[blindlaw] Bench Bar Conference

Sun Nov 18 07:00:02 UTC 2012

I would step-in to urge you to simply think twice of the advice given to you 
by Dave and in the spirit it was given. You are trying to enter a profession 
where your blindness already places you at an apparent disadvantage. It is 
not, in my view, a good strategy to highlight the disadvantage as if it is a 
strength by focusing on the old stereotype justice is blind. Unless you win, 
you are not going to get to demand anything from anyone. You might first 
think about how you need to win and when you are elected you can insist on 
your demands.

That is, if you are serious about running an effective judicial campaign 
where you will at first be known as the "blind guy" as oppose to the 
judicial candidate with a number of qualifications.

Rod Alcidonis, Esquire.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Daniel McBride
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 6:10 PM
To: 'Blind Law Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Bench Bar Conference

Dave:

With all due respect, the only stereotype I would intend to lean on is that
justice should be blind.  Should I decide to run, I will not only lean on
it, I will demand it.

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David
Andrews
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 3:42 PM
To: Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Bench Bar Conference

At the risk of being argumentative, I would urge you to think about whethe3r
your sign/slogan is a good idea or not.  You can't or shouldn't hide your
blindness, on the other hand do y0ou want to lean on some old stereotypes,
that shouldn't be perpetuated, and in fact may come back to bite you in the
.....

Dave

At 02:43 PM 11/16/2012, you wrote:
>Elizabeth:
>
>Four County Criminal Court at Law Judges are retiring at the end of
>next year in my county of residence.  I am seriously considering
>running.  In fact, I have already formulated my campaign slogan.
>
>On the far left side of the yard signs and push cards will be a photo
>of me with my sunglasses on and my cane visible.  To the right of my
>photo it will read "Daniel McBride for Judge of County Criminal Court
>One...Because Justice Should Be Blind".
>
>I cannot think of a reason in the world why you shouldn't run for one
>of your judicial positions.  Further, I have no objection to  you using
>my slogan if you like same.
>
>Dan
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>Elizabeth Rene
>Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 9:05 PM
>To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
>Subject: [blindlaw] Bench Bar Conference
>
>Hi all,
>
>I'm writing to reflect upon a bench bar conference I attended on Monday
>through my county bar association.
>
>Judges from every level of my state's court system, from muni court
>presider to supreme court chief justice, spoke all day in panels to
>engage lawyers in upcoming developments, bench bar relationships,
>election patterns and their impact on judicial diversity, and future trends
in court staffing.
>
>One striking revelation consistently communicated from the bench was
>that 40 to 50 percent of the judges now sitting will retire within the
>next five years.
>
>This was disheartening to me because well-liked and well-respected
>judges who have been icons of the court will soon be gone, I know I'll
>miss their presence, and there'll be a kind of knowledge and experience
>gap yawning in the near future that will take years to fill.
>
>But as the day progressed, I started to have a new feeling.  Gee, maybe
>I could be one of those new judges!
>
>There'll be a labor shortage on the bench, which has to mean
>opportunity for any qualified and committed person who wants to serve
>as a judge.  And there'll be a little bit of time to prepare for it.
>
>My state can't be all that unique.  So, my fellow blind lawyers, you
>might have such an opportunity in store, too.
>
>With the technology now available to us, the duties of a judge should
>be easier than ever before to perform without sight.  With a growing
>number of blind lawyers in practice, fellow members of the bar are
>coming to recognize us as practitioners of skill and integrity.  WE can do
this.
>
>What do you think?
>
>Elizabeth

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