a Braille Sense Plus. On one occasion, the presiding judge said something like "Mr. LaBarre, I am sorry. I know that I was suppose to give you the heads up with two minutes to go but your time is now up. So, please conclude." I then delivered my closing couple of sentences and sat down. The point here is that you need to be agile and ready on your ffet. This is particularly important in these types of arguments because you have no idea what the judges may toss your way. Best, Scott C. LaBarre, Esq.   LaBarre Law Offices P.C. 1660 South Albion Street, Ste. 918 Denver, Colorado 80222 303 504-5979 (voice) 303 757-3640 (fax) slabarre at labarrelaw.com (e-mail) www.labarrelaw.com (website)   CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the designated recipient, you may not read, copy, distribute or retain this message. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender at 303) 504-5979 or slabarre at labarrelaw.com, and destroy and delete it from your system. This message and any attachments are covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510-2521. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Aser Tolentino Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 8:00 AM To: Blind Law Mailing List Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Signals During Oral Argument? Hello, The only timed arguments I've ever done were for moot court (appellate advocacy). I usually arranged before the argument with the time keeper to give a verbal warning at the times when visual signals were given. Sometimes members of the panel offered to provide the same information. I also carried a BrailleNote to the podium and set the stopwatch. Respectfully, Aser Tolentino, Esq. On Apr 5, 2012, at 6:12 AM, Tai Blas wrote: > Hello. I am giving my first oral argument next week and am wondering > what accommodations blind lawyers request for nonverbal signals. It is > my understanding that in the courtroom, different color lights let > attorneys know how much time they have left in their oral arguments. > Do you bring your own timekeeping device to the podium or do you ask > for an oral signal? Also, do the judges generally give you an audible > signal when you may begin your argument? > > Thanks. > > Tai > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/agtolentino%40gm > ail.com _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/slabarre%40labarrelaw. com From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov Thu Apr 5 18:30:45 2012 From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 13:30:45 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] FW: Opening: DOJ Experienced Attorney - U.S. Attorney's Office - Idaho In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: From: Parker, Richard L. 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Justice seeks to attract, retain, and promote individuals of exceptional ability and talent from all walks of life. The work environment and atmosphere is open, diverse, collegial, and inclusive. There are active affinity groups for African-American; Asian-American; Hispanic; lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT); and Native American employees, which are open to all DOJ employees regardless of background. Justice fosters a work environment where people of all backgrounds and experiences may reach their full potential. Thank you for your help. ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE District of Idaho Vacancy Announcement Number 12-ID-AUSA-02 [cid:image001.jpg at 01CD131F.8A7CA1B0] About the Office: With a state population of 1.5 million, 33.7 million acres of federally-owned land, and more miles of river than any other state, the District of Idaho presents outstanding opportunities for recreation and cultural experience. It also has very interesting federal litigation. One district covers the entire state. The U.S. Attorney's Office is large enough to enjoy a wide variety of case assignments, but small enough to be friendly. Six civil attorneys, eighteen criminal attorneys, and twenty-six support staff are spread among three offices: the main office, in Boise, and the two branch offices in Coeur d'Alene and Pocatello. This vacancy is located in the main office in Boise, Idaho. Boise is located in the Treasure Valley, in which 40% of Idaho's population resides. Winters are relatively mild, though plenty of snow falls in the nearby mountains. Median home prices are low, schools are excellent, and outstanding opportunities for recreation exist. AUSAs regularly run on the greenbelt, swim, and mountain bike over their lunch hours. Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered: The District has an opening for an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) in the Civil Division. This attorney will handle a wide variety of civil cases including defensive environmental cases (NEPA, NFMA, etc.), defensive torts (from slip and fall cases to medical malpractice), Bivens claims, bankruptcy matters, any appeals that arise, and the occasional Central Violations Bureau (CVB) calendar. This attorney may handle affirmative civil cases as well. Qualifications: Required qualifications: Applicants must possess a J.D. degree, be an active member of the bar (any jurisdiction), and have at least three years post-J.D. experience. Preferred qualifications: Ideally, an applicant will have three to six years of experience as a civil litigator. The applicant should be flexible and willing to learn new areas of the law, strategic when it comes to engaging in defensive litigation, forthright and diplomatic in dealing with client agencies and the court, and committed to representing the United States. Applicants must demonstrate superior written and oral communication skills. They must be able to define and articulate critical issues in a wide variety of cases and areas of law. They must be able to manage a caseload composed of very different kinds of cases with correspondingly different demands and deadlines. Applicants must be self-starters and good managers of their time. They must be willing and able to do their own legal research and writing and be substantially self-sufficient in managing cases and deadlines, preparing day-to-day correspondence and filings, and using computer programs and systems (CM/ECF, word processing, Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, USA5, E2Travel, etc.). Finally, applicants must have a demonstrated ability to work well with others, from support to supervisors. The ideal candidate will have some subject matter expertise in one or more of the areas identified (NEPA, NFMA, defensive torts, Bivens claims, or bankruptcy matters) and be willing to learn – and to continue learning throughout their career – new areas of law. Who May Apply: Current Attorneys in the United States Attorneys' Office (USAOs), to include current Attorney General's Honors Program hires and the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) Travel: Occasional travel may be required, both within and outside the District of Idaho. Salary Information: Assistant United States Attorneys' pay is administratively determined based, in part, on the number years of professional attorney experience. The range of basic pay is $44,581 to $131,534 plus locality pay where authorized (locality pay in Boise, Idaho is currently 14.16%). Location: Boise, Idaho. Relocation Expenses: Relocation expenses are not authorized. Application Process Interested persons should send an original, signed cover letter; and Deadline Date: detailed resume; writing sample edited solely by applicant (at least 7 pages in length, containing substantive legal analysis); and current performance evaluation/rating no later than April 19, 2012. Becky Early Supervisory Legal Assistant United States Attorney's Office 800 Park Blvd, Suite 600 Boise, ID 83712 No telephone calls please. Fax and e-mail applications will not be accepted. Internet Sites: District of Idaho's website: http://www.justice.gov/usao/id/jobs.html#ausa This and other attorney vacancy announcements can be found at: http://www.usdoj.gov/oarm/attvacancies.html Department Policies: Assistant United States Attorneys generally must reside in the district to which they are appointed. See 28 U.S.C. § 545 for district-specific information. All initial attorney appointments to the Department of Justice are made on a time-limited (temporary) basis. Temporary appointments may, or may not, be extended or made permanent without further competition. The U.S. Department of Justice is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. 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Applicants should note that SF 15 requires supporting documentation associated with service-connected disabilities or receipt of nonservice-connected disability pensions to be dated 1991 or later except in the case of service members submitting official statements or retirement orders from a branch of the Armed Forces showing that his or her retirement was due to a permanent service-connected disability or that he/she was transferred to the permanent disability retired list (the statement or retirement orders must indicate that the disability is 10% or more). * * * The Department of Justice cannot control further dissemination and/or posting of information contained in this vacancy announcement. Such posting and/or dissemination is not an endorsement by the Department of the organization or group disseminating and/or posting the information. Warm regards, Richard Parker Richard L. Parker Special Counsel on Diversity Recruitment and Outreach United States Department of Justice 450 Fifth Street, NW, Suite 10200 Washington, DC 20530 Phone: (202) 514-8912 Fax: (202) 514-0713 Email: Richard.L.Parker2 at usdoj.gov -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 381 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From deepa.goraya at gmail.com Fri Apr 6 06:01:37 2012 From: deepa.goraya at gmail.com (Deepa Goraya) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 23:01:37 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] please support AB 2122 concerning the LSAT Message-ID: <000901cd13ba$bb9c4d40$32d4e7c0$@gmail.com> Hello, The national Association of Law Students with Disabilities (NALSWD) wants to alert you to an important bill moving through the California Legislature that has incredible significance for students with disabilities entering law school. NALSWD has been very active with the California bill AB 2122, which seeks to ensure LSAT accommodations and stop the flagging process. This is a very important bill, and if it passes in California, we hope other states will follow. Our VP, Nora Devine, testified at the AB 2122 Committee Hearing and she has drafted a template letter. Please click here to download the letter, fill it out with your own story, and send your letter by Monday, April 9, 2012, but no later than April 16 (more details in the attached letter). Thanks in advance for your help with this issue! You can find more information about the bill including the hearing testimony here: http://www.calchannel.com/channel/viewVideo/3517 . Testimony begins around 8:30. The text of the bill can be found here: http://leginfo.legislature.ca. gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml;jsessionid=2f45db1d823e85da7ba0fa24f5a2?bill_ id=201120120AB2122. Thanks, Deepa From b75205 at gmail.com Sat Apr 7 23:59:09 2012 From: b75205 at gmail.com (James Pepper) Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2012 18:59:09 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the blind. Message-ID: The State of Washington's election officer who is in charge of all voting for the state responded to an inquiry on the accessibility of the Voter Registration form with the following statement in writing: "Remember, too, that federal law requires that voters be able to vote independently; the capability to complete registration applications independently is a desirable goal, but not a legal requirement at this time." I thought they were required to make voter registration forms accessible to the blind, in every major civil rights bill since the Voting Rights Act. Also the Election officer at the State of Arkansas said over the phone that the blind can register to vote when they get their drivers licenses. James Pepper From rumpole at roadrunner.com Sun Apr 8 12:57:19 2012 From: rumpole at roadrunner.com (Ross Doerr) Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 08:57:19 -0400 Subject: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the blind. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <337CC708A93B4B379E6CDB64ABA77EE8@mycomputer> You mean if I move to Arkansas I can drive? Wow, what a state. Wisecracks aside, this type of response isn't at all surprising to me. I was a HAVA attorney for a Disability law office for nearly 5 years, and that type of response was not uncommon. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of James Pepper Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 7:59 PM To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org Subject: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the blind. The State of Washington's election officer who is in charge of all voting for the state responded to an inquiry on the accessibility of the Voter Registration form with the following statement in writing: "Remember, too, that federal law requires that voters be able to vote independently; the capability to complete registration applications independently is a desirable goal, but not a legal requirement at this time." I thought they were required to make voter registration forms accessible to the blind, in every major civil rights bill since the Voting Rights Act. Also the Election officer at the State of Arkansas said over the phone that the blind can register to vote when they get their drivers licenses. 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Name: image013.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 332 bytes Desc: not available URL: From LBlake at nfb.org Mon Apr 9 12:56:10 2012 From: LBlake at nfb.org (Blake, Lou Ann) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 05:56:10 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the blind. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The National Mail Voter Registration Form is an accessible PDF that may be completed online, printed, and mailed to your state or local board of elections. The form may be used for all stated and territories and it includes instructions on how to complete the form and where to send it. The form may be found on the United States Election Assistance Commissions Web site at: http://www.eac.gov/voter_resources/register_to_vote.aspx. It is available in Spanish and English. Many states do have their voter registration form available as an accessible PDF on their state board of election's Web site. But if your state is not one of these, you can use the National Mail Voter Registration Form. The National Voter Registration Act allows states to register voters when they apply for a state-issued identification card, as well as a state-issue driver's license. Lou Ann Blake, J.D. HAVA Project Manager and Law Symposium Coordinator Jernigan Institute NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place Baltimore, MD 21230 Telephone: (410) 659-9314, ext. 2221 Fax: (410) 659-5129 E-mail: lblake at nfb.org Web site: www.nfb.org Text the word BLIND to 85944 to donate $10 to the NFB Imagination Fund via your phone bill. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of James Pepper Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 7:59 PM To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org Subject: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the blind. The State of Washington's election officer who is in charge of all voting for the state responded to an inquiry on the accessibility of the Voter Registration form with the following statement in writing: "Remember, too, that federal law requires that voters be able to vote independently; the capability to complete registration applications independently is a desirable goal, but not a legal requirement at this time." I thought they were required to make voter registration forms accessible to the blind, in every major civil rights bill since the Voting Rights Act. Also the Election officer at the State of Arkansas said over the phone that the blind can register to vote when they get their drivers licenses. James Pepper _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/lblake%40nfb.org From randolphc at kbti.org Tue Apr 10 14:18:29 2012 From: randolphc at kbti.org (randolphc@kbti.org Cabral) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:18:29 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the blind. Message-ID: <3931072b$4283363a$49917a2c$@com> In Kansas we are presently working with the League of Kansas Voters, the ACLU, the Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, and our local county voting commissioner to push for an ammendment of our current legislation. We have a State Senator, and a State Representative whom we are providing with similar legislation out of New York and Wisconsin to use as a template. Already we have been contacted by the office of our local voting commisioner to anticipate having voter registration and advanced voting ballots in Braille. Anyone that would like to learn more or wishes to be kept informed please let us know. Randolph Cabral, President Kansas Braille Transcription Institute P.O. Box 48091 Wichita, Kansas 67201-8091 316-265-9692 (Office) 9:00 AM - 5:00CST 316-265-0184 (Fax) randolphc at kbti.org www.kbti.org "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." -- Helen Keller ---------------------------------------- From: "Blake, Lou Ann" Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 7:58 AM To: "Blind Law Mailing List" Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the blind. The National Mail Voter Registration Form is an accessible PDF that may be completed online, printed, and mailed to your state or local board of elections. The form may be used for all stated and territories and it includes instructions on how to complete the form and where to send it. The form may be found on the United States Election Assistance Commissions Web site at: http://www.eac.gov/voter_resources/register_to_vote.aspx. It is available in Spanish and English. Many states do have their voter registration form available as an accessible PDF on their state board of election's Web site. But if your state is not one of these, you can use the National Mail Voter Registration Form. The National Voter Registration Act allows states to register voters when they apply for a state-issued identification card, as well as a state-issue driver's license. Lou Ann Blake, J.D. HAVA Project Manager and Law Symposium Coordinator Jernigan Institute NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place Baltimore, MD 21230 Telephone: (410) 659-9314, ext. 2221 Fax: (410) 659-5129 E-mail: lblake at nfb.org Web site: www.nfb.org Text the word BLIND to 85944 to donate $10 to the NFB Imagination Fund via your phone bill. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of James Pepper Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 7:59 PM To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org Subject: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the blind. The State of Washington's election officer who is in charge of all voting for the state responded to an inquiry on the accessibility of the Voter Registration form with the following statement in writing: "Remember, too, that federal law requires that voters be able to vote independently; the capability to complete registration applications independently is a desirable goal, but not a legal requirement at this time." I thought they were required to make voter registration forms accessible to the blind, in every major civil rights bill since the Voting Rights Act. Also the Election officer at the State of Arkansas said over the phone that the blind can register to vote when they get their drivers licenses. James Pepper _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/lblake%40nfb.org _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/randolphc%40kbti.org From Yasmin.Reyazuddin at montgomerycountymd.gov Tue Apr 10 14:31:30 2012 From: Yasmin.Reyazuddin at montgomerycountymd.gov (Reyazuddin, Yasmin) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:31:30 -0400 Subject: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the blind. In-Reply-To: <3931072b$4283363a$49917a2c$@com> Message-ID: Hi Everyone, The voter registration information and related matters could be discussed with the local Board of elections in your county. Here in Montgomery county MD I know the person responsible for outreach at the Board of elections. I have provided him with all materials (both English and Spanish) in Braille for the last 3 major elections. It is part of my job and the request comes to me. All outreach activities scheduled by the board include a packet with Braille materials. Talk with the outreach person and work with them. Yasmin Reyazuddin Aging & Disability Services Montgomery County Government Department of Health & Human Services 401 Hungerford Drive (3rd floor) Rockville MD 20850 240-777-0311 (MC311) 240-777-1556 (personal) 240-777-1495 (fax) office hours 8:30 am 5:00 pm Languages English, Hindi, Urdu, Braille This message may contain protected health information or other information that is confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by return mail and destroy any copies of this material. Thank you. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of randolphc at kbti.org Cabral Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 10:18 AM To: Blind Law Mailing List; Blind Law Mailing List Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the blind. In Kansas we are presently working with the League of Kansas Voters, the ACLU, the Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, and our local county voting commissioner to push for an ammendment of our current legislation. We have a State Senator, and a State Representative whom we are providing with similar legislation out of New York and Wisconsin to use as a template. Already we have been contacted by the office of our local voting commisioner to anticipate having voter registration and advanced voting ballots in Braille. Anyone that would like to learn more or wishes to be kept informed please let us know. Randolph Cabral, President Kansas Braille Transcription Institute P.O. Box 48091 Wichita, Kansas 67201-8091 316-265-9692 (Office) 9:00 AM - 5:00CST 316-265-0184 (Fax) randolphc at kbti.org www.kbti.org "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." -- Helen Keller ---------------------------------------- From: "Blake, Lou Ann" Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 7:58 AM To: "Blind Law Mailing List" Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the blind. The National Mail Voter Registration Form is an accessible PDF that may be completed online, printed, and mailed to your state or local board of elections. The form may be used for all stated and territories and it includes instructions on how to complete the form and where to send it. The form may be found on the United States Election Assistance Commissions Web site at: http://www.eac.gov/voter_resources/register_to_vote.aspx. It is available in Spanish and English. Many states do have their voter registration form available as an accessible PDF on their state board of election's Web site. But if your state is not one of these, you can use the National Mail Voter Registration Form. The National Voter Registration Act allows states to register voters when they apply for a state-issued identification card, as well as a state-issue driver's license. Lou Ann Blake, J.D. HAVA Project Manager and Law Symposium Coordinator Jernigan Institute NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place Baltimore, MD 21230 Telephone: (410) 659-9314, ext. 2221 Fax: (410) 659-5129 E-mail: lblake at nfb.org Web site: www.nfb.org Text the word BLIND to 85944 to donate $10 to the NFB Imagination Fund via your phone bill. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of James Pepper Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 7:59 PM To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org Subject: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the blind. The State of Washington's election officer who is in charge of all voting for the state responded to an inquiry on the accessibility of the Voter Registration form with the following statement in writing: "Remember, too, that federal law requires that voters be able to vote independently; the capability to complete registration applications independently is a desirable goal, but not a legal requirement at this time." I thought they were required to make voter registration forms accessible to the blind, in every major civil rights bill since the Voting Rights Act. Also the Election officer at the State of Arkansas said over the phone that the blind can register to vote when they get their drivers licenses. James Pepper _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/lblake%40nfb.org _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/randolphc%40kbti.o rg _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/yasmin.reyazuddin% 40montgomerycountymd.gov From rumpole at roadrunner.com Tue Apr 10 22:00:26 2012 From: rumpole at roadrunner.com (Ross Doerr) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:00:26 -0400 Subject: [blindlaw] U.S. Attorney postings Message-ID: <811B281B40FB493B83D7DFFD733FA643@mycomputer> Uncompensated Special Assistant United States Attorney United States Attorney's Office Southern District of California 12-SDCA-SAUSA-01Application materials must be postmarked by the deadline date of April 20, 2012. Experienced Attorney, GS-905-15 Department of Justice Attache - Bangkok, Thailand Office of International Affairs (OIA) Criminal Division U.S. Department of Justice Washington, DC Vacancy Announcement Number: 12-CRM-OIA-054 Submissions must be post-marked or received by April 27, 2012. Assistant United States Attorney United States Attorney's Office District of Connecticut Vacancy Announcement No. 12-CT-01 Applications must be received by April 17, 2012. Assistant United States Attorney Term Position United States Attorney's Office District of Connecticut Vacancy Announcement No. 12-CT-02 Applications must be received by April 17, 2012. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- You have received this e-mail because you have asked to be notified of changes to the U.S. Department of Justice web site. From rumpole at roadrunner.com Wed Apr 11 12:54:16 2012 From: rumpole at roadrunner.com (Ross Doerr) Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:54:16 -0400 Subject: [blindlaw] 2 U.S. attorney listings in Alabama Message-ID: Assistant United States Attorney United States Attorney's Office Middle District of Alabama Announcement No: 12-MDAL-09 Applications must be received in U.S. Attorney's Office by 5:00 p.m. CST on April 24, 2012. Assistant United States Attorney United States Attorney's Office Middle District of Alabama Announcement No: 12-MDAL-08 Applications must be received in U.S. Attorney's Office by 5:00 p.m. CST on April 24, 2012. From rumpole at roadrunner.com Wed Apr 11 21:40:46 2012 From: rumpole at roadrunner.com (Ross Doerr) Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:40:46 -0400 Subject: [blindlaw] U.S. Attorney openings in Colorado Message-ID: <566D77127CF54F36B10748F34E5A5557@mycomputer> Assistant United States Attorney United States Attorney's Office District of Colorado Vacancy Announcement No. 12-CO-640617-SAUSA-07 This announcement is open until Tuesday, May 1, 2012. Assistant United States Attorney United States Attorney's Office District of Colorado Vacancy Announcement No. 12-CO-639868-AUSA-06 This announcement is open from April 11, 2012 until April 30th, 2012. From shannon at bartchroofing.com Thu Apr 12 16:27:23 2012 From: shannon at bartchroofing.com (shannon) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:27:23 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] New list member with a question Message-ID: Good morning all, I am not a lawyer but have a question for the blind lawyers. In the age of legal documents being available on the web but in most cases in inaccessible formats how do you all handle gaining access to them? Are you responsible as individuals for gaining access to them or is there a provision that the legal documents be in an accessible format? I am involved in a law suit that I want to get more background on and I am finding that the documents available on the Web and through governmental agencies are mostly in formats that are not accessible with a screen reader. I want to read this information but most of it is scanned and in rather poor fonts for OCR with the readily available OCR programs. Thanks for any information Shannon Bartch From rdittman at stmarytx.edu Thu Apr 12 17:14:48 2012 From: rdittman at stmarytx.edu (Dittman, Robert) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:14:48 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] New list member with a question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <687DEBB12226C246A2070B791A47BD4E0E8D5CA9@EXCH1.stmarytx.edu> Hello Shannon, First, welcome to the list. Second, I must state at the outset that this is not legal advice nor am I able to represent you in this matter. The following is personal help given in the spirit of assisting a fellow blind person. You say you are "involved" in a law suit. If you are represented by counsel, perhaps they or their staff can provide the documents to you in Ms. Word format. If you are representing yourself, the standard "Go talk to a lawyer applies." That being said, what I do is to print the documents out then use open book or other OCR scanning software. If I may ask, and you do not have to answer, what types of documents are you wishing to have access to? Are they government forms such as court documents, or evidence provided by one of the parties or counsel? If they are court documents you may wish to call the court clerk to ask if you can get copies in Ms. Word format. If evidence, then that is a different matter. Good luck, and again it never hurts to speak with an attorney if you can do so anytime you are "involved" with legal proceedings. Robert D. Dittman Student Attorney St. Mary's University, Center for Legal and Social Justice (Civil Clinic) 2507 N.W. 36th Street San Antonio, TX  78228-3918 Phone: (210) 431-5760  fax: (210) 431-5700 Email: rdittman at mail.stmarytx.edu CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential or proprietary information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, immediately contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of shannon Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 11:27 AM To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org Subject: [blindlaw] New list member with a question Good morning all, I am not a lawyer but have a question for the blind lawyers. In the age of legal documents being available on the web but in most cases in inaccessible formats how do you all handle gaining access to them? Are you responsible as individuals for gaining access to them or is there a provision that the legal documents be in an accessible format? I am involved in a law suit that I want to get more background on and I am finding that the documents available on the Web and through governmental agencies are mostly in formats that are not accessible with a screen reader. I want to read this information but most of it is scanned and in rather poor fonts for OCR with the readily available OCR programs. Thanks for any information Shannon Bartch _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rdittman%40stmarytx.edu From shannon at bartchroofing.com Thu Apr 12 17:46:57 2012 From: shannon at bartchroofing.com (shannon) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:46:57 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] New list member with a question References: <687DEBB12226C246A2070B791A47BD4E0E8D5CA9@EXCH1.stmarytx.edu> Message-ID: Robert, Thank you for your reply. I am part of a large party being represented by a lawyer. Whom I really don't believe is doing his utmost to win on our behalf. I wish to read the transcripts of the original trial that went to appeals and lost. I also wish to obtain the most current Recorded filing of our Condominium bylaws. I have a shared copy from other home owners and the font is archaic and a poor copy. I wish to have a searchable copy of this document. If I could get my hands on a clean copy of the Declaration is there a place that could OCR it and certify it for accuracy since it is a legal document and the punctuation and spelling is often very important in reviewing such documents? Which should have been both a piece of evidence and a matter of public record. In truth the version of the Declaration that was submitted in court as evidence , is not the latest version it is 10 years old. I am wondering if it is too late to confer with a new attorney? Thank you again for the information. Shannon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dittman, Robert" To: "Blind Law Mailing List" Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 12:14 PM Subject: Re: [blindlaw] New list member with a question Hello Shannon, First, welcome to the list. Second, I must state at the outset that this is not legal advice nor am I able to represent you in this matter. The following is personal help given in the spirit of assisting a fellow blind person. You say you are "involved" in a law suit. If you are represented by counsel, perhaps they or their staff can provide the documents to you in Ms. Word format. If you are representing yourself, the standard "Go talk to a lawyer applies." That being said, what I do is to print the documents out then use open book or other OCR scanning software. If I may ask, and you do not have to answer, what types of documents are you wishing to have access to? Are they government forms such as court documents, or evidence provided by one of the parties or counsel? If they are court documents you may wish to call the court clerk to ask if you can get copies in Ms. Word format. If evidence, then that is a different matter. Good luck, and again it never hurts to speak with an attorney if you can do so anytime you are "involved" with legal proceedings. Robert D. Dittman Student Attorney St. Mary's University, Center for Legal and Social Justice (Civil Clinic) 2507 N.W. 36th Street San Antonio, TX 78228-3918 Phone: (210) 431-5760 fax: (210) 431-5700 Email: rdittman at mail.stmarytx.edu CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential or proprietary information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, immediately contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of shannon Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 11:27 AM To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org Subject: [blindlaw] New list member with a question Good morning all, I am not a lawyer but have a question for the blind lawyers. In the age of legal documents being available on the web but in most cases in inaccessible formats how do you all handle gaining access to them? Are you responsible as individuals for gaining access to them or is there a provision that the legal documents be in an accessible format? I am involved in a law suit that I want to get more background on and I am finding that the documents available on the Web and through governmental agencies are mostly in formats that are not accessible with a screen reader. I want to read this information but most of it is scanned and in rather poor fonts for OCR with the readily available OCR programs. Thanks for any information Shannon Bartch _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rdittman%40stmarytx.edu _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/shannon%40bartchroofing.com From steve.jacobson at visi.com Thu Apr 12 19:12:48 2012 From: steve.jacobson at visi.com (Steve Jacobson) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:12:48 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] New list member with a question Message-ID: I realize that this won't help in this current situation in view of later notes. However, I wanted to be sure to point out that it is usually not necessary to physically print and scan documents that are scanned images. Kurzweil has a virtual printer that captures the printout in a file that it can process and I believe OpenBook has something similar. Some of the other OCr software have the ability to do OCR on a PDF file directly as well. OmniPage is one such example as it comes with PDF Converter which can do this. This can save a lot of work on larger PDF's that contain scanned images, and it can yield better results since printing and scanning can degrade the image further. Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:14:48 +0000, Dittman, Robert wrote: >Hello Shannon, >First, welcome to the list. >Second, I must state at the outset that this is not legal advice nor am I able to represent you in this matter. The following is personal help given in the spirit of assisting a fellow blind person. >You say you are "involved" in a law suit. If you are represented by counsel, perhaps they or their staff can provide the documents to you in Ms. Word format. If you are representing yourself, the standard "Go talk to a lawyer applies." That being said, what I do is to print the documents out then use open book or other OCR scanning software. >If I may ask, and you do not have to answer, what types of documents are you wishing to have access to? Are they government forms such as court documents, or evidence provided by one of the parties or counsel? >If they are court documents you may wish to call the court clerk to ask if you can get copies in Ms. Word format. If evidence, then that is a different matter. >Good luck, and again it never hurts to speak with an attorney if you can do so anytime you are "involved" with legal proceedings. >Robert D. Dittman >Student Attorney >St. Mary's University, Center for Legal and Social Justice (Civil Clinic) >2507 N.W. 36th Street >San Antonio, TX 78228-3918 >Phone: (210) 431-5760 fax: (210) 431-5700 >Email: rdittman at mail.stmarytx.edu >CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any >attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may >contain confidential or proprietary information. Any unauthorized >review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not >the intended recipient, immediately contact the sender by reply e-mail >and destroy all copies of the original message. >-----Original Message----- >From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of shannon >Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 11:27 AM >To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org >Subject: [blindlaw] New list member with a question >Good morning all, >I am not a lawyer but have a question for the blind lawyers. >In the age of legal documents being available on the web but in most cases in inaccessible formats how do you all handle gaining access to them? >Are you responsible as individuals for gaining access to them or is there a provision that the legal documents be in an accessible format? >I am involved in a law suit that I want to get more background on and I am finding that the documents available on the Web and through governmental agencies are mostly in formats that are not accessible with a screen reader. >I want to read this information but most of it is scanned and in rather poor fonts for OCR with the readily available OCR programs. >Thanks for any information >Shannon Bartch >_______________________________________________ >blindlaw mailing list >blindlaw at nfbnet.org >http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org >To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: >http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rdittman%40stmarytx.edu >_______________________________________________ >blindlaw mailing list >blindlaw at nfbnet.org >http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org >To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: >http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/steve.jacobson%40visi.com From rumpole at roadrunner.com Thu Apr 12 20:07:31 2012 From: rumpole at roadrunner.com (Ross Doerr) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:07:31 -0400 Subject: [blindlaw] Bur. Of Prisons posting, Phoenix Arizona Message-ID: <7AD83F1D4D7541C79E42C190FD3A0AB8@mycomputer> United States Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons Consolidated Legal Center Federal Correctional Institution Phoenix, Arizona Attorney-Advisor GS-905-12/13/14 The position will remain open until filled, but applications must be submitted no later than April 26, 2012. From rumpole at roadrunner.com Fri Apr 13 12:32:07 2012 From: rumpole at roadrunner.com (Ross Doerr) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:32:07 -0400 Subject: [blindlaw] DOJ Fraud division openings Message-ID: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division Fraud Section Experienced Attorneys / GS-905-13/14/15 12-CRM-FRD-055 These vacancies are open until filled. From slabarre at labarrelaw.com Fri Apr 13 14:40:47 2012 From: slabarre at labarrelaw.com (Scott C. 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From RWayne1 at nyc.rr.com Wed Apr 18 00:52:48 2012 From: RWayne1 at nyc.rr.com (Ray Wayne) Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:52:48 -0400 Subject: [blindlaw] FW: Attorney's Fees in Disability Rights Cases References: <8769-18298581.1332936124406.JavaMail.SYSTEM@chg-mcm-prod> Message-ID: <002601cd1cfd$9332dc60$6500a8c0@nyc.rr.com> Testing if this is still your address. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nightingale, Noel" To: Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 3:17 PM Subject: [blindlaw] FW: Attorney's Fees in Disability Rights Cases > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rwayne1%40nyc.rr.com > From johnrsheehan at yahoo.com Wed Apr 18 01:31:55 2012 From: johnrsheehan at yahoo.com (johnrsheehan at yahoo.com) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:31:55 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] FW: Attorney's Fees in Disability Rights Cases In-Reply-To: <002601cd1cfd$9332dc60$6500a8c0@nyc.rr.com> References: <8769-18298581.1332936124406.JavaMail.SYSTEM@chg-mcm-prod> <002601cd1cfd$9332dc60$6500a8c0@nyc.rr.com> Message-ID: <1478280101-1334712710-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-831581415-@b18.c14.bise6.blackberry> Yup Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: "Ray Wayne" Sender: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:52:48 To: Blind Law Mailing List Reply-To: Blind Law Mailing List Subject: Re: [blindlaw] FW: Attorney's Fees in Disability Rights Cases Testing if this is still your address. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nightingale, Noel" To: Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 3:17 PM Subject: [blindlaw] FW: Attorney's Fees in Disability Rights Cases > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rwayne1%40nyc.rr.com > _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/johnrsheehan%40yahoo.com From rfarber at jw.com Wed Apr 18 07:23:06 2012 From: rfarber at jw.com (Farber, Randy) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:23:06 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] FW: Attorney's Fees in Disability Rights Cases In-Reply-To: <002601cd1cfd$9332dc60$6500a8c0@nyc.rr.com> References: <8769-18298581.1332936124406.JavaMail.SYSTEM@chg-mcm-prod> <002601cd1cfd$9332dc60$6500a8c0@nyc.rr.com> Message-ID: <3E86A9F3DC676742B192213CC4E9D4A207AAECB6B7@PDC-MAIL02.jwllp.com> Yes this is still my address. Randy -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ray Wayne Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 7:53 PM To: Blind Law Mailing List Subject: Re: [blindlaw] FW: Attorney's Fees in Disability Rights Cases Testing if this is still your address. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nightingale, Noel" To: Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 3:17 PM Subject: [blindlaw] FW: Attorney's Fees in Disability Rights Cases > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rwayne1%40nyc.rr > .com > _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rfarber%40jw.com From deepa.goraya at gmail.com Wed Apr 18 17:11:57 2012 From: deepa.goraya at gmail.com (Deepa Goraya) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:11:57 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] please support California bill AB 2122 for students with disabilities, update on the bill Message-ID: <004601cd1d86$5d0d5370$1727fa50$@gmail.com> I want to alert you to an important bill moving through the California Legislature that has incredible significance for students with disabilities entering law school. The National Association of Law Students with Disabilities (NALSWD) has been very active with the California bill AB 2122, which seeks to ensure LSAT accommodations and stop the flagging process. This is a very important bill, and if it passes in California, we hope other states will follow. Our Co-VP, Nora Devine, testified at the AB 2122 Committee Hearing and she has drafted a template letter. Please click here : http://nalswd.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b9a395f0d4165f064b590b1e&id =a4b76316a8&e=fff8d6737e> to download the letter, fill it out with your own story, and send your letter by Monday, April 9, 2012, but no later than today, April 18. There are two letters in the template, one for Assemblyman Lara and the other for the general assembly. But you can send both letters to the email address listed at the top of the template. Also, Assemblyman Lara's office is working with legislative council to draft amendments for the bill going forward to ensure it provides students with maximum protection under the ADA. They cannot change the bill for the Assembly vote; it is too late to make a floor amendment. But they will make the amendments for the Senate bill and then bring the bill back to the Assembly for a confer vote. Here is the amended language below: " .Because the damages available under the Unruh Act are considerably greater than the $750 civil penalty provided for violations of the Education Code, Sisability Rights California suggests the following section be added: (4) The requirements of this Section shall not be construed to limit or replace any other right or remedy that exists under state or federal law" To clarify, you do not need to be a member of NALSWD to fill out your letters. You only must be a student with a disability who has had problems with the LSAT in terms of receiving your accommodations, flagging of your test score, or any other issues with LSAC having to do with the LSAT. You can simply omit the language relating to NALSWD in your letters before you send them. You can find more information about the bill including the hearing testimony here: http://www.calchannel.com/channel/viewVideo/3517 . Testimony begins around 8:30. The text of the bill can be found here: http://leginfo.legislature.ca. gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml;jsessionid=2f45db1d823e85da7ba0fa24f5a2?bill_ id=201120120AB2122. Thanks in advance for your help with this issue! Deepa From gerard.sadlier at gmail.com Wed Apr 18 21:23:52 2012 From: gerard.sadlier at gmail.com (Gerard Sadlier) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:23:52 +0100 Subject: [blindlaw] jaws problem reading word templates Message-ID: hi all, I'd be really grateful for any help you can give me with a problem I am having with templates we use at work. In the firm I work for, they use a document management system, worksite. The templates letter, memo etc. Are integrated into this. However they have been created inhouse. the process you follow to make a new document is this. You open a new document. You must immediately save it to work site, before doing anything within the file. To save it you enter a file name, a description of the document the name of the author etc. You save it to the appropriate work space. You then fill in the fields for say address, salutation etc. you then, and only then get a new document with info like address already set out. S here is my problem. If I read the whole document using insert and up or down, it will read. What it will not do is read with the up or down key strokes. Nor with right and left. The problem is that I cannot navigate within the text I am writing to edit or modify it. I have never come across this behavior from jaws before. Can anyone tell me what the problem is and how to fix it. With apologies for cross posting. Ger From gerard.sadlier at gmail.com Wed Apr 18 21:45:12 2012 From: gerard.sadlier at gmail.com (Gerard Sadlier) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:45:12 +0100 Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: red lining aka comparing documents how does jaws 13 cope In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gerard Sadlier Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:41:39 +0100 Subject: red lining aka comparing documents how does jaws 13 cope To: soviluk hi all, how does jaws deal with red lining documents.a. How does it indicate when changes have been made by way of red lining. Does it. I know it does for track changes. On the other side of the coin, any tips for actually doing a red lining job, using jaws. Finally has anyone used a program called I compare? Thanks ger From rfarber at jw.com Wed Apr 18 21:52:11 2012 From: rfarber at jw.com (Farber, Randy) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:52:11 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: red lining aka comparing documents how does jaws 13 cope In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3E86A9F3DC676742B192213CC4E9D4A207AAECBB2A@PDC-MAIL02.jwllp.com> Ger - You may want to give me a call tomorrow for this one. I'll be heading out in a couple of minutes. Randy 713-752-4241 -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gerard Sadlier Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 4:45 PM To: blindlaw; BCAB Discussion List; bcab-request at lists.bcab.org.uk Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: red lining aka comparing documents how does jaws 13 cope ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gerard Sadlier Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:41:39 +0100 Subject: red lining aka comparing documents how does jaws 13 cope To: soviluk hi all, how does jaws deal with red lining documents.a. How does it indicate when changes have been made by way of red lining. Does it. I know it does for track changes. On the other side of the coin, any tips for actually doing a red lining job, using jaws. Finally has anyone used a program called I compare? Thanks ger _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rfarber%40jw.com From gerard.sadlier at gmail.com Wed Apr 18 22:08:40 2012 From: gerard.sadlier at gmail.com (Gerard Sadlier) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:08:40 +0100 Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: red lining aka comparing documents how does jaws 13 cope In-Reply-To: <3E86A9F3DC676742B192213CC4E9D4A207AAECBB2A@PDC-MAIL02.jwllp.com> References: <3E86A9F3DC676742B192213CC4E9D4A207AAECBB2A@PDC-MAIL02.jwllp.com> Message-ID: hi randy, Thanks very much, I might take you up on that, if you think it would be better than email? Could you let me know a time that would suit you? Also, what time zone you're in? We are gmt plus 1, the same as london. Really appreciate the help Ger On 4/18/12, Farber, Randy wrote: > Ger - You may want to give me a call tomorrow for this one. I'll be heading > out in a couple of minutes. > > Randy > 713-752-4241 > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On > Behalf Of Gerard Sadlier > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 4:45 PM > To: blindlaw; BCAB Discussion List; bcab-request at lists.bcab.org.uk > Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: red lining aka comparing documents how does jaws 13 > cope > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gerard Sadlier > Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:41:39 +0100 > Subject: red lining aka comparing documents how does jaws 13 cope > To: soviluk > > hi all, how does jaws deal with red lining documents.a. > How does it indicate when changes have been made by way of red lining. Does > it. > I know it does for track changes. > On the other side of the coin, any tips for actually doing a red lining job, > using jaws. > > Finally has anyone used a program called I compare? > > Thanks ger > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rfarber%40jw.com > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/gerard.sadlier%40gmail.com > From Susan.Kelly at pima.gov Thu Apr 19 14:42:15 2012 From: Susan.Kelly at pima.gov (Susan Kelly) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 07:42:15 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] jaws problem reading word templates In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We have had these and many other issues with JAWS and JustWare, the case management software recently introduced in our agency. Unfortunately, the "solution" has been to keep my files in Word format only, thus escaping the need to navigate in JustWare. I am just as happy with that, given the numerous problems that all users (even those without any sort of AT software) have been experiencing on a daily basis, but it has caused a double work situation for staff, in that trial materials for my appellate files have to be transferred to my Word environment for me to be able to use. This makes me wonder if it is a common problem with integrated case management systems. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gerard Sadlier Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 2:24 PM To: BCAB Discussion List; bcab-request at lists.bcab.org.uk; blindlaw; soviluk; soviluk; Sharon Grennan; Farber, Randy Subject: [blindlaw] jaws problem reading word templates hi all, I'd be really grateful for any help you can give me with a problem I am having with templates we use at work. In the firm I work for, they use a document management system, worksite. The templates letter, memo etc. Are integrated into this. However they have been created inhouse. the process you follow to make a new document is this. You open a new document. You must immediately save it to work site, before doing anything within the file. To save it you enter a file name, a description of the document the name of the author etc. You save it to the appropriate work space. You then fill in the fields for say address, salutation etc. you then, and only then get a new document with info like address already set out. S here is my problem. If I read the whole document using insert and up or down, it will read. What it will not do is read with the up or down key strokes. Nor with right and left. The problem is that I cannot navigate within the text I am writing to edit or modify it. I have never come across this behavior from jaws before. Can anyone tell me what the problem is and how to fix it. With apologies for cross posting. Ger _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/susan.kelly%40pima .gov From rfarber at jw.com Thu Apr 19 15:04:44 2012 From: rfarber at jw.com (Farber, Randy) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:04:44 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: red lining aka comparing documents how does jaws 13 cope In-Reply-To: References: <3E86A9F3DC676742B192213CC4E9D4A207AAECBB2A@PDC-MAIL02.jwllp.com> Message-ID: <3E86A9F3DC676742B192213CC4E9D4A207AAECBC77@PDC-MAIL02.jwllp.com> Ger - I am in Houston, Texas, which is central standard time, about 6 hours behind London time. Given that you are overseas, it may be better to correspond by e-mail. Let's discuss offlist. My e-mail is RFarber at JW.com. Randy -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gerard Sadlier Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 5:09 PM To: Blind Law Mailing List Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Fwd: red lining aka comparing documents how does jaws 13 cope hi randy, Thanks very much, I might take you up on that, if you think it would be better than email? Could you let me know a time that would suit you? Also, what time zone you're in? We are gmt plus 1, the same as london. Really appreciate the help Ger On 4/18/12, Farber, Randy wrote: > Ger - You may want to give me a call tomorrow for this one. I'll be > heading out in a couple of minutes. > > Randy > 713-752-4241 > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] > On Behalf Of Gerard Sadlier > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 4:45 PM > To: blindlaw; BCAB Discussion List; bcab-request at lists.bcab.org.uk > Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: red lining aka comparing documents how does > jaws 13 cope > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gerard Sadlier > Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:41:39 +0100 > Subject: red lining aka comparing documents how does jaws 13 cope > To: soviluk > > hi all, how does jaws deal with red lining documents.a. > How does it indicate when changes have been made by way of red lining. > Does it. > I know it does for track changes. > On the other side of the coin, any tips for actually doing a red > lining job, using jaws. > > Finally has anyone used a program called I compare? > > Thanks ger > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rfarber%40jw.com > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/gerard.sadlier%4 > 0gmail.com > _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rfarber%40jw.com From gerard.sadlier at gmail.com Thu Apr 19 17:02:52 2012 From: gerard.sadlier at gmail.com (Gerard Sadlier) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:02:52 +0100 Subject: [blindlaw] jaws problem reading word templates In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: hi, that's interesting and helpful but I would like to get to use the templates. If nothing else, I want to borrow the work of others! Ger On 4/19/12, Susan Kelly wrote: > We have had these and many other issues with JAWS and JustWare, the case > management software recently introduced in our agency. Unfortunately, > the "solution" has been to keep my files in Word format only, thus > escaping the need to navigate in JustWare. I am just as happy with > that, given the numerous problems that all users (even those without any > sort of AT software) have been experiencing on a daily basis, but it has > caused a double work situation for staff, in that trial materials for my > appellate files have to be transferred to my Word environment for me to > be able to use. > > This makes me wonder if it is a common problem with integrated case > management systems. > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] > On Behalf Of Gerard Sadlier > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 2:24 PM > To: BCAB Discussion List; bcab-request at lists.bcab.org.uk; blindlaw; > soviluk; soviluk; Sharon Grennan; Farber, Randy > Subject: [blindlaw] jaws problem reading word templates > > hi all, > I'd be really grateful for any help you can give me with a problem I > am having with templates we use at work. > In the firm I work for, they use a document management system, > worksite. The templates letter, memo etc. Are integrated into this. > However they have been created inhouse. > the process you follow to make a new document is this. > You open a new document. You must immediately save it to work site, > before doing anything within the file. > To save it you enter a file name, a description of the document the > name of the author etc. You save it to the appropriate work space. > You then fill in the fields for say address, salutation etc. > you then, and only then get a new document with info like address > already set out. > > S here is my problem. > > If I read the whole document using insert and up or down, it will read. > What it will not do is read with the up or down key strokes. Nor with > right and left. > The problem is that I cannot navigate within the text I am writing to > edit or modify it. > > I have never come across this behavior from jaws before. > > Can anyone tell me what the problem is and how to fix it. > With apologies for cross posting. > > Ger > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/susan.kelly%40pima > .gov > > > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/gerard.sadlier%40gmail.com > From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov Thu Apr 19 18:12:13 2012 From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:12:13 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Starbucks Diversity Mentorship Program, 2012-13 In-Reply-To: <229E2086DA265847A4DCC8263ED9C9D00759843E75@seams615.starbucks.net> References: <229E2086DA265847A4DCC8263ED9C9D00759843E75@seams615.starbucks.net> Message-ID: See attached flier if you are relatively new in private practice and would like a mentor from Starbucks' in-house counsel. From: David Byers [mailto:dbyers at starbucks.com] Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 9:23 AM To: Aaron Kiviat (SCS); Alison Bettles (WWL); Andrew Prazuch (KCBA); Aric Bomsztyk (SCS); Aryna Andersen (SBAW); chachdw at wsba.org; David Ko (KABA); Elizabeth Fry (NIBA); Emilia Castillo (FLOW); Janet Kim Lin (ABAW); Jeanne Marie Clavere (WWL); Jeff Liang (ABAW); Jennifer Davis (LBAW); Julie Gardner (KCBA); Kaustuv Das (SABAW); Martin Le (VABAW); MELAW; Millie Kennedy (NIBA); Nicole Gaines (LMBA); Nightingale, Noel; Rachel Black (MAMAS); Rommel de las Alas (FLOW); Sinjin Dinh (VABAW); Stuart Pixley (WADA); Zana Bugaighis (QLaw) Cc: Katina Thornock; David Byers Subject: Starbucks Diversity Mentorship Program, 2012-13 I'm reaching out to you as leaders of Washington's minority bar associations (and other interested parties) to announce the second year of the Starbucks Law & Corporate Affairs Department's diversity mentorship program. We are wrapping up a successful pilot year, and are very pleased to be able to continue the program with a new group of mentees. We would welcome applicants from all of your organizations, and invite you to circulate the attached overview to your membership. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or my committee co-chair, Katina Thornock. Thanks! -David. David M. Byers director, corporate counsel, licensing & franchising Starbucks Corporation 2401 Utah Avenue South, S-LA4 Seattle, Washington 98124 206-318-6996 (direct) 206-903-4040 (fax) dbyers at starbucks.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Starbucks Mentorship Program Overview (FY12-13).pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 23839 bytes Desc: Starbucks Mentorship Program Overview (FY12-13).pdf URL: From deepa.goraya at gmail.com Fri Apr 20 18:51:09 2012 From: deepa.goraya at gmail.com (Deepa Goraya) Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:51:09 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] update on AB 2122 Message-ID: <005201cd1f26$8dedc280$a9c94780$@gmail.com> Good News! AB 2122 passed today in the California State Assembly! 65: 6! The bill is headed to the California State Senate Higher Education Committee. Thank you all for your support! We will need your support in lobbying the California State Senate in the coming weeks. More info about that to come. Deepa From dandrews at visi.com Sun Apr 22 01:47:32 2012 From: dandrews at visi.com (David Andrews) Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:47:32 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] jaws problem reading word templates In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It isn't clear from your message is the problems navigating are in the area where you fill in information, or where you enter other text into the template. It could be that the different things are fields, where you type in text and tab to the next field. in this case you may not be able to arrow around. Did it behave differently in the past? Also, if it is a large area where you enter text, JAWS may think it is some other kind of control. You should call freedom scientific and get them to help you. Dave At 04:23 PM 4/18/2012, you wrote: >hi all, >I'd be really grateful for any help you can give me with a problem I >am having with templates we use at work. >In the firm I work for, they use a document management system, >worksite. The templates letter, memo etc. Are integrated into this. >However they have been created inhouse. >the process you follow to make a new document is this. >You open a new document. You must immediately save it to work site, >before doing anything within the file. >To save it you enter a file name, a description of the document the >name of the author etc. You save it to the appropriate work space. >You then fill in the fields for say address, salutation etc. >you then, and only then get a new document with info like address >already set out. > >S here is my problem. > >If I read the whole document using insert and up or down, it will read. >What it will not do is read with the up or down key strokes. Nor with >right and left. >The problem is that I cannot navigate within the text I am writing to >edit or modify it. From anythingentertainment at audioaccessfm.com Sun Apr 22 03:11:14 2012 From: anythingentertainment at audioaccessfm.com (anythingentertainment at audioaccessfm.com) Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:11:14 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] Calling All Book Lovers Out Here Spend An Evening With Mitzi Friedlander This Weekend In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <24b945a4f78ea0d581a51a34c1526501.squirrel@webmail.audioaccessfm.com> Hi There! If the legal world is getting a bit frustrating, allow yourself a smile by reading the below post: The following post is meant to provide a service to this list and community by providing useful information that some of you might find useful. That being said, I want to apologize in advance if anyone has a problem with this post, but no matter what we discuss here, I know that most of us on here enjoy reading a good book. And you have an opportunity to meet a very well-known and respected narrator of over 1500 talking books forr blind readers, several of her titles are on bard. This is the only notice of this kind you'll receive unless you're on another list where this has been posted or shared, and if you find the information useful, please share it with anyone you think would be interested in the below event.   Greetings! Here's hoping this message finds you happy and having a great day! Let me take you away from your world for just a minute or two. Imagine that you're on vacation. It's a warm summer's day. The temperature is high enough to be warm and pleasant, but not too high to be terribly hot or uncomfortable. The sky is a bright blue; the grass is a perfect green; and the sun combined with a gentle cooling breeze creates for you that picture perfect day. Sun tan oil rubbed on, a nice cool glass of lemonade on the table beside you, the latest book from your favorite author purchased and loaded into your mp3 player, you're about to settle down for a quiet afternoon of reading in the sun.   And there's nothing that enhances an audio book more than when it's read by a narrator that has an unforgettable voice combined with the ability to captivate the listener. And if there's one narrator who has managed to secure a place in the minds and hearts of countless readers it's none other than Mitzi Friedlander! If you're an avid talking book reader, and have read many of the books put together by The American Printing House For The Blind, the name Mitzi Friedlander is as well known to you as Louis Armstrong would be to a lover of jazz! But if you don't know the name Mitzi Friedlander, you have the opportunity to learn just why so many readers of all ages are unable to forget this incredible lady! That opportunity will come your way this Sunday, April 22 2012, at 6 PM eastern time, as Jonathan Matte, host of Anything Entertainment on the internet radio station Audio Access FM, presents An Evening With Mitzi Friedlander." Join Jonathan as he tells Mitzi's story through a live interview with her. You'll learn about Mitzi's career, the books she's read, and so much more. Why is she so famous to talking book readers? You'll just have to tune in Sunday night to find out! To hear the show live, tune in starting at 6 PM eastern (5 PM central, 4 PM mountain, 3 PM pacific) by going to either http://www.audioaccessfm.com/listen_live.php or if that link gives you trouble, go to http://www.audioaccessfm.com/broadband.php   Can't listen with your PC? No problem. The interview can be heard by picking up your cell or lan line phone and dialing 1-712-432-3900 and when prompted, enter in access code 135845 followed by the pound sign.   This is a presentation you're sure not to forget, delivered by a young man with a conversational style that will make you feel like you've known Mitzi for years by the time he's done. So, at least for this Sunday, turn off the TV, grab your favorite meal, pull up a chair, and tell your friends to either join us by phone or pc for Anything Entertainment: An Evening With Mitzi Friedlander" this Sunday, April 22, 2012 beginning at 6 PM eastern on Audio Access FM, Stretching The Boundaries Of Sound Entertainment And Filling Your Life With Sweet Ear Candy! http://www.audioaccessfm.com     Can't make the live presentation? If for some reason you can't be there live, send an email to daviddunphy at audioaccessfm.com letting him know you'd like a link to download a recording of the show, and you'll receive the link as soon as it becomes available, which will be shortly after the interview has finished.   For all other inquiries about the interview, or if you have any questions about the Anything Entertainment Program, contact the show host, Jonathan Matte at jmatte28 at audioaccessfm.com   See You On Sunday!!!   >From Jonathan Matte> From dandrews at visi.com Sun Apr 22 03:48:06 2012 From: dandrews at visi.com (David Andrews) Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:48:06 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Calling All Book Lovers Out Here Spend An Evening With Mitzi Friedlander This Weekend In-Reply-To: <24b945a4f78ea0d581a51a34c1526501.squirrel@webmail.audioacc essfm.com> References: <24b945a4f78ea0d581a51a34c1526501.squirrel@webmail.audioaccessfm.com> Message-ID: This is off topic for this list. I warned you about this when you joined dozens of lists at once. If you do it again you will be tossed off! David Andrews, List Owner At 10:11 PM 4/21/2012, you wrote: >Hi There! >If the legal world is getting a bit frustrating, allow yourself a smile by >reading the below post: > >The following post is meant to provide a service to this list and >community by providing useful information that some of you might find >useful. >That being said, I want to apologize in advance if anyone has a problem >with this post, but no matter what we discuss here, I know that most of us >on here >enjoy reading a good book. And you have an opportunity to meet a very >well-known and respected narrator of over 1500 talking books forr blind >readers, >several of her titles are on bard. This is the only notice of this kind >you'll receive unless you're on another list where this has been posted or >shared, >and if you find the information useful, please share it with anyone you >think would be interested in the below event. > >Greetings! Here's hoping this message finds you happy and having a great day! >Let me take you away from your world for just a minute or two. Imagine >that you're on vacation. It's a warm summer's day. The temperature is high >enough >to be warm and pleasant, but not too high to be terribly hot or >uncomfortable. >The sky is a bright blue; the grass is a perfect green; and the sun >combined with a gentle cooling breeze creates for you that picture perfect >day. Sun >tan oil rubbed on, a nice cool glass of lemonade on the table beside you, >the latest book from your favorite author purchased and loaded into your >mp3 >player, you're about to settle down for a quiet afternoon of reading in >the sun. > >And there's nothing that enhances an audio book more than when it's read >by a narrator that has an unforgettable voice combined with the ability to >captivate >the listener. >And if there's one narrator who has managed to secure a place in the minds >and hearts of countless readers it's none other than Mitzi Friedlander! >If you're an avid talking book reader, and have read many of the books put >together by The American Printing House For The Blind, the name Mitzi >Friedlander >is as well known to you as Louis Armstrong would be to a lover of jazz! >But if you don't know the name Mitzi Friedlander, you have the opportunity >to learn just why so many readers of all ages are unable to forget this >incredible >lady! >That opportunity will come your way this Sunday, April 22 2012, at 6 PM >eastern time, as Jonathan Matte, host of Anything Entertainment on the >internet >radio station Audio Access FM, presents An Evening With Mitzi Friedlander." >Join Jonathan as he tells Mitzi's story through a live interview with her. >You'll learn about Mitzi's career, the books she's read, and so much more. >Why >is she so famous to talking book readers? You'll just have to tune in >Sunday night to find out! >To hear the show live, tune in starting at 6 PM eastern (5 PM central, 4 >PM mountain, 3 PM pacific) by going to either >http://www.audioaccessfm.com/listen_live.php >or if that link gives you trouble, go to >http://www.audioaccessfm.com/broadband.php > >Can't listen with your PC? No problem. The interview can be heard by >picking up your cell or lan line phone and dialing >1-712-432-3900 >and when prompted, enter in access code >135845 >followed by the pound sign. > >This is a presentation you're sure not to forget, delivered by a young man >with a conversational style that will make you feel like you've known >Mitzi for >years by the time he's done. So, at least for this Sunday, turn off the >TV, grab your favorite meal, pull up a chair, and tell your friends to >either join >us by phone or pc for Anything Entertainment: An Evening With Mitzi >Friedlander" >this Sunday, April 22, 2012 beginning at 6 PM eastern on Audio Access FM, >Stretching The Boundaries Of Sound Entertainment And Filling Your Life >With Sweet >Ear Candy! >http://www.audioaccessfm.com > > >Can't make the live presentation? >If for some reason you can't be there live, send an email to >daviddunphy at audioaccessfm.com >letting him know you'd like a link to download a recording of the show, >and you'll receive the link as soon as it becomes available, which will be >shortly >after the interview has finished. > >For all other inquiries about the interview, or if you have any questions >about the Anything Entertainment Program, contact the show host, Jonathan >Matte >at >jmatte28 at audioaccessfm.com > >See You On Sunday!!! > > From Jonathan Matte> > From b75205 at gmail.com Mon Apr 23 04:54:03 2012 From: b75205 at gmail.com (James Pepper) Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:54:03 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the blind. In-Reply-To: References: <3931072b$4283363a$49917a2c$@com> Message-ID: Parts of the National Form are accessible but not all of it and how in the world are the blind supposed to locate the two sets of lines on the back of the form to draw their map? You require the voter blind to locate these two lines, write in the names of the nearest cross streets and then they must draw in their home relative to that intersection with a large X and then draw in relative to those locations the nearest police stations, schools and other government buildings. Another words this is a literacy test, a violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Arkansas insisted on this map. You also have some major problems with the layout that can cause people to make the wrong choice and make all of their answers null and void. Most of your form is not accessible and in order to fill out parts of it the blind must have the full version of JAWS. That is a poll tax, a violation of the Voting Rights Act. The entire form should be accessible using free software and 4 years ago I presented one to your agency in late August of 2008 and 19 days later you all came out with the "accessible form" which was not accessible, you just enabled a few form fields to work. The form up to September 2008 was an image of a form, even though the EAC was mandated by Congress to make voter registration forms accessible to the blind and had spent over 1 billion dollars studying the prospects, you didn't get around to doing anything about it until 19 days after I sent in my forms and your agency wrote that your webmaster was in charge of the voter registration forms for the agency. It was then that I was in contact with the Voting Rights Division of the ACLU in Atlanta,. I have the correspondence from that time, I suggest you contact your staff. Later Jim Dickson who at the time was the VP of the AAPD presented my forms to the EAC but by that time it was too late to use them in the election. I proceeded to send it to all of the states during this time, starting in the Spring of 2008, that is when Arkansas made that statement about the blind being able to vote if they got their drivers license. The State of Washington;'s election officer wrote directly that the state was not required by law to make voter registration forms accessible to the blind. They were required to do this in every major civil rights act since the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. I contacted the ACLU in Washington State and they were following up on this problem. I found that Alabama is the model state for accessibility in elections, they have always had a form in braille, imagine that, Alabama. I have a form that is accessible to the blind, where they can fill it out without assistance using free screen readers. No poll tax, no literacy test. Oh and I can do this in Hindi too, just need a translation but I can make it speak in Hindi and many other languages including Spanish. James Pepper On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Reyazuddin, Yasmin < Yasmin.Reyazuddin at montgomerycountymd.gov> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > The voter registration information and related matters could be > discussed with the local Board of elections in your county. Here in > Montgomery county MD I know the person responsible for outreach at the > Board of elections. > I have provided him with all materials (both English and Spanish) in > Braille for the last 3 major elections. It is part of my job and the > request comes to me. All outreach activities scheduled by the board > include a packet with Braille materials. Talk with the outreach person > and work with them. > > Yasmin Reyazuddin > Aging & Disability Services > Montgomery County Government > Department of Health & Human Services > 401 Hungerford Drive (3rd floor) > Rockville MD 20850 > 240-777-0311 (MC311) > 240-777-1556 (personal) > 240-777-1495 (fax) > office hours 8:30 am 5:00 pm > Languages English, Hindi, Urdu, Braille > > > This message may contain protected health information or other > information that is confidential or privileged. If you are not the > intended recipient, please contact the sender by return mail and destroy > any copies of this material. > > Thank you. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] > On Behalf Of randolphc at kbti.org Cabral > Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 10:18 AM > To: Blind Law Mailing List; Blind Law Mailing List > Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the > blind. > > > In Kansas we are presently working with the League of Kansas Voters, the > > ACLU, the Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, and our local > county voting commissioner to push for an ammendment of our current > legislation. We have a State Senator, and a State Representative whom > we > are providing with similar legislation out of New York and Wisconsin to > use > as a template. Already we have been contacted by the office of our > local > voting commisioner to anticipate having voter registration and advanced > voting ballots in Braille. > > > Anyone that would like to learn more or wishes to be kept informed > please > let us know. > > > Randolph Cabral, President > > Kansas Braille Transcription Institute > > P.O. Box 48091 > > Wichita, Kansas 67201-8091 > > 316-265-9692 (Office) 9:00 AM - 5:00CST > > 316-265-0184 (Fax) > > randolphc at kbti.org > > www.kbti.org > > > "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." -- Helen Keller > > ---------------------------------------- > > From: "Blake, Lou Ann" > > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 7:58 AM > > To: "Blind Law Mailing List" > > Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the > blind. > > > The National Mail Voter Registration Form is an accessible PDF that may > be > completed online, printed, and mailed to your state or local board of > elections. The form may be used for all stated and territories and it > includes instructions on how to complete the form and where to send it. > The > form may be found on the United States Election Assistance Commissions > Web > site at: http://www.eac.gov/voter_resources/register_to_vote.aspx. It is > > available in Spanish and English. > > > Many states do have their voter registration form available as an > accessible PDF on their state board of election's Web site. But if your > state is not one of these, you can use the National Mail Voter > Registration > Form. > > > The National Voter Registration Act allows states to register voters > when > they apply for a state-issued identification card, as well as a > state-issue > driver's license. > > > Lou Ann Blake, J.D. > > HAVA Project Manager and Law Symposium Coordinator > > Jernigan Institute > > NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND > > 200 East Wells Street > > at Jernigan Place > > Baltimore, MD 21230 > > Telephone: (410) 659-9314, ext. 2221 > > Fax: (410) 659-5129 > > E-mail: lblake at nfb.org > > Web site: www.nfb.org > > > Text the word BLIND to 85944 to donate $10 to the NFB Imagination Fund > via > your phone bill. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] > On > Behalf Of James Pepper > > Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 7:59 PM > > To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org > > Subject: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the > blind. > > > The State of Washington's election officer who is in charge of all > voting > for the state responded to an inquiry on the accessibility of the Voter > Registration form with the following statement in writing: > > "Remember, too, that federal law requires that voters be able to vote > independently; the capability to complete registration applications > independently is a desirable goal, but not a legal requirement at this > time." > > > I thought they were required to make voter registration forms accessible > to > the blind, in every major civil rights bill since the Voting Rights Act. > > Also the Election officer at the State of Arkansas said over the phone > that > the blind can register to vote when they get their drivers licenses. > > > James Pepper > > _______________________________________________ > > blindlaw mailing list > > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/lblake%40nfb.org > > > _______________________________________________ > > blindlaw mailing list > > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/randolphc%40kbti.o > rg > > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/yasmin.reyazuddin% > 40montgomerycountymd.gov > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/b75205%40gmail.com > From b75205 at gmail.com Mon Apr 23 05:13:33 2012 From: b75205 at gmail.com (James Pepper) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:13:33 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the blind. In-Reply-To: References: <3931072b$4283363a$49917a2c$@com> Message-ID: Also since braille literacy has been greatly reduced in the blind community due to a lack of education in this arena, making voter registration forms accessible only as braille is not going to cut it. And what about the visually impaired who have similar but different problems with these documents? Have you considered all of these mandates? James Pepper On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 11:54 PM, James Pepper wrote: > Parts of the National Form are accessible but not all of it and how in the > world are the blind supposed to locate the two sets of lines on the back of > the form to draw their map? You require the voter blind to locate these > two lines, write in the names of the nearest cross streets and then they > must draw in their home relative to that intersection with a large X and > then draw in relative to those locations the nearest police stations, > schools and other government buildings. Another words this is a literacy > test, a violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Arkansas insisted on > this map. > > You also have some major problems with the layout that can cause people to > make the wrong choice and make all of their answers null and void. Most of > your form is not accessible and in order to fill out parts of it the blind > must have the full version of JAWS. That is a poll tax, a violation of the > Voting Rights Act. The entire form should be accessible using free > software and 4 years ago I presented one to your agency in late August of > 2008 and 19 days later you all came out with the "accessible form" which > was not accessible, you just enabled a few form fields to work. The form up > to September 2008 was an image of a form, even though the EAC was mandated > by Congress to make voter registration forms accessible to the blind and > had spent over 1 billion dollars studying the prospects, you didn't get > around to doing anything about it until 19 days after I sent in my forms > and your agency wrote that your webmaster was in charge of the voter > registration forms for the agency. It was then that I was in contact with > the Voting Rights Division of the ACLU in Atlanta,. I have the > correspondence from that time, I suggest you contact your staff. Later Jim > Dickson who at the time was the VP of the AAPD presented my forms to the > EAC but by that time it was too late to use them in the election. > > I proceeded to send it to all of the states during this time, starting in > the Spring of 2008, that is when Arkansas made that statement about the > blind being able to vote if they got their drivers license. The State of > Washington;'s election officer wrote directly that the state was not > required by law to make voter registration forms accessible to the blind. > They were required to do this in every major civil rights act since the > Rehabilitation Act of 1973. I contacted the ACLU in Washington State and > they were following up on this problem. > > I found that Alabama is the model state for accessibility in elections, > they have always had a form in braille, imagine that, Alabama. > > I have a form that is accessible to the blind, where they can fill it out > without assistance using free screen readers. No poll tax, no literacy > test. Oh and I can do this in Hindi too, just need a translation but I can > make it speak in Hindi and many other languages including Spanish. > > James Pepper > > > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Reyazuddin, Yasmin < > Yasmin.Reyazuddin at montgomerycountymd.gov> wrote: > >> Hi Everyone, >> The voter registration information and related matters could be >> discussed with the local Board of elections in your county. Here in >> Montgomery county MD I know the person responsible for outreach at the >> Board of elections. >> I have provided him with all materials (both English and Spanish) in >> Braille for the last 3 major elections. It is part of my job and the >> request comes to me. All outreach activities scheduled by the board >> include a packet with Braille materials. Talk with the outreach person >> and work with them. >> >> Yasmin Reyazuddin >> Aging & Disability Services >> Montgomery County Government >> Department of Health & Human Services >> 401 Hungerford Drive (3rd floor) >> Rockville MD 20850 >> 240-777-0311 (MC311) >> 240-777-1556 (personal) >> 240-777-1495 (fax) >> office hours 8:30 am 5:00 pm >> Languages English, Hindi, Urdu, Braille >> >> >> This message may contain protected health information or other >> information that is confidential or privileged. If you are not the >> intended recipient, please contact the sender by return mail and destroy >> any copies of this material. >> >> Thank you. >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] >> On Behalf Of randolphc at kbti.org Cabral >> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 10:18 AM >> To: Blind Law Mailing List; Blind Law Mailing List >> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the >> blind. >> >> >> In Kansas we are presently working with the League of Kansas Voters, the >> >> ACLU, the Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, and our local >> county voting commissioner to push for an ammendment of our current >> legislation. We have a State Senator, and a State Representative whom >> we >> are providing with similar legislation out of New York and Wisconsin to >> use >> as a template. Already we have been contacted by the office of our >> local >> voting commisioner to anticipate having voter registration and advanced >> voting ballots in Braille. >> >> >> Anyone that would like to learn more or wishes to be kept informed >> please >> let us know. >> >> >> Randolph Cabral, President >> >> Kansas Braille Transcription Institute >> >> P.O. Box 48091 >> >> Wichita, Kansas 67201-8091 >> >> 316-265-9692 (Office) 9:00 AM - 5:00CST >> >> 316-265-0184 (Fax) >> >> randolphc at kbti.org >> >> www.kbti.org >> >> >> "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." -- Helen Keller >> >> ---------------------------------------- >> >> From: "Blake, Lou Ann" >> >> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 7:58 AM >> >> To: "Blind Law Mailing List" >> >> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the >> blind. >> >> >> The National Mail Voter Registration Form is an accessible PDF that may >> be >> completed online, printed, and mailed to your state or local board of >> elections. The form may be used for all stated and territories and it >> includes instructions on how to complete the form and where to send it. >> The >> form may be found on the United States Election Assistance Commissions >> Web >> site at: http://www.eac.gov/voter_resources/register_to_vote.aspx. It is >> >> available in Spanish and English. >> >> >> Many states do have their voter registration form available as an >> accessible PDF on their state board of election's Web site. But if your >> state is not one of these, you can use the National Mail Voter >> Registration >> Form. >> >> >> The National Voter Registration Act allows states to register voters >> when >> they apply for a state-issued identification card, as well as a >> state-issue >> driver's license. >> >> >> Lou Ann Blake, J.D. >> >> HAVA Project Manager and Law Symposium Coordinator >> >> Jernigan Institute >> >> NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND >> >> 200 East Wells Street >> >> at Jernigan Place >> >> Baltimore, MD 21230 >> >> Telephone: (410) 659-9314, ext. 2221 >> >> Fax: (410) 659-5129 >> >> E-mail: lblake at nfb.org >> >> Web site: www.nfb.org >> >> >> Text the word BLIND to 85944 to donate $10 to the NFB Imagination Fund >> via >> your phone bill. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] >> On >> Behalf Of James Pepper >> >> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 7:59 PM >> >> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org >> >> Subject: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the >> blind. >> >> >> The State of Washington's election officer who is in charge of all >> voting >> for the state responded to an inquiry on the accessibility of the Voter >> Registration form with the following statement in writing: >> >> "Remember, too, that federal law requires that voters be able to vote >> independently; the capability to complete registration applications >> independently is a desirable goal, but not a legal requirement at this >> time." >> >> >> I thought they were required to make voter registration forms accessible >> to >> the blind, in every major civil rights bill since the Voting Rights Act. >> >> Also the Election officer at the State of Arkansas said over the phone >> that >> the blind can register to vote when they get their drivers licenses. >> >> >> James Pepper >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> blindlaw mailing list >> >> blindlaw at nfbnet.org >> >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org >> >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> blindlaw: >> >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/lblake%40nfb.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> blindlaw mailing list >> >> blindlaw at nfbnet.org >> >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org >> >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> blindlaw: >> >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/randolphc%40kbti.o >> rg >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> blindlaw mailing list >> blindlaw at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> blindlaw: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/yasmin.reyazuddin% >> 40montgomerycountymd.gov >> >> _______________________________________________ >> blindlaw mailing list >> blindlaw at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> blindlaw: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/b75205%40gmail.com >> > > From slabarre at labarrelaw.com Mon Apr 23 15:30:02 2012 From: slabarre at labarrelaw.com (Scott C. LaBarre) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:30:02 -0600 Subject: [blindlaw] FW: job opening In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <001901cd2165$f4fa24a0$deee6de0$@labarrelaw.com> Greetings, please see the attached job opening at our Colorado Center. For any additional information, you should contact Carol at the information posted below. Best, Scott From: Carol Sprague [mailto:celzi at cocenter.org] Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 1:49 PM To: slabarre at labarrelaw.com Subject: job opening Hi Scott, I'm sure you know that Wes Majerus is leaving to go to a new job in Nebraska so we are looking for a new technology instructor. Julie suggested that I contact you regarding getting our job description up on the President's list. Are you able to do this if I attach the job description? I'm not sure how it works. Thanks, Carol Carol Sprague Administrative Coordinator Colorado Center for the Blind 2233 W. 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From cathrynisfinally at verizon.net Mon Apr 23 17:45:24 2012 From: cathrynisfinally at verizon.net (Cathryn) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:45:24 -0400 Subject: [blindlaw] US Attorney Posting Eastern California In-Reply-To: <3EA98D34C69B4AE8A51D5B09891A22C9@mycomputer> References: <3EA98D34C69B4AE8A51D5B09891A22C9@mycomputer> Message-ID: <003701cd2178$dd609960$9821cc20$@verizon.net> I've searched usajobs in every way I know, and this vacancy does not come up. Your ideas? Cathryn Bonnette -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ross Doerr Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 12:14 PM To: 'Blind Law Mailing List' Subject: [blindlaw] US Attorney Posting Eastern California United States Attorney's Office Eastern District of California Assistant United States Attorney Civil Division Affirmative Litigation Unit Scaramento, California April 23, 2012 12-EDCA-21A Applications should be postmarked no later than Monday, May 14, 2012 to be considered. _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/cathrynisfinally%40ver izon.net From rumpole at roadrunner.com Mon Apr 23 18:02:38 2012 From: rumpole at roadrunner.com (Ross Doerr) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:02:38 -0400 Subject: [blindlaw] US Attorney Posting Eastern California In-Reply-To: <003701cd2178$dd609960$9821cc20$@verizon.net> References: <3EA98D34C69B4AE8A51D5B09891A22C9@mycomputer> <003701cd2178$dd609960$9821cc20$@verizon.net> Message-ID: <5514A91F3B30480D9DF61EFF9797CDB8@mycomputer> Hi Kathy: I've pasted the entire job announcement below, hope this helps Ross. *** UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Assistant United States Attorney Civil Division, Affirmative Litigation Unit Sacramento, California April 23, 2012 12-EDCA-21A ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- About the Office: The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California is based in Sacramento. The District includes the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada Mountains and encompasses most of the land mass of California -- from the Coastal Mountain Range to the Nevada border, and from Bakersfield in the south to the Oregon border. The Sacramento office serves the northern counties of the district: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sutter, Trinity, Tehama, Yolo, and Yuba. Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered: This position is located in the Civil Division, Affirmative Litigation Unit, of the Sacramento Office. The Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) will handle civil and criminal forfeiture matters. Who May Apply: Any U.S. Citizen Qualifications:Applicants must possess a J.D. degree from an accredited law school, be duly licensed and authorized to practice as an attorney under the laws of a State, territory, or the District of Columbia, and have at least one year of post-J.D. experience. Applicants must be active members in good standing of the bar (any jurisdiction). Ideal qualifications include at least 3-5 years of experience litigating civil cases in federal courts, with substantial responsibility for all aspects of discovery, trial, and appeals. Applicants must have a demonstrated capacity to function with minimal supervision in a highly demanding environment, exceptional brief writing and oral advocacy skills, excellent analytical ability, and good judgment. In addition, applicants must exhibit the ability to work in a supportive and professional manner with other attorneys, paralegals, support staff and client agencies. Applicants will be expected to do their own legal research and writing and will be substantially self-sufficient in preparing day-to-day correspondence and pleadings. Applicants must be computer literate and adept at learning new programs. Travel: The position is based in Sacramento. Travel will occasionally be required. Salary Information: Assistant United States Attorneys' pay is administratively determined, based in part on the number of years of professional attorney experience. The current recruiting range of pay is $54,478 to $144,189 including locality pay. Location: Sacramento, California Sacramento, the state capital, is located in the heart of California. The city has been on the move since it became the capital in 1854 and is now one of the fastest growing regions in the United States. Sacramento is home to professional ballet, opera, and theatre companies, including the Sacramento Music Circus, providing a wide range of cultural activities and events. Professional sports are represented by the Sacramento Kings of the NBA, the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League, and the Sacramento River Cats, a Triple-A baseball team. Bound by two rivers, water recreation tops the list for outdoor activities such as salmon fishing, river rafting, and boating. Nearby Folsom Lake and Lake Natoma offer sailing and windsurfing. Sacramento is located 90 miles northeast of San Francisco and approximately 90 miles west of Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada mountain range, providing numerous recreational opportunities for skiing and boating enthusiasts. Relocation Expenses: Relocation expenses are not authorized. Application Process and Deadline Date: Interested applicants should send a resume, cover letter, and writing sample to the United States Attorney's Office, ATTN: Phillip Talbert, 501 I Street, Suite 10-100, Sacramento, CA 95814. Applications should be postmarked no later than Monday, May 14, 2012 to be considered. Please include the vacancy announcement number listed at the top of this announcement (12-EDCA-21A) on your resume and cover letter. Please note that this is a re-advertisement of this position. Internet Sites: This and other attorney vacancy announcements can be found at: http://www.justice.gov/careers/legal/attvacancies.html and http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/cae/. Department Policies: Following appointment, Assistant United States Attorneys generally must reside in the district to which he or she is appointed. See 28 U.S.C. § 545 for district-specific information. All initial attorney appointments to the Department of Justice are made on a time-limited (temporary) basis. Temporary appointments may, or may not, be extended or made permanent without further competition. The U.S. Department of Justice is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Except where otherwise provided by law, there will be no discrimination because of color, race, religion, national origin, political affiliation, marital status, disability (physical or mental), age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, status as a parent, membership or non-membership in an employee organization, on the basis of personal favoritism, or any non merit factor. The Department of Justice welcomes and encourages applications from persons with physical and mental disabilities. The Department is firmly committed to satisfying its affirmative obligations under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to ensure that persons with disabilities have every opportunity to be hired and advanced on the basis of merit within the Department of Justice. This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. It is the policy of the Department to achieve a drug-free workplace and persons selected for employment will be required to pass a drug test which screens for illegal drug use prior to final appointment. Employment is also contingent upon the completion and satisfactory adjudication of a background investigation. Only U.S. citizens are eligible for employment with the Executive Office for Immigration Review and the United States Attorneys’ Offices. Unless otherwise indicated in a particular job advertisement, non-U.S. citizens may apply for employment with other organizations, but should be advised that appointments of non-U.S. citizens are extremely rare; such appointments would be possible only if necessary to accomplish the Department's mission and would be subject to strict security requirements. Applicants who hold dual citizenship in the U.S. and another country will be considered on a case-by-case basis. There is no formal rating system for applying veterans' preference to attorney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of Justice considers veterans' preference eligibility as a positive factor in attorney hiring. Applicants eligible for veterans' preference must include that information in their cover letter or resume and attach supporting documentation (e.g., the DD 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty and other supporting documentation) to their submissions. Although the "point" system is not used, per se, applicants eligible to claim 10-point preference must submit Standard Form (SF) 15, Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference, and submit the supporting documentation required for the specific type of preference claimed (visit the OPM website, www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf for a copy of SF 15, which lists the types of 10-point preferences and the required supporting document(s). Applicants should note that SF 15 requires supporting documentation associated with service-connected disabilities or receipt of nonservice-connected disability pensions to be dated 1991 or later except in the case of service members submitting official statements or retirement orders from a branch of the Armed Forces showing that his or her retirement was due to a permanent service-connected disability or that he/she was transferred to the permanent disability retired list (the statement or retirement orders must indicate that the disability is 10% or more). The Department of Justice cannot control further dissemination and/or posting of information contained in this vacancy announcement. Such posting and/or dissemination is not an endorsement by the Department of the organization or group disseminating and/or posting the information. From slabarre at labarrelaw.com Mon Apr 23 20:36:14 2012 From: slabarre at labarrelaw.com (Scott C. 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With the amount of ABA therapists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, case managers, and her own two in home therapists (one is a therapist for her needs as a special needs mom, the other is to assist with the unique issues of a military marriage), she has little to no time to allow unfounded alcoholism accusations by an unknown party disrupt the meticulous routine an autistic household must maintain. What is advised from those of you out there that can take the time to sound off? There is much more to the story but I do not care to disclose much more of her situation via email. Should she hire an attorney? Should she be completely forth coming and provide medical and psychological disclosure releases? (not that she has much of a choice on this one) Each of her therapists, aides, and others that work within the home and many personal friends and family can attest to her strength and ability to multitask her own disability and that of her two sons autism. She has had a prior stalker (her ex husbands current wife who was convicted of stealing her identity) and has an issue with the neighbors aggressive dogs that live behind her and has had to report to military housing and animal control that their dogs have broken through her gate many times and aggressively attach the fence when her children are playing out there for therapy. She is not sure who reported her but those that she feels would know how much she drinks and when have all stepped up to be a witness and she is afraid this reporting may be a malicious act by one of the two above named parties. Again, thanks for reading and I hope someone can give some advise. From rumpole at roadrunner.com Wed Apr 25 19:28:15 2012 From: rumpole at roadrunner.com (Ross Doerr) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:28:15 -0400 Subject: [blindlaw] WDC attorney posting Message-ID: <9F52F4BA5C864771A3DDF4592EF9152B@mycomputer> Trial Attorney, GS-, GS-905-15 U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division Organized Crime and Gang Section Washington, D.C. 12-CRM-OCGS-059 The closing date for this position is May 18, 2012. From ckrugman at sbcglobal.net Wed Apr 25 20:51:58 2012 From: ckrugman at sbcglobal.net (ckrugman at sbcglobal.net) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:51:58 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] Visually Impaired military wife with 2 autistics has CPScase against her any help In-Reply-To: <1335379395.91837.YahooMailNeo@web160703.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1335379395.91837.YahooMailNeo@web160703.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <117811A6F9FD4442AF92C5BE0A85C656@Spike> As CPS laws differ from state to state it would be helpful to know the state where this complaint was filed. Just because a complaint was filed does not mean it is necessary to go on the defensive and in many instances that fuels the fire as it conveys a message that there is something to be hidden. Having spent many years as a clinical social worker prior to becoming a paralegal I spent much time dealing with CPS issues on all levels as it is required professionally for me to come under mandatory reporting statutes which here in California means that for certain professionals any suspected child abuse must be reported. As you say many CPS complaints are filed as a form of vengeance but they still are required to be investigated under the law. The best approach is to be forthcoming with the necessary facts and until a hostile situation is documented allow the complaint to run its natural course. The issue is the conditions in the home and the care of the children which will be investigated. Feel free to contact me off list as needed. Chuck Krugman, MSW, Paralegal 1237 P Street Fresno ca 93721 559-266-9237 ----- Original Message ----- From: "M BG" To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 11:43 AM Subject: [blindlaw] Visually Impaired military wife with 2 autistics has CPScase against her any help >A Marine wife who is legally blind and has two very high functioning >autistic boys, ages 7 and 2, has had someone report her to CPS for child >endangerment for excessive drinking. This mom admits to 1-2 glasses 2 to 3 >times a week sometimes less and sometimes more. She does not drink unless >another adult is present knowing the safety issues being visually impaired >and also having two autistics. With the amount of ABA therapists, speech >therapists, occupational therapists, case managers, and her own two in home >therapists (one is a therapist for her needs as a special needs mom, the >other is to assist with the unique issues of a military marriage), she has >little to no time to allow unfounded alcoholism accusations by an unknown >party disrupt the meticulous routine an autistic household must maintain. > > > What is advised from those of you out there that can take the time to > sound off? There is much more to the story but I do not care to disclose > much more of her situation via email. Should she hire an attorney? Should > she be completely forth coming and provide medical and psychological > disclosure releases? (not that she has much of a choice on this one) > > > Each of her therapists, aides, and others that work within the home and > many personal friends and family can attest to her strength and ability to > multitask her own disability and that of her two sons autism. She has had > a prior stalker (her ex husbands current wife who was convicted of > stealing her identity) and has an issue with the neighbors aggressive dogs > that live behind her and has had to report to military housing and animal > control that their dogs have broken through her gate many times and > aggressively attach the fence when her children are playing out there for > therapy. She is not sure who reported her but those that she feels would > know how much she drinks and when have all stepped up to be a witness and > she is afraid this reporting may be a malicious act by one of the two > above named parties. > > > Again, thanks for reading and I hope someone can give some advise. > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/ckrugman%40sbcglobal.net From taiablas at gmail.com Sat Apr 28 15:56:46 2012 From: taiablas at gmail.com (Tai Blas) Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:56:46 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Accessing Bender's and Moore's Message-ID: Hello all. For an upcoming course, I will need to access Bender's forms and Moore's Federal Practice Guide. Does anyone on this list use these resources and if so, how do you access them? Are they accessible electronically? Thanks. Tai From tim at timeldermusic.com Sun Apr 29 15:08:19 2012 From: tim at timeldermusic.com (Tim Elder) Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:08:19 -0400 Subject: [blindlaw] Accessing Bender's and Moore's In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <004b01cd2619$e99a64e0$bccf2ea0$@timeldermusic.com> Ask your school's Westlaw and LexNex rep. Regards, -----Original Message----- From: Tai Blas [mailto:taiablas at gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 11:57 AM To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org Subject: [blindlaw] Accessing Bender's and Moore's Hello all. For an upcoming course, I will need to access Bender's forms and Moore's Federal Practice Guide. Does anyone on this list use these resources and if so, how do you access them? Are they accessible electronically? Thanks. Tai From rthomas at emplmntattorney.com Sun Apr 29 15:21:34 2012 From: rthomas at emplmntattorney.com (Russ Thomas) Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 08:21:34 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] Accessing Bender's and Moore's In-Reply-To: <004b01cd2619$e99a64e0$bccf2ea0$@timeldermusic.com> References: <004b01cd2619$e99a64e0$bccf2ea0$@timeldermusic.com> Message-ID: Mathew-bender and Moore's are both available in electronic format. Each of these publications is rather pricy if you download sections of these publications from Westlaw or Lexis. Find out if your law school or local bar library has these publications in electronic format. If so, buy a Seagate or some type of storage device with a big hard drive, go to the library, and download everything onto the storage device. You will have saved yourself a lot of time and money and also have 24/7 access to the research you want to do. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tim Elder Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 8:08 AM To: 'Blind Law Mailing List' Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Accessing Bender's and Moore's Ask your school's Westlaw and LexNex rep. Regards, -----Original Message----- From: Tai Blas [mailto:taiablas at gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 11:57 AM To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org Subject: [blindlaw] Accessing Bender's and Moore's Hello all. For an upcoming course, I will need to access Bender's forms and Moore's Federal Practice Guide. Does anyone on this list use these resources and if so, how do you access them? Are they accessible electronically? Thanks. Tai _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rthomas%40emplmntattor ney.com From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov Mon Apr 30 23:31:12 2012 From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:31:12 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] New York Lawyer [with glaucoma] Is Suspended Partly for 'Shockingly Poor' Briefs, ABA Journal, April 23 2012 Message-ID: Blindlaw: Thought you'd find this article from the ABA of interest. It is about a New York lawyer who blamed his sloppy work in part on the onset of glaucoma. Noel Link: http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/new_york_lawyer_is_suspended_partly_for_shockingly_poor_briefs/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email Text: New York Lawyer Is Suspended Partly for 'Shockingly Poor' Briefs Posted April 23, 2012 By Debra Cassens Weiss A New York appeals court has suspended an immigration lawyer from law practice for two years after a federal grievance committee found he had submitted briefs of "shockingly poor quality." The state supreme court, appellate division, suspended lawyer Andre Sobolevsky as reciprocal discipline, the Legal Profession Blog reports. The New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had suspended Sobolevsky last July after a grievance committee found he neglected client matters, failed to supervise nonlawyer staffers, and submitted deficient briefs. The state court opinion summarized the federal grievance committee's conclusions. Sobolevsky had submitted briefs of "shockingly poor quality," the committee found. Defects included incorrect clients' names, inclusion of irrelevant boilerplate, and reference to evidence that had not been submitted. Sobolevsky blamed the problems on a variety of factors, including the onset of glaucoma and disruptions caused by a law office move. He also said he had to deal with a large influx in immigration petitions arising from family planning laws in China. Sobolevsky asserted that a paralegal did some of the deficient work, an admission of unauthorized practice, the grievance committee said. Sobolevsky will remain suspended until further order of the court. From slabarre at labarrelaw.com Mon Apr 2 19:37:39 2012 From: slabarre at labarrelaw.com (Scott C. 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Has oversight responsibility for the entity's program/project budgets and provides substantive support and direction to the Chairs of the projects and is responsible for the execution of the programs/projects, including, but not limited to budgeting of resources, fundraising for projects that require outside funding support, marketing of projects and activities, and oversight of meetings and special events. Education Bachelors Degree from four-year College or University or equivalent experience. Experience Management and/or supervisory experience, preferably in an association or non-profit setting to include analytical problem solving ability, and programmatic and policy development; some research and writing skills, substantive budgeting experience; meeting planning experience a must; fundraising experience is preferred. A Bachelors degree is required. The Program Specialist will be required to travel 5-6 trips or more per year. We are proud to be an EOE/AA employer. 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Responsible for the implementation of programs and projects under the supervision of the program director or manager. Held accountable for the successful execution of assigned programs/projects. Education Bachelors Degree from four-year College or University (or equivalent experience) Experience Experience, preferably in an association or non-profit setting. Analytical problem solving ability, self-direction, project experience, research and writing skills, and meeting planning experience. Fundraising or grant application experience is a plus. A Bachelors degree is required. We are proud to be an EOE/AA employer. M/F/D/V Follow this link to apply: https://www5.recruitingcenter.net/Clients/abanet/PublicJobs/Intranet/controller.cfm?jbaction=JobProfile&Job_Id=10721&esid=az Brandon Moore-Rhodes Commission on Disability Rights (202) 662-1574 From LBlake at nfb.org Tue Apr 3 16:34:14 2012 From: LBlake at nfb.org (Blake, Lou Ann) Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 09:34:14 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] 2012 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium Message-ID: Only Two Weeks Remaining to Register! for the 2012 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium Disability Identity in the Disability Rights Movement April 19-20, 2012 at the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute Baltimore, Maryland Don't miss your opportunity to hear Eve Hill, senior counselor to Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez at the United States Department of Justice, and other leading disability rights advocates at the 2012 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium. The symposium will consist of plenary sessions and workshops facilitated by distinguished law professors, practitioners, and advocates who will discuss topics such as: judicial perspectives on the presentation of disability cases, how to influence jurors' perception of disability, the impact of the ADA Amendments Act on employment cases, the role of identity in the disability rights movement, and disability discrimination in health care.. 2012 plenary session presenters: * Adrienne Asch, Edward and Robin Milstein Professor of Bioethics, Yeshiva University * David Ball, jury consultant, Malekpour & Ball Consulting * Richard S. Brown, Chief Judge, Wisconsin Court of Appeals * Brian East, senior attorney, Disability Rights Texas * Katie Eyer, Research Scholar and Lecturer in Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School * Donovan W. Frank, U.S. District Judge, District of Minnesota * Arlene S. Kanter, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence and Professor of Law, Syracuse University College of Law * Peggy R. Mastroianni, legal counsel, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission * Jane Perkins, legal director, National Health Law Program * Francis A. Polito, Chief Administrative Judge, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission * Silvia Yee, senior staff attorney, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund 2012 workshop facilitators: * Michael Allen, partner, Relman, Dane & Colfax * Robert Ardinger, president, Ardinger Consultants and Associates * Charles Brown, director, Volunteer Lawyers for the Blind, American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults * Michael Bullis, parent * Matthew W. Dietz, principal, Law Offices of Matthew W. Dietz, P.L. * Brian Dimmick, staff attorney, American Diabetes Association * Senator Lisa A. Gladden, Maryland General Assembly * Daniel F. Goldstein, partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP * Judith A. Gran, partner, Reisman Carolla Gran LLP * Katy Kaplan, assistant director, Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion of People with Psychiatric Disabilities * Scott C. LaBarre, principal, LaBarre Law Offices, PC * William J. Phelan, IV, partner, The Gowen Group Law Office PLLC * Howard A. Rosenblum, Chief Executive Officer, National Association of the Deaf * Jackie Simon, member, Equal Rights Center Board of Directors; broker/owner, Jackie Simon Homes, LLC * Joyce Walker-Jones, senior attorney advisor, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Documentation for CLE credits will be provided. Registration fee: $175 Student registration fee: $25 A limited number of scholarships to cover the registration fee will be available to individuals with demonstrated financial need. To learn more about the symposium and symposium sponsorship opportunities, view the agenda, and register online, please visit http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Law_Symposium.asp. You may also download from this Web site a registration form to mail or fax. Hotel information is also available on the symposium Web site. For additional information, contact: Lou Ann Blake, JD Law Symposium Coordinator Jernigan Institute NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place Baltimore, Maryland 21230 Telephone: 410-659-9314, ext. 2221 E-mail: lblake at nfb.org From taiablas at gmail.com Thu Apr 5 13:08:58 2012 From: taiablas at gmail.com (Tai Blas) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 08:08:58 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Law Journal Message-ID: Hello. I have some questions for blind students or attorneys who have served on law journals as part of their law school career. I would like to know how blind law studentshandle the lengthy cite checking involved in serving on a journal. Also, did you hire readers to assist you and if so, were your readers fellow law students or individuals unfamiliar with the law? I am thinking of writing on to a journal next year but am not sure whether it will be a valuable experience for me because of the focus on complying with bluebook rules or if I would be better off doing a writing seminar or appellate advocacy instead. Thanks. Tai From taiablas at gmail.com Thu Apr 5 13:12:34 2012 From: taiablas at gmail.com (Tai Blas) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 08:12:34 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Signals During Oral Argument? Message-ID: Hello. I am giving my first oral argument next week and am wondering what accommodations blind lawyers request for nonverbal signals. It is my understanding that in the courtroom, different color lights let attorneys know how much time they have left in their oral arguments. Do you bring your own timekeeping device to the podium or do you ask for an oral signal? Also, do the judges generally give you an audible signal when you may begin your argument? Thanks. Tai From agtolentino at gmail.com Thu Apr 5 13:53:17 2012 From: agtolentino at gmail.com (Aser Tolentino) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 06:53:17 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] Law Journal In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello, I did a year with a journal and imposed upon a family member to act as a reader for cite checking. It wasn't fun, but I never got any negative feedback. Depending on what you want to do after law school, it can be a very valuable experience. I was far more drawn to appellate advocacy, trial practice and externships myself. Respectfully, Aser Tolentino, Esq. On Apr 5, 2012, at 6:08 AM, Tai Blas wrote: > Hello. I have some questions for blind students or attorneys who have > served on law journals as part of their law school career. I would > like to know how blind law studentshandle the lengthy cite checking > involved in serving on a journal. Also, did you hire readers to assist > you and if so, were your readers fellow law students or individuals > unfamiliar with the law? I am thinking of writing on to a journal next > year but am not sure whether it will be a valuable experience for me > because of the focus on complying with bluebook rules or if I would be > better off doing a writing seminar or appellate advocacy instead. > > Thanks. > > Tai > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/agtolentino%40gmail.com From agtolentino at gmail.com Thu Apr 5 13:59:30 2012 From: agtolentino at gmail.com (Aser Tolentino) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 06:59:30 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] Signals During Oral Argument? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2D893A2A-C403-45E3-96E1-4EE2AD433FC0@gmail.com> Hello, The only timed arguments I've ever done were for moot court (appellate advocacy). I usually arranged before the argument with the time keeper to give a verbal warning at the times when visual signals were given. Sometimes members of the panel offered to provide the same information. I also carried a BrailleNote to the podium and set the stopwatch. Respectfully, Aser Tolentino, Esq. On Apr 5, 2012, at 6:12 AM, Tai Blas wrote: > Hello. I am giving my first oral argument next week and am wondering > what accommodations blind lawyers request for nonverbal signals. It is > my understanding that in the courtroom, different color lights let > attorneys know how much time they have left in their oral arguments. > Do you bring your own timekeeping device to the podium or do you ask > for an oral signal? Also, do the judges generally give you an audible > signal when you may begin your argument? > > Thanks. > > Tai > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/agtolentino%40gmail.com From dravant at ameritech.net Thu Apr 5 14:27:26 2012 From: dravant at ameritech.net (denise avant) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 09:27:26 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Signals During Oral Argument? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello I have done numerous oral arguments You can let the court kbow ahead of time and verbal warning can be given or the baliff or time keeper can ring a little bell You can keep time yourself if you do not think that will be too distracting Sent from my iPhone On Apr 5, 2012, at 8:12 AM, Tai Blas wrote: > Hello. I am giving my first oral argument next week and am wondering > what accommodations blind lawyers request for nonverbal signals. It is > my understanding that in the courtroom, different color lights let > attorneys know how much time they have left in their oral arguments. > Do you bring your own timekeeping device to the podium or do you ask > for an oral signal? Also, do the judges generally give you an audible > signal when you may begin your argument? > > Thanks. > > Tai > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/dravant%40ameritech.net From dravant at ameritech.net Thu Apr 5 14:32:33 2012 From: dravant at ameritech.net (denise avant) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 09:32:33 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Law Journal In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3ED2AE22-3FB6-4A31-A5A5-7521F024AC93@ameritech.net> Is the blue book accessible This may impact your decision Sent from my iPhone On Apr 5, 2012, at 8:08 AM, Tai Blas wrote: > Hello. I have some questions for blind students or attorneys who have > served on law journals as part of their law school career. I would > like to know how blind law studentshandle the lengthy cite checking > involved in serving on a journal. Also, did you hire readers to assist > you and if so, were your readers fellow law students or individuals > unfamiliar with the law? I am thinking of writing on to a journal next > year but am not sure whether it will be a valuable experience for me > because of the focus on complying with bluebook rules or if I would be > better off doing a writing seminar or appellate advocacy instead. > > Thanks. > > Tai > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/dravant%40ameritech.net From slabarre at labarrelaw.com Thu Apr 5 15:18:55 2012 From: slabarre at labarrelaw.com (Scott C. LaBarre) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 09:18:55 -0600 Subject: [blindlaw] Signals During Oral Argument? In-Reply-To: <2D893A2A-C403-45E3-96E1-4EE2AD433FC0@gmail.com> References: <2D893A2A-C403-45E3-96E1-4EE2AD433FC0@gmail.com> Message-ID: <008f01cd133f$6b2cfbf0$4186f3d0$@labarrelaw.com> Greetings, I have appeared before several federal appellate courts and others. I usually work with the courtroom clerk to inform the panel that I will need some kind of verbal warning which the presiding judge has had no difficulty in giving. Beforehand, I prepare what I want to say to wrap up the argument once I receive that verbal warning. I also keep track of time on my notetaker type device, which currently happens to be a Braille Sense Plus. On one occasion, the presiding judge said something like "Mr. LaBarre, I am sorry. I know that I was suppose to give you the heads up with two minutes to go but your time is now up. So, please conclude." I then delivered my closing couple of sentences and sat down. The point here is that you need to be agile and ready on your ffet. This is particularly important in these types of arguments because you have no idea what the judges may toss your way. Best, Scott C. LaBarre, Esq.   LaBarre Law Offices P.C. 1660 South Albion Street, Ste. 918 Denver, Colorado 80222 303 504-5979 (voice) 303 757-3640 (fax) slabarre at labarrelaw.com (e-mail) www.labarrelaw.com (website)   CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the designated recipient, you may not read, copy, distribute or retain this message. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender at 303) 504-5979 or slabarre at labarrelaw.com, and destroy and delete it from your system. This message and any attachments are covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510-2521. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Aser Tolentino Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 8:00 AM To: Blind Law Mailing List Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Signals During Oral Argument? Hello, The only timed arguments I've ever done were for moot court (appellate advocacy). I usually arranged before the argument with the time keeper to give a verbal warning at the times when visual signals were given. Sometimes members of the panel offered to provide the same information. I also carried a BrailleNote to the podium and set the stopwatch. Respectfully, Aser Tolentino, Esq. On Apr 5, 2012, at 6:12 AM, Tai Blas wrote: > Hello. I am giving my first oral argument next week and am wondering > what accommodations blind lawyers request for nonverbal signals. It is > my understanding that in the courtroom, different color lights let > attorneys know how much time they have left in their oral arguments. > Do you bring your own timekeeping device to the podium or do you ask > for an oral signal? Also, do the judges generally give you an audible > signal when you may begin your argument? > > Thanks. > > Tai > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/agtolentino%40gm > ail.com _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/slabarre%40labarrelaw. com From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov Thu Apr 5 18:30:45 2012 From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 13:30:45 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] FW: Opening: DOJ Experienced Attorney - U.S. Attorney's Office - Idaho In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: From: Parker, Richard L. (JMD) [mailto:Richard.L.Parker2 at usdoj.gov] Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 11:27 AM To: 'president at abaw.org'; 'jeff at jefflianglaw.com'; 'edelossantos at trueblueinc.com'; 'samiolaw at aol.com'; 'abigail.daquiz at gmail.com'; 'president at q-law.org'; 'asachs at q-law.org'; 'hbrajcich at lawschool.gonzaga.edu'; 'president at lmba.net'; 'nicole at gaineslawoffice.com'; 'boksulee at yahoo.com'; 'dko at kellerrohrback.com'; 'DavisJK at LanePowell.com'; 'fe.f.lopez at gmail.com'; 'teebah.alsaleh at edifecs.com'; 'bneshghi at gmail.com'; 'damon at damonshadid.com'; 'shaker at ryanlaw.com'; 'miriamayoub at gmail.com'; 'mboulos at trueblueinc.com'; 'milliek at nwjustice.org'; 'efry at sisna.com'; 'pete at araquin.com'; 'lking at byrneskeller.com'; 'amber.penn-roco at klgates.com'; 'lawcareers at seattleu.edu'; 'slara at seattleu.edu'; Swaminathan, Aravind (USAWAW); 'sabawashington at gmail.com'; 'RSarathy at perkinscoie.com'; 'cpld at uw.edu'; 'holly728 at uw.edu'; 'gatespsl at uw.edu'; 'mestorms at uw.edu'; 'nalc at uw.edu'; 'leeperthuynguyen at yahoo.com'; 'dinhS at foster.com'; 'jmishkin at integritylawgroup.net'; 'binh.nguyen at becu.org'; 'jessica.nguyen at avalara.com'; 'michelleqpham at gmail.com'; 'kphu at campicheblue.com'; 'Alice.truong at nordstrom.com'; 'jliutruong at amslaw.net'; 'stuarpix at microsoft.com'; 'Amy.Allbright at americanbar.org'; 'William.Phelan at americanbar.org'; 'chachdw at wsba.org'; 'roberttaylor11 at comcast.net'; 'maureenm1 at atg.wa.gov'; 'slavicbar at gmail.com'; 'KMDas at perkinscoie.com'; Nightingale, Noel; 'cardozo at jewishinseattle.org'; 'asb at bmatlaw.com'; 'aaron at glblaw.com'; 'zanabugaighis at DWT.com'; 'dclarks at co.pierce.wa.us'; 'alison.bettles at nordstrom.com'; 'jeannec at wsba.org'; 'law-careers at uidaho.edu'; 'pafergus at asu.edu'; 'Kelly Simon'; 'Jesse at valdezlehman.com'; 'rcarrion at da.lacounty.gov'; 'joshua.s.williams at co.benton.or.us'; 'Travis.Buchanan at CityofHenderson.com' Subject: Opening: DOJ Experienced Attorney - U.S. Attorney's Office - Idaho As Special Counsel on Diversity Recruitment and Outreach for the United States Department of Justice, I would like to share with you and ask you to disseminate the following vacancy announcement for an experienced attorney as an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) in the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Idaho. Justice seeks to attract, retain, and promote individuals of exceptional ability and talent from all walks of life. The work environment and atmosphere is open, diverse, collegial, and inclusive. There are active affinity groups for African-American; Asian-American; Hispanic; lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT); and Native American employees, which are open to all DOJ employees regardless of background. Justice fosters a work environment where people of all backgrounds and experiences may reach their full potential. Thank you for your help. ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE District of Idaho Vacancy Announcement Number 12-ID-AUSA-02 [cid:image001.jpg at 01CD131F.8A7CA1B0] About the Office: With a state population of 1.5 million, 33.7 million acres of federally-owned land, and more miles of river than any other state, the District of Idaho presents outstanding opportunities for recreation and cultural experience. It also has very interesting federal litigation. One district covers the entire state. The U.S. Attorney's Office is large enough to enjoy a wide variety of case assignments, but small enough to be friendly. Six civil attorneys, eighteen criminal attorneys, and twenty-six support staff are spread among three offices: the main office, in Boise, and the two branch offices in Coeur d'Alene and Pocatello. This vacancy is located in the main office in Boise, Idaho. Boise is located in the Treasure Valley, in which 40% of Idaho's population resides. Winters are relatively mild, though plenty of snow falls in the nearby mountains. Median home prices are low, schools are excellent, and outstanding opportunities for recreation exist. AUSAs regularly run on the greenbelt, swim, and mountain bike over their lunch hours. Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered: The District has an opening for an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) in the Civil Division. This attorney will handle a wide variety of civil cases including defensive environmental cases (NEPA, NFMA, etc.), defensive torts (from slip and fall cases to medical malpractice), Bivens claims, bankruptcy matters, any appeals that arise, and the occasional Central Violations Bureau (CVB) calendar. This attorney may handle affirmative civil cases as well. Qualifications: Required qualifications: Applicants must possess a J.D. degree, be an active member of the bar (any jurisdiction), and have at least three years post-J.D. experience. Preferred qualifications: Ideally, an applicant will have three to six years of experience as a civil litigator. The applicant should be flexible and willing to learn new areas of the law, strategic when it comes to engaging in defensive litigation, forthright and diplomatic in dealing with client agencies and the court, and committed to representing the United States. Applicants must demonstrate superior written and oral communication skills. They must be able to define and articulate critical issues in a wide variety of cases and areas of law. They must be able to manage a caseload composed of very different kinds of cases with correspondingly different demands and deadlines. Applicants must be self-starters and good managers of their time. They must be willing and able to do their own legal research and writing and be substantially self-sufficient in managing cases and deadlines, preparing day-to-day correspondence and filings, and using computer programs and systems (CM/ECF, word processing, Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, USA5, E2Travel, etc.). Finally, applicants must have a demonstrated ability to work well with others, from support to supervisors. The ideal candidate will have some subject matter expertise in one or more of the areas identified (NEPA, NFMA, defensive torts, Bivens claims, or bankruptcy matters) and be willing to learn – and to continue learning throughout their career – new areas of law. Who May Apply: Current Attorneys in the United States Attorneys' Office (USAOs), to include current Attorney General's Honors Program hires and the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) Travel: Occasional travel may be required, both within and outside the District of Idaho. Salary Information: Assistant United States Attorneys' pay is administratively determined based, in part, on the number years of professional attorney experience. The range of basic pay is $44,581 to $131,534 plus locality pay where authorized (locality pay in Boise, Idaho is currently 14.16%). Location: Boise, Idaho. Relocation Expenses: Relocation expenses are not authorized. Application Process Interested persons should send an original, signed cover letter; and Deadline Date: detailed resume; writing sample edited solely by applicant (at least 7 pages in length, containing substantive legal analysis); and current performance evaluation/rating no later than April 19, 2012. Becky Early Supervisory Legal Assistant United States Attorney's Office 800 Park Blvd, Suite 600 Boise, ID 83712 No telephone calls please. Fax and e-mail applications will not be accepted. Internet Sites: District of Idaho's website: http://www.justice.gov/usao/id/jobs.html#ausa This and other attorney vacancy announcements can be found at: http://www.usdoj.gov/oarm/attvacancies.html Department Policies: Assistant United States Attorneys generally must reside in the district to which they are appointed. See 28 U.S.C. § 545 for district-specific information. All initial attorney appointments to the Department of Justice are made on a time-limited (temporary) basis. Temporary appointments may, or may not, be extended or made permanent without further competition. The U.S. Department of Justice is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Except where otherwise provided by law, there will be no discrimination because of color, race, religion, national origin, political affiliation, marital status, disability (physical or mental), age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, status as a parent, membership or non-membership in an employee organization, on the basis of personal favoritism, or any non merit factor. The Department of Justice welcomes and encourages applications from persons with physical and mental disabilities. The Department is firmly committed to satisfying its affirmative obligations under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to ensure that persons with disabilities have every opportunity to be hired and advanced on the basis of merit within the Department of Justice. This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. It is the policy of the Department to achieve a drug-free workplace and persons selected for employment will be required to pass a drug test which screens for illegal drug use prior to final appointment. Employment is also contingent upon the completion and satisfactory adjudication of a background investigation. Only U.S. citizens are eligible for employment with the Executive Office for Immigration Review and the United States Attorneys' Offices. Unless otherwise indicated in a particular job advertisement, non-U.S. Citizens may apply for employment with other organizations, but should be advised that appointments of non-U.S. Citizens are extremely rare; such appointments would be possible only if necessary to accomplish the Department's mission and would be subject to strict security requirements. Applicants who hold dual citizenship in the U.S. and another country will be considered on a case-by-case basis. There is no formal rating system for applying veterans' preference to attorney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of Justice considers veterans' preference eligibility as a positive factor in attorney hiring. Applicants eligible for veterans' preference must include that information in their cover letter or resume and attach supporting documentation (e.g., the DD 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty and other supporting documentation) to their submissions. Although the "point" system is not used, per se, applicants eligible to claim 10-point preference must submit Standard Form (SF) 15, Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference, and submit the supporting documentation required for the specific type of preference claimed (visit the OPM website, www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf for a copy of SF 15, which lists the types of 10-point preferences and the required supporting document(s). Applicants should note that SF 15 requires supporting documentation associated with service-connected disabilities or receipt of nonservice-connected disability pensions to be dated 1991 or later except in the case of service members submitting official statements or retirement orders from a branch of the Armed Forces showing that his or her retirement was due to a permanent service-connected disability or that he/she was transferred to the permanent disability retired list (the statement or retirement orders must indicate that the disability is 10% or more). * * * The Department of Justice cannot control further dissemination and/or posting of information contained in this vacancy announcement. Such posting and/or dissemination is not an endorsement by the Department of the organization or group disseminating and/or posting the information. Warm regards, Richard Parker Richard L. Parker Special Counsel on Diversity Recruitment and Outreach United States Department of Justice 450 Fifth Street, NW, Suite 10200 Washington, DC 20530 Phone: (202) 514-8912 Fax: (202) 514-0713 Email: Richard.L.Parker2 at usdoj.gov -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 381 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From deepa.goraya at gmail.com Fri Apr 6 06:01:37 2012 From: deepa.goraya at gmail.com (Deepa Goraya) Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 23:01:37 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] please support AB 2122 concerning the LSAT Message-ID: <000901cd13ba$bb9c4d40$32d4e7c0$@gmail.com> Hello, The national Association of Law Students with Disabilities (NALSWD) wants to alert you to an important bill moving through the California Legislature that has incredible significance for students with disabilities entering law school. NALSWD has been very active with the California bill AB 2122, which seeks to ensure LSAT accommodations and stop the flagging process. This is a very important bill, and if it passes in California, we hope other states will follow. Our VP, Nora Devine, testified at the AB 2122 Committee Hearing and she has drafted a template letter. Please click here to download the letter, fill it out with your own story, and send your letter by Monday, April 9, 2012, but no later than April 16 (more details in the attached letter). Thanks in advance for your help with this issue! You can find more information about the bill including the hearing testimony here: http://www.calchannel.com/channel/viewVideo/3517 . Testimony begins around 8:30. The text of the bill can be found here: http://leginfo.legislature.ca. gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml;jsessionid=2f45db1d823e85da7ba0fa24f5a2?bill_ id=201120120AB2122. Thanks, Deepa From b75205 at gmail.com Sat Apr 7 23:59:09 2012 From: b75205 at gmail.com (James Pepper) Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2012 18:59:09 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the blind. Message-ID: The State of Washington's election officer who is in charge of all voting for the state responded to an inquiry on the accessibility of the Voter Registration form with the following statement in writing: "Remember, too, that federal law requires that voters be able to vote independently; the capability to complete registration applications independently is a desirable goal, but not a legal requirement at this time." I thought they were required to make voter registration forms accessible to the blind, in every major civil rights bill since the Voting Rights Act. Also the Election officer at the State of Arkansas said over the phone that the blind can register to vote when they get their drivers licenses. James Pepper From rumpole at roadrunner.com Sun Apr 8 12:57:19 2012 From: rumpole at roadrunner.com (Ross Doerr) Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 08:57:19 -0400 Subject: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the blind. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <337CC708A93B4B379E6CDB64ABA77EE8@mycomputer> You mean if I move to Arkansas I can drive? Wow, what a state. Wisecracks aside, this type of response isn't at all surprising to me. I was a HAVA attorney for a Disability law office for nearly 5 years, and that type of response was not uncommon. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of James Pepper Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 7:59 PM To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org Subject: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the blind. The State of Washington's election officer who is in charge of all voting for the state responded to an inquiry on the accessibility of the Voter Registration form with the following statement in writing: "Remember, too, that federal law requires that voters be able to vote independently; the capability to complete registration applications independently is a desirable goal, but not a legal requirement at this time." I thought they were required to make voter registration forms accessible to the blind, in every major civil rights bill since the Voting Rights Act. Also the Election officer at the State of Arkansas said over the phone that the blind can register to vote when they get their drivers licenses. 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Name: image013.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 332 bytes Desc: not available URL: From LBlake at nfb.org Mon Apr 9 12:56:10 2012 From: LBlake at nfb.org (Blake, Lou Ann) Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 05:56:10 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the blind. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The National Mail Voter Registration Form is an accessible PDF that may be completed online, printed, and mailed to your state or local board of elections. The form may be used for all stated and territories and it includes instructions on how to complete the form and where to send it. The form may be found on the United States Election Assistance Commissions Web site at: http://www.eac.gov/voter_resources/register_to_vote.aspx. It is available in Spanish and English. Many states do have their voter registration form available as an accessible PDF on their state board of election's Web site. But if your state is not one of these, you can use the National Mail Voter Registration Form. The National Voter Registration Act allows states to register voters when they apply for a state-issued identification card, as well as a state-issue driver's license. Lou Ann Blake, J.D. HAVA Project Manager and Law Symposium Coordinator Jernigan Institute NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place Baltimore, MD 21230 Telephone: (410) 659-9314, ext. 2221 Fax: (410) 659-5129 E-mail: lblake at nfb.org Web site: www.nfb.org Text the word BLIND to 85944 to donate $10 to the NFB Imagination Fund via your phone bill. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of James Pepper Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 7:59 PM To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org Subject: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the blind. The State of Washington's election officer who is in charge of all voting for the state responded to an inquiry on the accessibility of the Voter Registration form with the following statement in writing: "Remember, too, that federal law requires that voters be able to vote independently; the capability to complete registration applications independently is a desirable goal, but not a legal requirement at this time." I thought they were required to make voter registration forms accessible to the blind, in every major civil rights bill since the Voting Rights Act. Also the Election officer at the State of Arkansas said over the phone that the blind can register to vote when they get their drivers licenses. James Pepper _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/lblake%40nfb.org From randolphc at kbti.org Tue Apr 10 14:18:29 2012 From: randolphc at kbti.org (randolphc@kbti.org Cabral) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:18:29 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the blind. Message-ID: <3931072b$4283363a$49917a2c$@com> In Kansas we are presently working with the League of Kansas Voters, the ACLU, the Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, and our local county voting commissioner to push for an ammendment of our current legislation. We have a State Senator, and a State Representative whom we are providing with similar legislation out of New York and Wisconsin to use as a template. Already we have been contacted by the office of our local voting commisioner to anticipate having voter registration and advanced voting ballots in Braille. Anyone that would like to learn more or wishes to be kept informed please let us know. Randolph Cabral, President Kansas Braille Transcription Institute P.O. Box 48091 Wichita, Kansas 67201-8091 316-265-9692 (Office) 9:00 AM - 5:00CST 316-265-0184 (Fax) randolphc at kbti.org www.kbti.org "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." -- Helen Keller ---------------------------------------- From: "Blake, Lou Ann" Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 7:58 AM To: "Blind Law Mailing List" Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the blind. The National Mail Voter Registration Form is an accessible PDF that may be completed online, printed, and mailed to your state or local board of elections. The form may be used for all stated and territories and it includes instructions on how to complete the form and where to send it. The form may be found on the United States Election Assistance Commissions Web site at: http://www.eac.gov/voter_resources/register_to_vote.aspx. It is available in Spanish and English. Many states do have their voter registration form available as an accessible PDF on their state board of election's Web site. But if your state is not one of these, you can use the National Mail Voter Registration Form. The National Voter Registration Act allows states to register voters when they apply for a state-issued identification card, as well as a state-issue driver's license. Lou Ann Blake, J.D. HAVA Project Manager and Law Symposium Coordinator Jernigan Institute NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place Baltimore, MD 21230 Telephone: (410) 659-9314, ext. 2221 Fax: (410) 659-5129 E-mail: lblake at nfb.org Web site: www.nfb.org Text the word BLIND to 85944 to donate $10 to the NFB Imagination Fund via your phone bill. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of James Pepper Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 7:59 PM To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org Subject: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the blind. The State of Washington's election officer who is in charge of all voting for the state responded to an inquiry on the accessibility of the Voter Registration form with the following statement in writing: "Remember, too, that federal law requires that voters be able to vote independently; the capability to complete registration applications independently is a desirable goal, but not a legal requirement at this time." I thought they were required to make voter registration forms accessible to the blind, in every major civil rights bill since the Voting Rights Act. Also the Election officer at the State of Arkansas said over the phone that the blind can register to vote when they get their drivers licenses. James Pepper _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/lblake%40nfb.org _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/randolphc%40kbti.org From Yasmin.Reyazuddin at montgomerycountymd.gov Tue Apr 10 14:31:30 2012 From: Yasmin.Reyazuddin at montgomerycountymd.gov (Reyazuddin, Yasmin) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:31:30 -0400 Subject: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the blind. In-Reply-To: <3931072b$4283363a$49917a2c$@com> Message-ID: Hi Everyone, The voter registration information and related matters could be discussed with the local Board of elections in your county. Here in Montgomery county MD I know the person responsible for outreach at the Board of elections. I have provided him with all materials (both English and Spanish) in Braille for the last 3 major elections. It is part of my job and the request comes to me. All outreach activities scheduled by the board include a packet with Braille materials. Talk with the outreach person and work with them. Yasmin Reyazuddin Aging & Disability Services Montgomery County Government Department of Health & Human Services 401 Hungerford Drive (3rd floor) Rockville MD 20850 240-777-0311 (MC311) 240-777-1556 (personal) 240-777-1495 (fax) office hours 8:30 am 5:00 pm Languages English, Hindi, Urdu, Braille This message may contain protected health information or other information that is confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by return mail and destroy any copies of this material. Thank you. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of randolphc at kbti.org Cabral Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 10:18 AM To: Blind Law Mailing List; Blind Law Mailing List Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the blind. In Kansas we are presently working with the League of Kansas Voters, the ACLU, the Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, and our local county voting commissioner to push for an ammendment of our current legislation. We have a State Senator, and a State Representative whom we are providing with similar legislation out of New York and Wisconsin to use as a template. Already we have been contacted by the office of our local voting commisioner to anticipate having voter registration and advanced voting ballots in Braille. Anyone that would like to learn more or wishes to be kept informed please let us know. Randolph Cabral, President Kansas Braille Transcription Institute P.O. Box 48091 Wichita, Kansas 67201-8091 316-265-9692 (Office) 9:00 AM - 5:00CST 316-265-0184 (Fax) randolphc at kbti.org www.kbti.org "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." -- Helen Keller ---------------------------------------- From: "Blake, Lou Ann" Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 7:58 AM To: "Blind Law Mailing List" Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the blind. The National Mail Voter Registration Form is an accessible PDF that may be completed online, printed, and mailed to your state or local board of elections. The form may be used for all stated and territories and it includes instructions on how to complete the form and where to send it. The form may be found on the United States Election Assistance Commissions Web site at: http://www.eac.gov/voter_resources/register_to_vote.aspx. It is available in Spanish and English. Many states do have their voter registration form available as an accessible PDF on their state board of election's Web site. But if your state is not one of these, you can use the National Mail Voter Registration Form. The National Voter Registration Act allows states to register voters when they apply for a state-issued identification card, as well as a state-issue driver's license. Lou Ann Blake, J.D. HAVA Project Manager and Law Symposium Coordinator Jernigan Institute NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place Baltimore, MD 21230 Telephone: (410) 659-9314, ext. 2221 Fax: (410) 659-5129 E-mail: lblake at nfb.org Web site: www.nfb.org Text the word BLIND to 85944 to donate $10 to the NFB Imagination Fund via your phone bill. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of James Pepper Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 7:59 PM To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org Subject: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the blind. The State of Washington's election officer who is in charge of all voting for the state responded to an inquiry on the accessibility of the Voter Registration form with the following statement in writing: "Remember, too, that federal law requires that voters be able to vote independently; the capability to complete registration applications independently is a desirable goal, but not a legal requirement at this time." I thought they were required to make voter registration forms accessible to the blind, in every major civil rights bill since the Voting Rights Act. Also the Election officer at the State of Arkansas said over the phone that the blind can register to vote when they get their drivers licenses. James Pepper _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/lblake%40nfb.org _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/randolphc%40kbti.o rg _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/yasmin.reyazuddin% 40montgomerycountymd.gov From rumpole at roadrunner.com Tue Apr 10 22:00:26 2012 From: rumpole at roadrunner.com (Ross Doerr) Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:00:26 -0400 Subject: [blindlaw] U.S. Attorney postings Message-ID: <811B281B40FB493B83D7DFFD733FA643@mycomputer> Uncompensated Special Assistant United States Attorney United States Attorney's Office Southern District of California 12-SDCA-SAUSA-01Application materials must be postmarked by the deadline date of April 20, 2012. Experienced Attorney, GS-905-15 Department of Justice Attache - Bangkok, Thailand Office of International Affairs (OIA) Criminal Division U.S. Department of Justice Washington, DC Vacancy Announcement Number: 12-CRM-OIA-054 Submissions must be post-marked or received by April 27, 2012. Assistant United States Attorney United States Attorney's Office District of Connecticut Vacancy Announcement No. 12-CT-01 Applications must be received by April 17, 2012. Assistant United States Attorney Term Position United States Attorney's Office District of Connecticut Vacancy Announcement No. 12-CT-02 Applications must be received by April 17, 2012. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- You have received this e-mail because you have asked to be notified of changes to the U.S. Department of Justice web site. From rumpole at roadrunner.com Wed Apr 11 12:54:16 2012 From: rumpole at roadrunner.com (Ross Doerr) Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:54:16 -0400 Subject: [blindlaw] 2 U.S. attorney listings in Alabama Message-ID: Assistant United States Attorney United States Attorney's Office Middle District of Alabama Announcement No: 12-MDAL-09 Applications must be received in U.S. Attorney's Office by 5:00 p.m. CST on April 24, 2012. Assistant United States Attorney United States Attorney's Office Middle District of Alabama Announcement No: 12-MDAL-08 Applications must be received in U.S. Attorney's Office by 5:00 p.m. CST on April 24, 2012. From rumpole at roadrunner.com Wed Apr 11 21:40:46 2012 From: rumpole at roadrunner.com (Ross Doerr) Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:40:46 -0400 Subject: [blindlaw] U.S. Attorney openings in Colorado Message-ID: <566D77127CF54F36B10748F34E5A5557@mycomputer> Assistant United States Attorney United States Attorney's Office District of Colorado Vacancy Announcement No. 12-CO-640617-SAUSA-07 This announcement is open until Tuesday, May 1, 2012. Assistant United States Attorney United States Attorney's Office District of Colorado Vacancy Announcement No. 12-CO-639868-AUSA-06 This announcement is open from April 11, 2012 until April 30th, 2012. From shannon at bartchroofing.com Thu Apr 12 16:27:23 2012 From: shannon at bartchroofing.com (shannon) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:27:23 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] New list member with a question Message-ID: Good morning all, I am not a lawyer but have a question for the blind lawyers. In the age of legal documents being available on the web but in most cases in inaccessible formats how do you all handle gaining access to them? Are you responsible as individuals for gaining access to them or is there a provision that the legal documents be in an accessible format? I am involved in a law suit that I want to get more background on and I am finding that the documents available on the Web and through governmental agencies are mostly in formats that are not accessible with a screen reader. I want to read this information but most of it is scanned and in rather poor fonts for OCR with the readily available OCR programs. Thanks for any information Shannon Bartch From rdittman at stmarytx.edu Thu Apr 12 17:14:48 2012 From: rdittman at stmarytx.edu (Dittman, Robert) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:14:48 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] New list member with a question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <687DEBB12226C246A2070B791A47BD4E0E8D5CA9@EXCH1.stmarytx.edu> Hello Shannon, First, welcome to the list. Second, I must state at the outset that this is not legal advice nor am I able to represent you in this matter. The following is personal help given in the spirit of assisting a fellow blind person. You say you are "involved" in a law suit. If you are represented by counsel, perhaps they or their staff can provide the documents to you in Ms. Word format. If you are representing yourself, the standard "Go talk to a lawyer applies." That being said, what I do is to print the documents out then use open book or other OCR scanning software. If I may ask, and you do not have to answer, what types of documents are you wishing to have access to? Are they government forms such as court documents, or evidence provided by one of the parties or counsel? If they are court documents you may wish to call the court clerk to ask if you can get copies in Ms. Word format. If evidence, then that is a different matter. Good luck, and again it never hurts to speak with an attorney if you can do so anytime you are "involved" with legal proceedings. Robert D. Dittman Student Attorney St. Mary's University, Center for Legal and Social Justice (Civil Clinic) 2507 N.W. 36th Street San Antonio, TX  78228-3918 Phone: (210) 431-5760  fax: (210) 431-5700 Email: rdittman at mail.stmarytx.edu CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential or proprietary information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, immediately contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of shannon Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 11:27 AM To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org Subject: [blindlaw] New list member with a question Good morning all, I am not a lawyer but have a question for the blind lawyers. In the age of legal documents being available on the web but in most cases in inaccessible formats how do you all handle gaining access to them? Are you responsible as individuals for gaining access to them or is there a provision that the legal documents be in an accessible format? I am involved in a law suit that I want to get more background on and I am finding that the documents available on the Web and through governmental agencies are mostly in formats that are not accessible with a screen reader. I want to read this information but most of it is scanned and in rather poor fonts for OCR with the readily available OCR programs. Thanks for any information Shannon Bartch _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rdittman%40stmarytx.edu From shannon at bartchroofing.com Thu Apr 12 17:46:57 2012 From: shannon at bartchroofing.com (shannon) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:46:57 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] New list member with a question References: <687DEBB12226C246A2070B791A47BD4E0E8D5CA9@EXCH1.stmarytx.edu> Message-ID: Robert, Thank you for your reply. I am part of a large party being represented by a lawyer. Whom I really don't believe is doing his utmost to win on our behalf. I wish to read the transcripts of the original trial that went to appeals and lost. I also wish to obtain the most current Recorded filing of our Condominium bylaws. I have a shared copy from other home owners and the font is archaic and a poor copy. I wish to have a searchable copy of this document. If I could get my hands on a clean copy of the Declaration is there a place that could OCR it and certify it for accuracy since it is a legal document and the punctuation and spelling is often very important in reviewing such documents? Which should have been both a piece of evidence and a matter of public record. In truth the version of the Declaration that was submitted in court as evidence , is not the latest version it is 10 years old. I am wondering if it is too late to confer with a new attorney? Thank you again for the information. Shannon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dittman, Robert" To: "Blind Law Mailing List" Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 12:14 PM Subject: Re: [blindlaw] New list member with a question Hello Shannon, First, welcome to the list. Second, I must state at the outset that this is not legal advice nor am I able to represent you in this matter. The following is personal help given in the spirit of assisting a fellow blind person. You say you are "involved" in a law suit. If you are represented by counsel, perhaps they or their staff can provide the documents to you in Ms. Word format. If you are representing yourself, the standard "Go talk to a lawyer applies." That being said, what I do is to print the documents out then use open book or other OCR scanning software. If I may ask, and you do not have to answer, what types of documents are you wishing to have access to? Are they government forms such as court documents, or evidence provided by one of the parties or counsel? If they are court documents you may wish to call the court clerk to ask if you can get copies in Ms. Word format. If evidence, then that is a different matter. Good luck, and again it never hurts to speak with an attorney if you can do so anytime you are "involved" with legal proceedings. Robert D. Dittman Student Attorney St. Mary's University, Center for Legal and Social Justice (Civil Clinic) 2507 N.W. 36th Street San Antonio, TX 78228-3918 Phone: (210) 431-5760 fax: (210) 431-5700 Email: rdittman at mail.stmarytx.edu CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential or proprietary information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, immediately contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of shannon Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 11:27 AM To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org Subject: [blindlaw] New list member with a question Good morning all, I am not a lawyer but have a question for the blind lawyers. In the age of legal documents being available on the web but in most cases in inaccessible formats how do you all handle gaining access to them? Are you responsible as individuals for gaining access to them or is there a provision that the legal documents be in an accessible format? I am involved in a law suit that I want to get more background on and I am finding that the documents available on the Web and through governmental agencies are mostly in formats that are not accessible with a screen reader. I want to read this information but most of it is scanned and in rather poor fonts for OCR with the readily available OCR programs. Thanks for any information Shannon Bartch _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rdittman%40stmarytx.edu _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/shannon%40bartchroofing.com From steve.jacobson at visi.com Thu Apr 12 19:12:48 2012 From: steve.jacobson at visi.com (Steve Jacobson) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:12:48 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] New list member with a question Message-ID: I realize that this won't help in this current situation in view of later notes. However, I wanted to be sure to point out that it is usually not necessary to physically print and scan documents that are scanned images. Kurzweil has a virtual printer that captures the printout in a file that it can process and I believe OpenBook has something similar. Some of the other OCr software have the ability to do OCR on a PDF file directly as well. OmniPage is one such example as it comes with PDF Converter which can do this. This can save a lot of work on larger PDF's that contain scanned images, and it can yield better results since printing and scanning can degrade the image further. Best regards, Steve Jacobson On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:14:48 +0000, Dittman, Robert wrote: >Hello Shannon, >First, welcome to the list. >Second, I must state at the outset that this is not legal advice nor am I able to represent you in this matter. The following is personal help given in the spirit of assisting a fellow blind person. >You say you are "involved" in a law suit. If you are represented by counsel, perhaps they or their staff can provide the documents to you in Ms. Word format. If you are representing yourself, the standard "Go talk to a lawyer applies." That being said, what I do is to print the documents out then use open book or other OCR scanning software. >If I may ask, and you do not have to answer, what types of documents are you wishing to have access to? Are they government forms such as court documents, or evidence provided by one of the parties or counsel? >If they are court documents you may wish to call the court clerk to ask if you can get copies in Ms. Word format. If evidence, then that is a different matter. >Good luck, and again it never hurts to speak with an attorney if you can do so anytime you are "involved" with legal proceedings. >Robert D. Dittman >Student Attorney >St. Mary's University, Center for Legal and Social Justice (Civil Clinic) >2507 N.W. 36th Street >San Antonio, TX 78228-3918 >Phone: (210) 431-5760 fax: (210) 431-5700 >Email: rdittman at mail.stmarytx.edu >CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any >attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may >contain confidential or proprietary information. Any unauthorized >review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not >the intended recipient, immediately contact the sender by reply e-mail >and destroy all copies of the original message. >-----Original Message----- >From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of shannon >Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 11:27 AM >To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org >Subject: [blindlaw] New list member with a question >Good morning all, >I am not a lawyer but have a question for the blind lawyers. >In the age of legal documents being available on the web but in most cases in inaccessible formats how do you all handle gaining access to them? >Are you responsible as individuals for gaining access to them or is there a provision that the legal documents be in an accessible format? >I am involved in a law suit that I want to get more background on and I am finding that the documents available on the Web and through governmental agencies are mostly in formats that are not accessible with a screen reader. >I want to read this information but most of it is scanned and in rather poor fonts for OCR with the readily available OCR programs. >Thanks for any information >Shannon Bartch >_______________________________________________ >blindlaw mailing list >blindlaw at nfbnet.org >http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org >To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: >http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rdittman%40stmarytx.edu >_______________________________________________ >blindlaw mailing list >blindlaw at nfbnet.org >http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org >To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: >http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/steve.jacobson%40visi.com From rumpole at roadrunner.com Thu Apr 12 20:07:31 2012 From: rumpole at roadrunner.com (Ross Doerr) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:07:31 -0400 Subject: [blindlaw] Bur. Of Prisons posting, Phoenix Arizona Message-ID: <7AD83F1D4D7541C79E42C190FD3A0AB8@mycomputer> United States Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons Consolidated Legal Center Federal Correctional Institution Phoenix, Arizona Attorney-Advisor GS-905-12/13/14 The position will remain open until filled, but applications must be submitted no later than April 26, 2012. From rumpole at roadrunner.com Fri Apr 13 12:32:07 2012 From: rumpole at roadrunner.com (Ross Doerr) Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:32:07 -0400 Subject: [blindlaw] DOJ Fraud division openings Message-ID: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division Fraud Section Experienced Attorneys / GS-905-13/14/15 12-CRM-FRD-055 These vacancies are open until filled. From slabarre at labarrelaw.com Fri Apr 13 14:40:47 2012 From: slabarre at labarrelaw.com (Scott C. 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From RWayne1 at nyc.rr.com Wed Apr 18 00:52:48 2012 From: RWayne1 at nyc.rr.com (Ray Wayne) Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:52:48 -0400 Subject: [blindlaw] FW: Attorney's Fees in Disability Rights Cases References: <8769-18298581.1332936124406.JavaMail.SYSTEM@chg-mcm-prod> Message-ID: <002601cd1cfd$9332dc60$6500a8c0@nyc.rr.com> Testing if this is still your address. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nightingale, Noel" To: Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 3:17 PM Subject: [blindlaw] FW: Attorney's Fees in Disability Rights Cases > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rwayne1%40nyc.rr.com > From johnrsheehan at yahoo.com Wed Apr 18 01:31:55 2012 From: johnrsheehan at yahoo.com (johnrsheehan at yahoo.com) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:31:55 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] FW: Attorney's Fees in Disability Rights Cases In-Reply-To: <002601cd1cfd$9332dc60$6500a8c0@nyc.rr.com> References: <8769-18298581.1332936124406.JavaMail.SYSTEM@chg-mcm-prod> <002601cd1cfd$9332dc60$6500a8c0@nyc.rr.com> Message-ID: <1478280101-1334712710-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-831581415-@b18.c14.bise6.blackberry> Yup Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: "Ray Wayne" Sender: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:52:48 To: Blind Law Mailing List Reply-To: Blind Law Mailing List Subject: Re: [blindlaw] FW: Attorney's Fees in Disability Rights Cases Testing if this is still your address. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nightingale, Noel" To: Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 3:17 PM Subject: [blindlaw] FW: Attorney's Fees in Disability Rights Cases > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rwayne1%40nyc.rr.com > _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/johnrsheehan%40yahoo.com From rfarber at jw.com Wed Apr 18 07:23:06 2012 From: rfarber at jw.com (Farber, Randy) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:23:06 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] FW: Attorney's Fees in Disability Rights Cases In-Reply-To: <002601cd1cfd$9332dc60$6500a8c0@nyc.rr.com> References: <8769-18298581.1332936124406.JavaMail.SYSTEM@chg-mcm-prod> <002601cd1cfd$9332dc60$6500a8c0@nyc.rr.com> Message-ID: <3E86A9F3DC676742B192213CC4E9D4A207AAECB6B7@PDC-MAIL02.jwllp.com> Yes this is still my address. Randy -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ray Wayne Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 7:53 PM To: Blind Law Mailing List Subject: Re: [blindlaw] FW: Attorney's Fees in Disability Rights Cases Testing if this is still your address. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nightingale, Noel" To: Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 3:17 PM Subject: [blindlaw] FW: Attorney's Fees in Disability Rights Cases > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rwayne1%40nyc.rr > .com > _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rfarber%40jw.com From deepa.goraya at gmail.com Wed Apr 18 17:11:57 2012 From: deepa.goraya at gmail.com (Deepa Goraya) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:11:57 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] please support California bill AB 2122 for students with disabilities, update on the bill Message-ID: <004601cd1d86$5d0d5370$1727fa50$@gmail.com> I want to alert you to an important bill moving through the California Legislature that has incredible significance for students with disabilities entering law school. The National Association of Law Students with Disabilities (NALSWD) has been very active with the California bill AB 2122, which seeks to ensure LSAT accommodations and stop the flagging process. This is a very important bill, and if it passes in California, we hope other states will follow. Our Co-VP, Nora Devine, testified at the AB 2122 Committee Hearing and she has drafted a template letter. Please click here : http://nalswd.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b9a395f0d4165f064b590b1e&id =a4b76316a8&e=fff8d6737e> to download the letter, fill it out with your own story, and send your letter by Monday, April 9, 2012, but no later than today, April 18. There are two letters in the template, one for Assemblyman Lara and the other for the general assembly. But you can send both letters to the email address listed at the top of the template. Also, Assemblyman Lara's office is working with legislative council to draft amendments for the bill going forward to ensure it provides students with maximum protection under the ADA. They cannot change the bill for the Assembly vote; it is too late to make a floor amendment. But they will make the amendments for the Senate bill and then bring the bill back to the Assembly for a confer vote. Here is the amended language below: " .Because the damages available under the Unruh Act are considerably greater than the $750 civil penalty provided for violations of the Education Code, Sisability Rights California suggests the following section be added: (4) The requirements of this Section shall not be construed to limit or replace any other right or remedy that exists under state or federal law" To clarify, you do not need to be a member of NALSWD to fill out your letters. You only must be a student with a disability who has had problems with the LSAT in terms of receiving your accommodations, flagging of your test score, or any other issues with LSAC having to do with the LSAT. You can simply omit the language relating to NALSWD in your letters before you send them. You can find more information about the bill including the hearing testimony here: http://www.calchannel.com/channel/viewVideo/3517 . Testimony begins around 8:30. The text of the bill can be found here: http://leginfo.legislature.ca. gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml;jsessionid=2f45db1d823e85da7ba0fa24f5a2?bill_ id=201120120AB2122. Thanks in advance for your help with this issue! Deepa From gerard.sadlier at gmail.com Wed Apr 18 21:23:52 2012 From: gerard.sadlier at gmail.com (Gerard Sadlier) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:23:52 +0100 Subject: [blindlaw] jaws problem reading word templates Message-ID: hi all, I'd be really grateful for any help you can give me with a problem I am having with templates we use at work. In the firm I work for, they use a document management system, worksite. The templates letter, memo etc. Are integrated into this. However they have been created inhouse. the process you follow to make a new document is this. You open a new document. You must immediately save it to work site, before doing anything within the file. To save it you enter a file name, a description of the document the name of the author etc. You save it to the appropriate work space. You then fill in the fields for say address, salutation etc. you then, and only then get a new document with info like address already set out. S here is my problem. If I read the whole document using insert and up or down, it will read. What it will not do is read with the up or down key strokes. Nor with right and left. The problem is that I cannot navigate within the text I am writing to edit or modify it. I have never come across this behavior from jaws before. Can anyone tell me what the problem is and how to fix it. With apologies for cross posting. Ger From gerard.sadlier at gmail.com Wed Apr 18 21:45:12 2012 From: gerard.sadlier at gmail.com (Gerard Sadlier) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:45:12 +0100 Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: red lining aka comparing documents how does jaws 13 cope In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gerard Sadlier Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:41:39 +0100 Subject: red lining aka comparing documents how does jaws 13 cope To: soviluk hi all, how does jaws deal with red lining documents.a. How does it indicate when changes have been made by way of red lining. Does it. I know it does for track changes. On the other side of the coin, any tips for actually doing a red lining job, using jaws. Finally has anyone used a program called I compare? Thanks ger From rfarber at jw.com Wed Apr 18 21:52:11 2012 From: rfarber at jw.com (Farber, Randy) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:52:11 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: red lining aka comparing documents how does jaws 13 cope In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3E86A9F3DC676742B192213CC4E9D4A207AAECBB2A@PDC-MAIL02.jwllp.com> Ger - You may want to give me a call tomorrow for this one. I'll be heading out in a couple of minutes. Randy 713-752-4241 -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gerard Sadlier Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 4:45 PM To: blindlaw; BCAB Discussion List; bcab-request at lists.bcab.org.uk Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: red lining aka comparing documents how does jaws 13 cope ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gerard Sadlier Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:41:39 +0100 Subject: red lining aka comparing documents how does jaws 13 cope To: soviluk hi all, how does jaws deal with red lining documents.a. How does it indicate when changes have been made by way of red lining. Does it. I know it does for track changes. On the other side of the coin, any tips for actually doing a red lining job, using jaws. Finally has anyone used a program called I compare? Thanks ger _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rfarber%40jw.com From gerard.sadlier at gmail.com Wed Apr 18 22:08:40 2012 From: gerard.sadlier at gmail.com (Gerard Sadlier) Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:08:40 +0100 Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: red lining aka comparing documents how does jaws 13 cope In-Reply-To: <3E86A9F3DC676742B192213CC4E9D4A207AAECBB2A@PDC-MAIL02.jwllp.com> References: <3E86A9F3DC676742B192213CC4E9D4A207AAECBB2A@PDC-MAIL02.jwllp.com> Message-ID: hi randy, Thanks very much, I might take you up on that, if you think it would be better than email? Could you let me know a time that would suit you? Also, what time zone you're in? We are gmt plus 1, the same as london. Really appreciate the help Ger On 4/18/12, Farber, Randy wrote: > Ger - You may want to give me a call tomorrow for this one. I'll be heading > out in a couple of minutes. > > Randy > 713-752-4241 > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On > Behalf Of Gerard Sadlier > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 4:45 PM > To: blindlaw; BCAB Discussion List; bcab-request at lists.bcab.org.uk > Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: red lining aka comparing documents how does jaws 13 > cope > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gerard Sadlier > Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:41:39 +0100 > Subject: red lining aka comparing documents how does jaws 13 cope > To: soviluk > > hi all, how does jaws deal with red lining documents.a. > How does it indicate when changes have been made by way of red lining. Does > it. > I know it does for track changes. > On the other side of the coin, any tips for actually doing a red lining job, > using jaws. > > Finally has anyone used a program called I compare? > > Thanks ger > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rfarber%40jw.com > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/gerard.sadlier%40gmail.com > From Susan.Kelly at pima.gov Thu Apr 19 14:42:15 2012 From: Susan.Kelly at pima.gov (Susan Kelly) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 07:42:15 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] jaws problem reading word templates In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: We have had these and many other issues with JAWS and JustWare, the case management software recently introduced in our agency. Unfortunately, the "solution" has been to keep my files in Word format only, thus escaping the need to navigate in JustWare. I am just as happy with that, given the numerous problems that all users (even those without any sort of AT software) have been experiencing on a daily basis, but it has caused a double work situation for staff, in that trial materials for my appellate files have to be transferred to my Word environment for me to be able to use. This makes me wonder if it is a common problem with integrated case management systems. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gerard Sadlier Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 2:24 PM To: BCAB Discussion List; bcab-request at lists.bcab.org.uk; blindlaw; soviluk; soviluk; Sharon Grennan; Farber, Randy Subject: [blindlaw] jaws problem reading word templates hi all, I'd be really grateful for any help you can give me with a problem I am having with templates we use at work. In the firm I work for, they use a document management system, worksite. The templates letter, memo etc. Are integrated into this. However they have been created inhouse. the process you follow to make a new document is this. You open a new document. You must immediately save it to work site, before doing anything within the file. To save it you enter a file name, a description of the document the name of the author etc. You save it to the appropriate work space. You then fill in the fields for say address, salutation etc. you then, and only then get a new document with info like address already set out. S here is my problem. If I read the whole document using insert and up or down, it will read. What it will not do is read with the up or down key strokes. Nor with right and left. The problem is that I cannot navigate within the text I am writing to edit or modify it. I have never come across this behavior from jaws before. Can anyone tell me what the problem is and how to fix it. With apologies for cross posting. Ger _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/susan.kelly%40pima .gov From rfarber at jw.com Thu Apr 19 15:04:44 2012 From: rfarber at jw.com (Farber, Randy) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:04:44 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: red lining aka comparing documents how does jaws 13 cope In-Reply-To: References: <3E86A9F3DC676742B192213CC4E9D4A207AAECBB2A@PDC-MAIL02.jwllp.com> Message-ID: <3E86A9F3DC676742B192213CC4E9D4A207AAECBC77@PDC-MAIL02.jwllp.com> Ger - I am in Houston, Texas, which is central standard time, about 6 hours behind London time. Given that you are overseas, it may be better to correspond by e-mail. Let's discuss offlist. My e-mail is RFarber at JW.com. Randy -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gerard Sadlier Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 5:09 PM To: Blind Law Mailing List Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Fwd: red lining aka comparing documents how does jaws 13 cope hi randy, Thanks very much, I might take you up on that, if you think it would be better than email? Could you let me know a time that would suit you? Also, what time zone you're in? We are gmt plus 1, the same as london. Really appreciate the help Ger On 4/18/12, Farber, Randy wrote: > Ger - You may want to give me a call tomorrow for this one. I'll be > heading out in a couple of minutes. > > Randy > 713-752-4241 > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] > On Behalf Of Gerard Sadlier > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 4:45 PM > To: blindlaw; BCAB Discussion List; bcab-request at lists.bcab.org.uk > Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: red lining aka comparing documents how does > jaws 13 cope > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gerard Sadlier > Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:41:39 +0100 > Subject: red lining aka comparing documents how does jaws 13 cope > To: soviluk > > hi all, how does jaws deal with red lining documents.a. > How does it indicate when changes have been made by way of red lining. > Does it. > I know it does for track changes. > On the other side of the coin, any tips for actually doing a red > lining job, using jaws. > > Finally has anyone used a program called I compare? > > Thanks ger > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rfarber%40jw.com > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/gerard.sadlier%4 > 0gmail.com > _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rfarber%40jw.com From gerard.sadlier at gmail.com Thu Apr 19 17:02:52 2012 From: gerard.sadlier at gmail.com (Gerard Sadlier) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:02:52 +0100 Subject: [blindlaw] jaws problem reading word templates In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: hi, that's interesting and helpful but I would like to get to use the templates. If nothing else, I want to borrow the work of others! Ger On 4/19/12, Susan Kelly wrote: > We have had these and many other issues with JAWS and JustWare, the case > management software recently introduced in our agency. Unfortunately, > the "solution" has been to keep my files in Word format only, thus > escaping the need to navigate in JustWare. I am just as happy with > that, given the numerous problems that all users (even those without any > sort of AT software) have been experiencing on a daily basis, but it has > caused a double work situation for staff, in that trial materials for my > appellate files have to be transferred to my Word environment for me to > be able to use. > > This makes me wonder if it is a common problem with integrated case > management systems. > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] > On Behalf Of Gerard Sadlier > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 2:24 PM > To: BCAB Discussion List; bcab-request at lists.bcab.org.uk; blindlaw; > soviluk; soviluk; Sharon Grennan; Farber, Randy > Subject: [blindlaw] jaws problem reading word templates > > hi all, > I'd be really grateful for any help you can give me with a problem I > am having with templates we use at work. > In the firm I work for, they use a document management system, > worksite. The templates letter, memo etc. Are integrated into this. > However they have been created inhouse. > the process you follow to make a new document is this. > You open a new document. You must immediately save it to work site, > before doing anything within the file. > To save it you enter a file name, a description of the document the > name of the author etc. You save it to the appropriate work space. > You then fill in the fields for say address, salutation etc. > you then, and only then get a new document with info like address > already set out. > > S here is my problem. > > If I read the whole document using insert and up or down, it will read. > What it will not do is read with the up or down key strokes. Nor with > right and left. > The problem is that I cannot navigate within the text I am writing to > edit or modify it. > > I have never come across this behavior from jaws before. > > Can anyone tell me what the problem is and how to fix it. > With apologies for cross posting. > > Ger > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/susan.kelly%40pima > .gov > > > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/gerard.sadlier%40gmail.com > From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov Thu Apr 19 18:12:13 2012 From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:12:13 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Starbucks Diversity Mentorship Program, 2012-13 In-Reply-To: <229E2086DA265847A4DCC8263ED9C9D00759843E75@seams615.starbucks.net> References: <229E2086DA265847A4DCC8263ED9C9D00759843E75@seams615.starbucks.net> Message-ID: See attached flier if you are relatively new in private practice and would like a mentor from Starbucks' in-house counsel. From: David Byers [mailto:dbyers at starbucks.com] Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 9:23 AM To: Aaron Kiviat (SCS); Alison Bettles (WWL); Andrew Prazuch (KCBA); Aric Bomsztyk (SCS); Aryna Andersen (SBAW); chachdw at wsba.org; David Ko (KABA); Elizabeth Fry (NIBA); Emilia Castillo (FLOW); Janet Kim Lin (ABAW); Jeanne Marie Clavere (WWL); Jeff Liang (ABAW); Jennifer Davis (LBAW); Julie Gardner (KCBA); Kaustuv Das (SABAW); Martin Le (VABAW); MELAW; Millie Kennedy (NIBA); Nicole Gaines (LMBA); Nightingale, Noel; Rachel Black (MAMAS); Rommel de las Alas (FLOW); Sinjin Dinh (VABAW); Stuart Pixley (WADA); Zana Bugaighis (QLaw) Cc: Katina Thornock; David Byers Subject: Starbucks Diversity Mentorship Program, 2012-13 I'm reaching out to you as leaders of Washington's minority bar associations (and other interested parties) to announce the second year of the Starbucks Law & Corporate Affairs Department's diversity mentorship program. We are wrapping up a successful pilot year, and are very pleased to be able to continue the program with a new group of mentees. We would welcome applicants from all of your organizations, and invite you to circulate the attached overview to your membership. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or my committee co-chair, Katina Thornock. Thanks! -David. David M. Byers director, corporate counsel, licensing & franchising Starbucks Corporation 2401 Utah Avenue South, S-LA4 Seattle, Washington 98124 206-318-6996 (direct) 206-903-4040 (fax) dbyers at starbucks.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Starbucks Mentorship Program Overview (FY12-13).pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 23839 bytes Desc: Starbucks Mentorship Program Overview (FY12-13).pdf URL: From deepa.goraya at gmail.com Fri Apr 20 18:51:09 2012 From: deepa.goraya at gmail.com (Deepa Goraya) Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:51:09 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] update on AB 2122 Message-ID: <005201cd1f26$8dedc280$a9c94780$@gmail.com> Good News! AB 2122 passed today in the California State Assembly! 65: 6! The bill is headed to the California State Senate Higher Education Committee. Thank you all for your support! We will need your support in lobbying the California State Senate in the coming weeks. More info about that to come. Deepa From dandrews at visi.com Sun Apr 22 01:47:32 2012 From: dandrews at visi.com (David Andrews) Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:47:32 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] jaws problem reading word templates In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It isn't clear from your message is the problems navigating are in the area where you fill in information, or where you enter other text into the template. It could be that the different things are fields, where you type in text and tab to the next field. in this case you may not be able to arrow around. Did it behave differently in the past? Also, if it is a large area where you enter text, JAWS may think it is some other kind of control. You should call freedom scientific and get them to help you. Dave At 04:23 PM 4/18/2012, you wrote: >hi all, >I'd be really grateful for any help you can give me with a problem I >am having with templates we use at work. >In the firm I work for, they use a document management system, >worksite. The templates letter, memo etc. Are integrated into this. >However they have been created inhouse. >the process you follow to make a new document is this. >You open a new document. You must immediately save it to work site, >before doing anything within the file. >To save it you enter a file name, a description of the document the >name of the author etc. You save it to the appropriate work space. >You then fill in the fields for say address, salutation etc. >you then, and only then get a new document with info like address >already set out. > >S here is my problem. > >If I read the whole document using insert and up or down, it will read. >What it will not do is read with the up or down key strokes. Nor with >right and left. >The problem is that I cannot navigate within the text I am writing to >edit or modify it. From anythingentertainment at audioaccessfm.com Sun Apr 22 03:11:14 2012 From: anythingentertainment at audioaccessfm.com (anythingentertainment at audioaccessfm.com) Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:11:14 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] Calling All Book Lovers Out Here Spend An Evening With Mitzi Friedlander This Weekend In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <24b945a4f78ea0d581a51a34c1526501.squirrel@webmail.audioaccessfm.com> Hi There! If the legal world is getting a bit frustrating, allow yourself a smile by reading the below post: The following post is meant to provide a service to this list and community by providing useful information that some of you might find useful. That being said, I want to apologize in advance if anyone has a problem with this post, but no matter what we discuss here, I know that most of us on here enjoy reading a good book. And you have an opportunity to meet a very well-known and respected narrator of over 1500 talking books forr blind readers, several of her titles are on bard. This is the only notice of this kind you'll receive unless you're on another list where this has been posted or shared, and if you find the information useful, please share it with anyone you think would be interested in the below event.   Greetings! Here's hoping this message finds you happy and having a great day! Let me take you away from your world for just a minute or two. Imagine that you're on vacation. It's a warm summer's day. The temperature is high enough to be warm and pleasant, but not too high to be terribly hot or uncomfortable. The sky is a bright blue; the grass is a perfect green; and the sun combined with a gentle cooling breeze creates for you that picture perfect day. Sun tan oil rubbed on, a nice cool glass of lemonade on the table beside you, the latest book from your favorite author purchased and loaded into your mp3 player, you're about to settle down for a quiet afternoon of reading in the sun.   And there's nothing that enhances an audio book more than when it's read by a narrator that has an unforgettable voice combined with the ability to captivate the listener. And if there's one narrator who has managed to secure a place in the minds and hearts of countless readers it's none other than Mitzi Friedlander! If you're an avid talking book reader, and have read many of the books put together by The American Printing House For The Blind, the name Mitzi Friedlander is as well known to you as Louis Armstrong would be to a lover of jazz! But if you don't know the name Mitzi Friedlander, you have the opportunity to learn just why so many readers of all ages are unable to forget this incredible lady! That opportunity will come your way this Sunday, April 22 2012, at 6 PM eastern time, as Jonathan Matte, host of Anything Entertainment on the internet radio station Audio Access FM, presents An Evening With Mitzi Friedlander." Join Jonathan as he tells Mitzi's story through a live interview with her. You'll learn about Mitzi's career, the books she's read, and so much more. Why is she so famous to talking book readers? You'll just have to tune in Sunday night to find out! To hear the show live, tune in starting at 6 PM eastern (5 PM central, 4 PM mountain, 3 PM pacific) by going to either http://www.audioaccessfm.com/listen_live.php or if that link gives you trouble, go to http://www.audioaccessfm.com/broadband.php   Can't listen with your PC? No problem. The interview can be heard by picking up your cell or lan line phone and dialing 1-712-432-3900 and when prompted, enter in access code 135845 followed by the pound sign.   This is a presentation you're sure not to forget, delivered by a young man with a conversational style that will make you feel like you've known Mitzi for years by the time he's done. So, at least for this Sunday, turn off the TV, grab your favorite meal, pull up a chair, and tell your friends to either join us by phone or pc for Anything Entertainment: An Evening With Mitzi Friedlander" this Sunday, April 22, 2012 beginning at 6 PM eastern on Audio Access FM, Stretching The Boundaries Of Sound Entertainment And Filling Your Life With Sweet Ear Candy! http://www.audioaccessfm.com     Can't make the live presentation? If for some reason you can't be there live, send an email to daviddunphy at audioaccessfm.com letting him know you'd like a link to download a recording of the show, and you'll receive the link as soon as it becomes available, which will be shortly after the interview has finished.   For all other inquiries about the interview, or if you have any questions about the Anything Entertainment Program, contact the show host, Jonathan Matte at jmatte28 at audioaccessfm.com   See You On Sunday!!!   >From Jonathan Matte> From dandrews at visi.com Sun Apr 22 03:48:06 2012 From: dandrews at visi.com (David Andrews) Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:48:06 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Calling All Book Lovers Out Here Spend An Evening With Mitzi Friedlander This Weekend In-Reply-To: <24b945a4f78ea0d581a51a34c1526501.squirrel@webmail.audioacc essfm.com> References: <24b945a4f78ea0d581a51a34c1526501.squirrel@webmail.audioaccessfm.com> Message-ID: This is off topic for this list. I warned you about this when you joined dozens of lists at once. If you do it again you will be tossed off! David Andrews, List Owner At 10:11 PM 4/21/2012, you wrote: >Hi There! >If the legal world is getting a bit frustrating, allow yourself a smile by >reading the below post: > >The following post is meant to provide a service to this list and >community by providing useful information that some of you might find >useful. >That being said, I want to apologize in advance if anyone has a problem >with this post, but no matter what we discuss here, I know that most of us >on here >enjoy reading a good book. And you have an opportunity to meet a very >well-known and respected narrator of over 1500 talking books forr blind >readers, >several of her titles are on bard. This is the only notice of this kind >you'll receive unless you're on another list where this has been posted or >shared, >and if you find the information useful, please share it with anyone you >think would be interested in the below event. > >Greetings! Here's hoping this message finds you happy and having a great day! >Let me take you away from your world for just a minute or two. Imagine >that you're on vacation. It's a warm summer's day. The temperature is high >enough >to be warm and pleasant, but not too high to be terribly hot or >uncomfortable. >The sky is a bright blue; the grass is a perfect green; and the sun >combined with a gentle cooling breeze creates for you that picture perfect >day. Sun >tan oil rubbed on, a nice cool glass of lemonade on the table beside you, >the latest book from your favorite author purchased and loaded into your >mp3 >player, you're about to settle down for a quiet afternoon of reading in >the sun. > >And there's nothing that enhances an audio book more than when it's read >by a narrator that has an unforgettable voice combined with the ability to >captivate >the listener. >And if there's one narrator who has managed to secure a place in the minds >and hearts of countless readers it's none other than Mitzi Friedlander! >If you're an avid talking book reader, and have read many of the books put >together by The American Printing House For The Blind, the name Mitzi >Friedlander >is as well known to you as Louis Armstrong would be to a lover of jazz! >But if you don't know the name Mitzi Friedlander, you have the opportunity >to learn just why so many readers of all ages are unable to forget this >incredible >lady! >That opportunity will come your way this Sunday, April 22 2012, at 6 PM >eastern time, as Jonathan Matte, host of Anything Entertainment on the >internet >radio station Audio Access FM, presents An Evening With Mitzi Friedlander." >Join Jonathan as he tells Mitzi's story through a live interview with her. >You'll learn about Mitzi's career, the books she's read, and so much more. >Why >is she so famous to talking book readers? You'll just have to tune in >Sunday night to find out! >To hear the show live, tune in starting at 6 PM eastern (5 PM central, 4 >PM mountain, 3 PM pacific) by going to either >http://www.audioaccessfm.com/listen_live.php >or if that link gives you trouble, go to >http://www.audioaccessfm.com/broadband.php > >Can't listen with your PC? No problem. The interview can be heard by >picking up your cell or lan line phone and dialing >1-712-432-3900 >and when prompted, enter in access code >135845 >followed by the pound sign. > >This is a presentation you're sure not to forget, delivered by a young man >with a conversational style that will make you feel like you've known >Mitzi for >years by the time he's done. So, at least for this Sunday, turn off the >TV, grab your favorite meal, pull up a chair, and tell your friends to >either join >us by phone or pc for Anything Entertainment: An Evening With Mitzi >Friedlander" >this Sunday, April 22, 2012 beginning at 6 PM eastern on Audio Access FM, >Stretching The Boundaries Of Sound Entertainment And Filling Your Life >With Sweet >Ear Candy! >http://www.audioaccessfm.com > > >Can't make the live presentation? >If for some reason you can't be there live, send an email to >daviddunphy at audioaccessfm.com >letting him know you'd like a link to download a recording of the show, >and you'll receive the link as soon as it becomes available, which will be >shortly >after the interview has finished. > >For all other inquiries about the interview, or if you have any questions >about the Anything Entertainment Program, contact the show host, Jonathan >Matte >at >jmatte28 at audioaccessfm.com > >See You On Sunday!!! > > From Jonathan Matte> > From b75205 at gmail.com Mon Apr 23 04:54:03 2012 From: b75205 at gmail.com (James Pepper) Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:54:03 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the blind. In-Reply-To: References: <3931072b$4283363a$49917a2c$@com> Message-ID: Parts of the National Form are accessible but not all of it and how in the world are the blind supposed to locate the two sets of lines on the back of the form to draw their map? You require the voter blind to locate these two lines, write in the names of the nearest cross streets and then they must draw in their home relative to that intersection with a large X and then draw in relative to those locations the nearest police stations, schools and other government buildings. Another words this is a literacy test, a violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Arkansas insisted on this map. You also have some major problems with the layout that can cause people to make the wrong choice and make all of their answers null and void. Most of your form is not accessible and in order to fill out parts of it the blind must have the full version of JAWS. That is a poll tax, a violation of the Voting Rights Act. The entire form should be accessible using free software and 4 years ago I presented one to your agency in late August of 2008 and 19 days later you all came out with the "accessible form" which was not accessible, you just enabled a few form fields to work. The form up to September 2008 was an image of a form, even though the EAC was mandated by Congress to make voter registration forms accessible to the blind and had spent over 1 billion dollars studying the prospects, you didn't get around to doing anything about it until 19 days after I sent in my forms and your agency wrote that your webmaster was in charge of the voter registration forms for the agency. It was then that I was in contact with the Voting Rights Division of the ACLU in Atlanta,. I have the correspondence from that time, I suggest you contact your staff. Later Jim Dickson who at the time was the VP of the AAPD presented my forms to the EAC but by that time it was too late to use them in the election. I proceeded to send it to all of the states during this time, starting in the Spring of 2008, that is when Arkansas made that statement about the blind being able to vote if they got their drivers license. The State of Washington;'s election officer wrote directly that the state was not required by law to make voter registration forms accessible to the blind. They were required to do this in every major civil rights act since the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. I contacted the ACLU in Washington State and they were following up on this problem. I found that Alabama is the model state for accessibility in elections, they have always had a form in braille, imagine that, Alabama. I have a form that is accessible to the blind, where they can fill it out without assistance using free screen readers. No poll tax, no literacy test. Oh and I can do this in Hindi too, just need a translation but I can make it speak in Hindi and many other languages including Spanish. James Pepper On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Reyazuddin, Yasmin < Yasmin.Reyazuddin at montgomerycountymd.gov> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > The voter registration information and related matters could be > discussed with the local Board of elections in your county. Here in > Montgomery county MD I know the person responsible for outreach at the > Board of elections. > I have provided him with all materials (both English and Spanish) in > Braille for the last 3 major elections. It is part of my job and the > request comes to me. All outreach activities scheduled by the board > include a packet with Braille materials. Talk with the outreach person > and work with them. > > Yasmin Reyazuddin > Aging & Disability Services > Montgomery County Government > Department of Health & Human Services > 401 Hungerford Drive (3rd floor) > Rockville MD 20850 > 240-777-0311 (MC311) > 240-777-1556 (personal) > 240-777-1495 (fax) > office hours 8:30 am 5:00 pm > Languages English, Hindi, Urdu, Braille > > > This message may contain protected health information or other > information that is confidential or privileged. If you are not the > intended recipient, please contact the sender by return mail and destroy > any copies of this material. > > Thank you. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] > On Behalf Of randolphc at kbti.org Cabral > Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 10:18 AM > To: Blind Law Mailing List; Blind Law Mailing List > Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the > blind. > > > In Kansas we are presently working with the League of Kansas Voters, the > > ACLU, the Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, and our local > county voting commissioner to push for an ammendment of our current > legislation. We have a State Senator, and a State Representative whom > we > are providing with similar legislation out of New York and Wisconsin to > use > as a template. Already we have been contacted by the office of our > local > voting commisioner to anticipate having voter registration and advanced > voting ballots in Braille. > > > Anyone that would like to learn more or wishes to be kept informed > please > let us know. > > > Randolph Cabral, President > > Kansas Braille Transcription Institute > > P.O. Box 48091 > > Wichita, Kansas 67201-8091 > > 316-265-9692 (Office) 9:00 AM - 5:00CST > > 316-265-0184 (Fax) > > randolphc at kbti.org > > www.kbti.org > > > "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." -- Helen Keller > > ---------------------------------------- > > From: "Blake, Lou Ann" > > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 7:58 AM > > To: "Blind Law Mailing List" > > Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the > blind. > > > The National Mail Voter Registration Form is an accessible PDF that may > be > completed online, printed, and mailed to your state or local board of > elections. The form may be used for all stated and territories and it > includes instructions on how to complete the form and where to send it. > The > form may be found on the United States Election Assistance Commissions > Web > site at: http://www.eac.gov/voter_resources/register_to_vote.aspx. It is > > available in Spanish and English. > > > Many states do have their voter registration form available as an > accessible PDF on their state board of election's Web site. But if your > state is not one of these, you can use the National Mail Voter > Registration > Form. > > > The National Voter Registration Act allows states to register voters > when > they apply for a state-issued identification card, as well as a > state-issue > driver's license. > > > Lou Ann Blake, J.D. > > HAVA Project Manager and Law Symposium Coordinator > > Jernigan Institute > > NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND > > 200 East Wells Street > > at Jernigan Place > > Baltimore, MD 21230 > > Telephone: (410) 659-9314, ext. 2221 > > Fax: (410) 659-5129 > > E-mail: lblake at nfb.org > > Web site: www.nfb.org > > > Text the word BLIND to 85944 to donate $10 to the NFB Imagination Fund > via > your phone bill. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] > On > Behalf Of James Pepper > > Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 7:59 PM > > To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org > > Subject: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the > blind. > > > The State of Washington's election officer who is in charge of all > voting > for the state responded to an inquiry on the accessibility of the Voter > Registration form with the following statement in writing: > > "Remember, too, that federal law requires that voters be able to vote > independently; the capability to complete registration applications > independently is a desirable goal, but not a legal requirement at this > time." > > > I thought they were required to make voter registration forms accessible > to > the blind, in every major civil rights bill since the Voting Rights Act. > > Also the Election officer at the State of Arkansas said over the phone > that > the blind can register to vote when they get their drivers licenses. > > > James Pepper > > _______________________________________________ > > blindlaw mailing list > > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/lblake%40nfb.org > > > _______________________________________________ > > blindlaw mailing list > > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/randolphc%40kbti.o > rg > > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/yasmin.reyazuddin% > 40montgomerycountymd.gov > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/b75205%40gmail.com > From b75205 at gmail.com Mon Apr 23 05:13:33 2012 From: b75205 at gmail.com (James Pepper) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:13:33 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the blind. In-Reply-To: References: <3931072b$4283363a$49917a2c$@com> Message-ID: Also since braille literacy has been greatly reduced in the blind community due to a lack of education in this arena, making voter registration forms accessible only as braille is not going to cut it. And what about the visually impaired who have similar but different problems with these documents? Have you considered all of these mandates? James Pepper On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 11:54 PM, James Pepper wrote: > Parts of the National Form are accessible but not all of it and how in the > world are the blind supposed to locate the two sets of lines on the back of > the form to draw their map? You require the voter blind to locate these > two lines, write in the names of the nearest cross streets and then they > must draw in their home relative to that intersection with a large X and > then draw in relative to those locations the nearest police stations, > schools and other government buildings. Another words this is a literacy > test, a violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Arkansas insisted on > this map. > > You also have some major problems with the layout that can cause people to > make the wrong choice and make all of their answers null and void. Most of > your form is not accessible and in order to fill out parts of it the blind > must have the full version of JAWS. That is a poll tax, a violation of the > Voting Rights Act. The entire form should be accessible using free > software and 4 years ago I presented one to your agency in late August of > 2008 and 19 days later you all came out with the "accessible form" which > was not accessible, you just enabled a few form fields to work. The form up > to September 2008 was an image of a form, even though the EAC was mandated > by Congress to make voter registration forms accessible to the blind and > had spent over 1 billion dollars studying the prospects, you didn't get > around to doing anything about it until 19 days after I sent in my forms > and your agency wrote that your webmaster was in charge of the voter > registration forms for the agency. It was then that I was in contact with > the Voting Rights Division of the ACLU in Atlanta,. I have the > correspondence from that time, I suggest you contact your staff. Later Jim > Dickson who at the time was the VP of the AAPD presented my forms to the > EAC but by that time it was too late to use them in the election. > > I proceeded to send it to all of the states during this time, starting in > the Spring of 2008, that is when Arkansas made that statement about the > blind being able to vote if they got their drivers license. The State of > Washington;'s election officer wrote directly that the state was not > required by law to make voter registration forms accessible to the blind. > They were required to do this in every major civil rights act since the > Rehabilitation Act of 1973. I contacted the ACLU in Washington State and > they were following up on this problem. > > I found that Alabama is the model state for accessibility in elections, > they have always had a form in braille, imagine that, Alabama. > > I have a form that is accessible to the blind, where they can fill it out > without assistance using free screen readers. No poll tax, no literacy > test. Oh and I can do this in Hindi too, just need a translation but I can > make it speak in Hindi and many other languages including Spanish. > > James Pepper > > > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Reyazuddin, Yasmin < > Yasmin.Reyazuddin at montgomerycountymd.gov> wrote: > >> Hi Everyone, >> The voter registration information and related matters could be >> discussed with the local Board of elections in your county. Here in >> Montgomery county MD I know the person responsible for outreach at the >> Board of elections. >> I have provided him with all materials (both English and Spanish) in >> Braille for the last 3 major elections. It is part of my job and the >> request comes to me. All outreach activities scheduled by the board >> include a packet with Braille materials. Talk with the outreach person >> and work with them. >> >> Yasmin Reyazuddin >> Aging & Disability Services >> Montgomery County Government >> Department of Health & Human Services >> 401 Hungerford Drive (3rd floor) >> Rockville MD 20850 >> 240-777-0311 (MC311) >> 240-777-1556 (personal) >> 240-777-1495 (fax) >> office hours 8:30 am 5:00 pm >> Languages English, Hindi, Urdu, Braille >> >> >> This message may contain protected health information or other >> information that is confidential or privileged. If you are not the >> intended recipient, please contact the sender by return mail and destroy >> any copies of this material. >> >> Thank you. >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] >> On Behalf Of randolphc at kbti.org Cabral >> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 10:18 AM >> To: Blind Law Mailing List; Blind Law Mailing List >> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the >> blind. >> >> >> In Kansas we are presently working with the League of Kansas Voters, the >> >> ACLU, the Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, and our local >> county voting commissioner to push for an ammendment of our current >> legislation. We have a State Senator, and a State Representative whom >> we >> are providing with similar legislation out of New York and Wisconsin to >> use >> as a template. Already we have been contacted by the office of our >> local >> voting commisioner to anticipate having voter registration and advanced >> voting ballots in Braille. >> >> >> Anyone that would like to learn more or wishes to be kept informed >> please >> let us know. >> >> >> Randolph Cabral, President >> >> Kansas Braille Transcription Institute >> >> P.O. Box 48091 >> >> Wichita, Kansas 67201-8091 >> >> 316-265-9692 (Office) 9:00 AM - 5:00CST >> >> 316-265-0184 (Fax) >> >> randolphc at kbti.org >> >> www.kbti.org >> >> >> "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." -- Helen Keller >> >> ---------------------------------------- >> >> From: "Blake, Lou Ann" >> >> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 7:58 AM >> >> To: "Blind Law Mailing List" >> >> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the >> blind. >> >> >> The National Mail Voter Registration Form is an accessible PDF that may >> be >> completed online, printed, and mailed to your state or local board of >> elections. The form may be used for all stated and territories and it >> includes instructions on how to complete the form and where to send it. >> The >> form may be found on the United States Election Assistance Commissions >> Web >> site at: http://www.eac.gov/voter_resources/register_to_vote.aspx. It is >> >> available in Spanish and English. >> >> >> Many states do have their voter registration form available as an >> accessible PDF on their state board of election's Web site. But if your >> state is not one of these, you can use the National Mail Voter >> Registration >> Form. >> >> >> The National Voter Registration Act allows states to register voters >> when >> they apply for a state-issued identification card, as well as a >> state-issue >> driver's license. >> >> >> Lou Ann Blake, J.D. >> >> HAVA Project Manager and Law Symposium Coordinator >> >> Jernigan Institute >> >> NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND >> >> 200 East Wells Street >> >> at Jernigan Place >> >> Baltimore, MD 21230 >> >> Telephone: (410) 659-9314, ext. 2221 >> >> Fax: (410) 659-5129 >> >> E-mail: lblake at nfb.org >> >> Web site: www.nfb.org >> >> >> Text the word BLIND to 85944 to donate $10 to the NFB Imagination Fund >> via >> your phone bill. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] >> On >> Behalf Of James Pepper >> >> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 7:59 PM >> >> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org >> >> Subject: [blindlaw] Voter Registration forms not accessible to the >> blind. >> >> >> The State of Washington's election officer who is in charge of all >> voting >> for the state responded to an inquiry on the accessibility of the Voter >> Registration form with the following statement in writing: >> >> "Remember, too, that federal law requires that voters be able to vote >> independently; the capability to complete registration applications >> independently is a desirable goal, but not a legal requirement at this >> time." >> >> >> I thought they were required to make voter registration forms accessible >> to >> the blind, in every major civil rights bill since the Voting Rights Act. >> >> Also the Election officer at the State of Arkansas said over the phone >> that >> the blind can register to vote when they get their drivers licenses. >> >> >> James Pepper >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> blindlaw mailing list >> >> blindlaw at nfbnet.org >> >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org >> >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> blindlaw: >> >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/lblake%40nfb.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> blindlaw mailing list >> >> blindlaw at nfbnet.org >> >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org >> >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> blindlaw: >> >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/randolphc%40kbti.o >> rg >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> blindlaw mailing list >> blindlaw at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> blindlaw: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/yasmin.reyazuddin% >> 40montgomerycountymd.gov >> >> _______________________________________________ >> blindlaw mailing list >> blindlaw at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> blindlaw: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/b75205%40gmail.com >> > > From slabarre at labarrelaw.com Mon Apr 23 15:30:02 2012 From: slabarre at labarrelaw.com (Scott C. LaBarre) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:30:02 -0600 Subject: [blindlaw] FW: job opening In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <001901cd2165$f4fa24a0$deee6de0$@labarrelaw.com> Greetings, please see the attached job opening at our Colorado Center. For any additional information, you should contact Carol at the information posted below. Best, Scott From: Carol Sprague [mailto:celzi at cocenter.org] Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 1:49 PM To: slabarre at labarrelaw.com Subject: job opening Hi Scott, I'm sure you know that Wes Majerus is leaving to go to a new job in Nebraska so we are looking for a new technology instructor. Julie suggested that I contact you regarding getting our job description up on the President's list. Are you able to do this if I attach the job description? I'm not sure how it works. Thanks, Carol Carol Sprague Administrative Coordinator Colorado Center for the Blind 2233 W. 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From cathrynisfinally at verizon.net Mon Apr 23 17:45:24 2012 From: cathrynisfinally at verizon.net (Cathryn) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:45:24 -0400 Subject: [blindlaw] US Attorney Posting Eastern California In-Reply-To: <3EA98D34C69B4AE8A51D5B09891A22C9@mycomputer> References: <3EA98D34C69B4AE8A51D5B09891A22C9@mycomputer> Message-ID: <003701cd2178$dd609960$9821cc20$@verizon.net> I've searched usajobs in every way I know, and this vacancy does not come up. Your ideas? Cathryn Bonnette -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ross Doerr Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 12:14 PM To: 'Blind Law Mailing List' Subject: [blindlaw] US Attorney Posting Eastern California United States Attorney's Office Eastern District of California Assistant United States Attorney Civil Division Affirmative Litigation Unit Scaramento, California April 23, 2012 12-EDCA-21A Applications should be postmarked no later than Monday, May 14, 2012 to be considered. _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/cathrynisfinally%40ver izon.net From rumpole at roadrunner.com Mon Apr 23 18:02:38 2012 From: rumpole at roadrunner.com (Ross Doerr) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:02:38 -0400 Subject: [blindlaw] US Attorney Posting Eastern California In-Reply-To: <003701cd2178$dd609960$9821cc20$@verizon.net> References: <3EA98D34C69B4AE8A51D5B09891A22C9@mycomputer> <003701cd2178$dd609960$9821cc20$@verizon.net> Message-ID: <5514A91F3B30480D9DF61EFF9797CDB8@mycomputer> Hi Kathy: I've pasted the entire job announcement below, hope this helps Ross. *** UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Assistant United States Attorney Civil Division, Affirmative Litigation Unit Sacramento, California April 23, 2012 12-EDCA-21A ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- About the Office: The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California is based in Sacramento. The District includes the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada Mountains and encompasses most of the land mass of California -- from the Coastal Mountain Range to the Nevada border, and from Bakersfield in the south to the Oregon border. The Sacramento office serves the northern counties of the district: Alpine, Amador, Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sutter, Trinity, Tehama, Yolo, and Yuba. Responsibilities and Opportunity Offered: This position is located in the Civil Division, Affirmative Litigation Unit, of the Sacramento Office. The Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) will handle civil and criminal forfeiture matters. Who May Apply: Any U.S. Citizen Qualifications:Applicants must possess a J.D. degree from an accredited law school, be duly licensed and authorized to practice as an attorney under the laws of a State, territory, or the District of Columbia, and have at least one year of post-J.D. experience. Applicants must be active members in good standing of the bar (any jurisdiction). Ideal qualifications include at least 3-5 years of experience litigating civil cases in federal courts, with substantial responsibility for all aspects of discovery, trial, and appeals. Applicants must have a demonstrated capacity to function with minimal supervision in a highly demanding environment, exceptional brief writing and oral advocacy skills, excellent analytical ability, and good judgment. In addition, applicants must exhibit the ability to work in a supportive and professional manner with other attorneys, paralegals, support staff and client agencies. Applicants will be expected to do their own legal research and writing and will be substantially self-sufficient in preparing day-to-day correspondence and pleadings. Applicants must be computer literate and adept at learning new programs. Travel: The position is based in Sacramento. Travel will occasionally be required. Salary Information: Assistant United States Attorneys' pay is administratively determined, based in part on the number of years of professional attorney experience. The current recruiting range of pay is $54,478 to $144,189 including locality pay. Location: Sacramento, California Sacramento, the state capital, is located in the heart of California. The city has been on the move since it became the capital in 1854 and is now one of the fastest growing regions in the United States. Sacramento is home to professional ballet, opera, and theatre companies, including the Sacramento Music Circus, providing a wide range of cultural activities and events. Professional sports are represented by the Sacramento Kings of the NBA, the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the United Football League, and the Sacramento River Cats, a Triple-A baseball team. Bound by two rivers, water recreation tops the list for outdoor activities such as salmon fishing, river rafting, and boating. Nearby Folsom Lake and Lake Natoma offer sailing and windsurfing. Sacramento is located 90 miles northeast of San Francisco and approximately 90 miles west of Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada mountain range, providing numerous recreational opportunities for skiing and boating enthusiasts. Relocation Expenses: Relocation expenses are not authorized. Application Process and Deadline Date: Interested applicants should send a resume, cover letter, and writing sample to the United States Attorney's Office, ATTN: Phillip Talbert, 501 I Street, Suite 10-100, Sacramento, CA 95814. Applications should be postmarked no later than Monday, May 14, 2012 to be considered. Please include the vacancy announcement number listed at the top of this announcement (12-EDCA-21A) on your resume and cover letter. Please note that this is a re-advertisement of this position. Internet Sites: This and other attorney vacancy announcements can be found at: http://www.justice.gov/careers/legal/attvacancies.html and http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/cae/. Department Policies: Following appointment, Assistant United States Attorneys generally must reside in the district to which he or she is appointed. See 28 U.S.C. § 545 for district-specific information. All initial attorney appointments to the Department of Justice are made on a time-limited (temporary) basis. Temporary appointments may, or may not, be extended or made permanent without further competition. The U.S. Department of Justice is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Except where otherwise provided by law, there will be no discrimination because of color, race, religion, national origin, political affiliation, marital status, disability (physical or mental), age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, status as a parent, membership or non-membership in an employee organization, on the basis of personal favoritism, or any non merit factor. The Department of Justice welcomes and encourages applications from persons with physical and mental disabilities. The Department is firmly committed to satisfying its affirmative obligations under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to ensure that persons with disabilities have every opportunity to be hired and advanced on the basis of merit within the Department of Justice. This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. It is the policy of the Department to achieve a drug-free workplace and persons selected for employment will be required to pass a drug test which screens for illegal drug use prior to final appointment. Employment is also contingent upon the completion and satisfactory adjudication of a background investigation. Only U.S. citizens are eligible for employment with the Executive Office for Immigration Review and the United States Attorneys’ Offices. Unless otherwise indicated in a particular job advertisement, non-U.S. citizens may apply for employment with other organizations, but should be advised that appointments of non-U.S. citizens are extremely rare; such appointments would be possible only if necessary to accomplish the Department's mission and would be subject to strict security requirements. Applicants who hold dual citizenship in the U.S. and another country will be considered on a case-by-case basis. There is no formal rating system for applying veterans' preference to attorney appointments in the excepted service; however, the Department of Justice considers veterans' preference eligibility as a positive factor in attorney hiring. Applicants eligible for veterans' preference must include that information in their cover letter or resume and attach supporting documentation (e.g., the DD 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty and other supporting documentation) to their submissions. Although the "point" system is not used, per se, applicants eligible to claim 10-point preference must submit Standard Form (SF) 15, Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference, and submit the supporting documentation required for the specific type of preference claimed (visit the OPM website, www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf for a copy of SF 15, which lists the types of 10-point preferences and the required supporting document(s). Applicants should note that SF 15 requires supporting documentation associated with service-connected disabilities or receipt of nonservice-connected disability pensions to be dated 1991 or later except in the case of service members submitting official statements or retirement orders from a branch of the Armed Forces showing that his or her retirement was due to a permanent service-connected disability or that he/she was transferred to the permanent disability retired list (the statement or retirement orders must indicate that the disability is 10% or more). The Department of Justice cannot control further dissemination and/or posting of information contained in this vacancy announcement. Such posting and/or dissemination is not an endorsement by the Department of the organization or group disseminating and/or posting the information. From slabarre at labarrelaw.com Mon Apr 23 20:36:14 2012 From: slabarre at labarrelaw.com (Scott C. LaBarre) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:36:14 -0600 Subject: [blindlaw] FW: ABA CDR Lawyers with Disabilities Employment Conference Early Bird Registration deadline extension! (plain alternative text) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <00d001cd2190$bb805750$328105f0$@labarrelaw.com> -----Original Message----- From: SOC Discussion [mailto:DIVERSITYCHAT at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG] On Behalf Of Stratton, Michael Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 1:11 PM To: DIVERSITYCHAT at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG Subject: Re: ABA CDR Lawyers with Disabilities Employment Conference Early Bird Registration deadline extension! (plain alternative text) Early Bird Rates End Soon! Early registration rates for the Third ABA National Conference on the Employment of Lawyers with Disabilities on May 8th are available until Friday, April 27, 2012 Register Now for Early Bird Rates! 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This one hour webinar will feature three of the top 508 practitioners in the federal government, providing their tips and experiences, looking at the big picture from a policy level. The recommended audience is Chief Information Officers, Chief Acquisition Officers, Agency Policy-Makers and 508 practitioners. Date: THURSDAY, MAY 3rd, 1- 2 PM Eastern Time To Register: Send your name, email address and phone number to LaToya Robertson, Latoya.A.Robertson at ssa.gov Check the attached flyer for additional information. The webinar is co-sponsored by the Accessibility Committee of the CIO Council, the U. S. Access Board, and eFedLink/Office of Disability Employment Policy. Akinyemi Banjo Policy Advisor U.S. Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy 202-693-7919 [cid:image001.jpg at 01CD2230.4AA7FBF0] -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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With the amount of ABA therapists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, case managers, and her own two in home therapists (one is a therapist for her needs as a special needs mom, the other is to assist with the unique issues of a military marriage), she has little to no time to allow unfounded alcoholism accusations by an unknown party disrupt the meticulous routine an autistic household must maintain. What is advised from those of you out there that can take the time to sound off? There is much more to the story but I do not care to disclose much more of her situation via email. Should she hire an attorney? Should she be completely forth coming and provide medical and psychological disclosure releases? (not that she has much of a choice on this one) Each of her therapists, aides, and others that work within the home and many personal friends and family can attest to her strength and ability to multitask her own disability and that of her two sons autism. She has had a prior stalker (her ex husbands current wife who was convicted of stealing her identity) and has an issue with the neighbors aggressive dogs that live behind her and has had to report to military housing and animal control that their dogs have broken through her gate many times and aggressively attach the fence when her children are playing out there for therapy. She is not sure who reported her but those that she feels would know how much she drinks and when have all stepped up to be a witness and she is afraid this reporting may be a malicious act by one of the two above named parties. Again, thanks for reading and I hope someone can give some advise. From rumpole at roadrunner.com Wed Apr 25 19:28:15 2012 From: rumpole at roadrunner.com (Ross Doerr) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:28:15 -0400 Subject: [blindlaw] WDC attorney posting Message-ID: <9F52F4BA5C864771A3DDF4592EF9152B@mycomputer> Trial Attorney, GS-, GS-905-15 U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division Organized Crime and Gang Section Washington, D.C. 12-CRM-OCGS-059 The closing date for this position is May 18, 2012. From ckrugman at sbcglobal.net Wed Apr 25 20:51:58 2012 From: ckrugman at sbcglobal.net (ckrugman at sbcglobal.net) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:51:58 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] Visually Impaired military wife with 2 autistics has CPScase against her any help In-Reply-To: <1335379395.91837.YahooMailNeo@web160703.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1335379395.91837.YahooMailNeo@web160703.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <117811A6F9FD4442AF92C5BE0A85C656@Spike> As CPS laws differ from state to state it would be helpful to know the state where this complaint was filed. Just because a complaint was filed does not mean it is necessary to go on the defensive and in many instances that fuels the fire as it conveys a message that there is something to be hidden. Having spent many years as a clinical social worker prior to becoming a paralegal I spent much time dealing with CPS issues on all levels as it is required professionally for me to come under mandatory reporting statutes which here in California means that for certain professionals any suspected child abuse must be reported. As you say many CPS complaints are filed as a form of vengeance but they still are required to be investigated under the law. The best approach is to be forthcoming with the necessary facts and until a hostile situation is documented allow the complaint to run its natural course. The issue is the conditions in the home and the care of the children which will be investigated. Feel free to contact me off list as needed. Chuck Krugman, MSW, Paralegal 1237 P Street Fresno ca 93721 559-266-9237 ----- Original Message ----- From: "M BG" To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 11:43 AM Subject: [blindlaw] Visually Impaired military wife with 2 autistics has CPScase against her any help >A Marine wife who is legally blind and has two very high functioning >autistic boys, ages 7 and 2, has had someone report her to CPS for child >endangerment for excessive drinking. This mom admits to 1-2 glasses 2 to 3 >times a week sometimes less and sometimes more. She does not drink unless >another adult is present knowing the safety issues being visually impaired >and also having two autistics. With the amount of ABA therapists, speech >therapists, occupational therapists, case managers, and her own two in home >therapists (one is a therapist for her needs as a special needs mom, the >other is to assist with the unique issues of a military marriage), she has >little to no time to allow unfounded alcoholism accusations by an unknown >party disrupt the meticulous routine an autistic household must maintain. > > > What is advised from those of you out there that can take the time to > sound off? There is much more to the story but I do not care to disclose > much more of her situation via email. Should she hire an attorney? Should > she be completely forth coming and provide medical and psychological > disclosure releases? (not that she has much of a choice on this one) > > > Each of her therapists, aides, and others that work within the home and > many personal friends and family can attest to her strength and ability to > multitask her own disability and that of her two sons autism. She has had > a prior stalker (her ex husbands current wife who was convicted of > stealing her identity) and has an issue with the neighbors aggressive dogs > that live behind her and has had to report to military housing and animal > control that their dogs have broken through her gate many times and > aggressively attach the fence when her children are playing out there for > therapy. She is not sure who reported her but those that she feels would > know how much she drinks and when have all stepped up to be a witness and > she is afraid this reporting may be a malicious act by one of the two > above named parties. > > > Again, thanks for reading and I hope someone can give some advise. > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/ckrugman%40sbcglobal.net From taiablas at gmail.com Sat Apr 28 15:56:46 2012 From: taiablas at gmail.com (Tai Blas) Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:56:46 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Accessing Bender's and Moore's Message-ID: Hello all. For an upcoming course, I will need to access Bender's forms and Moore's Federal Practice Guide. Does anyone on this list use these resources and if so, how do you access them? Are they accessible electronically? Thanks. Tai From tim at timeldermusic.com Sun Apr 29 15:08:19 2012 From: tim at timeldermusic.com (Tim Elder) Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:08:19 -0400 Subject: [blindlaw] Accessing Bender's and Moore's In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <004b01cd2619$e99a64e0$bccf2ea0$@timeldermusic.com> Ask your school's Westlaw and LexNex rep. Regards, -----Original Message----- From: Tai Blas [mailto:taiablas at gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 11:57 AM To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org Subject: [blindlaw] Accessing Bender's and Moore's Hello all. For an upcoming course, I will need to access Bender's forms and Moore's Federal Practice Guide. Does anyone on this list use these resources and if so, how do you access them? Are they accessible electronically? Thanks. Tai From rthomas at emplmntattorney.com Sun Apr 29 15:21:34 2012 From: rthomas at emplmntattorney.com (Russ Thomas) Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 08:21:34 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] Accessing Bender's and Moore's In-Reply-To: <004b01cd2619$e99a64e0$bccf2ea0$@timeldermusic.com> References: <004b01cd2619$e99a64e0$bccf2ea0$@timeldermusic.com> Message-ID: Mathew-bender and Moore's are both available in electronic format. Each of these publications is rather pricy if you download sections of these publications from Westlaw or Lexis. Find out if your law school or local bar library has these publications in electronic format. If so, buy a Seagate or some type of storage device with a big hard drive, go to the library, and download everything onto the storage device. You will have saved yourself a lot of time and money and also have 24/7 access to the research you want to do. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tim Elder Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 8:08 AM To: 'Blind Law Mailing List' Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Accessing Bender's and Moore's Ask your school's Westlaw and LexNex rep. Regards, -----Original Message----- From: Tai Blas [mailto:taiablas at gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 11:57 AM To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org Subject: [blindlaw] Accessing Bender's and Moore's Hello all. For an upcoming course, I will need to access Bender's forms and Moore's Federal Practice Guide. Does anyone on this list use these resources and if so, how do you access them? Are they accessible electronically? Thanks. Tai _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rthomas%40emplmntattor ney.com From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov Mon Apr 30 23:31:12 2012 From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:31:12 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] New York Lawyer [with glaucoma] Is Suspended Partly for 'Shockingly Poor' Briefs, ABA Journal, April 23 2012 Message-ID: Blindlaw: Thought you'd find this article from the ABA of interest. It is about a New York lawyer who blamed his sloppy work in part on the onset of glaucoma. Noel Link: http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/new_york_lawyer_is_suspended_partly_for_shockingly_poor_briefs/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email Text: New York Lawyer Is Suspended Partly for 'Shockingly Poor' Briefs Posted April 23, 2012 By Debra Cassens Weiss A New York appeals court has suspended an immigration lawyer from law practice for two years after a federal grievance committee found he had submitted briefs of "shockingly poor quality." The state supreme court, appellate division, suspended lawyer Andre Sobolevsky as reciprocal discipline, the Legal Profession Blog reports. The New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had suspended Sobolevsky last July after a grievance committee found he neglected client matters, failed to supervise nonlawyer staffers, and submitted deficient briefs. The state court opinion summarized the federal grievance committee's conclusions. Sobolevsky had submitted briefs of "shockingly poor quality," the committee found. Defects included incorrect clients' names, inclusion of irrelevant boilerplate, and reference to evidence that had not been submitted. Sobolevsky blamed the problems on a variety of factors, including the onset of glaucoma and disruptions caused by a law office move. He also said he had to deal with a large influx in immigration petitions arising from family planning laws in China. Sobolevsky asserted that a paralegal did some of the deficient work, an admission of unauthorized practice, the grievance committee said. Sobolevsky will remain suspended until further order of the court.