[blindlaw] Bluebook

Al Elia al.elia at aol.com
Wed Jul 29 12:56:39 UTC 2015


Unless you are partially sighted (and can thus read the bluebook print version with magnification), the print version is totally useless.

Best,

Al, who is brusquer than usual because he's typing on an iPhone.

> On Jul 29, 2015, at 8:01 AM, Derek Manners via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I personally like having both just in case I'm working offline or something. That said, you could probably get by without it. 
> 
> Best regards
> Derek Manners
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jul 29, 2015, at 7:50 AM, Aimee Harwood via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Would the online subscription of bluebook be a sufficient substitution for the print book, or would I need both print and online versions? I also have the supplemental on my book list.
>> 
>> Aimee
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Jul 20, 2015, at 1:04 PM, ALBERT ELIA via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> https://www.legalbluebook.com
>>> 
>>>> On Jul 20, 2015, at 12:55 PM, Nicole Askins via blindlaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Also, where can I get a copy of this blue book that was spoken during this
>>>> conversation? Of course I would need it in an electronic format can I
>>>> obtain that on my own prior to entering school?
>>>>> On Jul 20, 2015 12:53 PM, "Nicole Askins" <njaskins at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you for your response. I will be at the Baltimore campus Frances C
>>>>> Carie School of Law
>>>>> On Jul 20, 2015 9:03 AM, "Reyazuddin, Yasmin via blindlaw" <
>>>>> blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Are you going to be at the College Park campus or Baltimore. It makes a
>>>>>> big difference. If you are at the College Park campus Please contact Dan
>>>>>> Newsome at 301-314-7958 and ask him for an appointment. He is the
>>>>>> coordinator of the Adaptive technology lab on campus. He coordinates with
>>>>>> all the services on campus to get the books in whatever format you need.
>>>>>> Braille, audio, MP3 format or digital.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 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)
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>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nicole
>>>>>> Askins via blindlaw
>>>>>> Sent: Monday, July 20, 2015 8:50 AM
>>>>>> To: Blind Law Mailing List
>>>>>> Cc: Nicole Askins
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Bluebook
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hello everyone, I too AM starting law school in the fall but have been
>>>>>> placed on University of Maryland weightless. I am fairly certain that I
>>>>>> will be fully accepted but, what will I need to get started seeing as I
>>>>>> have not received my acceptance letter yet nor do I know what course
>>>>>> materials are needed. Attempting to get a head start On Jul 19, 2015 3:44
>>>>>> PM, "Michal Nowicki via blindlaw" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I am starting law school in the fall, and I will need the Bluebook for
>>>>>>> my legal writing class.  I know that the Bluebook is available on-line
>>>>>>> through a subscription.  Have any of you accessed it using this
>>>>>>> method?  If so, did you find it accessible?  Specifically, in addition
>>>>>>> to eas of navigation, does JAWS identify formatting attributes (font
>>>>>>> type, size, color, bold/underline/italics, etc.) correctly?  I need to
>>>>>>> know this so that I can determine whether or not the subscription
>>>>>>> service is a reliable version of the book when it comes to learning how
>>>>>> to format legal documents correctly.
>>>>>>> Any feedback is appreciated.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Michal
>>>>>>> 
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