[blindlaw] Bluebook

[Derek Manners]

Hey Chris, I'd actually disagree with your philosophical view. Here's why. Sometimes it is truly more efficient and therefore independent for different folks to do things different ways. 

I'd encourage you to read this if you haven't already. 

https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/convent/addres93.htm


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> On Jul 21, 2015, at 8:42 AM, Stewart, Christopher K via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
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