[blindlaw] Bluebook

[Laura Wolk]

Derek, agreed. you beat me too it--I was about to send the exact same link.



On 7/21/15, Derek Manners via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> 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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Laura Wolk
Notre Dame Law Review, Federal Courts and Submissions Editor, Vol. 91
Notre Dame Law School, J.D. Candidate, 2016
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