[blindlaw] Bluebook

[Stewart, Christopher K]

Laura:

For the record, all I gathered from your email was satisfaction that
another blind person is taking the legal field by storm. I have no
interest in playing a game of "show me yours I'll show you mine" with
anyone. Nor did I mean to suggest that your methods are somehow less
viable than mine and Derek's.

Moreover, I clearly misunderstood the nature of your use of a reader.
If you used a sighted person only to get you started, and that worked,
more power to you. My personal view is that anything that I can do
myself, I should do myself. That is also in keeping with the
organization who sponsors this list. However, the pragmatist in me
knows that, at the end of the day, the goal should be employment and
living the life we want. Whatever leads to this conclusion, in my
opinion, is more or less the right way, and a foolish consistency is
the hobgoblin of little minds.

Finally, Michal, of course life will go on just fine if you don't try
for or make law review. But, we would be silly to ignore the
employment disadvantages that are realities of blindness today.
Writing on to your law review and maintaining good standing on the
journal is an objective means of prospectively assuaging some
employer's initial doubts, and many employers prefer journal
experience. Do with that information what you will, and I wish you a
ton of success in law school.

Best,
Chris