From b75205 at gmail.com Sat Jan 2 15:19:03 2016 From: b75205 at gmail.com (James Pepper) Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 09:19:03 -0600 Subject: [blindlaw] Slick paint on sidewalks and roads Message-ID: Once again this holiday I fell down in the street because the safe crossing area and the stripes used to indicate an accessible sidewalk are painted so thick that they are like glass, especially in rainy weather. I generally avoid the striped sidewalks crossing streets because of the risk of falling. It is not just in Texas, I have slipped on sidewalks in other places, this seems to be a common problem. Is there some way that the accessibility laws can be changed to indicate this problem and to work on ways to train people who stripe the roads that they need to take it easy when they paint the lines so they do not fill in all of the cracks in the road? I believe what slipped me up was the red fire lane stripe in the road which was located right in front of the sidewalk, about 8 inches wide. James Pepper From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov Mon Jan 4 19:15:13 2016 From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 19:15:13 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] FW: [Jobs] FW: Attorney Vacancies at the U.S. Department of Justice In-Reply-To: References: <98A98D365DA17347B0FA3158D79B48947637EC01@DPRC-EXCH-P07.JCONMAIL.doj.gov> Message-ID: From: Jobs [mailto:jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Maurer, Patricia via Jobs Sent: Monday, January 04, 2016 9:27 AM To: jobs at nfbnet.org Cc: Maurer, Patricia Subject: [Jobs] FW: Attorney Vacancies at the U.S. Department of Justice From: DOJlawjobs (OARM) [mailto:DOJlawjobs at usdoj.gov] Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2015 9:28 AM Subject: Attorney Vacancies at the U.S. Department of Justice Below is a list of current attorney and legal internship vacancies at the U.S. Department of Justice. To learn more about Justice and our legal careers, please visit our website: http://www.justice.gov/legal-careers. At Justice, diversity extends beyond race and gender. It includes differences in culture, ethnicity, economics, status as a veteran, generations, geography, sexual orientation, and includes individuals with disabilities. We welcome applications from candidates who are interested in positively contributing to Justice, and hope that you will consider joining the dedicated public servants at the Department of Justice. Do You Know any Law Students Interested in a Volunteer Legal Internship at DOJ? Every year, over 1,800 volunteer legal interns serve in Justice components and U.S. Attorneys' Offices throughout the country. Any law student enrolled at least half-time, and who has completed at least one semester of law school, is eligible to apply for a volunteer legal internship. DOJ offices recruit for legal interns through vacancy announcements posted on the DOJ Legal Careers web page at http://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/volunteer-internship-opportunities. Each announcement lists the applicable deadlines and requirements and students interested in volunteer internships at DOJ for spring and summer 2016 should apply now. Students apply directly to each office in which they have an interest. For more information, please watch our brief video with three tips for securing a legal internship at http://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/video/top-3-tips-secure-legal-internship-us-department-justice and visit our web page at http://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/volunteer-legal-internships. Mobile App! Get the latest information about legal careers at Justice with our mobile app, DOJ Law Jobs. Users can quickly and easily create personalized job searches based on practice area, geographic preference, and hiring organization. DOJ Law Jobs is available for free on iTunes for Apple iPhone and iPad, and the Play Store for Android devices. 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If you would like to update your contact information please submit the following information: SCHOOL OR ORGANIZATION: NAME: TITLE: PHONE: EMAIL: WEBSITE: Civil Rights Division (CRT) Supervisory Attorney Adviser (Deputy Chief) DC 12/23/2015 Civil Rights Division (CRT) Special Litigation Counsel DC 12/23/2015 Civil Rights Division (CRT) Trial Attorney DC 12/23/2015 Criminal Division (CRM) Attorney Advisor (International)/ Resident Legal Advisor 12/23/2015 USAO District of Maryland 14 Month TERM Assistant United States Attorney MD 12/22/2015 Criminal Division (CRM) Resident Legal Advisor 12/22/2015 Office of Legal Policy (OLP) Attorney Advisor DC 12/22/2015 Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) Law Student Volunteer, Summer CA 12/21/2015 United States Trustee Program (USTP) Assistant United States Trustee CA 12/21/2015 United States Trustee Program (USTP) Assistant United States Trustee CA 12/21/2015 Antitrust Division (ATR) Trial Attorney NY 12/21/2015 United States Trustee Program (USTP) Trial Attorney, GS-905-13 MO 12/18/2015 Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Senior Counsel DC 12/18/2015 USAO Eastern District of North Carolina Assistant United States Attorney (Criminal Division) NC 12/18/2015 Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) Law Student Volunteer, Summer NC 12/18/2015 -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Jobs mailing list Jobs at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/jobs_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Jobs: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/jobs_nfbnet.org/noel.nightingale%40ed.gov From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov Mon Jan 4 19:46:29 2016 From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 19:46:29 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] Hiring for Equal Opportunity Specialist in the OCR Metro Office (THIS IS NOT A VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: THIS IS NOT A VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT Greetings: OCR-Metro is considering resumes for Equal Opportunity Specialist positions (GS-360-7/9/11/12 grade levels) if the applicant meets one of the qualifications below. If you know of interested and qualified persons, please have them submit resumes and documentation supporting eligibility by Friday, January 8, 2016, by e-mail to the OCR Metro Mailbox (OCR.DC at ed.gov) or by mail to U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20202. Please note the following qualifications below: Schedule A Persons with Disabilities Schedule A, 5 CFR 213.3102(u), for hiring individuals with severe physical and other disabilities. This authority can be used to hire individuals with disabilities at any General Schedule (GS) or equivalent grade level through (GS) 15 including attorneys and non‐attorneys. This position may be converted by the hiring manager or supervisor to the competitive service. Veterans Veterans' Recruitment Appointment (VRA). Hiring managers can appoint under this authority at any grade level up to and including the GS-11 grade level. For veterans who: * are a recently separated veteran (within the last 3 years), OR * are in receipt of a campaign badge for service during a war or in a campaign or expedition; OR * are in receipt of an Armed forces Service Medal for participation in a military operation, OR * are a disabled veteran (CP), AND * separated under honorable conditions (this means an honorable or general discharge) After completing 2 years of satisfactory service, the agency must convert the non-attorney veteran to career or career-conditional status in the competitive service. Disabled Veterans * 10 Point Compensable Disability Preference (CP). Eligible veterans can be appointed without soliciting through vacancy announcements to positions at any grade level through GS-11. This appointment authority is for veterans with a compensable service‐connected disability rating of at least 10% but less than 30%. For non-attorney veterans, this position must be converted by the hiring manager or supervisor to a career or career-conditional appointment in the competitive service after two years of satisfactory service. * 10 Point 30 percent Compensable Disability Preference (CPS). Eligible veterans can be appointed without soliciting through vacancy announcements to positions at any grade level through GS-15. This appointment authority is for veterans with a compensable service‐connected disability rating of 30% or more. For non-attorney veterans, this position may be converted by the hiring manager or supervisor to a career conditional appointment in the competitive service any time after the 60th day of service. Thank you for your consideration of this request. Ralph Ralph A. 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Thank you, Melanie Velez Melanie Velez Regional Director Office for Civil Rights, Region IV U.S. Department of Education Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center 61 Forsyth Street, SW Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8930 T: 404-974-9330 Email: Melanie.Velez at ed.gov From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov Wed Jan 6 22:46:44 2016 From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 22:46:44 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] Request for Resumes - Supervisory Attorney Dallas OCR.docx In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: From: August, Taylor Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2016 2:24 PM Subject: Request for Resumes - Supervisory Attorney Dallas OCR.docx Importance: High Good Afternoon, The Dallas Office is considering resumes for a Supervisory Team Leader position, GS-0905-14. Anyone interested in the Supervisory General Attorney (GS-905-14) position should mail or email a resume and letter of interest to jann.laws-jackson at ed.gov by Wednesday, January 13, 2016. Please see attached for more information and the mailing address. Thank you, Taylor D. August Director, Dallas Office -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Request for Resumes -Supervisory Attorney Dallas OCR.docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Size: 36547 bytes Desc: Request for Resumes -Supervisory Attorney Dallas OCR.docx URL: From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov Wed Jan 6 23:42:38 2016 From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 23:42:38 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] Professor position - Western Washington University Message-ID: From: Julie Helling [mailto:julie.helling at gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2016 3:28 PM To: Diversity Stakeholders Cc: Diversity Stakeholders Subject: Re: [diversity-stakeholders] WSBA Diversity Announcements Law, Diversity & Justice Faculty Position Available: Welcome to the Western Washington University on-line application process. Before you begin, please print out the job announcement; you may need to refer to it while completing the application. Assistant Professor - Law, Diversity & JusticeAbout the Position: Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Western Washington University, seeks a dedicated educator for the position of Assistant Professor (tenure-track) to teach in the college's Law, Diversity & Justice (LDJ) curriculum as well as the Fairhaven College Core Curriculum. The Law, Diversity & Justice curriculum is an interdisciplinary, undergraduate course of study for students who are interested in law, diversity and access to the legal system for under-served communities. We seek candidates with a history of community participation and activism, who can teach academic theory in areas relating to rights, liberty, and justice in the U.S. The applicant must be able to inspire students and communities to recognize their own empowerment. Practical experience as a licensed attorney is preferred, with practice in any field where concepts such as power and privilege can be examined. Other areas of legal specialization could include (but are not required or limited to) Critical Race Theory or civil rights, as well as issues regarding Federal Indian Law, immigration law and migrant rights, and/or policing and incarceration. About the College/Department: Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies is a liberal arts college of about 400 students within a university serving about 15,000 students. Instead of traditional letter grades, faculty write direct responses to student self-evaluations with narrative assessments at the end of the quarter (main campus classes still receive letter grades). Fairhaven cultivates student responsibility for designing and assessing learning through interdisciplinary inquiry, creativity, and scholarship. With an emphasis on justice, social and environmental responsibility, and cultural diversity, we challenge ourselves through active, innovative, and experiential learning to examine our choices, roles, and purposes in the world. It is our aim to engage and negotiate fairly with students, faculty and staff in a collegial, democratic setting that encourages the airing of diverse voices. By offering mostly small seminars, we serve a wide range of students and communities, including students of color, queer students, students with disabilities, first-generation college students, returning students and members of other marginalized groups. We are striving to increase the representation of diverse students, staff and faculty at our college. Our students also come from a wide range of academic backgrounds and opportunities for skill development, and the successful candidate should expect to work with students who are wrestling with basic writing skills alongside students who have had access to the best advanced academic preparation programs available. Responding to the various needs of our students is part of the excitement and challenge of teaching at Fairhaven. Position Responsibilities: The LDJ curriculum emphasizes a critical examination of how issues such as race, class, gender, sexual orientation and disability intersect with the law. The ideal candidate will be able to teach students to understand, appreciate, critique and challenge American legal systems within a framework of social justice. The LDJ curriculum includes classes such as American Legal Systems; Rights, Liberties & Justice in America; Current Issues in the Law; and Advanced Topics in the Law (topics vary by quarter). The LDJ capstone course, Advanced Legal Writing and Analysis, requires students to write an appellate brief and argue in a Moot Court. In addition to teaching required and elective courses, the successful candidate will also sponsor independent study projects and co-supervise interdisciplinary concentrations (majors) in their fields of expertise. Finally, the successful candidate will have a demonstrated ability and commitment to lead and promote the Center for Law, Diversity & Justice (LDJ), including recruiting and advising LDJ students, coordinating faculty members and curricular offerings, arranging extracurricular activities such as bringing in relevant speakers, and interacting with current and potential donors. The CLDJ director position is a rotating one. Required Qualifications: * J.D. or equivalent terminal graduate legal degree * Ability to teach required courses and electives in the Law, Diversity & Justice curriculum as well as the Fairhaven College Core Curriculum * Potential to publish academic articles or other creative or scholarly work for tenure at Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Western Washington University * Ability to direct the Center for Law, Diversity & Justice (CLDJ), including recruiting and advising students for the LDJ minor and concentration * Experience and demonstrated success working with diverse populations * Demonstrated community engagement (including a letter of recommendation from a community member about the applicant's engagement) Preferred Qualifications: * Interdisciplinary teaching experience * Experience practicing as a licensed attorney Academic Emphasis: Law, Diversity & Justice Job Location: Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA Salary: Commensurate with experience and qualifications Bargaining Union: United Faculty of Western Washington Application Instructions and Requested Documents: Applications must be submitted via Western's electronic application system for employment (EASE): https://jobs.wwu.edu. Please include a cover letter, resume, and short statement of your educational philosophy. Three letters of recommendation are to be sent separately by their authors via email to Kathy.Hutchinson at wwu.edu. Semi-finalists will be asked to provide additional information, including teaching evaluations and course materials prior to invitation for interviews. Other Information: Follow Western Employment on Facebook and WWUEmployment on Twitter Job Posted: 11/17/2015 Closing Date Notes: Application review begins January 4, 2016; position is open until filledRecruitment #: 150515 Western Washington University (WWU) is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to assembling a diverse, broadly trained faculty and staff. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. In compliance with applicable laws and in furtherance of its commitment to fostering an environment that welcomes and embraces diversity, WWU does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and parenting status), disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status or genetic information in its programs or activities, including employment, admissions, and educational programs. See WWU's Policy on Ensuring Equal Opportunity and Prohibiting Discrimination and Retaliation. Inquiries may be directed to the Vice Provost for Equal Opportunity and Employment Diversity, Title IX and ADA Coordinator, Equal Opportunity Office, Western Washington University, Old Main 345 (MS 9021), 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225; 360.650.3307 (voice) or 711 (Washington Relay); eoo at wwu.edu WWU is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. To request this document in an alternate format or to request an accommodation, please contact Human Resources Disability Services, 360.650.3774 or 711 (Washington Relay). All new employees must comply with the immunization policy and show employment eligibility verification as required by the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Service before beginning work at WWU. A thorough background check will be conducted on all new hires. On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 9:29 AM, Rachiah Boxley > > wrote: [cid:image002.png at 01D0F12B.4D020490]WSBA Diversity Announcements WSBA is pleased to share news about current happenings within our wider community of diversity stakeholders. Please feel free to send relevant announcements directly to the list serve at any time. If you have questions or ideas about this list serve or if you want to subscribe or unsubscribe from it, please contact us at diversity at wsba.org. GOOD READS • The Guardian |Transgender children: ‘This is who he is – I have to respect that’ • The Atlantic | The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration Other Opportunities • Washington Leadership Institute is now accepting applications for the 2016 Washington Leadership Institute. The eight professional development seminars run from January to August 2016. • The Governor's Committee on Disability Issues and Employment (GCDE) is soliciting nominations for the 2015 Governor’s Employer Awards! • Goldmark Equal Justice Internship Program | The Goldmark Equal Justice Internship is a 10 week, paid summer internship for 2Ls and 3Ls. Created in honor of LFW’s second president, Charles Goldmark, the Goldmark Internship provides hands-on experience in providing legal aid through research, writing, casework, and client services. EVENTS (please click the links below for more information) 5 October Honoring the Past, Embracing Our Future – Celebrating Past, Present and Future Judges of Color |The Washington State Minority and Justice Commission invites you to join them for a reception celebrating the judges and judicial officers of color in our state. See attached flyer for more details. There will be a short program followed by an opportunity to connect and network. Light food and refreshments will be provided. For questions or to RSVP contact Cynthia.Delostrinos at courts.wa.gov 9 October How to Ask for New Business and Seal the Deal | is an interactive, moderated program based on the new ABA book Marketing Success: How Did She Do That? Presented by ABA Women Rainmakers 9 October Washington Women Lawyers 2015 Annual Banquet & Awards Ceremony | Please save the date for WWL’s Annual Banquet and Awards Ceremony on Friday, October 9, 2015, at the Tacoma Art Museum. The evening will start with a no-host reception at 6:30 p.m., with the dinner and awards ceremony following at 7:30 p.m. 14 October Vietnamese-American Bar Association’s 11th Annual Banquet| You are invited to join VBAW at the 11th Annual Banquet. 23 October Asian Bar Association of Washington Annual Gala| Please join ABAW and the Association of Washington Student Scholarship Foundations at the Annual Gala. 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Name: image002.png Type: image/png Size: 6381 bytes Desc: image002.png URL: From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov Thu Jan 7 19:43:03 2016 From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 19:43:03 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] Vermont Law School, CLEO partner on pilot program to increase diversity in legal education, VT Digger Press Release, January 6 2016 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thought this might be of interest to this list. Link: https://vtdigger.org/2016/01/06/vermont-law-school-cleo-partner-on-pilot-program-to-increase-diversity-in-legal-education/ Text: Vermont Law School, CLEO partner on pilot program to increase diversity in legal education Jan. 6, 2016 Press Release News Release - Vermont Law School Jan. 5, 2016 Contact: Maryellen Apelquist, Director of Communications, Vermont Law School office: 802-831-1228, cell: 802-299-5593, mapelquist at vermontlaw.edu SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt., Jan. 5, 2016--Vermont Law School is one of four schools in the nation to partner with the Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) on a pilot program to enhance diversity in legal education by increasing opportunities for underrepresented minority, low-income, and historically disadvantaged students. As a CLEO Legally Inspired Cohort (CLIC) partner, VLS will enroll five students who have completed CLEO's Pre-Law Summer Institute and provide them with scholarships, mentorship, clinical training opportunities, and additional academic and support services to ensure success at the law school. "Our partnership with CLEO represents Vermont Law School's ongoing commitment to diversity and to training the next generation of leaders," said Shirley Jefferson '86, VLS associate dean for student affairs and diversity. "Our community is small and tightknit, but it's also rich in opportunities that foster personal and professional growth-and that prepare our students to succeed in an increasingly diverse and interdependent global society. We're proud to partner with CLEO and other institutions that share our commitment to helping disadvantaged individuals achieve their educational goals." Before enrolling at VLS, the five students, or CLIC Scholars, will have successfully completed the CLEO Pre-Law Summer Institute and a four-day CLIC seminar with 15 other students expected to participate in the program around the country. VLS is joined by partners Drake Law School, University of Idaho College of Law, and William Mitchell College of Law. In addition to CLEO, VLS has several partnerships with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), the ultimate goal of which is to expand racial and ethnic diversity in the legal profession. Vermont Law School's entering juris doctor (JD) Class of 2015 includes students from 37 states and territories and several countries. The class is 57 percent female, 43 percent male, and 17 percent people of color. For more information about the class and admissions at VLS, visit vermontlaw.edu/admissions. CLEO is committed to diversifying the legal profession by expanding legal education opportunities to minority, low-income, and disadvantaged groups. Founded in 1968 when the number of lawyers of color was less than 1 percent, CLEO has produced more than 10,000 alumni who have excelled in every area of the legal profession to include judges, corporate attorneys, law school deans and professors, practitioners, politicians, and more. For more information about CLEO, visit cleoscholars.org. From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov Thu Jan 7 19:48:38 2016 From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 19:48:38 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] Request for Resumes - Attorney Position, Title IX Team, Program Legal Group, Washington, DC OCR Office In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: OCR's Program Legal Group is considering resumes for an attorney position (GS-0905-12, 13, or 14) on the Title IX team. If you know of anyone who may be interested and qualified, I am requesting that resumes be submitted to OCR's resume bank at OCRJobs at ed.gov, copying PLG's Paralegal, Nikisha Martin, Nikisha.Martin at ed.gov, by 11:59 p.m. ET on January 18, 2016. All applicants should indicate interest in working in PLG. OCR will keep all resumes received on file for possible consideration for 365 days following the date of submission. Thank you, Alejandro T. Reyes Director, Program Legal Group From cathryn.bonnette17 at gmail.com Thu Jan 7 20:31:20 2016 From: cathryn.bonnette17 at gmail.com (Cathryn Bonnette) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 15:31:20 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Request for Resumes - Attorney Position, Title IX Team, Program Legal Group, Washington, DC OCR Office In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <010501d1498a$5ea485d0$1bed9170$@gmail.com> Is there any link to the qualifications? -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nightingale, Noel via blindlaw Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2016 2:49 PM To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org Cc: Nightingale, Noel Subject: [blindlaw] Request for Resumes - Attorney Position, Title IX Team, Program Legal Group, Washington, DC OCR Office OCR's Program Legal Group is considering resumes for an attorney position (GS-0905-12, 13, or 14) on the Title IX team. If you know of anyone who may be interested and qualified, I am requesting that resumes be submitted to OCR's resume bank at OCRJobs at ed.gov, copying PLG's Paralegal, Nikisha Martin, Nikisha.Martin at ed.gov, by 11:59 p.m. ET on January 18, 2016. All applicants should indicate interest in working in PLG. OCR will keep all resumes received on file for possible consideration for 365 days following the date of submission. Thank you, Alejandro T. Reyes Director, Program Legal Group _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/cathryn.bonnette17%40g mail.com From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov Thu Jan 7 20:54:04 2016 From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 20:54:04 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] Request for Resumes - Attorney Position, Title IX Team, Program Legal Group, Washington, DC OCR Office In-Reply-To: <010501d1498a$5ea485d0$1bed9170$@gmail.com> References: <010501d1498a$5ea485d0$1bed9170$@gmail.com> Message-ID: Nope. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cathryn Bonnette via blindlaw Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2016 12:31 PM To: 'Blind Law Mailing List' Cc: Cathryn Bonnette Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Request for Resumes - Attorney Position, Title IX Team, Program Legal Group, Washington, DC OCR Office Is there any link to the qualifications? -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nightingale, Noel via blindlaw Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2016 2:49 PM To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org Cc: Nightingale, Noel Subject: [blindlaw] Request for Resumes - Attorney Position, Title IX Team, Program Legal Group, Washington, DC OCR Office OCR's Program Legal Group is considering resumes for an attorney position (GS-0905-12, 13, or 14) on the Title IX team. If you know of anyone who may be interested and qualified, I am requesting that resumes be submitted to OCR's resume bank at OCRJobs at ed.gov, copying PLG's Paralegal, Nikisha Martin, Nikisha.Martin at ed.gov, by 11:59 p.m. ET on January 18, 2016. All applicants should indicate interest in working in PLG. OCR will keep all resumes received on file for possible consideration for 365 days following the date of submission. Thank you, Alejandro T. Reyes Director, Program Legal Group _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/cathryn.bonnette17%40g mail.com _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/noel.nightingale%40ed.gov From LBlake at nfb.org Thu Jan 7 22:06:25 2016 From: LBlake at nfb.org (Blake, Lou Ann) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 22:06:25 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] 2016 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium Message-ID: 2016 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium Save The Date! Diversity in the Disability Rights Movement: Working Together to Achieve the Right to Live in the World March 31 - April 1, 2016 At the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute Don't miss this opportunity to hear 2016 keynote speaker U.S. District Judge Myron H. Thompson and leading disability rights and civil rights advocates examine the status of diversity in the disability rights movement and explore ways to increase diversity so that all may achieve Dr. tenBroek's vision of equality of opportunity. Other speakers will include: * Samuel Bagenstos, Frank G. Millard Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School * Alison Barkoff, Director of Advocacy, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law * Rabia Belt, Research Fellow, Stanford Law School * Claudia Center, Senior Staff Attorney, Disability Rights, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation * Matthew W. 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From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov Thu Jan 7 22:47:10 2016 From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 22:47:10 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] Office for Civil Rights U.S. Department of Education Seattle Hiring for Equal Opportunity Specialist (THIS IS NOT A VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT) Message-ID: From: Mangel, Linda Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2016 2:41 PM Subject: Seattle Office Hiring for Equal Opportunity Specialist (THIS IS NOT A VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT) (THIS IS NOT A VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT) OCR Seattle is considering resumes for Equal Opportunity Specialist positions (GS-360-7/9/11/12 grade levels) from applicants who meet one of the qualifications below for non-competitive hiring. Candidates eligible for consideration for noncompetitive hiring: * Schedule A Persons with Disabilities appointments (5 CFR 213.3102(u)); * Veterans' Recruitment Appointments; * Former Peace Corps and Americorps appointees (22 USC 2506); and Excepted Hiring Authority for Attorneys. If you know of interested and qualified persons, please have them submit resumes and documentation supporting eligibility by Monday, January 15, 2016, by e-mail to OCR.Seattle at ed.gov. Thank You, Linda Mangel Regional Director Office for Civil Rights, Region X U.S. Department of Education (206) 607-1617 Linda.mangel at ed.gov From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov Thu Jan 7 22:52:10 2016 From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel) Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 22:52:10 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] U.S. Dept. Education, OCR - Atlanta -- Request for resumes, Supervisory Attorney (THIS IS NOT A VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: From: Velez, Melanie Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2016 1:13 PM Subject: U.S. Dept. Education, OCR - Atlanta -- Request for resumes, Supervisory Attorney (THIS IS NOT A VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT) Dear Colleagues-- OCR Atlanta is collecting resumes for a Supervisory Attorney/Team Leader position, GS-0905-14. Anyone who is interested in this position should email a resume and letter of interest to Wendy.Gatlin at Ed.gov, Acting Program Manager, by Friday, January 15th, or by mail to the address in the attached. Thank you, Melanie Velez Melanie Velez Regional Director Office for Civil Rights, Region IV U.S. Department of Education Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center 61 Forsyth Street, SW Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8930 T: 404-974-9330 Melanie.Velez at ed.gov -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Request for Resumes -Supervisory Attorney Team Leader OCR Atlanta 1.2016.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 46737 bytes Desc: Request for Resumes -Supervisory Attorney Team Leader OCR Atlanta 1.2016.pdf URL: From JLoevy at LATHROPGAGE.COM Fri Jan 8 17:39:31 2016 From: JLoevy at LATHROPGAGE.COM (Loevy, Joshua L. (LG)) Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 17:39:31 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] accessible language learning Message-ID: <85254057485D6342B205D8697056F23EEB6144FA@LG0022.lathropgage.com> Apologies for this slightly off topic query. Has anyone discovered an accessible language learning program online? From what I understand, Rosetta stone is not Jaws accessible. [cid:image2d2c54.GIF at 52bc78da.40b42fb2] Joshua Loevy Associate Pierre Laclede Center, 7701 Forsyth Boulevard, Suite 500 | Clayton, MO 63105 P: 314.613.2518 | F: 314.613.2801 | JLoevy at LATHROPGAGE.COM www.lathropgage.com Please consider the environment before printing this email. ________________________________ This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain material that (1) is confidential and for the sole use of the intended recipient, and (2) may be protected by the attorney-client privilege, attorney work product doctrine or other legal rules. 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The Web site is InnovativeLanguageLearning.com. -Shannon On 1/8/16, Loevy, Joshua L. (LG) via blindlaw wrote: > Apologies for this slightly off topic query. Has anyone discovered an > accessible language learning program online? From what I understand, Rosetta > stone is not Jaws accessible. > > > > [cid:image2d2c54.GIF at 52bc78da.40b42fb2] > > > Joshua Loevy > Associate > Pierre Laclede Center, 7701 Forsyth Boulevard, Suite 500 | Clayton, MO > 63105 > P: 314.613.2518 | F: 314.613.2801 | > JLoevy at LATHROPGAGE.COM > www.lathropgage.com > > > Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > > > ________________________________ > This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain material that (1) is > confidential and for the sole use of the intended recipient, and (2) may be > protected by the attorney-client privilege, attorney work product doctrine > or other legal rules. Any review, reliance or distribution by others or > forwarding without express permission is strictly prohibited. If you are not > the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. > ________________________________ > -- SHANNON L. DILLON From drdrum1 at hotmail.com Fri Jan 8 19:52:03 2016 From: drdrum1 at hotmail.com (Ian Shadrick) Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 14:52:03 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] accessible language learning In-Reply-To: References: <85254057485D6342B205D8697056F23EEB6144FA@LG0022.lathropgage.com> Message-ID: Thanks Shannon. Not only is Rosetta Stone accessible, the last time I emailed them discussing accessibility and its potential use by kids with blindness learning languages, this was totally dismissed, essentially saying they weren't interested in adapting for accessibility. Hopefully that attitude has changed. Ian Ian Shadrick M.A., M.A., CVRT, CRC > On Jan 8, 2016, at 14:11, Shannon Dillon via blindlaw wrote: > > I have been using Innovative Language Learning on my iPhone. It's not > perfect but you can use it. I can listen to it and see files in > Braille. I don't remember if I could use it on the computer or not. > the app is called Innovative. The Web site is > InnovativeLanguageLearning.com. > -Shannon > >> On 1/8/16, Loevy, Joshua L. (LG) via blindlaw wrote: >> Apologies for this slightly off topic query. Has anyone discovered an >> accessible language learning program online? From what I understand, Rosetta >> stone is not Jaws accessible. >> >> >> >> [cid:image2d2c54.GIF at 52bc78da.40b42fb2] >> >> >> Joshua Loevy >> Associate >> Pierre Laclede Center, 7701 Forsyth Boulevard, Suite 500 | Clayton, MO >> 63105 >> P: 314.613.2518 | F: 314.613.2801 | >> JLoevy at LATHROPGAGE.COM >> www.lathropgage.com >> >> >> Please consider the environment before printing this email. >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain material that (1) is >> confidential and for the sole use of the intended recipient, and (2) may be >> protected by the attorney-client privilege, attorney work product doctrine >> or other legal rules. Any review, reliance or distribution by others or >> forwarding without express permission is strictly prohibited. If you are not >> the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. >> ________________________________ > > > -- > SHANNON L. DILLON > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/drdrum1%40hotmail.com > From sy.hoekstra at gmail.com Fri Jan 8 20:16:23 2016 From: sy.hoekstra at gmail.com (Sybren Hoekstra) Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 15:16:23 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] accessible language learning In-Reply-To: References: <85254057485D6342B205D8697056F23EEB6144FA@LG0022.lathropgage.com> Message-ID: <5554982D-46EC-4AC7-8A5C-82C7DC753208@gmail.com> The duolingo ios app works with voiceover. There are a few little bugs, but its totally useable. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 8, 2016, at 14:52, Ian Shadrick via blindlaw wrote: > > Thanks Shannon. Not only is Rosetta Stone accessible, the last time I emailed them discussing accessibility and its potential use by kids with blindness learning languages, this was totally dismissed, essentially saying they weren't interested in adapting for accessibility. Hopefully that attitude has changed. > > Ian > > Ian Shadrick M.A., M.A., CVRT, CRC > >> On Jan 8, 2016, at 14:11, Shannon Dillon via blindlaw wrote: >> >> I have been using Innovative Language Learning on my iPhone. It's not >> perfect but you can use it. I can listen to it and see files in >> Braille. I don't remember if I could use it on the computer or not. >> the app is called Innovative. The Web site is >> InnovativeLanguageLearning.com. >> -Shannon >> >>> On 1/8/16, Loevy, Joshua L. (LG) via blindlaw wrote: >>> Apologies for this slightly off topic query. Has anyone discovered an >>> accessible language learning program online? From what I understand, Rosetta >>> stone is not Jaws accessible. >>> >>> >>> >>> [cid:image2d2c54.GIF at 52bc78da.40b42fb2] >>> >>> >>> Joshua Loevy >>> Associate >>> Pierre Laclede Center, 7701 Forsyth Boulevard, Suite 500 | Clayton, MO >>> 63105 >>> P: 314.613.2518 | F: 314.613.2801 | >>> JLoevy at LATHROPGAGE.COM >>> www.lathropgage.com >>> >>> >>> Please consider the environment before printing this email. >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain material that (1) is >>> confidential and for the sole use of the intended recipient, and (2) may be >>> protected by the attorney-client privilege, attorney work product doctrine >>> or other legal rules. Any review, reliance or distribution by others or >>> forwarding without express permission is strictly prohibited. If you are not >>> the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. >>> ________________________________ >> >> >> -- >> SHANNON L. DILLON >> >> _______________________________________________ >> blindlaw mailing list >> blindlaw at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/drdrum1%40hotmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/sy.hoekstra%40gmail.com From cannona at fireantproductions.com Fri Jan 8 20:16:57 2016 From: cannona at fireantproductions.com (Aaron Cannon) Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 14:16:57 -0600 Subject: [blindlaw] accessible language learning In-Reply-To: <85254057485D6342B205D8697056F23EEB6144FA@LG0022.lathropgage.com> References: <85254057485D6342B205D8697056F23EEB6144FA@LG0022.lathropgage.com> Message-ID: <30353E02-85AB-43BF-B095-4BEE6B105C74@fireantproductions.com> You might try DuoLingo.com. It's at least useable, though it's not perfect. The mobile app gives the best experience, IMHO. Oh, and it's totally free, and arguably better than Rosetta Stone. Good luck. Aaron , -- This message was sent from a mobile device > On Jan 8, 2016, at 11:39, Loevy, Joshua L. (LG) via blindlaw wrote: > > Apologies for this slightly off topic query. Has anyone discovered an accessible language learning program online? From what I understand, Rosetta stone is not Jaws accessible. > > > > [cid:image2d2c54.GIF at 52bc78da.40b42fb2] > > > Joshua Loevy > Associate > Pierre Laclede Center, 7701 Forsyth Boulevard, Suite 500 | Clayton, MO 63105 > P: 314.613.2518 | F: 314.613.2801 | JLoevy at LATHROPGAGE.COM > www.lathropgage.com > > > Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > > > ________________________________ > This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain material that (1) is confidential and for the sole use of the intended recipient, and (2) may be protected by the attorney-client privilege, attorney work product doctrine or other legal rules. Any review, reliance or distribution by others or forwarding without express permission is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. > ________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/cannona%40fireantproductions.com From sbg at sbgaal.com Mon Jan 11 16:28:54 2016 From: sbg at sbgaal.com (Shannon) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 10:28:54 -0600 Subject: [blindlaw] OT - Acccessible Bible Message-ID: <003c01d14c8d$2a5d43b0$7f17cb10$@sbgaal.com> Does anyone know of a good accessible Bible or bible app . have an I-Phone and I-pad, but the first one I downloaded wasn't accessible. Any suggestions are much appreciated. Sincerely, Shannon Brady Geihsler Law Office of Shannon Brady Geihsler, PLLC 1001 Main St., Suite 803 Lubbock, Texas 79401 Office: (806) 763-3999 Mobile: (806) 781-9296 Fax: (806) 749-3752 E-Mail: sbg at sbgaal.com This email may contain material that is confidential, privileged and/or attorney work product for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, reliance or distribution by others or forwarding without express permission is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. From cathryn.bonnette17 at gmail.com Mon Jan 11 16:52:01 2016 From: cathryn.bonnette17 at gmail.com (Cathryn Bonnette) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 11:52:01 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] OT - Acccessible Bible In-Reply-To: <003c01d14c8d$2a5d43b0$7f17cb10$@sbgaal.com> References: <003c01d14c8d$2a5d43b0$7f17cb10$@sbgaal.com> Message-ID: <001f01d14c90$64dece20$2e9c6a60$@gmail.com> Biblegateway.com is a good web site to check. I think they have mobile aps. CB -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Shannon via blindlaw Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 11:29 AM To: Blind Law Mailing List Cc: Shannon Subject: [blindlaw] OT - Acccessible Bible Does anyone know of a good accessible Bible or bible app . have an I-Phone and I-pad, but the first one I downloaded wasn't accessible. Any suggestions are much appreciated. Sincerely, Shannon Brady Geihsler Law Office of Shannon Brady Geihsler, PLLC 1001 Main St., Suite 803 Lubbock, Texas 79401 Office: (806) 763-3999 Mobile: (806) 781-9296 Fax: (806) 749-3752 E-Mail: sbg at sbgaal.com This email may contain material that is confidential, privileged and/or attorney work product for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, reliance or distribution by others or forwarding without express permission is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/cathryn.bonnette17%40g mail.com From njaskins at gmail.com Mon Jan 11 18:09:49 2016 From: njaskins at gmail.com (Nicole Askins) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 13:09:49 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] OT - Acccessible Bible In-Reply-To: <003c01d14c8d$2a5d43b0$7f17cb10$@sbgaal.com> References: <003c01d14c8d$2a5d43b0$7f17cb10$@sbgaal.com> Message-ID: Shannon, yes, the Bible app called YouVersion is very accessible. I use it from my Android phone using the talkback feature. Hope this helps On Jan 11, 2016 11:30 AM, "Shannon via blindlaw" wrote: > Does anyone know of a good accessible Bible or bible app . have an > I-Phone > and I-pad, but the first one I downloaded wasn't accessible. > > > > Any suggestions are much appreciated. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Shannon Brady Geihsler > > > > Law Office of Shannon Brady Geihsler, PLLC > > 1001 Main St., Suite 803 > > Lubbock, Texas 79401 > > Office: (806) 763-3999 > > Mobile: (806) 781-9296 > > Fax: (806) 749-3752 > > E-Mail: sbg at sbgaal.com > > This email may contain material that is confidential, privileged and/or > attorney work product for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any > review, reliance or distribution by others or forwarding without express > permission is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, > please contact the sender and delete all copies. > > > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/njaskins%40gmail.com > From ukekearuaro at valtdnet.com Tue Jan 12 19:47:42 2016 From: ukekearuaro at valtdnet.com (Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc.) Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 12:47:42 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] accessible language learning References: <85254057485D6342B205D8697056F23EEB6144FA@LG0022.lathropgage.com> Message-ID: <96B3C12456E6496AB871F074A9F0642D@victory2> Hello Mr. Loevy: I don't know which OS your phone or device uses; however, on my cherished Android platform, there's an app called Dual Lingo. This app is reasonably accessible. I use it on my S5. Hope this helps! Sincerely, Olusegun Denver, Colorado --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From JLoevy at LATHROPGAGE.COM Tue Jan 12 19:58:04 2016 From: JLoevy at LATHROPGAGE.COM (Loevy, Joshua L. (LG)) Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 19:58:04 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] accessible language learning In-Reply-To: <96B3C12456E6496AB871F074A9F0642D@victory2> References: <85254057485D6342B205D8697056F23EEB6144FA@LG0022.lathropgage.com> <96B3C12456E6496AB871F074A9F0642D@victory2> Message-ID: <85254057485D6342B205D8697056F23EEB617387@LG0022.lathropgage.com> Thanks, I have started using it! It seems to work pretty well, though I learned that it is teaching vocab via graphics, so I am concerned I will miss out on that aspect of it. Joshua Loevy Associate Lathrop & Gage LLP Pierre Laclede Center, 7701 Forsyth Boulevard, Suite 500 | Clayton, MO 63105 P: 314.613.2518 | F: 314.613.2801 | JLoevy at LATHROPGAGE.COM www.lathropgage.com Please consider the environment before printing this email. This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain material that (1) is confidential and for the sole use of the intended recipient, and (2) may be protected by the attorney-client privilege, attorney work product doctrine or other legal rules. Any review, reliance or distribution by others or forwarding without express permission is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc. via blindlaw Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 1:48 PM To: Blind Law Mailing List Cc: Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc. Subject: Re: [blindlaw] accessible language learning Hello Mr. Loevy: I don't know which OS your phone or device uses; however, on my cherished Android platform, there's an app called Dual Lingo. This app is reasonably accessible. I use it on my S5. Hope this helps! 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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 15:30:29 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] accessible language learning References: <85254057485D6342B205D8697056F23EEB6144FA@LG0022.lathropgage.com><96B3C12456E6496AB871F074A9F0642D@victory2> <85254057485D6342B205D8697056F23EEB617387@LG0022.lathropgage.com> Message-ID: <470194DBFB04460690349CCBDF5AEEFD@victory2> Hello Mr. Loevy: Are you using Dual Ingo? If yes, on my Android device, I have had no issues with dealing with the vocabulary aspect. Of course, there are various levels to choose from: Beginners, intermediate and advanced if memory serves. Sincerely, Olusegun Denver, Colorado --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov Tue Jan 12 22:35:52 2016 From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel) Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 22:35:52 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] FW: Attorney Vacancies Update - disability rights section Message-ID: From: U.S. Department of Justice [mailto:usdoj at public.govdelivery.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 2:17 PM Subject: Attorney Vacancies Update [Image removed by sender. U.S. Department of Justice] You are subscribed to Attorney Vacancies for U.S. Department of Justice. This page has recently been updated with the following new information: Special Legal Counsel 01/12/2016 04:26 PM EST Civil Rights Division (CRT) Disability Rights Section Washington, DC Announcement #: 16-ATT-001 Application Deadline: January 28, 2016 The Attorney selected for the Special Litigation Counsel position will be responsible for assisting with the management of the unit within the Section that is responsible for the following: -Drafting, developing and publishing regulations that implement the disability nondiscrimination obligations of title II (State and local government programs and services) and title III (public accommodations) of the ADA, and the Department's regulations implementing section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. The incumbent assists the Department of Justice liaison to the U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) to provide the views of the Department on the Access Board's development and promulgation of accessibility guidelines; -Providing legal guidance and technical assistance concerning the Department's interpretation of the regulations implementing titles II and III of the ADA, as well as coordinating pursuant to EO 12250 the interpretation and enforcement of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act across the Federal government; -Responding to requests from State and local governments to certify that their accessibility codes are equivalent to the ADA Standards for Accessible Design; -Providing technical assistance to private sector organizations that develop model accessibility codes and standards; -Providing legal and policy guidance or disability rights training to other Federal agencies; overseeing the Department's responsibilities for reports and recommendations under Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act; and -Prepares reports, including those required by statute, to the President and/or Congress concerning, for example, the Federal government's implementation of section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. Additionally, the incumbent will assist the Deputy Chief and other Section managers in a variety of administrative and management tasks in supervising the activities of a 100+ person staff. Further, shall be responsive to requests for information and shall provide advice and recommendations to Division management. Attorney Advisor 01/12/2016 03:53 PM EST Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Central Office, Office of General Counsel, Employment Law Branch, Washington, DC Washington, DC Application Deadline: January 26, 2016 The incumbent will have the responsibility of litigating cases before administrative judges at the MSPB, EEOC, FLRA, as well as other forums. The incumbent will have the opportunity to be directly involved in the preparation of Federal District Court trials. ________________________________ [Image removed by sender. Instagram icon] | [Image removed by sender. FaceBook icon] | [Image removed by sender. YouTube icon] | [Image removed by sender. 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Name: image003.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 332 bytes Desc: image003.jpg URL: From cannona at fireantproductions.com Tue Jan 12 23:06:13 2016 From: cannona at fireantproductions.com (Aaron Cannon) Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:06:13 -0600 Subject: [blindlaw] accessible language learning In-Reply-To: <85254057485D6342B205D8697056F23EEB617387@LG0022.lathropgage.com> References: <85254057485D6342B205D8697056F23EEB6144FA@LG0022.lathropgage.com> <96B3C12456E6496AB871F074A9F0642D@victory2> <85254057485D6342B205D8697056F23EEB617387@LG0022.lathropgage.com> Message-ID: <428FF8A0-6E68-4F03-B2F8-FCE471DE1975@fireantproductions.com> In my experience, the graphics in DuoLingo are used as reinforcements, and are not required for understanding the things you are taught. Aaron -- This message was sent from a mobile device > On Jan 12, 2016, at 13:58, Loevy, Joshua L. (LG) via blindlaw wrote: > > Thanks, I have started using it! It seems to work pretty well, though I learned that it is teaching vocab via graphics, so I am concerned I will miss out on that aspect of it. > > > > Joshua Loevy > Associate > Lathrop & Gage LLP > Pierre Laclede Center, 7701 Forsyth Boulevard, Suite 500 | Clayton, MO 63105 > P: 314.613.2518 | F: 314.613.2801 | JLoevy at LATHROPGAGE.COM > www.lathropgage.com > > Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > > This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain material that (1) is confidential and for the sole use of the intended recipient, and (2) may be protected by the attorney-client privilege, attorney work product doctrine or other legal rules. Any review, reliance or distribution by others or forwarding without express permission is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc. via blindlaw > Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 1:48 PM > To: Blind Law Mailing List > Cc: Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc. > Subject: Re: [blindlaw] accessible language learning > > Hello Mr. Loevy: > > I don't know which OS your phone or device uses; however, on my cherished > Android platform, there's an app called Dual Lingo. > > This app is reasonably accessible. I use it on my S5. Hope this helps! > > Sincerely, > Olusegun > Denver, Colorado > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.avast.com_antivirus&d=CwICAg&c=zq7Mynb997iZeC8XoLQcB11VjdO25CZYDUZ0f4PEEy0&r=p9cYR0ZTBfQo0Swz42TqgfoJjkrzfDIGBdNtLahdAqM&m=i-JnSeMiPyzpfz2KFYAuD6r6msQcIlplKY5pB_bWXhg&s=2ZzKlEjBFhqVgV2_9j7vedi5YJ1XNpUj_q0am4EnQVg&e= > > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__nfbnet.org_mailman_listinfo_blindlaw-5Fnfbnet.org&d=CwICAg&c=zq7Mynb997iZeC8XoLQcB11VjdO25CZYDUZ0f4PEEy0&r=p9cYR0ZTBfQo0Swz42TqgfoJjkrzfDIGBdNtLahdAqM&m=i-JnSeMiPyzpfz2KFYAuD6r6msQcIlplKY5pB_bWXhg&s=94u4YKBp_8Nt0uW4YDidIl1MXKkFIrcREEZCL-SEI3c&e= > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__nfbnet.org_mailman_options_blindlaw-5Fnfbnet.org_jloevy-2540lathropgage.com&d=CwICAg&c=zq7Mynb997iZeC8XoLQcB11VjdO25CZYDUZ0f4PEEy0&r=p9cYR0ZTBfQo0Swz42TqgfoJjkrzfDIGBdNtLahdAqM&m=i-JnSeMiPyzpfz2KFYAuD6r6msQcIlplKY5pB_bWXhg&s=v0oBjlYjWHl0p_JZm4TMXPYLhs6uqBymKhz0XDG2ypY&e= > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/cannona%40fireantproductions.com From davant1958 at gmail.com Wed Jan 13 17:04:47 2016 From: davant1958 at gmail.com (Denise R Avant) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 11:04:47 -0600 Subject: [blindlaw] {Disarmed} Fwd: 2016 ABA-Prudential 1L Summer Internship Program for Law Students with Disabilities is Now Accepting Applications! References: Message-ID: <77162DFF-29DD-410D-BF69-CD8B106FC76C@gmail.com> Denise R. Avant President National Federation of the Blind of Illinois Live the life you want Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: "Stratton, Michael" > Date: January 13, 2016 at 10:55:11 AM CST > To: 3D at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG > Subject: FW: 2016 ABA-Prudential 1L Summer Internship Program for Law Students with Disabilities is Now Accepting Applications! > Reply-To: "The Disability Discussion Docket (3D)" <3D at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG>, "Stratton, Michael" > > FYI > > From: ABA Commission on Disability Rights [mailto:cdr at americanbar.org] > Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2016 2:28 PM > Subject: 2016 ABA-Prudential 1L Summer Internship Program for Law Students with Disabilities is Now Accepting Applications! > > > 2016 1L Summer Internship Program > > Prudential Financial, Inc. > > > > The American Bar Association's (ABA) Commission on Disability Rights is pleased to partner with Prudential Financial, Inc. (Prudential) to provide a meaningful summer internship opportunity for a highly motivated, first-year law student with a disability. The Commission will select a law student with a disability to join the 2016 summer law intern program at Prudential's New Jersey offices. The 1L summer internship will run 10 weeks—from June 6 to August 12, 2016. Interns will be paid a stipend of approximately $10,000, which shall accrue and be paid on a weekly basis. > > > Internship Description > The summer internship program will provide interns the opportunity to work with attorneys who support the broad reach of Prudential's businesses. Other features of the program include: > > Paid attendance at the 1L LCLD Scholars Summit in Dallas on May 19-21 > Participation in training programs presented by Prudential attorneys highlighting different areas of the business and the legal department > Pairing with an attorney who will serve as a manager during the program and provide guidance on projects and other substantive work > Pairing with a mentor who will serve as an additional advisor on resume review, interviewing, skill development, and mock interview practice > Networking within Prudential and externally with law firms and regulatory groups > Presentation development and delivery > Opportunity to shadow attorneys on various projects > > Applicant Requirements > Applicants must: > > Be (or become) a member of the American Bar Association > Be a law student with a disability > Be enrolled at an ABA-accredited law school and have successfully completed the first year with a minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent) > Be scheduled for graduation in spring 2018 (full-time students) or spring 2019 (part-time students) > The ideal applicant will have financial or business-related experience or interest. Interns not local to New Jersey will be responsible for their own housing and transportation to and from Prudential's Newark office. > > > How to Apply > Submit your cover letter, resume, list of three references, and copy of your transcript to: > > Amy Allbright at Amy.Allbright at americanbar.org; (T) 202.662.1575; (F) 202.442.3439 > > Please write "Prudential Internship" in the subject line of all correspondence. All materials must be received by 5:00 p.m. EST on February 12, 2016. Finalists will be selected and notified on or before March 17, 2016. > > Prudential and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers and are committed to diversity in our workforce. > Your e-mail address will only be used within the ABA. We do not sell or rent e-mail addresses. > > > > Privacy Policy > Contact Us > American Bar Association | 321 N Clark, Chicago, IL 60654-7598 | 800-285-2221 | 312-988-5522 > > > Michael J. Stratton > Program Assistant > Commission on Disability Rights (CDR) - Mail Stop 11.0 > American Bar Association (ABA) > 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 400 > Washington, DC 20036-5303 > > T: 202-662-1571 > F: 202-442-3439 > michael.stratton at americanbar.org > http://www.americanbar.org/disability > > From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov Wed Jan 13 21:28:37 2016 From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel) Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 21:28:37 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] FW: 2016 ABA-Prudential 1L Summer Internship Program for Law Students with Disabilities is Now Accepting Applications! In-Reply-To: <4951-27208571.1452716783625.JavaMail.SYSTEM@chg-mcm-prod> References: <4951-27208571.1452716783625.JavaMail.SYSTEM@chg-mcm-prod> Message-ID: From: ABA Commission on Disability Rights [mailto:cdr at americanbar.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 12:26 PM To: Nightingale, Noel Subject: 2016 ABA-Prudential 1L Summer Internship Program for Law Students with Disabilities is Now Accepting Applications! 2016 1L Summer Internship Program Prudential Financial, Inc. [Image removed by sender. ABA-Prudential Summer Internship For Students with Disabilities] The American Bar Association's (ABA) Commission on Disability Rights is pleased to partner with Prudential Financial, Inc. (Prudential) to provide a meaningful summer internship opportunity for a highly motivated, first-year law student with a disability. The Commission will select a law student with a disability to join the 2016 summer law intern program at Prudential's New Jersey offices. The 1L summer internship will run 10 weeks-from June 6 to August 12, 2016. Interns will be paid a stipend of approximately $10,000, which shall accrue and be paid on a weekly basis. Internship Description The summer internship program will provide interns the opportunity to work with attorneys who support the broad reach of Prudential's businesses. Other features of the program include: * Paid attendance at the 1L LCLD Scholars Summit in Dallas on May 19-21 * Participation in training programs presented by Prudential attorneys highlighting different areas of the business and the legal department * Pairing with an attorney who will serve as a manager during the program and provide guidance on projects and other substantive work * Pairing with a mentor who will serve as an additional advisor on resume review, interviewing, skill development, and mock interview practice * Networking within Prudential and externally with law firms and regulatory groups * Presentation development and delivery * Opportunity to shadow attorneys on various projects Applicant Requirements Applicants must: * Be (or become) a member of the American Bar Association * Be a law student with a disability * Be enrolled at an ABA-accredited law school and have successfully completed the first year with a minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent) * Be scheduled for graduation in spring 2018 (full-time students) or spring 2019 (part-time students) The ideal applicant will have financial or business-related experience or interest. Interns not local to New Jersey will be responsible for their own housing and transportation to and from Prudential's Newark office. How to Apply Submit your cover letter, resume, list of three references, and copy of your transcript to: Amy Allbright at Amy.Allbright at americanbar.org; (T) 202.662.1575; (F) 202.442.3439 Please write "Prudential Internship" in the subject line of all correspondence. All materials must be received by 5:00 p.m. EST on February 12, 2016. Finalists will be selected and notified on or before March 17, 2016. Prudential and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers and are committed to diversity in our workforce. This message was sent to noel.nightingale at ed.gov. Your e-mail address will only be used within the ABA. We do not sell or rent e-mail addresses. 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YOgwel at perkinscoie.com Associate Attorney Trust & Estate Planning Job #A20160103 - Seattle, Washington The Seattle office of Perkins Coie LLP is seeking a junior associate level attorney to join our Personal Planning Group. Candidates must have strong academic credentials and excellent verbal and written communication skills. Candidates must also have one to three years of relevant experience in trust and estate planning and/or an L.L.M. in tax. To be considered, please provide your cover letter, resume, writing sample, law school transcripts, and three professional references. APPLY Perkins Coie LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, genetic information, protected veterans, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or any other category prohibited by local, state or federal law. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, social and recreational activities and termination. For more information about equal employment opportunity, please click here for "EEO Is the Law." To request a disability accommodation in the application process, please click here. Perkins Coie participates in E-Verify, please view the following links for details in English and Spanish. For information regarding your Right to Work, click here for details in English and Spanish. https://www.perkinscoie.com/en/about-us/careers/laterals/job-listings/associate-attorney-personal-planning-job-a20160103-seattle-wa.html ________________________________ NOTICE: This communication may contain privileged or other confidential information. If you have received it in error, please advise the sender by reply email and immediately delete the message and any attachments without copying or disclosing the contents. Thank you. From TTomasi at driowa.org Thu Jan 14 18:23:57 2016 From: TTomasi at driowa.org (Tai Tomasi) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 18:23:57 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] Accessibility Contacts at Westlaw Publishing Message-ID: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2AAE6@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> Hello all. My employer has already purchased several hard copy books from Westlaw. I am a new hire and would like to have access to the electronic copies of these books. I have the original purchase receipts. Does anyone have a contact at Westlaw Publishing with whom I can speak regarding this request? Thanks. Tai Tomasi, J.D. 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Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3845 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov Thu Jan 14 19:01:20 2016 From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 19:01:20 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] FW: DOJ Jobs In-Reply-To: References: <87EAD4112E1ABA49BCA9055BEA384CBF3A83390C@DPRC-EXCH-P05.JCONMAIL.doj.gov> Message-ID: From: Jobs [mailto:jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Maurer, Patricia via Jobs Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 6:32 AM To: jobs at nfbnet.org Cc: Maurer, Patricia Subject: [Jobs] FW: DOJ Jobs From: Jobs, CRT (CRT) [mailto:CRT.Jobs at usdoj.gov] Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 8:16 AM Subject: DOJ Jobs The Civil Rights Division (Division) would like to thank each of you for participating in our efforts to increase outreach to individuals interested in working for the Division. The Division hopes to attract a broad and diverse pool of qualified applicants, and, to that end, encourages you to forward this information to any qualified applicants, including qualified applicants with disabilities, who may be interested in working for the Division. For your convenience, all current Division job announcements that are open to the public are listed below. Please also remind members of your organization that all job announcements can always be found on the Division’s homepage, http://www.justice.gov/crt/employment. In addition, if you know of other organizations that might want to receive our job announcements, please let them know the process is very simple. They just need to send an email to CRT.Jobs at usdoj.gov. There are no elaborate forms to fill out – just an email indicating that the organization wishes to receive future job listings and the e-mail address for us to contact them. Please do not hesitate to let us know if you have suggestions on how we can improve our outreach efforts. The chart below includes the Civil Rights Division job opportunities currently available to the public. Remarks Position Salary Closing Date Trial Attorney (HCFAC) Special Litigation Section GS-905-13/15 ($92,145 to $160,300 per year) 1/15/16 Supervisory Attorney Adviser (Deputy Chief) Disability Rights Section GS-905-15 ($128,082 to $160,300 per year) 1/26/16 Supervisory IT Specialist (INFOSEC) Administrative Mgmt. Section GS-2210-14 ($108,887 to $141,555) 1/27/16 Special Legal Counsel Disability Rights Section GS-905-15 ($128,082 to $160,300 per year) 1/28/16 Trial Attorney (Corrections) Special Litigation Section GS-905-14/15 ($108,887 to $160,300 per year) 2/3/15 Trial Attorney (Juvenile Justice) Special Litigation Section GS-905-14/15 ($108,887 to $160,300 per year) 2/3/15 NEW Paralegal Specialist (MPP) Housing and Civil Enforcement Section GS-950-9/11 ($53,435 to $84,044 per year) 2/4/16 NEW Paralegal Specialist (DEU) Housing and Civil Enforcement Section GS-950-9/11 ($53,435 to $84,044 per year) 2/4/16 Student Volunteers (Division-wide) N/A (Volunteer) See Description Individuals interested in applying for these positions should comply with the application procedures and closing dates in the vacancy announcement. The Division does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications (i.e., those not submitted in response to a particular vacancy announcement). 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To learn more about Justice and our legal careers, please visit our website: http://www.justice.gov/legal-careers. At Justice, diversity extends beyond race and gender. It includes differences in culture, ethnicity, economics, status as a veteran, generations, geography, sexual orientation, and includes individuals with disabilities. We welcome applications from candidates who are interested in positively contributing to Justice, and hope that you will consider joining the dedicated public servants at the Department of Justice. Do You Know any Law Students Interested in a Volunteer Legal Internship at DOJ? Every year, over 1,800 volunteer legal interns serve in Justice components and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices throughout the country. Any law student enrolled at least half-time, and who has completed at least one semester of law school, is eligible to apply for a volunteer legal internship. DOJ offices recruit for legal interns through vacancy announcements posted on the DOJ Legal Careers web page at http://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/volunteer-internship-opportunities. Each announcement lists the applicable deadlines and requirements and students interested in volunteer internships at DOJ for spring and summer 2016 should apply now. Students apply directly to each office in which they have an interest. For more information, please watch our brief video with three tips for securing a legal internship at http://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/video/top-3-tips-secure-legal-internship-us-department-justice and visit our web page at http://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/volunteer-legal-internships. Mobile App! Get the latest information about legal careers at Justice with our mobile app, DOJ Law Jobs. Users can quickly and easily create personalized job searches based on practice area, geographic preference, and hiring organization. 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To find out more Click Here. -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ Jobs mailing list Jobs at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/jobs_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Jobs: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/jobs_nfbnet.org/noel.nightingale%40ed.gov From awebb2168 at gmail.com Fri Jan 15 03:56:37 2016 From: awebb2168 at gmail.com (Andrew Webb) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 21:56:37 -0600 Subject: [blindlaw] Clio Message-ID: <01cd01d14f48$bc80c3d0$35824b70$@com> Hello, Can anyone comment as to whether the practice management software Clio is accessible via JAWS or other screen readers? Thanks, Andrew From slabarre at labarrelaw.com Thu Jan 14 22:11:47 2016 From: slabarre at labarrelaw.com (Scott C. Labarre) Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 15:11:47 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] FW: [State-affiliate-leadership-list] Help with ADA Internet Regs Petition In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <020701d14f18$8fe194b0$afa4be10$@labarrelaw.com> Hey folks, please see the below. Please sign the petition yourselves and pass it along far and wide. Best, Scott From: State-affiliate-leadership-list [mailto:state-affiliate-leadership-list-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Diggs, Parnell via State-affiliate-leadership-list Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 1:37 PM To: state-affiliate-leadership-list at nfbnet.org Cc: Diggs, Parnell Subject: [State-affiliate-leadership-list] Help with ADA Internet Regs Petition Dear Colleagues, I'm sure you are aware that we have launched a petition calling on the Obama administration to release the ADA internet regulations promptly. In order for the administration to respond to our petition, we need to secure 100,000 signatures by February 11, 2016, which is no small task. Here is where you come in; I am relying on your leadership in the Federation to promote our petition, encourage our fellow members not only to sign it, but also to share it on their personal Facebook pages, Twitter accounts, and all other social media outlets. I also know that you are leaders in your communities; members of clubs, churches, civic organizations, etc. Please take time to encourage any and all members of clubs/organizations that you are a part of to sign and share our petition as well. We need all hands on deck, and I know we are always up to the challenge. I look forward to seeing many of you in D.C. in the coming weeks, but until then, happy signing/sharing! You can access the petition here https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/direct-us-department-justice-promptly-release-ada-internet-regulations Parnell Parnell Diggs, Esq. Director of Government Affairs National Federation of the Blind 200 East Wells Street Baltimore, MD 21230 Office: (410) 659-9314, extension 2222 Mobile: (843) 267-2018 Email: pdiggs at nfb.org Twitter: @NFB_Voice @ParnellDiggs The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back. Make a gift to the National Federation of the Blind and help ensure all blind Americans live the lives they want Disclaimer The information contained in this communication from the sender is confidential. It is intended solely for use by the recipient and others authorized to receive it. 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To find out more Click Here . -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ State-affiliate-leadership-list mailing list State-affiliate-leadership-list at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/state-affiliate-leadership-list_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for State-affiliate-leadership-list: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/state-affiliate-leadership-list_nfbnet.org/slabarre%40labarrelaw.com From slabarre at labarrelaw.com Fri Jan 15 14:25:59 2016 From: slabarre at labarrelaw.com (Scott C. Labarre) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 07:25:59 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] FW: [NFB-Legislative-Directors] A Note for JAWS Users Regarding AD A Internet Regs Petition In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <02b301d14fa0$a8457160$f8d05420$@labarrelaw.com> Fellow JFW users, please take note of the below in terms of signing the We The People Petition regarding Internet Regs. It is highly ironic and fitting that there is an accessibility barrier here, relatively minor though it is. My colleague Gabe describes a solution and it worked when I used it. Please encourage everyone you know to sign this petition. After you sign it, you will get an email asking you to confirm your signature by clicking a certain link. Once you hit enter on that link, it does indeed confirm your signature. I know that this will take a minute or two or your time, but it is urgent that you invest the time to send the message to the Obama Administration. Best, Scott From: NFB-Legislative-Directors [mailto:nfb-legislative-directors-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cazares, Gabe via NFB-Legislative-Directors Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 6:51 AM To: NFB Legislative Directors List ; nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org Cc: Cazares, Gabe ; Trevino, Danielle Subject: [NFB-Legislative-Directors] A Note for JAWS Users Regarding AD A Internet Regs Petition Howdy Fellow Federationists, As you know, Tuesday we launched a petition calling on the Obama administration to promptly release the long awaited ADA internet regulations. Exemplifying the immediate need for these regulations, some JAWS users running internet explorer seem to be having a problem with the “sign” button when attempting to add their name. Here are some solutions to help mitigate that problem. Try routing JAWS to PC, and pressing the left mouse button and the “sign” button will be selected. Alternatively, you can sign the petition using another, more accessible internet browser, such as Mozilla Firefox. The petition is also accessible on iOS devices. Finally, if problems persist, you can always call me here at the national office, and I will be more than happy to facilitate your signature. If you have tried previously and had this problem, please try again using one of these solutions. We need everyone to sign and share! Thanks for all you do, ...Gabe Gabe Cazares Government Affairs Specialist National Federation of the Blind 200 East Wells Street At Jernigan Place Baltimore, MD 21230 E: gcazares at nfb.org P: 410-659-9314 Ext. 2206 T: @gmcazares The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back. 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To find out more Click Here . -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ NFB-Legislative-Directors mailing list NFB-Legislative-Directors at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-legislative-directors_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFB-Legislative-Directors: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-legislative-directors_nfbnet.org/slabarre%40labarrelaw.com From TTomasi at driowa.org Fri Jan 15 15:05:10 2016 From: TTomasi at driowa.org (Tai Tomasi) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 15:05:10 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] Clio In-Reply-To: <01cd01d14f48$bc80c3d0$35824b70$@com> References: <01cd01d14f48$bc80c3d0$35824b70$@com> Message-ID: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2ABFF@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> I used CLIO and it is largely accessible. However, I do recall there are some accessibility bugs which required a few workarounds. It has been a year since I used it, so I can't recall the specific access issues, but they were mostly manageable with advanced JAWS features. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Webb via blindlaw Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2016 9:57 PM To: 'Blind Law Mailing List' Cc: Andrew Webb Subject: [blindlaw] Clio Hello, Can anyone comment as to whether the practice management software Clio is accessible via JAWS or other screen readers? Thanks, Andrew _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/ttomasi%40driowa.org From awebb2168 at gmail.com Fri Jan 15 15:31:44 2016 From: awebb2168 at gmail.com (Andrew Webb) Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 09:31:44 -0600 Subject: [blindlaw] Practice Manager Message-ID: <002f01d14fa9$d7a88d30$86f9a790$@com> Hello, Thanks to those who have responded to my query yesterday re Clio. While I'm on the subject, I have the same question re the program Practice Manager. Has anyone used it, and know whether or not it's accessible via screen reader, JAWS or otherwise? Thanks, Andrew From taiablas at gmail.com Sat Jan 16 18:29:47 2016 From: taiablas at gmail.com (Tai Tomasi) Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 12:29:47 -0600 Subject: [blindlaw] Looking for Electronic Resources Message-ID: <037001d1508b$e19a0a20$a4ce1e60$@gmail.com> Hello, all. I wrote earlier this week asking for contacts at Westlaw publishing. Before I go ahead and purchase these books, I am wondering if anyone has scanned them. I checked with Bookshare and they do not have these books. The books I am looking for are as follows: Disabilities and the Law, 4th Edition Authors: Laura Rothstein and Julia Irzyk Spring 2013 Westlaw Social Security Disability Practice Author: Charles T. Hall 2013 Edition Westlaw Thanks. Tai From michael.mcglashon at comcast.net Sat Jan 16 21:59:23 2016 From: michael.mcglashon at comcast.net (mike mcglashon) Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 15:59:23 -0600 Subject: [blindlaw] Looking for Electronic Resources In-Reply-To: <037001d1508b$e19a0a20$a4ce1e60$@gmail.com> References: <037001d1508b$e19a0a20$a4ce1e60$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <60144CAB29DD4C5499844DA2127391E8@mcglashonHP> have you checked with your profssors to see if the edition prior to 2013 might work for fundamental principles? yes there may be pocket parts to each of those practices of law but at leat for fundamental you will be ok -----Original Message----- From: Tai Tomasi via blindlaw Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2016 12:29 PM To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org Cc: Tai Tomasi Subject: [blindlaw] Looking for Electronic Resources Hello, all. I wrote earlier this week asking for contacts at Westlaw publishing. Before I go ahead and purchase these books, I am wondering if anyone has scanned them. I checked with Bookshare and they do not have these books. The books I am looking for are as follows: Disabilities and the Law, 4th Edition Authors: Laura Rothstein and Julia Irzyk Spring 2013 Westlaw Social Security Disability Practice Author: Charles T. Hall 2013 Edition Westlaw Thanks. Tai _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/michael.mcglashon%40comcast.net From taiablas at gmail.com Sat Jan 16 22:08:59 2016 From: taiablas at gmail.com (Tai Blas) Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 16:08:59 -0600 Subject: [blindlaw] Looking for Electronic Resources In-Reply-To: <60144CAB29DD4C5499844DA2127391E8@mcglashonHP> References: <037001d1508b$e19a0a20$a4ce1e60$@gmail.com> <60144CAB29DD4C5499844DA2127391E8@mcglashonHP> Message-ID: <4B660D18-53CD-4345-B4E4-8452E4FD2209@gmail.com> I am no longer a student and need the edition listed in my previous message. I was unable to find any prior additions of these books in accessible formats on bookshare. Tai Tomasi, J.D., M.P.A Email: tai.tomasi8 at gmail.com Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse my brevity and any grammatical errors. > On Jan 16, 2016, at 3:59 PM, mike mcglashon via blindlaw wrote: > > have you checked with your profssors to see if the edition prior to 2013 might work for fundamental principles? yes there may be pocket parts to each of those practices of law but at leat for fundamental you will be ok > > > -----Original Message----- From: Tai Tomasi via blindlaw > Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2016 12:29 PM > To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org > Cc: Tai Tomasi > Subject: [blindlaw] Looking for Electronic Resources > > Hello, all. I wrote earlier this week asking for contacts at Westlaw > publishing. Before I go ahead and purchase these books, I am wondering if > anyone has scanned them. I checked with Bookshare and they do not have these > books. The books I am looking for are as follows: > > Disabilities and the Law, 4th Edition > Authors: Laura Rothstein and Julia Irzyk > Spring 2013 > Westlaw > > Social Security Disability Practice > Author: Charles T. Hall > 2013 Edition > Westlaw > > Thanks. > > Tai > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/michael.mcglashon%40comcast.net > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/taiablas%40gmail.com From jmccarthy at mdtap.org Tue Jan 19 15:00:26 2016 From: jmccarthy at mdtap.org (Jim McCarthy) Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 10:00:26 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Looking for Electronic Resources In-Reply-To: <4B660D18-53CD-4345-B4E4-8452E4FD2209@gmail.com> References: <037001d1508b$e19a0a20$a4ce1e60$@gmail.com> <60144CAB29DD4C5499844DA2127391E8@mcglashonHP> <4B660D18-53CD-4345-B4E4-8452E4FD2209@gmail.com> Message-ID: <005501d152ca$21d6ed20$6584c760$@mdtap.org> Tai, It has been at least 3 years since I did book requests and most of the law books I needed to seek were not from West Publishing so I do not have a contact. It seems to me though that you could get a contact from University of Iowa, send them a copy of a purchase receipt, and request from them a PDF copy of the books you need. I think having electronic copies will provide a better end point for you even if you might need to run those though OCR. I am quite sure they will not be accessible copies you receive, but they probably will be better than what you would get scanning paper into K1000 or something like that. Jim -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tai Blas via blindlaw Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2016 5:09 PM To: Blind Law Mailing List Cc: Tai Blas Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Looking for Electronic Resources I am no longer a student and need the edition listed in my previous message. I was unable to find any prior additions of these books in accessible formats on bookshare. Tai Tomasi, J.D., M.P.A Email: tai.tomasi8 at gmail.com Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse my brevity and any grammatical errors. > On Jan 16, 2016, at 3:59 PM, mike mcglashon via blindlaw wrote: > > have you checked with your profssors to see if the edition prior to > 2013 might work for fundamental principles? yes there may be pocket > parts to each of those practices of law but at leat for fundamental > you will be ok > > > -----Original Message----- From: Tai Tomasi via blindlaw > Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2016 12:29 PM > To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org > Cc: Tai Tomasi > Subject: [blindlaw] Looking for Electronic Resources > > Hello, all. I wrote earlier this week asking for contacts at Westlaw > publishing. Before I go ahead and purchase these books, I am wondering > if anyone has scanned them. I checked with Bookshare and they do not > have these books. The books I am looking for are as follows: > > Disabilities and the Law, 4th Edition > Authors: Laura Rothstein and Julia Irzyk > Spring 2013 > Westlaw > > Social Security Disability Practice > Author: Charles T. Hall > 2013 Edition > Westlaw > > Thanks. > > Tai > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/michael.mcglasho > n%40comcast.net > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/taiablas%40gmail > .com _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/jmccarthy%40mdtap.org From LBlake at nfb.org Tue Jan 19 21:57:50 2016 From: LBlake at nfb.org (Blake, Lou Ann) Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 21:57:50 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] Registration Now Open for the 2016 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium Message-ID: Registration is Now Open! for the 2016 Jacobus tenBroek Disability Law Symposium Diversity in the Disability Rights Movement: Working Together to Achieve the Right to Live in the World March 31 - April 1, 2016 at the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute Baltimore, Maryland Don't miss this opportunity to hear 2016 keynote speaker U.S. District Judge Myron H. Thompson and leading disability rights and civil rights advocates examine the status of diversity in the disability rights movement and explore ways to increase diversity so that all may achieve Dr. tenBroek's vision of equality of opportunity. Other speakers will include: * Samuel Bagenstos, Frank G. Millard Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School * Alison Barkoff, Director of Advocacy, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law * Rabia Belt, Research Fellow, Stanford Law School * Claudia Center, Senior Staff Attorney, Disability Rights, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation * Matthew W. Dietz, President and Litigation Director, Disability Independence Group, Inc. * Jane Dunhamn, Director, National Black Disability Coalition * Regina Kline, Trial Attorney, Disability Rights Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice * Jonathan Lazar, Professor of Computer and Information Sciences, Towson University * David Lepofsky, Chair, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance * Anil Lewis, Executive Director, National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute * Alison J. Lynch, Staff Attorney, Disability Rights New York * Kathleen Martinez, Senior Vice President, Disability Market Segment & Strategy, Wells Fargo & Company * Jonathan Martinis, Legal Director, Quality Trust for Individuals with Disabilities * Marc Maurer, Immediate Past President, National Federation of the Blind * Alice Wong, Advisory Board Member, Asian and Pacific Islanders with Disabilities of California Documentation for CLE credits will be provided. Registration fee: $175 Student registration fee: $25 For more information about the symposium, hotel accommodations, and symposium sponsorship opportunities, please visit https://nfb.org/law-symposium. You can register online by going to: https://nfb.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=60 You may also download from the symposium website a registration form to mail or fax. For additional information, contact: Lou Ann Blake, JD Law Symposium Coordinator Jernigan Institute National Federation of the Blind 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place Baltimore, Maryland 21230 Telephone: 410-659-9314, ext. 2221 Email: lblake at nfb.org Disclaimer The information contained in this communication from the sender is confidential. It is intended solely for use by the recipient and others authorized to receive it. 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From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov Tue Jan 19 22:50:55 2016 From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel) Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 22:50:55 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] Working Together to Remove Barriers, ED.Gov Blog, January 14 2016 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Link: http://blog.ed.gov/2016/01/working-together-to-remove-barriers/ Text: Working Together to Remove Barriers One of the Department's central goals is to foster equitable education opportunities for all students and to eliminate barriers to those opportunities. What follows is an account of an important resolution agreement reached between our Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the University of Phoenix to ensure equal access for students with disabilities to online education. MK Wilkinson has severe presbyopia and dyslexia - vision and visual processing disorders that prevent her from reading in the conventional manner. She describes it this way: "My eyes hit 50 years old when I was 10 years old; now my eyes are like those of someone who is over 120 years of age." This means that she needs assistive technology to read text and to communicate with other students online. In 2010, MK enrolled at the University of Phoenix, the nation's largest online education provider. She uses a screen reader, which reads text out loud as it appears on a screen. At first, the materials in MK's online classes at the university were accessible to her. Then, in 2014, MK ran into a virtual wall: the university had switched to "the New Classroom," parts of which she could not access. "When they switched to the New Classroom format," MK explained, "my instructors literally put up an image with text in it; no screen reader can read text embedded into a picture, so I couldn't work with it." MK tried multiple times to resolve these barriers within the university system, without success. In 2014, MK filed a civil rights complaint asserting that the university's polices violated Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. OCR's policy, which is grounded in Section 504 regulations, states that students who are blind or have low vision "must be afforded the opportunity to acquire the same information, engage in the same interactions, and enjoy the same services as sighted students." OCR opened an investigation and surveyed approximately 350 current and former University of Phoenix students who use assistive technology and also interviewed many of them. Many students praised the university DSO counselors but also stated they could not fully access the New Classroom environment without assistance from a nondisabled person. The Department's Office of the Chief Information Officer assisted OCR by using web conferencing technology to demonstrate visually and audibly to university officials just how those who use screen readers experienced barriers in the New Classroom. In June 2015, the University of Phoenix entered into a voluntary resolution agreement with the Department, under which the university committed, among other things, to create a plan to ensure that its new online technology is accessible, remove barriers to access for existing content, and convert inaccessible documents to accessible documents within 24 hours of receiving a request. The university also agreed to offer MK and other former students with disabilities who experienced technological barriers the opportunity to have their prior grades reevaluated or to repeat or take new courses free of charge in an accessible online environment. The university views OCR's investigation in a positive light: "We see our work with OCR and the Department of Education as one of collaboration. We are grateful for the feedback from OCR because it helps us better serve our students with disabilities," said Dr. Meredith Curley, University Provost. MK is pleased with the outcome and hopes that the impact of her case is widespread. "My hope - and what I believe it's going to do - is to place people with limitations on an even playing field with those without them. The independence and self-respect that you get if you can sit down to a computer and do your assignment by yourself is incredible. We all want to have the opportunity to work at the same pace and level as everyone else." Robert Kim, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Operations and Outreach, Office for Civil Rights. From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov Tue Jan 19 23:16:48 2016 From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel) Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 23:16:48 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] Nonprofit sues Ace Hardware Corp. claiming failure to comply with disability regulations, The Penn Record, December 23 2015 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Link: http://pennrecord.com/stories/510652975-nonprofit-sues-ace-hardware-corp-claiming-failure-to-comply-with-disability-regulations Text: Nonprofit sues Ace Hardware Corp. claiming failure to comply with disability regulations Carrie Bradon Dec. 23, 2015, 11:27am PITTSBURGH - A not-for-profit organization is suing Ace Hardware alleging that the company failed to comply with certain Americans with Disabilities Act standards for Internet sites. Access Now Inc., Michelle Sipe, Jill Gross and R. David New filed a complaint on Dec. 10 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against Ace Hardware Corp., alleging that the website is not accessible to visually impaired or blind people and is in violation of the ADA. According to the complaint, Sipe, Gross and New are all individuals who suffer from visual impairment. Because of this disability, they are not able to use standard Internet sites and instead must rely on the versions of the websites which can be read by their computers using screen-reading software, which make it possible for blind individuals to read printed information, the complaint states. They allege that Ace Hardware's website was not designed with the accommodations necessary for visually impaired individuals, and because of this the plaintiffs are suing the corporation. The plaintiffs seek compensation for all legal fees and damages suffered. They are represented by R. Bruce Carlson, Benjamin J. Sweet and Stephanie K. Goldin of Carlson, Lynch, Sweet and Kilpela LLP in Pittsburgh. U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Case number 2:15-CV-01626 Organizations in this story ACE Hardware Corp.2200 Kensington CtOak Brook, IL 60523 Access Now Inc2821 Emerywood ParkwayRichmond, VA 23294 Carlson, Lynch, Sweet and Kilpella LLP1133 Penn AvenuePittsburgh, PA 15222 From slabarre at labarrelaw.com Tue Jan 19 20:19:21 2016 From: slabarre at labarrelaw.com (Scott C. Labarre) Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 13:19:21 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] {Disarmed} FW: [ColoradoPELA] OTish: CREEC is looking for an office manager In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <001401d152f6$af2c6610$0d853230$@labarrelaw.com> From: ColoradoPELA at yahoogroups.com [mailto:ColoradoPELA at yahoogroups.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 12:20 PM To: ColoradoPELA at yahoogroups.com Subject: [ColoradoPELA] OTish: CREEC is looking for an office manager Please circulate widely. Thanks! Office Manager for Civil Rights Nonprofit The Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center (CREEC), a small nonprofit organization with offices in Denver, Colorado and Berkeley, California, is looking for an Office Manager. * Do you want a job where you are encouraged to take ownership of projects and to find creative solutions, and where you receive frank but productive and encouraging feedback? * Do you look forward to the new Container Store catalog so you can figure out new and creative ways to organize everything around you? * Do you like an office where casual conversation ranges from gender neutral pronouns, universal design, and #blacklivesmatter to dog antics and bingeing on "Scandal"? * Do you like it when you and your colleagues can find humor in even the busiest days and about even the most aggravating opposing lawyers? * Can you multitask? And by multitask, we mean Multi. Task. Do lots of different things at the same time. Juggle chainsaws. You know, the usual. If so, you just might be the office manager CREEC is looking for. CREEC's mission is to fight discrimination in our nation's civic life on the basis of race, gender, disability, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We are committed to this mission, and we are looking for someone who shares that commitment. We promote our mission through impact litigation, investigations, outreach, and education. Our scope is nationwide, and we have litigated cases and conducted educational presentations in many other states around the country. Many of our cases are class actions, although we also represent individuals and organizations in smaller cases. We are looking for a smart, motivated college graduate to be our Office Manager. To succeed at this job, you'll need: Superior organizational and writing skills. We are very busy with a heavy case load of complex litigation and educational projects. We need someone who can internalize the details of these projects and help us keep track of them, manage large document productions, and generally run all but the purely legal aspects of each case. In addition, our office manager will assist with our online and social media outreach, including drafting blog posts and managing the website, so strong writing skills are a must. Familiarity with Software and Apps. We have a website and blog, receive donations online, and make extensive use of the cloud in collaborating between CREEC's offices and among co-counsel. Common sense. As Office Manager, you'll be responsible for interacting with vendors, making travel arrangements, organizing our annual event, and generally keeping things humming. We need to be able to trust your work and your judgment on matters large and small. Ability to work well with other people . . . and alone. You need to be comfortable and professional interacting with courts, clients, opposing counsel, and the wide variety of people who call and visit our nonprofit. Because the attorneys travel often, you also have to be comfortable and efficient working with little supervision. Willingness to do a bit of everything. We are a small nonprofit, so you have to be comfortable doing less glamorous things, like filing, data entry, or running out to pick up lunch. We work very hard, but our office atmosphere is upbeat and casual. Our Denver office is located in an eclectic neighborhood that includes great restaurants and independent movies. We have a well-stocked kitchen and two office dogs. If you like responsibility and handle the tasks well, you will be able to play a major role in our growing nonprofit and have a varied and interesting practice. You can check us out at www.creeclaw.org . Salary: $40,000 to $45,000 depending on experience. 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From TTomasi at driowa.org Thu Jan 21 17:40:00 2016 From: TTomasi at driowa.org (Tai Tomasi) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 17:40:00 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents Accessible to Screen Readers Message-ID: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2CC90@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> Hello all. I am blind and just began working as a staff attorney for Disability Rights Iowa. I use the JAWS for Windows screen reader. I am interested to know your internal office protocols for making scanned legal documents accessible to your blind employees who use screen readers. This usually involves some sort of text tagging or OCR (optical character recognition). I envision an office in which all documents are eventually electronically accessible and ultimately searchable by all employees. The PDFs produced by my office scanner/copier are inaccessible, necessitating the extra step of running them through scanning software myself. Blind attorneys, how do you handle this? My employer is very willing to accommodate, but I am not sure what to recommend, given they know little about these advanced technology issues. I would like to correspond off list regarding detailed procedures (i.e. software, hardware, and recommended settings) for remedying this problem, as I need to give them to our copier and tech support companies who know nothing about adaptive technology. My state department for the blind says I need to work directly with the copier company. Your input is appreciated. Best regards, Tai Tomasi, J.D. Staff Attorney [Description: DR%20IA%20LawCenter] 400 East Court Ave., Ste. 300 Des Moines, Iowa 50309 Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org www.driowa.org Our Mission: To defend and promote the human and legal rights of Iowans with disabilities CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm of Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the named recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than an intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, you are prohibited from any further viewing of the e-mail or any attachments or from making any use of the e-mail or attachments. 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It works great because you just go to the document you want to OCR, hit the context menu key, choose omnipage, and the document is converted and automatically given the same name with a different document extension by omnipage. My paralegal will sometimes convert documents for me with Adobe, but this doesn't work as well. Daniel K. Beitz Wienner & Gould, P.C. 950 University Dr., Ste. 350 Rochester, MI 48307 Phone: (248) 841-9405 Fax: (248) 652-2729 dbeitz at wiennergould.com www.wiennergould.com This email transmission and any documents, files or previous email messages attached to it may contain confidential information that is legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient or the individual responsible for delivering this email to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution or use of any of the information contained herein or attached to this email is strictly prohibited. Should you receive this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the sender of this email or by telephoning us at (248) 841-9400. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tai Tomasi via blindlaw Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:40 PM To: DRBA at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Cc: Tai Tomasi; Blind Law Mailing List Subject: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents Accessible to Screen Readers Hello all. I am blind and just began working as a staff attorney for Disability Rights Iowa. I use the JAWS for Windows screen reader. I am interested to know your internal office protocols for making scanned legal documents accessible to your blind employees who use screen readers. This usually involves some sort of text tagging or OCR (optical character recognition). I envision an office in which all documents are eventually electronically accessible and ultimately searchable by all employees. The PDFs produced by my office scanner/copier are inaccessible, necessitating the extra step of running them through scanning software myself. Blind attorneys, how do you handle this? My employer is very willing to accommodate, but I am not sure what to recommend, given they know little about these advanced technology issues. I would like to correspond off list regarding detailed procedures (i.e. software, hardware, and recommended settings) for remedying this problem, as I need to give them to our copier and tech support companies who know nothing about adaptive technology. My state department for the blind says I need to work directly with the copier company. Your input is appreciated. Best regards, Tai Tomasi, J.D. Staff Attorney [Description: DR%20IA%20LawCenter] 400 East Court Ave., Ste. 300 Des Moines, Iowa 50309 Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org www.driowa.org Our Mission: To defend and promote the human and legal rights of Iowans with disabilities CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm of Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the named recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than an intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, you are prohibited from any further viewing of the e-mail or any attachments or from making any use of the e-mail or attachments. If you have received this e-mail in error, notify the sender immediately and delete the e-mail, any attachments, and all copies from any drives or storage media and destroy any printouts. From gerard.sadlier at gmail.com Thu Jan 21 17:52:16 2016 From: gerard.sadlier at gmail.com (Gerard Sadlier) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 17:52:16 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents Accessible to Screen Readers In-Reply-To: References: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2CC90@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> Message-ID: Hello, I receive pdfs and run them through ocr software to make them accessible myself. I find it helpful to have pdfs available to me, particularly when I need to share them with the other side in litigation. Text files would not be appropriate for that purpose. Kind regards Ger On 1/21/16, Dan Beitz via blindlaw wrote: > I OCR PDF documents with omnipage. It works great because you just go to > the document you want to OCR, hit the context menu key, choose omnipage, and > the document is converted and automatically given the same name with a > different document extension by omnipage. My paralegal will sometimes > convert documents for me with Adobe, but this doesn't work as well. > > > > > Daniel K. Beitz > Wienner & Gould, P.C. > 950 University Dr., Ste. 350 > Rochester, MI 48307 > Phone: (248) 841-9405 > Fax: (248) 652-2729 > dbeitz at wiennergould.com > > www.wiennergould.com > > This email transmission and any documents, files or previous email messages > attached > to it may contain confidential information that is legally privileged. If > you are > not the intended recipient or the individual responsible for delivering this > email > to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, > copying, > or distribution or use of any of the information contained herein or > attached to > this email is strictly prohibited. Should you receive this communication in > error, > please notify us immediately by replying to the sender of this email or by > telephoning > us at (248) 841-9400. > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tai Tomasi > via blindlaw > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:40 PM > To: DRBA at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU > Cc: Tai Tomasi; Blind Law Mailing List > Subject: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents > Accessible to Screen Readers > > Hello all. I am blind and just began working as a staff attorney for > Disability Rights Iowa. I use the JAWS for Windows screen reader. I am > interested to know your internal office protocols for making scanned legal > documents accessible to your blind employees who use screen readers. This > usually involves some sort of text tagging or OCR (optical character > recognition). > I envision an office in which all documents are eventually electronically > accessible and ultimately searchable by all employees. The PDFs produced by > my office scanner/copier are inaccessible, necessitating the extra step of > running them through scanning software myself. Blind attorneys, how do you > handle this? My employer is very willing to accommodate, but I am not sure > what to recommend, given they know little about these advanced technology > issues. I would like to correspond off list regarding detailed procedures > (i.e. software, hardware, and recommended settings) for remedying this > problem, as I need to give them to our copier and tech support companies who > know nothing about adaptive technology. My state department for the blind > says I need to work directly with the copier company. Your input is > appreciated. > > Best regards, > > Tai Tomasi, J.D. > Staff Attorney > > [Description: DR%20IA%20LawCenter] > > 400 East Court Ave., Ste. 300 > Des Moines, Iowa 50309 > Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 > FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 > E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org > www.driowa.org > > Our Mission: To defend and promote the human and legal rights of Iowans > with disabilities > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > > This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm of > Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the named > recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client > communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than an > intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, you are > prohibited from any further viewing of the e-mail or any attachments or from > making any use of the e-mail or attachments. If you have received this > e-mail in error, notify the sender immediately and delete the e-mail, any > attachments, and all copies from any drives or storage media and destroy any > printouts. > > > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/gerard.sadlier%40gmail.com > From TTomasi at driowa.org Thu Jan 21 17:59:19 2016 From: TTomasi at driowa.org (Tai Tomasi) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 17:59:19 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents Accessible to Screen Readers In-Reply-To: References: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2CC90@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> Message-ID: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2CD83@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> Ger, What software do you prefer for this purpose? I have used Kurzweil in the past, but it doesn't preserve the integrity of the original documents. I am hoping to find a solution that leaves the visual look of the document intact but also makes the text accessible. Tai Tai Tomasi, J.D. Staff Attorney 400 East Court Ave., Ste. 300 Des Moines, Iowa 50309 Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org www.driowa.org Our Mission:  To defend and promote the human and legal rights of Iowans with disabilities CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm of Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the named recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than an intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, you are prohibited from any further viewing of the e-mail or any attachments or from making any use of the e-mail or attachments. If you have received this e-mail in error, notify the sender immediately and delete the e-mail, any attachments, and all copies from any drives or storage media and destroy any printouts. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gerard Sadlier via blindlaw Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 11:52 AM To: Blind Law Mailing List Cc: Gerard Sadlier Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents Accessible to Screen Readers Hello, I receive pdfs and run them through ocr software to make them accessible myself. I find it helpful to have pdfs available to me, particularly when I need to share them with the other side in litigation. Text files would not be appropriate for that purpose. Kind regards Ger On 1/21/16, Dan Beitz via blindlaw wrote: > I OCR PDF documents with omnipage. It works great because you just go > to the document you want to OCR, hit the context menu key, choose > omnipage, and the document is converted and automatically given the > same name with a different document extension by omnipage. My > paralegal will sometimes convert documents for me with Adobe, but this doesn't work as well. > > > > > Daniel K. Beitz > Wienner & Gould, P.C. > 950 University Dr., Ste. 350 > Rochester, MI 48307 > Phone: (248) 841-9405 > Fax: (248) 652-2729 > dbeitz at wiennergould.com > > www.wiennergould.com > > This email transmission and any documents, files or previous email > messages attached to it may contain confidential information that is > legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient or the > individual responsible for delivering this email to the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or > distribution or use of any of the information contained herein or > attached to this email is strictly prohibited. Should you receive > this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying > to the sender of this email or by telephoning us at (248) 841-9400. > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tai > Tomasi via blindlaw > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:40 PM > To: DRBA at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU > Cc: Tai Tomasi; Blind Law Mailing List > Subject: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents > Accessible to Screen Readers > > Hello all. I am blind and just began working as a staff attorney for > Disability Rights Iowa. I use the JAWS for Windows screen reader. I am > interested to know your internal office protocols for making scanned > legal documents accessible to your blind employees who use screen > readers. This usually involves some sort of text tagging or OCR > (optical character recognition). > I envision an office in which all documents are eventually > electronically accessible and ultimately searchable by all employees. > The PDFs produced by my office scanner/copier are inaccessible, > necessitating the extra step of running them through scanning software > myself. Blind attorneys, how do you handle this? My employer is very > willing to accommodate, but I am not sure what to recommend, given > they know little about these advanced technology issues. I would like > to correspond off list regarding detailed procedures (i.e. software, > hardware, and recommended settings) for remedying this problem, as I > need to give them to our copier and tech support companies who know > nothing about adaptive technology. My state department for the blind > says I need to work directly with the copier company. Your input is appreciated. > > Best regards, > > Tai Tomasi, J.D. > Staff Attorney > > [Description: DR%20IA%20LawCenter] > > 400 East Court Ave., Ste. 300 > Des Moines, Iowa 50309 > Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 > FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 > E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org > www.driowa.org > > Our Mission: To defend and promote the human and legal rights of > Iowans with disabilities > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > > This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm > of Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the > named recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client > communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than > an intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, > you are prohibited from any further viewing of the e-mail or any > attachments or from making any use of the e-mail or attachments. If > you have received this e-mail in error, notify the sender immediately > and delete the e-mail, any attachments, and all copies from any drives > or storage media and destroy any printouts. > > > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/gerard.sadlier%4 > 0gmail.com > _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/ttomasi%40driowa.org From gerard.sadlier at gmail.com Thu Jan 21 18:05:55 2016 From: gerard.sadlier at gmail.com (Gerard Sadlier) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 18:05:55 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents Accessible to Screen Readers In-Reply-To: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2CD83@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> References: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2CC90@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2CD83@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> Message-ID: Hi Tai, I prefer OmniPage or Abbey Fine Reader. Preserving the visual look of a document (in as far as possible) is the ideal. I prefer to convert the files I use into text e.g. .txt files and to open them in word pad or note pad because then I can avoid using the OCR software's interface. That works well, where the document has page numbers (as most correspondence from other lawyers will) or has numbered paragraphs. Another approach would be to convert the documents into rtf, or .doc. They will preserve the pagination, as far as I understand it. I find files using those formats slower, especially if they are large. If you really need to identify a page, you can break the file into .jpeg files each of which will hold only one image (one page); ocr the jpegs to text and then search for the text file matching the jpeg which contains what you are looking for. That is how I do it anyway. I'm very open to being told of a better way! Kind regards Ger On 1/21/16, Tai Tomasi via blindlaw wrote: > Ger, > > What software do you prefer for this purpose? I have used Kurzweil in the > past, but it doesn't preserve the integrity of the original documents. I am > hoping to find a solution that leaves the visual look of the document intact > but also makes the text accessible. > > Tai > > Tai Tomasi, J.D. > Staff Attorney > > > > 400 East Court Ave., Ste. 300 > Des Moines, Iowa 50309 > Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 > FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 > E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org > www.driowa.org > > Our Mission:  To defend and promote the human and legal rights of Iowans > with disabilities > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > > This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm of > Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the named > recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client > communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than an > intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, you are > prohibited from any further viewing of the e-mail or any attachments or from > making any use of the e-mail or attachments. If you have received this > e-mail in error, notify the sender immediately and delete the e-mail, any > attachments, and all copies from any drives or storage media and destroy any > printouts. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gerard > Sadlier via blindlaw > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 11:52 AM > To: Blind Law Mailing List > Cc: Gerard Sadlier > Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents > Accessible to Screen Readers > > Hello, > > I receive pdfs and run them through ocr software to make them accessible > myself. I find it helpful to have pdfs available to me, particularly when I > need to share them with the other side in litigation. Text files would not > be appropriate for that purpose. > Kind regards > > Ger > > On 1/21/16, Dan Beitz via blindlaw wrote: >> I OCR PDF documents with omnipage. It works great because you just go >> to the document you want to OCR, hit the context menu key, choose >> omnipage, and the document is converted and automatically given the >> same name with a different document extension by omnipage. My >> paralegal will sometimes convert documents for me with Adobe, but this >> doesn't work as well. >> >> >> >> >> Daniel K. Beitz >> Wienner & Gould, P.C. >> 950 University Dr., Ste. 350 >> Rochester, MI 48307 >> Phone: (248) 841-9405 >> Fax: (248) 652-2729 >> dbeitz at wiennergould.com >> >> www.wiennergould.com >> >> This email transmission and any documents, files or previous email >> messages attached to it may contain confidential information that is >> legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient or the >> individual responsible for delivering this email to the intended >> recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or >> distribution or use of any of the information contained herein or >> attached to this email is strictly prohibited. Should you receive >> this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying >> to the sender of this email or by telephoning us at (248) 841-9400. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tai >> Tomasi via blindlaw >> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:40 PM >> To: DRBA at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU >> Cc: Tai Tomasi; Blind Law Mailing List >> Subject: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents >> Accessible to Screen Readers >> >> Hello all. I am blind and just began working as a staff attorney for >> Disability Rights Iowa. I use the JAWS for Windows screen reader. I am >> interested to know your internal office protocols for making scanned >> legal documents accessible to your blind employees who use screen >> readers. This usually involves some sort of text tagging or OCR >> (optical character recognition). >> I envision an office in which all documents are eventually >> electronically accessible and ultimately searchable by all employees. >> The PDFs produced by my office scanner/copier are inaccessible, >> necessitating the extra step of running them through scanning software >> myself. Blind attorneys, how do you handle this? My employer is very >> willing to accommodate, but I am not sure what to recommend, given >> they know little about these advanced technology issues. I would like >> to correspond off list regarding detailed procedures (i.e. software, >> hardware, and recommended settings) for remedying this problem, as I >> need to give them to our copier and tech support companies who know >> nothing about adaptive technology. My state department for the blind >> says I need to work directly with the copier company. Your input is >> appreciated. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Tai Tomasi, J.D. >> Staff Attorney >> >> [Description: DR%20IA%20LawCenter] >> >> 400 East Court Ave., Ste. 300 >> Des Moines, Iowa 50309 >> Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 >> FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 >> E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org >> www.driowa.org >> >> Our Mission: To defend and promote the human and legal rights of >> Iowans with disabilities >> >> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE >> >> This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm >> of Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the >> named recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client >> communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than >> an intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, >> you are prohibited from any further viewing of the e-mail or any >> attachments or from making any use of the e-mail or attachments. If >> you have received this e-mail in error, notify the sender immediately >> and delete the e-mail, any attachments, and all copies from any drives >> or storage media and destroy any printouts. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> blindlaw mailing list >> blindlaw at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> blindlaw: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/gerard.sadlier%4 >> 0gmail.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/ttomasi%40driowa.org > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/gerard.sadlier%40gmail.com > From craigspencer2.0 at gmail.com Thu Jan 21 18:09:47 2016 From: craigspencer2.0 at gmail.com (Craig Spencer) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 13:09:47 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents Accessible to Screen Readers In-Reply-To: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2CC90@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> References: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2CC90@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> Message-ID: <20C51A5A-5F0D-4689-9479-BD3CAD42331C@gmail.com> Hello, Having the PDF OCR’d in some form would most likely have to be done. Some scanners along with the case management software, may allow for the document to be OCR’d at the point of it being scanned. I sometimes use the OCR feature provided with the professional version of Adobe reader. Other times, I use open book. And now, MS Word 2016 on the windows platform will open PDFs and will convert it in to an editable form when opening the document. > On Jan 21, 2016, at 12:40 PM, Tai Tomasi via blindly wrote: > > Hello all. I am blind and just began working as a staff attorney for Disability Rights Iowa. I use the JAWS for Windows screen reader. I am interested to know your internal office protocols for making scanned legal documents accessible to your blind employees who use screen readers. This usually involves some sort of text tagging or OCR (optical character recognition). > I envision an office in which all documents are eventually electronically accessible and ultimately searchable by all employees. The PDFs produced by my office scanner/copier are inaccessible, necessitating the extra step of running them through scanning software myself. Blind attorneys, how do you handle this? My employer is very willing to accommodate, but I am not sure what to recommend, given they know little about these advanced technology issues. I would like to correspond off list regarding detailed procedures (i.e. software, hardware, and recommended settings) for remedying this problem, as I need to give them to our copier and tech support companies who know nothing about adaptive technology. My state department for the blind says I need to work directly with the copier company. Your input is appreciated. > > Best regards, > > Tai Tomasi, J.D. > Staff Attorney > > [Description: DR%20IA%20LawCenter] > > 400 East Court Ave., See. 300 > Des Moines, Iowa 50309 > Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 > FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 > E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org > www.driowa.org > > Our Mission: To defend and promote the human and legal rights of Iowans with disabilities > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > > This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm of Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the named recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than an intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, you are prohibited from any further viewing of the e-mail or any attachments or from making any use of the e-mail or attachments. If you have received this e-mail in error, notify the sender immediately and delete the e-mail, any attachments, and all copies from any drives or storage media and destroy any printouts. > > > _______________________________________________ > blindly mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindly: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/craigspencer2.0%40gmail.com From sbg at sbgaal.com Thu Jan 21 18:23:22 2016 From: sbg at sbgaal.com (Shannon) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 12:23:22 -0600 Subject: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents Accessible to Screen Readers In-Reply-To: References: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2CC90@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> Message-ID: <000001d15478$d02290f0$7067b2d0$@sbgaal.com> What OCR software do you use? Is KNFB reader an available program for a windows based operating system? Sincerely, Shannon Brady Geihsler Law Office of Shannon Brady Geihsler, PLLC 1001 Main St., Suite 803 Lubbock, Texas 79401 Office: (806) 763-3999 Mobile: (806) 781-9296 Fax: (806) 749-3752 E-Mail: sbg at sbgaal.com This email may contain material that is confidential, privileged and/or attorney work product for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, reliance or distribution by others or forwarding without express permission is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gerard Sadlier via blindlaw Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 11:52 AM To: Blind Law Mailing List Cc: Gerard Sadlier Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents Accessible to Screen Readers Hello, I receive pdfs and run them through ocr software to make them accessible myself. I find it helpful to have pdfs available to me, particularly when I need to share them with the other side in litigation. Text files would not be appropriate for that purpose. Kind regards Ger On 1/21/16, Dan Beitz via blindlaw wrote: > I OCR PDF documents with omnipage. It works great because you just go > to the document you want to OCR, hit the context menu key, choose > omnipage, and the document is converted and automatically given the > same name with a different document extension by omnipage. My > paralegal will sometimes convert documents for me with Adobe, but this doesn't work as well. > > > > > Daniel K. Beitz > Wienner & Gould, P.C. > 950 University Dr., Ste. 350 > Rochester, MI 48307 > Phone: (248) 841-9405 > Fax: (248) 652-2729 > dbeitz at wiennergould.com > > www.wiennergould.com > > This email transmission and any documents, files or previous email > messages attached to it may contain confidential information that is > legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient or the > individual responsible for delivering this email to the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or > distribution or use of any of the information contained herein or > attached to this email is strictly prohibited. Should you receive > this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying > to the sender of this email or by telephoning us at (248) 841-9400. > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tai > Tomasi via blindlaw > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:40 PM > To: DRBA at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU > Cc: Tai Tomasi; Blind Law Mailing List > Subject: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents > Accessible to Screen Readers > > Hello all. I am blind and just began working as a staff attorney for > Disability Rights Iowa. I use the JAWS for Windows screen reader. I am > interested to know your internal office protocols for making scanned > legal documents accessible to your blind employees who use screen > readers. This usually involves some sort of text tagging or OCR > (optical character recognition). > I envision an office in which all documents are eventually > electronically accessible and ultimately searchable by all employees. > The PDFs produced by my office scanner/copier are inaccessible, > necessitating the extra step of running them through scanning software > myself. Blind attorneys, how do you handle this? My employer is very > willing to accommodate, but I am not sure what to recommend, given > they know little about these advanced technology issues. I would like > to correspond off list regarding detailed procedures (i.e. software, > hardware, and recommended settings) for remedying this problem, as I > need to give them to our copier and tech support companies who know > nothing about adaptive technology. My state department for the blind > says I need to work directly with the copier company. Your input is appreciated. > > Best regards, > > Tai Tomasi, J.D. > Staff Attorney > > [Description: DR%20IA%20LawCenter] > > 400 East Court Ave., Ste. 300 > Des Moines, Iowa 50309 > Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 > FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 > E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org > www.driowa.org > > Our Mission: To defend and promote the human and legal rights of > Iowans with disabilities > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > > This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm > of Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the > named recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client > communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than > an intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, > you are prohibited from any further viewing of the e-mail or any > attachments or from making any use of the e-mail or attachments. If > you have received this e-mail in error, notify the sender immediately > and delete the e-mail, any attachments, and all copies from any drives > or storage media and destroy any printouts. > > > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/gerard.sadlier%4 > 0gmail.com > _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/sbg%40sbgaal.com From TTomasi at driowa.org Thu Jan 21 18:34:28 2016 From: TTomasi at driowa.org (Tai Tomasi) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 18:34:28 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents Accessible to Screen Readers In-Reply-To: <000001d15478$d02290f0$7067b2d0$@sbgaal.com> References: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2CC90@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> <000001d15478$d02290f0$7067b2d0$@sbgaal.com> Message-ID: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2CE9F@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> I do have KNFB Reader for iPhone, but find it insufficient for batch scanning large volumes of material. It is not as thorough as other scanning solutions. My impression is that it is meant more for accessing documents when one does not have access to a stand-alone scanner. I am using a Fujitsu FI-6220 which has an automatic document feeder. My issue is that a paralegal is willing to scan materials for me using the company's copier/scanner. She has attempted to do so, but the PDF scans that result are inaccessible. I then have to run them through OCR using Kurzweil 1000 which doesn't preserve the visual integrity of the document. At that point, I might as well do the initial scans myself, rather than taking up the paralegal's time. Of course, I am willing to do this for myself, but I am looking for suggestions so that the paralegal's initial scan can be useful for myself as a blind user and for everyone in the office as a searchable PDF with all visual elements intact. I hope this makes some sense. Tai Tomasi, J.D. Staff Attorney 400 East Court Ave., Ste. 300 Des Moines, Iowa 50309 Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org www.driowa.org Our Mission:  To defend and promote the human and legal rights of Iowans with disabilities CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm of Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the named recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than an intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, you are prohibited from any further viewing of the e-mail or any attachments or from making any use of the e-mail or attachments. If you have received this e-mail in error, notify the sender immediately and delete the e-mail, any attachments, and all copies from any drives or storage media and destroy any printouts. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Shannon via blindlaw Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:23 PM To: 'Blind Law Mailing List' Cc: Shannon Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents Accessible to Screen Readers What OCR software do you use? Is KNFB reader an available program for a windows based operating system? Sincerely, Shannon Brady Geihsler Law Office of Shannon Brady Geihsler, PLLC 1001 Main St., Suite 803 Lubbock, Texas 79401 Office: (806) 763-3999 Mobile: (806) 781-9296 Fax: (806) 749-3752 E-Mail: sbg at sbgaal.com This email may contain material that is confidential, privileged and/or attorney work product for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, reliance or distribution by others or forwarding without express permission is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gerard Sadlier via blindlaw Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 11:52 AM To: Blind Law Mailing List Cc: Gerard Sadlier Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents Accessible to Screen Readers Hello, I receive pdfs and run them through ocr software to make them accessible myself. I find it helpful to have pdfs available to me, particularly when I need to share them with the other side in litigation. Text files would not be appropriate for that purpose. Kind regards Ger On 1/21/16, Dan Beitz via blindlaw wrote: > I OCR PDF documents with omnipage. It works great because you just go > to the document you want to OCR, hit the context menu key, choose > omnipage, and the document is converted and automatically given the > same name with a different document extension by omnipage. My > paralegal will sometimes convert documents for me with Adobe, but this doesn't work as well. > > > > > Daniel K. Beitz > Wienner & Gould, P.C. > 950 University Dr., Ste. 350 > Rochester, MI 48307 > Phone: (248) 841-9405 > Fax: (248) 652-2729 > dbeitz at wiennergould.com > > www.wiennergould.com > > This email transmission and any documents, files or previous email > messages attached to it may contain confidential information that is > legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient or the > individual responsible for delivering this email to the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or > distribution or use of any of the information contained herein or > attached to this email is strictly prohibited. Should you receive > this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying > to the sender of this email or by telephoning us at (248) 841-9400. > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tai > Tomasi via blindlaw > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:40 PM > To: DRBA at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU > Cc: Tai Tomasi; Blind Law Mailing List > Subject: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents > Accessible to Screen Readers > > Hello all. I am blind and just began working as a staff attorney for > Disability Rights Iowa. I use the JAWS for Windows screen reader. I am > interested to know your internal office protocols for making scanned > legal documents accessible to your blind employees who use screen > readers. This usually involves some sort of text tagging or OCR > (optical character recognition). > I envision an office in which all documents are eventually > electronically accessible and ultimately searchable by all employees. > The PDFs produced by my office scanner/copier are inaccessible, > necessitating the extra step of running them through scanning software > myself. Blind attorneys, how do you handle this? My employer is very > willing to accommodate, but I am not sure what to recommend, given > they know little about these advanced technology issues. I would like > to correspond off list regarding detailed procedures (i.e. software, > hardware, and recommended settings) for remedying this problem, as I > need to give them to our copier and tech support companies who know > nothing about adaptive technology. My state department for the blind > says I need to work directly with the copier company. Your input is appreciated. > > Best regards, > > Tai Tomasi, J.D. > Staff Attorney > > [Description: DR%20IA%20LawCenter] > > 400 East Court Ave., Ste. 300 > Des Moines, Iowa 50309 > Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 > FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 > E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org > www.driowa.org > > Our Mission: To defend and promote the human and legal rights of > Iowans with disabilities > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > > This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm > of Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the > named recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client > communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than > an intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, > you are prohibited from any further viewing of the e-mail or any > attachments or from making any use of the e-mail or attachments. If > you have received this e-mail in error, notify the sender immediately > and delete the e-mail, any attachments, and all copies from any drives > or storage media and destroy any printouts. > > > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/gerard.sadlier%4 > 0gmail.com > _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/sbg%40sbgaal.com _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/ttomasi%40driowa.org From gerard.sadlier at gmail.com Thu Jan 21 18:36:24 2016 From: gerard.sadlier at gmail.com (Gerard Sadlier) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 18:36:24 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents Accessible to Screen Readers In-Reply-To: <000001d15478$d02290f0$7067b2d0$@sbgaal.com> References: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2CC90@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> <000001d15478$d02290f0$7067b2d0$@sbgaal.com> Message-ID: Hi, My understanding is that KNFB reader is just for iPhone and Android. G On 1/21/16, Shannon via blindlaw wrote: > What OCR software do you use? Is KNFB reader an available program for a > windows based operating system? > > Sincerely, > > Shannon Brady Geihsler > > Law Office of Shannon Brady Geihsler, PLLC > 1001 Main St., Suite 803 > Lubbock, Texas 79401 > Office: (806) 763-3999 > Mobile: (806) 781-9296 > Fax: (806) 749-3752 > E-Mail: sbg at sbgaal.com > This email may contain material that is confidential, privileged and/or > attorney work product for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any > review, reliance or distribution by others or forwarding without express > permission is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, > please contact the sender and delete all copies. > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gerard > Sadlier via blindlaw > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 11:52 AM > To: Blind Law Mailing List > Cc: Gerard Sadlier > Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents > Accessible to Screen Readers > > Hello, > > I receive pdfs and run them through ocr software to make them accessible > myself. I find it helpful to have pdfs available to me, particularly when I > need to share them with the other side in litigation. Text files would not > be appropriate for that purpose. > Kind regards > > Ger > > On 1/21/16, Dan Beitz via blindlaw wrote: >> I OCR PDF documents with omnipage. It works great because you just go >> to the document you want to OCR, hit the context menu key, choose >> omnipage, and the document is converted and automatically given the >> same name with a different document extension by omnipage. My >> paralegal will sometimes convert documents for me with Adobe, but this > doesn't work as well. >> >> >> >> >> Daniel K. Beitz >> Wienner & Gould, P.C. >> 950 University Dr., Ste. 350 >> Rochester, MI 48307 >> Phone: (248) 841-9405 >> Fax: (248) 652-2729 >> dbeitz at wiennergould.com >> >> www.wiennergould.com >> >> This email transmission and any documents, files or previous email >> messages attached to it may contain confidential information that is >> legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient or the >> individual responsible for delivering this email to the intended >> recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or >> distribution or use of any of the information contained herein or >> attached to this email is strictly prohibited. Should you receive >> this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying >> to the sender of this email or by telephoning us at (248) 841-9400. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tai >> Tomasi via blindlaw >> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:40 PM >> To: DRBA at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU >> Cc: Tai Tomasi; Blind Law Mailing List >> Subject: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents >> Accessible to Screen Readers >> >> Hello all. I am blind and just began working as a staff attorney for >> Disability Rights Iowa. I use the JAWS for Windows screen reader. I am >> interested to know your internal office protocols for making scanned >> legal documents accessible to your blind employees who use screen >> readers. This usually involves some sort of text tagging or OCR >> (optical character recognition). >> I envision an office in which all documents are eventually >> electronically accessible and ultimately searchable by all employees. >> The PDFs produced by my office scanner/copier are inaccessible, >> necessitating the extra step of running them through scanning software >> myself. Blind attorneys, how do you handle this? My employer is very >> willing to accommodate, but I am not sure what to recommend, given >> they know little about these advanced technology issues. I would like >> to correspond off list regarding detailed procedures (i.e. software, >> hardware, and recommended settings) for remedying this problem, as I >> need to give them to our copier and tech support companies who know >> nothing about adaptive technology. My state department for the blind >> says I need to work directly with the copier company. Your input is > appreciated. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Tai Tomasi, J.D. >> Staff Attorney >> >> [Description: DR%20IA%20LawCenter] >> >> 400 East Court Ave., Ste. 300 >> Des Moines, Iowa 50309 >> Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 >> FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 >> E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org >> www.driowa.org >> >> Our Mission: To defend and promote the human and legal rights of >> Iowans with disabilities >> >> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE >> >> This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm >> of Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the >> named recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client >> communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than >> an intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, >> you are prohibited from any further viewing of the e-mail or any >> attachments or from making any use of the e-mail or attachments. If >> you have received this e-mail in error, notify the sender immediately >> and delete the e-mail, any attachments, and all copies from any drives >> or storage media and destroy any printouts. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> blindlaw mailing list >> blindlaw at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> blindlaw: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/gerard.sadlier%4 >> 0gmail.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/sbg%40sbgaal.com > > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/gerard.sadlier%40gmail.com > From TTomasi at driowa.org Thu Jan 21 18:36:30 2016 From: TTomasi at driowa.org (Tai Tomasi) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 18:36:30 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents Accessible to Screen Readers In-Reply-To: <20C51A5A-5F0D-4689-9479-BD3CAD42331C@gmail.com> References: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2CC90@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> <20C51A5A-5F0D-4689-9479-BD3CAD42331C@gmail.com> Message-ID: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2CEC4@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> Not every PDF has accessible text, that is to say not all PDF files are accessible. Does MS Word 2016 perform OCR on each PDF and convert inaccessible PDFs to accessible Word documents? Tai Tomasi, J.D. Staff Attorney 400 East Court Ave., Ste. 300 Des Moines, Iowa 50309 Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org www.driowa.org Our Mission:  To defend and promote the human and legal rights of Iowans with disabilities CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm of Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the named recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than an intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, you are prohibited from any further viewing of the e-mail or any attachments or from making any use of the e-mail or attachments. If you have received this e-mail in error, notify the sender immediately and delete the e-mail, any attachments, and all copies from any drives or storage media and destroy any printouts. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Craig Spencer via blindlaw Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:10 PM To: Blind Law Mailing List Cc: Craig Spencer Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents Accessible to Screen Readers Hello, Having the PDF OCR’d in some form would most likely have to be done. Some scanners along with the case management software, may allow for the document to be OCR’d at the point of it being scanned. I sometimes use the OCR feature provided with the professional version of Adobe reader. Other times, I use open book. And now, MS Word 2016 on the windows platform will open PDFs and will convert it in to an editable form when opening the document. > On Jan 21, 2016, at 12:40 PM, Tai Tomasi via blindly wrote: > > Hello all. I am blind and just began working as a staff attorney for Disability Rights Iowa. I use the JAWS for Windows screen reader. I am interested to know your internal office protocols for making scanned legal documents accessible to your blind employees who use screen readers. This usually involves some sort of text tagging or OCR (optical character recognition). > I envision an office in which all documents are eventually electronically accessible and ultimately searchable by all employees. The PDFs produced by my office scanner/copier are inaccessible, necessitating the extra step of running them through scanning software myself. Blind attorneys, how do you handle this? My employer is very willing to accommodate, but I am not sure what to recommend, given they know little about these advanced technology issues. I would like to correspond off list regarding detailed procedures (i.e. software, hardware, and recommended settings) for remedying this problem, as I need to give them to our copier and tech support companies who know nothing about adaptive technology. My state department for the blind says I need to work directly with the copier company. Your input is appreciated. > > Best regards, > > Tai Tomasi, J.D. > Staff Attorney > > [Description: DR%20IA%20LawCenter] > > 400 East Court Ave., See. 300 > Des Moines, Iowa 50309 > Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 > FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 > E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org > www.driowa.org > > Our Mission: To defend and promote the human and legal rights of Iowans with disabilities > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > > This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm of Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the named recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than an intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, you are prohibited from any further viewing of the e-mail or any attachments or from making any use of the e-mail or attachments. If you have received this e-mail in error, notify the sender immediately and delete the e-mail, any attachments, and all copies from any drives or storage media and destroy any printouts. > > > _______________________________________________ > blindly mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindly: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/craigspencer2.0%40gmail.com _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/ttomasi%40driowa.org From cannona at fireantproductions.com Thu Jan 21 18:56:04 2016 From: cannona at fireantproductions.com (Aaron Cannon) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 12:56:04 -0600 Subject: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents Accessible to Screen Readers In-Reply-To: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2CE9F@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> References: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2CC90@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> <000001d15478$d02290f0$7067b2d0$@sbgaal.com> <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2CE9F@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> Message-ID: Abbyy Finereader does exactly what you want. Running a document through Abbyy will allow you to then create a PDF that looks exactly the same as the original, except that it will have an added, but invisible text layer that screen readers can read. This is also an extra bonus for everyone, because it now means that that PDF file will also be searchable. Abbyy can also save the recognized text as a Word document, an epub ebook, as text, or even as HTML. Abbyy will do its best to maintain the original document layout, regardless of which format you save it to. Obviously, it will have an easier time of this when saving it as a Word doc than it will when saving it to text, but it will do its best in either case. Abbyy's results are pretty darn good as is, but a sighted assistant, taking a few seconds, can make things even better, especially when working with complex documents. For instance, sometimes Abbyy will mistake line numbers for a column of digits on the left side, rather than something that is attached to each line. The fix for this is to simply redraw the detected document areas, but unfortunately, as far as I know, this can only be done with the mouse. However, if all the pages are the same in a document, this can be done once and applied to each page. You can also create and save templates if scanning many documents of the same general layout. I believe that the Abbyy engine is what is used by the KNFB reader internally, though I'm not certain about that. You can get Omnipage for a bit less, but I prefer Abbyy simply because it has come out on top in almost every head-to-head accuracy test. Finally, one other thing to consider is how documents are created. Obviously, this is often out of your control, but when it isn't, you're obviously going to have the best results getting as close to the original as possible. In other words, a .doc or .docx file > .pdf saved from Word > .pdf created by your print to PDF option > scanned paper document. Hope this helps. Aaron On 1/21/16, Tai Tomasi via blindlaw wrote: > I do have KNFB Reader for iPhone, but find it insufficient for batch > scanning large volumes of material. It is not as thorough as other scanning > solutions. My impression is that it is meant more for accessing documents > when one does not have access to a stand-alone scanner. I am using a Fujitsu > FI-6220 which has an automatic document feeder. My issue is that a paralegal > is willing to scan materials for me using the company's copier/scanner. She > has attempted to do so, but the PDF scans that result are inaccessible. I > then have to run them through OCR using Kurzweil 1000 which doesn't preserve > the visual integrity of the document. At that point, I might as well do the > initial scans myself, rather than taking up the paralegal's time. Of course, > I am willing to do this for myself, but I am looking for suggestions so that > the paralegal's initial scan can be useful for myself as a blind user and > for everyone in the office as a searchable PDF with all visual elements > intact. I hope this makes some sense. > > > Tai Tomasi, J.D. > Staff Attorney > > > > 400 East Court Ave., Ste. 300 > Des Moines, Iowa 50309 > Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 > FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 > E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org > www.driowa.org > > Our Mission: To defend and promote the human and legal rights of Iowans > with disabilities > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > > This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm of > Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the named > recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client > communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than an > intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, you are > prohibited from any further viewing of the e-mail or any attachments or from > making any use of the e-mail or attachments. If you have received this > e-mail in error, notify the sender immediately and delete the e-mail, any > attachments, and all copies from any drives or storage media and destroy any > printouts. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Shannon via > blindlaw > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:23 PM > To: 'Blind Law Mailing List' > Cc: Shannon > Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents > Accessible to Screen Readers > > What OCR software do you use? Is KNFB reader an available program for a > windows based operating system? > > Sincerely, > > Shannon Brady Geihsler > > Law Office of Shannon Brady Geihsler, PLLC > 1001 Main St., Suite 803 > Lubbock, Texas 79401 > Office: (806) 763-3999 > Mobile: (806) 781-9296 > Fax: (806) 749-3752 > E-Mail: sbg at sbgaal.com > This email may contain material that is confidential, privileged and/or > attorney work product for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any > review, reliance or distribution by others or forwarding without express > permission is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, > please contact the sender and delete all copies. > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gerard > Sadlier via blindlaw > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 11:52 AM > To: Blind Law Mailing List > Cc: Gerard Sadlier > Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents > Accessible to Screen Readers > > Hello, > > I receive pdfs and run them through ocr software to make them accessible > myself. I find it helpful to have pdfs available to me, particularly when I > need to share them with the other side in litigation. Text files would not > be appropriate for that purpose. > Kind regards > > Ger > > On 1/21/16, Dan Beitz via blindlaw wrote: >> I OCR PDF documents with omnipage. It works great because you just go >> to the document you want to OCR, hit the context menu key, choose >> omnipage, and the document is converted and automatically given the >> same name with a different document extension by omnipage. My >> paralegal will sometimes convert documents for me with Adobe, but this > doesn't work as well. >> >> >> >> >> Daniel K. Beitz >> Wienner & Gould, P.C. >> 950 University Dr., Ste. 350 >> Rochester, MI 48307 >> Phone: (248) 841-9405 >> Fax: (248) 652-2729 >> dbeitz at wiennergould.com >> >> www.wiennergould.com >> >> This email transmission and any documents, files or previous email >> messages attached to it may contain confidential information that is >> legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient or the >> individual responsible for delivering this email to the intended >> recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or >> distribution or use of any of the information contained herein or >> attached to this email is strictly prohibited. Should you receive >> this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying >> to the sender of this email or by telephoning us at (248) 841-9400. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tai >> Tomasi via blindlaw >> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:40 PM >> To: DRBA at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU >> Cc: Tai Tomasi; Blind Law Mailing List >> Subject: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents >> Accessible to Screen Readers >> >> Hello all. I am blind and just began working as a staff attorney for >> Disability Rights Iowa. I use the JAWS for Windows screen reader. I am >> interested to know your internal office protocols for making scanned >> legal documents accessible to your blind employees who use screen >> readers. This usually involves some sort of text tagging or OCR >> (optical character recognition). >> I envision an office in which all documents are eventually >> electronically accessible and ultimately searchable by all employees. >> The PDFs produced by my office scanner/copier are inaccessible, >> necessitating the extra step of running them through scanning software >> myself. Blind attorneys, how do you handle this? My employer is very >> willing to accommodate, but I am not sure what to recommend, given >> they know little about these advanced technology issues. I would like >> to correspond off list regarding detailed procedures (i.e. software, >> hardware, and recommended settings) for remedying this problem, as I >> need to give them to our copier and tech support companies who know >> nothing about adaptive technology. My state department for the blind >> says I need to work directly with the copier company. Your input is > appreciated. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Tai Tomasi, J.D. >> Staff Attorney >> >> [Description: DR%20IA%20LawCenter] >> >> 400 East Court Ave., Ste. 300 >> Des Moines, Iowa 50309 >> Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 >> FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 >> E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org >> www.driowa.org >> >> Our Mission: To defend and promote the human and legal rights of >> Iowans with disabilities >> >> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE >> >> This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm >> of Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the >> named recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client >> communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than >> an intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, >> you are prohibited from any further viewing of the e-mail or any >> attachments or from making any use of the e-mail or attachments. If >> you have received this e-mail in error, notify the sender immediately >> and delete the e-mail, any attachments, and all copies from any drives >> or storage media and destroy any printouts. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> blindlaw mailing list >> blindlaw at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> blindlaw: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/gerard.sadlier%4 >> 0gmail.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/sbg%40sbgaal.com > > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/ttomasi%40driowa.org > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/cannona%40fireantproductions.com > From cannona at fireantproductions.com Thu Jan 21 18:59:33 2016 From: cannona at fireantproductions.com (Aaron Cannon) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 12:59:33 -0600 Subject: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents Accessible to Screen Readers In-Reply-To: References: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2CC90@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> <000001d15478$d02290f0$7067b2d0$@sbgaal.com> <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2CE9F@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> Message-ID: P.S. You can download a free trial of Abbyy Finereader from the companies web site. I certainly don't make any money for recommending them, but considering how much I do it, I might have to send them an invoice. :) Aaron On 1/21/16, Aaron Cannon wrote: > Abbyy Finereader does exactly what you want. Running a document > through Abbyy will allow you to then create a PDF that looks exactly > the same as the original, except that it will have an added, but > invisible text layer that screen readers can read. This is also an > extra bonus for everyone, because it now means that that PDF file will > also be searchable. Abbyy can also save the recognized text as a Word > document, an epub ebook, as text, or even as HTML. Abbyy will do its > best to maintain the original document layout, regardless of which > format you save it to. Obviously, it will have an easier time of this > when saving it as a Word doc than it will when saving it to text, but > it will do its best in either case. > > Abbyy's results are pretty darn good as is, but a sighted assistant, > taking a few seconds, can make things even better, especially when > working with complex documents. For instance, sometimes Abbyy will > mistake line numbers for a column of digits on the left side, rather > than something that is attached to each line. The fix for this is to > simply redraw the detected document areas, but unfortunately, as far > as I know, this can only be done with the mouse. However, if all the > pages are the same in a document, this can be done once and applied to > each page. You can also create and save templates if scanning many > documents of the same general layout. > > I believe that the Abbyy engine is what is used by the KNFB reader > internally, though I'm not certain about that. > > You can get Omnipage for a bit less, but I prefer Abbyy simply because > it has come out on top in almost every head-to-head accuracy test. > > Finally, one other thing to consider is how documents are created. > Obviously, this is often out of your control, but when it isn't, > you're obviously going to have the best results getting as close to > the original as possible. In other words, a .doc or .docx file > .pdf > saved from Word > .pdf created by your print to PDF option > scanned > paper document. > > Hope this helps. > > Aaron > > On 1/21/16, Tai Tomasi via blindlaw wrote: >> I do have KNFB Reader for iPhone, but find it insufficient for batch >> scanning large volumes of material. It is not as thorough as other >> scanning >> solutions. My impression is that it is meant more for accessing >> documents >> when one does not have access to a stand-alone scanner. I am using a >> Fujitsu >> FI-6220 which has an automatic document feeder. My issue is that a >> paralegal >> is willing to scan materials for me using the company's copier/scanner. >> She >> has attempted to do so, but the PDF scans that result are inaccessible. I >> then have to run them through OCR using Kurzweil 1000 which doesn't >> preserve >> the visual integrity of the document. At that point, I might as well do >> the >> initial scans myself, rather than taking up the paralegal's time. Of >> course, >> I am willing to do this for myself, but I am looking for suggestions so >> that >> the paralegal's initial scan can be useful for myself as a blind user and >> for everyone in the office as a searchable PDF with all visual elements >> intact. I hope this makes some sense. >> >> >> Tai Tomasi, J.D. >> Staff Attorney >> >> >> >> 400 East Court Ave., Ste. 300 >> Des Moines, Iowa 50309 >> Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 >> FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 >> E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org >> www.driowa.org >> >> Our Mission: To defend and promote the human and legal rights of Iowans >> with disabilities >> >> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE >> >> This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm of >> Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the named >> recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client >> communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than an >> intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, you >> are >> prohibited from any further viewing of the e-mail or any attachments or >> from >> making any use of the e-mail or attachments. If you have received this >> e-mail in error, notify the sender immediately and delete the e-mail, any >> attachments, and all copies from any drives or storage media and destroy >> any >> printouts. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Shannon >> via >> blindlaw >> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:23 PM >> To: 'Blind Law Mailing List' >> Cc: Shannon >> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents >> Accessible to Screen Readers >> >> What OCR software do you use? Is KNFB reader an available program for a >> windows based operating system? >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Shannon Brady Geihsler >> >> Law Office of Shannon Brady Geihsler, PLLC >> 1001 Main St., Suite 803 >> Lubbock, Texas 79401 >> Office: (806) 763-3999 >> Mobile: (806) 781-9296 >> Fax: (806) 749-3752 >> E-Mail: sbg at sbgaal.com >> This email may contain material that is confidential, privileged and/or >> attorney work product for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any >> review, reliance or distribution by others or forwarding without express >> permission is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, >> please contact the sender and delete all copies. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gerard >> Sadlier via blindlaw >> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 11:52 AM >> To: Blind Law Mailing List >> Cc: Gerard Sadlier >> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents >> Accessible to Screen Readers >> >> Hello, >> >> I receive pdfs and run them through ocr software to make them accessible >> myself. I find it helpful to have pdfs available to me, particularly when >> I >> need to share them with the other side in litigation. Text files would >> not >> be appropriate for that purpose. >> Kind regards >> >> Ger >> >> On 1/21/16, Dan Beitz via blindlaw wrote: >>> I OCR PDF documents with omnipage. It works great because you just go >>> to the document you want to OCR, hit the context menu key, choose >>> omnipage, and the document is converted and automatically given the >>> same name with a different document extension by omnipage. My >>> paralegal will sometimes convert documents for me with Adobe, but this >> doesn't work as well. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Daniel K. Beitz >>> Wienner & Gould, P.C. >>> 950 University Dr., Ste. 350 >>> Rochester, MI 48307 >>> Phone: (248) 841-9405 >>> Fax: (248) 652-2729 >>> dbeitz at wiennergould.com >>> >>> www.wiennergould.com >>> >>> This email transmission and any documents, files or previous email >>> messages attached to it may contain confidential information that is >>> legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient or the >>> individual responsible for delivering this email to the intended >>> recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or >>> distribution or use of any of the information contained herein or >>> attached to this email is strictly prohibited. Should you receive >>> this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying >>> to the sender of this email or by telephoning us at (248) 841-9400. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tai >>> Tomasi via blindlaw >>> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:40 PM >>> To: DRBA at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU >>> Cc: Tai Tomasi; Blind Law Mailing List >>> Subject: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents >>> Accessible to Screen Readers >>> >>> Hello all. I am blind and just began working as a staff attorney for >>> Disability Rights Iowa. I use the JAWS for Windows screen reader. I am >>> interested to know your internal office protocols for making scanned >>> legal documents accessible to your blind employees who use screen >>> readers. This usually involves some sort of text tagging or OCR >>> (optical character recognition). >>> I envision an office in which all documents are eventually >>> electronically accessible and ultimately searchable by all employees. >>> The PDFs produced by my office scanner/copier are inaccessible, >>> necessitating the extra step of running them through scanning software >>> myself. Blind attorneys, how do you handle this? My employer is very >>> willing to accommodate, but I am not sure what to recommend, given >>> they know little about these advanced technology issues. I would like >>> to correspond off list regarding detailed procedures (i.e. software, >>> hardware, and recommended settings) for remedying this problem, as I >>> need to give them to our copier and tech support companies who know >>> nothing about adaptive technology. My state department for the blind >>> says I need to work directly with the copier company. Your input is >> appreciated. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Tai Tomasi, J.D. >>> Staff Attorney >>> >>> [Description: DR%20IA%20LawCenter] >>> >>> 400 East Court Ave., Ste. 300 >>> Des Moines, Iowa 50309 >>> Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 >>> FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 >>> E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org >>> www.driowa.org >>> >>> Our Mission: To defend and promote the human and legal rights of >>> Iowans with disabilities >>> >>> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE >>> >>> This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm >>> of Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the >>> named recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client >>> communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than >>> an intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, >>> you are prohibited from any further viewing of the e-mail or any >>> attachments or from making any use of the e-mail or attachments. If >>> you have received this e-mail in error, notify the sender immediately >>> and delete the e-mail, any attachments, and all copies from any drives >>> or storage media and destroy any printouts. >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> blindlaw mailing list >>> blindlaw at nfbnet.org >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> blindlaw: >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/gerard.sadlier%4 >>> 0gmail.com >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> blindlaw mailing list >> blindlaw at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> blindlaw: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/sbg%40sbgaal.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> blindlaw mailing list >> blindlaw at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> blindlaw: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/ttomasi%40driowa.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> blindlaw mailing list >> blindlaw at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> blindlaw: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/cannona%40fireantproductions.com >> > From craigspencer2.0 at gmail.com Thu Jan 21 21:57:20 2016 From: craigspencer2.0 at gmail.com (Craig Spencer) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 16:57:20 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents Accessible to Screen Readers In-Reply-To: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2CEC4@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> References: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2CC90@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> <20C51A5A-5F0D-4689-9479-BD3CAD42331C@gmail.com> <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2CEC4@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> Message-ID: <90FBB14A-E187-473A-81A1-41A44DCA603D@gmail.com> Correct. Not all PDFs are accessible. I have opened PDF documents in Word 2016 that have been scanned in ;and was in accessible. That is to say Jaws was not reading the PDF document in the standard Adobe reader. However, when I opened it up in word 2016, and after word did some processing of the document,Jaws was able to read the document. > On Jan 21, 2016, at 1:36 PM, Tai Tomasi via blindlaw wrote: > > Not every PDF has accessible text, that is to say not all PDF files are accessible. Does MS Word 2016 perform OCR on each PDF and convert inaccessible PDFs to accessible Word documents? > > > Tai Tomasi, J.D. > Staff Attorney > > > > 400 East Court Ave., Ste. 300 > Des Moines, Iowa 50309 > Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 > FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 > E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org > www.driowa.org > > Our Mission: To defend and promote the human and legal rights of Iowans with disabilities > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > > This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm of Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the named recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than an intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, you are prohibited from any further viewing of the e-mail or any attachments or from making any use of the e-mail or attachments. If you have received this e-mail in error, notify the sender immediately and delete the e-mail, any attachments, and all copies from any drives or storage media and destroy any printouts. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Craig Spencer via blindlaw > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:10 PM > To: Blind Law Mailing List > Cc: Craig Spencer > Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents Accessible to Screen Readers > > Hello, > Having the PDF OCR’d in some form would most likely have to be done. > Some scanners along with the case management software, may allow for the document to be OCR’d at the point of it being scanned. > I sometimes use the OCR feature provided with the professional version of Adobe reader. Other times, I use open book. > And now, MS Word 2016 on the windows platform will open PDFs and will convert it in to an editable form when opening the document. > > > >> On Jan 21, 2016, at 12:40 PM, Tai Tomasi via blindly wrote: >> >> Hello all. I am blind and just began working as a staff attorney for Disability Rights Iowa. I use the JAWS for Windows screen reader. I am interested to know your internal office protocols for making scanned legal documents accessible to your blind employees who use screen readers. This usually involves some sort of text tagging or OCR (optical character recognition). >> I envision an office in which all documents are eventually electronically accessible and ultimately searchable by all employees. The PDFs produced by my office scanner/copier are inaccessible, necessitating the extra step of running them through scanning software myself. Blind attorneys, how do you handle this? My employer is very willing to accommodate, but I am not sure what to recommend, given they know little about these advanced technology issues. I would like to correspond off list regarding detailed procedures (i.e. software, hardware, and recommended settings) for remedying this problem, as I need to give them to our copier and tech support companies who know nothing about adaptive technology. My state department for the blind says I need to work directly with the copier company. Your input is appreciated. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Tai Tomasi, J.D. >> Staff Attorney >> >> [Description: DR%20IA%20LawCenter] >> >> 400 East Court Ave., See. 300 >> Des Moines, Iowa 50309 >> Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 >> FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 >> E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org >> www.driowa.org >> >> Our Mission: To defend and promote the human and legal rights of Iowans with disabilities >> >> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE >> >> This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm of Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the named recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than an intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, you are prohibited from any further viewing of the e-mail or any attachments or from making any use of the e-mail or attachments. 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Many offices such as mine do have a paralegal or secretary or clerk in charge of scanning large files like the ones you described. It is really no different than having a clerk copy documents on the copier. What this does of course is free up the attorneys time for other things like research or meeting with clients. So, it is not a bad idea to have a third party, whomever it might be to scan and OCR the documents. I find I am saved lots of time, when our clerk just e-mails me the accessible pdf documents. In any case, I simply ask the clerk to make an accessible OCR the document, and send a pdf text file. It generally reads pretty well. Our office has Adobe Professional, and not abby fine reader. I do plan to ask if the line numbering can be fixed though using adobe pro, because scanned transcripts will come back with numbers across the top of the page etc. I use Openbook to do some OCR corrections when I scan shorter documents, but I find it tends to take longer. JAWs also now has OCR as well. It seems to take longer to correct the documents also. Denise R. Avant President, National Federation Of The Blind Of Illinois Live the life you want > On Jan 21, 2016, at 12:56 PM, Aaron Cannon via blindlaw wrote: > > Abbyy Finereader does exactly what you want. Running a document > through Abbyy will allow you to then create a PDF that looks exactly > the same as the original, except that it will have an added, but > invisible text layer that screen readers can read. This is also an > extra bonus for everyone, because it now means that that PDF file will > also be searchable. Abbyy can also save the recognized text as a Word > document, an epub ebook, as text, or even as HTML. Abbyy will do its > best to maintain the original document layout, regardless of which > format you save it to. Obviously, it will have an easier time of this > when saving it as a Word doc than it will when saving it to text, but > it will do its best in either case. > > Abbyy's results are pretty darn good as is, but a sighted assistant, > taking a few seconds, can make things even better, especially when > working with complex documents. For instance, sometimes Abbyy will > mistake line numbers for a column of digits on the left side, rather > than something that is attached to each line. The fix for this is to > simply redraw the detected document areas, but unfortunately, as far > as I know, this can only be done with the mouse. However, if all the > pages are the same in a document, this can be done once and applied to > each page. You can also create and save templates if scanning many > documents of the same general layout. > > I believe that the Abbyy engine is what is used by the KNFB reader > internally, though I'm not certain about that. > > You can get Omnipage for a bit less, but I prefer Abbyy simply because > it has come out on top in almost every head-to-head accuracy test. > > Finally, one other thing to consider is how documents are created. > Obviously, this is often out of your control, but when it isn't, > you're obviously going to have the best results getting as close to > the original as possible. In other words, a .doc or .docx file > .pdf > saved from Word > .pdf created by your print to PDF option > scanned > paper document. > > Hope this helps. > > Aaron > > On 1/21/16, Tai Tomasi via blindlaw wrote: >> I do have KNFB Reader for iPhone, but find it insufficient for batch >> scanning large volumes of material. It is not as thorough as other scanning >> solutions. My impression is that it is meant more for accessing documents >> when one does not have access to a stand-alone scanner. I am using a Fujitsu >> FI-6220 which has an automatic document feeder. My issue is that a paralegal >> is willing to scan materials for me using the company's copier/scanner. She >> has attempted to do so, but the PDF scans that result are inaccessible. I >> then have to run them through OCR using Kurzweil 1000 which doesn't preserve >> the visual integrity of the document. At that point, I might as well do the >> initial scans myself, rather than taking up the paralegal's time. Of course, >> I am willing to do this for myself, but I am looking for suggestions so that >> the paralegal's initial scan can be useful for myself as a blind user and >> for everyone in the office as a searchable PDF with all visual elements >> intact. I hope this makes some sense. >> >> >> Tai Tomasi, J.D. >> Staff Attorney >> >> >> >> 400 East Court Ave., Ste. 300 >> Des Moines, Iowa 50309 >> Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 >> FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 >> E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org >> www.driowa.org >> >> Our Mission: To defend and promote the human and legal rights of Iowans >> with disabilities >> >> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE >> >> This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm of >> Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the named >> recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client >> communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than an >> intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, you are >> prohibited from any further viewing of the e-mail or any attachments or from >> making any use of the e-mail or attachments. If you have received this >> e-mail in error, notify the sender immediately and delete the e-mail, any >> attachments, and all copies from any drives or storage media and destroy any >> printouts. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Shannon via >> blindlaw >> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:23 PM >> To: 'Blind Law Mailing List' >> Cc: Shannon >> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents >> Accessible to Screen Readers >> >> What OCR software do you use? Is KNFB reader an available program for a >> windows based operating system? >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Shannon Brady Geihsler >> >> Law Office of Shannon Brady Geihsler, PLLC >> 1001 Main St., Suite 803 >> Lubbock, Texas 79401 >> Office: (806) 763-3999 >> Mobile: (806) 781-9296 >> Fax: (806) 749-3752 >> E-Mail: sbg at sbgaal.com >> This email may contain material that is confidential, privileged and/or >> attorney work product for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any >> review, reliance or distribution by others or forwarding without express >> permission is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, >> please contact the sender and delete all copies. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gerard >> Sadlier via blindlaw >> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 11:52 AM >> To: Blind Law Mailing List >> Cc: Gerard Sadlier >> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents >> Accessible to Screen Readers >> >> Hello, >> >> I receive pdfs and run them through ocr software to make them accessible >> myself. I find it helpful to have pdfs available to me, particularly when I >> need to share them with the other side in litigation. Text files would not >> be appropriate for that purpose. >> Kind regards >> >> Ger >> >> On 1/21/16, Dan Beitz via blindlaw wrote: >>> I OCR PDF documents with omnipage. It works great because you just go >>> to the document you want to OCR, hit the context menu key, choose >>> omnipage, and the document is converted and automatically given the >>> same name with a different document extension by omnipage. My >>> paralegal will sometimes convert documents for me with Adobe, but this >> doesn't work as well. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Daniel K. Beitz >>> Wienner & Gould, P.C. >>> 950 University Dr., Ste. 350 >>> Rochester, MI 48307 >>> Phone: (248) 841-9405 >>> Fax: (248) 652-2729 >>> dbeitz at wiennergould.com >>> >>> www.wiennergould.com >>> >>> This email transmission and any documents, files or previous email >>> messages attached to it may contain confidential information that is >>> legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient or the >>> individual responsible for delivering this email to the intended >>> recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or >>> distribution or use of any of the information contained herein or >>> attached to this email is strictly prohibited. Should you receive >>> this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying >>> to the sender of this email or by telephoning us at (248) 841-9400. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tai >>> Tomasi via blindlaw >>> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:40 PM >>> To: DRBA at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU >>> Cc: Tai Tomasi; Blind Law Mailing List >>> Subject: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents >>> Accessible to Screen Readers >>> >>> Hello all. I am blind and just began working as a staff attorney for >>> Disability Rights Iowa. I use the JAWS for Windows screen reader. I am >>> interested to know your internal office protocols for making scanned >>> legal documents accessible to your blind employees who use screen >>> readers. This usually involves some sort of text tagging or OCR >>> (optical character recognition). >>> I envision an office in which all documents are eventually >>> electronically accessible and ultimately searchable by all employees. >>> The PDFs produced by my office scanner/copier are inaccessible, >>> necessitating the extra step of running them through scanning software >>> myself. Blind attorneys, how do you handle this? My employer is very >>> willing to accommodate, but I am not sure what to recommend, given >>> they know little about these advanced technology issues. I would like >>> to correspond off list regarding detailed procedures (i.e. software, >>> hardware, and recommended settings) for remedying this problem, as I >>> need to give them to our copier and tech support companies who know >>> nothing about adaptive technology. My state department for the blind >>> says I need to work directly with the copier company. Your input is >> appreciated. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Tai Tomasi, J.D. >>> Staff Attorney >>> >>> [Description: DR%20IA%20LawCenter] >>> >>> 400 East Court Ave., Ste. 300 >>> Des Moines, Iowa 50309 >>> Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 >>> FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 >>> E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org >>> www.driowa.org >>> >>> Our Mission: To defend and promote the human and legal rights of >>> Iowans with disabilities >>> >>> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE >>> >>> This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm >>> of Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the >>> named recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client >>> communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than >>> an intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, >>> you are prohibited from any further viewing of the e-mail or any >>> attachments or from making any use of the e-mail or attachments. If >>> you have received this e-mail in error, notify the sender immediately >>> and delete the e-mail, any attachments, and all copies from any drives >>> or storage media and destroy any printouts. >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> blindlaw mailing list >>> blindlaw at nfbnet.org >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org >>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >>> blindlaw: >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/gerard.sadlier%4 >>> 0gmail.com >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> blindlaw mailing list >> blindlaw at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> blindlaw: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/sbg%40sbgaal.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> blindlaw mailing list >> blindlaw at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> blindlaw: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/ttomasi%40driowa.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> blindlaw mailing list >> blindlaw at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> blindlaw: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/cannona%40fireantproductions.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/davant1958%40gmail.com From TTomasi at driowa.org Fri Jan 22 14:43:29 2016 From: TTomasi at driowa.org (Tai Tomasi) Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 14:43:29 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] Success Obtaining Ebooks from Westlaw With Agency Receipts Message-ID: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2DCA0@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> Following up on a discussion we had last week on this list, I wanted to let you all know that I was successful in obtaining the books I sought even with a 2013 receipt from my employer. I found it frustrating that blind attorneys would essentially be paying an accessibility tax, when any other employee could benefit from the materials their employers had on hand. I'm goad to know that Thomson Reuters will provide accessible copies in this situation, at least for the time being. Below, I have pasted a helpful contact there. He urges users to copy the accessibility address listed below in case he is out of the office. Jeb Lockwood Reference Attorney Thomson Reuters Phone: 800-REF-ATTY (733-2889) Jeb.Lockwood at thomsonreuters.com thomsonreuters.com westaccessibility at thomsonreuters.com Tai Tomasi, J.D. Staff Attorney [Description: DR%20IA%20LawCenter] 400 East Court Ave., Ste. 300 Des Moines, Iowa 50309 Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org www.driowa.org Our Mission: To defend and promote the human and legal rights of Iowans with disabilities CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm of Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the named recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than an intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, you are prohibited from any further viewing of the e-mail or any attachments or from making any use of the e-mail or attachments. 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I was fortunate to have worked with a paralegal who mastered the ability to produce a high quality OCR document with Adobe Pro. This is not just a reasonable accommodation. Producing a well structured OCR document makes it searchable and thus is an indispenbbsable aspect of sound document management-a must in a well run and competitive legal environment. I would second those who have pointed out the utility of having high quality OCR software at hand, such as Omnipage or Fine Reader. Also, the KNFB. Reader can be quite useful in converting emailed PDF and other documents in inaccessible formats. Once you convert them safe the documents to Drop Box and import them into your hardware of choice. Sent from my iPad > On Jan 21, 2016, at 1:34 PM, Tai Tomasi via blindlaw wrote: > > I do have KNFB Reader for iPhone, but find it insufficient for batch scanning large volumes of material. It is not as thorough as other scanning solutions. My impression is that it is meant more for accessing documents when one does not have access to a stand-alone scanner. I am using a Fujitsu FI-6220 which has an automatic document feeder. My issue is that a paralegal is willing to scan materials for me using the company's copier/scanner. She has attempted to do so, but the PDF scans that result are inaccessible. I then have to run them through OCR using Kurzweil 1000 which doesn't preserve the visual integrity of the document. At that point, I might as well do the initial scans myself, rather than taking up the paralegal's time. Of course, I am willing to do this for myself, but I am looking for suggestions so that the paralegal's initial scan can be useful for myself as a blind user and for everyone in the office as a searchable PDF with all visual elements intact. I hope this makes some sense. > > > Tai Tomasi, J.D. > Staff Attorney > > > > 400 East Court Ave., Ste. 300 > Des Moines, Iowa 50309 > Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 > FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 > E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org > www.driowa.org > > Our Mission: To defend and promote the human and legal rights of Iowans with disabilities > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > > This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm of Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the named recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than an intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, you are prohibited from any further viewing of the e-mail or any attachments or from making any use of the e-mail or attachments. If you have received this e-mail in error, notify the sender immediately and delete the e-mail, any attachments, and all copies from any drives or storage media and destroy any printouts. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Shannon via blindlaw > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:23 PM > To: 'Blind Law Mailing List' > Cc: Shannon > Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents Accessible to Screen Readers > > What OCR software do you use? Is KNFB reader an available program for a windows based operating system? > > Sincerely, > > Shannon Brady Geihsler > > Law Office of Shannon Brady Geihsler, PLLC > 1001 Main St., Suite 803 > Lubbock, Texas 79401 > Office: (806) 763-3999 > Mobile: (806) 781-9296 > Fax: (806) 749-3752 > E-Mail: sbg at sbgaal.com > This email may contain material that is confidential, privileged and/or attorney work product for the sole use of the intended recipient. 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It works great because you just go >> to the document you want to OCR, hit the context menu key, choose >> omnipage, and the document is converted and automatically given the >> same name with a different document extension by omnipage. My >> paralegal will sometimes convert documents for me with Adobe, but this > doesn't work as well. >> >> >> >> >> Daniel K. Beitz >> Wienner & Gould, P.C. >> 950 University Dr., Ste. 350 >> Rochester, MI 48307 >> Phone: (248) 841-9405 >> Fax: (248) 652-2729 >> dbeitz at wiennergould.com >> >> www.wiennergould.com >> >> This email transmission and any documents, files or previous email >> messages attached to it may contain confidential information that is >> legally privileged. 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I am >> interested to know your internal office protocols for making scanned >> legal documents accessible to your blind employees who use screen >> readers. This usually involves some sort of text tagging or OCR >> (optical character recognition). >> I envision an office in which all documents are eventually >> electronically accessible and ultimately searchable by all employees. >> The PDFs produced by my office scanner/copier are inaccessible, >> necessitating the extra step of running them through scanning software >> myself. Blind attorneys, how do you handle this? My employer is very >> willing to accommodate, but I am not sure what to recommend, given >> they know little about these advanced technology issues. I would like >> to correspond off list regarding detailed procedures (i.e. software, >> hardware, and recommended settings) for remedying this problem, as I >> need to give them to our copier and tech support companies who know >> nothing about adaptive technology. My state department for the blind >> says I need to work directly with the copier company. Your input is > appreciated. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Tai Tomasi, J.D. >> Staff Attorney >> >> [Description: DR%20IA%20LawCenter] >> >> 400 East Court Ave., Ste. 300 >> Des Moines, Iowa 50309 >> Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 >> FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 >> E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org >> www.driowa.org >> >> Our Mission: To defend and promote the human and legal rights of >> Iowans with disabilities >> >> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE >> >> This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm >> of Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the >> named recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client >> communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than >> an intended recipient is prohibited. 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If >> you have received this e-mail in error, notify the sender immediately >> and delete the e-mail, any attachments, and all copies from any drives >> or storage media and destroy any printouts. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> blindlaw mailing list >> blindlaw at nfbnet.org >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> blindlaw: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/gerard.sadlier%4 >> 0gmail.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/sbg%40sbgaal.com > > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/ttomasi%40driowa.org > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/lmendez716%40gmail.com From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov Fri Jan 22 19:18:38 2016 From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel) Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 19:18:38 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] Workplace bias would be an ethics violation under proposed ABA model rule, ABA Journal, January 19 2016 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Link: http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/workplace_bias_would_be_an_ethics_violation_under_proposed_aba_model_rule/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email Text: Workplace bias would be an ethics violation under proposed ABA model rule Posted Jan 19, 2016 05:45 am CST By Debra Cassens Weiss Corrected: A proposed amendment to the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct would make workplace discrimination an ethics violation. The proposed Model Rule 8.4(g) would prohibit harassing or discriminatory conduct "related to the practice of law," according to the ABA BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct. A comment to the proposed model rule says it would extend to conduct in the operation and management of a law firm or law practice. But the rule "does not apply to conduct unrelated to the practice of law or conduct protected by the First Amendment," according to the comment. The proposal goes further than a comment added to Model Rule 8.4 in 1998, which said showing bias "in the course of representing a client" would amount to conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice. The proposed model rule (PDF) reads: "It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to ... in conduct related to the practice of law, harass or knowingly discriminate against persons on the basis of race, sex, religion, national origin, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or socioeconomic status." The types of discrimination that would be barred by the proposed model rule are an expansion of the protected categories listed in the 1998 comment. The new protected categories are ethnicity, gender identity and marital status. The proposed black letter rule would be authoritative, while comments to the rules represent only guidance, according to a memo (PDF) on the draft proposal by the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility. The proposed model rule will be discussed at a public hearing on Feb. 7 at the ABA Midyear Meeting in San Diego. The ABA is seeking comment on the proposal, according to a press release. Fifth paragraph corrected to add that the proposed model rule also would bar discrimination on the basis of disability. Last paragraph updated on Jan. 21 to state that the ABA is seeking comment on the proposal. From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov Fri Jan 22 21:02:32 2016 From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel) Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 21:02:32 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] FW: Attorney Vacancies at the U.S. Department of Justice In-Reply-To: References: <98A98D365DA17347B0FA3158D79B48947637EC01@DPRC-EXCH-P07.JCONMAIL.doj.gov> Message-ID: From: Jobs [mailto:jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Maurer, Patricia via Jobs Sent: Friday, January 22, 2016 7:17 AM To: jobs at nfbnet.org Cc: Maurer, Patricia Subject: [Jobs] FW: Attorney Vacancies at the U.S. Department of Justice From: DOJlawjobs (OARM) [mailto:DOJlawjobs at usdoj.gov] Sent: Friday, January 22, 2016 10:03 AM Subject: Attorney Vacancies at the U.S. Department of Justice Below is a list of current attorney and legal internship vacancies at the U.S. Department of Justice. To learn more about Justice and our legal careers, please visit our website: http://www.justice.gov/legal-careers. At Justice, diversity extends beyond race and gender. It includes differences in culture, ethnicity, economics, status as a veteran, generations, geography, sexual orientation, and includes individuals with disabilities. We welcome applications from candidates who are interested in positively contributing to Justice, and hope that you will consider joining the dedicated public servants at the Department of Justice. Do You Know any Law Students Interested in a Volunteer Legal Internship at DOJ? Every year, over 1,800 volunteer legal interns serve in Justice components and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices throughout the country. Any law student enrolled at least half-time, and who has completed at least one semester of law school, is eligible to apply for a volunteer legal internship. DOJ offices recruit for legal interns through vacancy announcements posted on the DOJ Legal Careers web page at http://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/volunteer-internship-opportunities. 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She is 27 years of age and has a bachelors degree and masters degree. She is wanting to come to America to pursue her doctorate degree and has questions about US Immigration Law. I have never practiced any Immigration Law and know nothing about it. Is there anyone on the list that practices Immigration Law who would be willing to communicate with this young lady by email? Daniel McBride From davant1958 at gmail.com Sat Jan 23 17:51:09 2016 From: davant1958 at gmail.com (Denise R Avant) Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 11:51:09 -0600 Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat References: <1B656CDE-A7CF-400F-B232-EB8C28CA6ADC@americanbar.org> Message-ID: <0D1DBD96-23FA-47A1-90EF-173C3114965A@gmail.com> Denise R. Avant President National Federation of the Blind of Illinois Live the life you want Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: "Allbright, Amy" > Date: January 22, 2016 at 6:04:46 PM CST > To: CDR-FULL at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG > Subject: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat > Reply-To: "Allbright, Amy" > > Join me in congratulating Scott, former CDR Chair and friend, who will be nominated for the Board of Governors Goal III member-at-large seat for a person with disability. His term will start the new bar year. Scott will be an outstanding representative and raise disability awareness and issues within the ABA and in the profession. I'm over the moon! > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > ______________________________________ > Thank you for your continued interest in this list. A summary of your discussion list subscriptions, including CDR-FULL, can be found at https://shop.americanbar.org/ebus/myABA/CommunicationPreferences.aspx . 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From mildredrivera at yahoo.com Sat Jan 23 20:16:41 2016 From: mildredrivera at yahoo.com (Millie Rivera-Rau) Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 20:16:41 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat In-Reply-To: <0D1DBD96-23FA-47A1-90EF-173C3114965A@gmail.com> References: <0D1DBD96-23FA-47A1-90EF-173C3114965A@gmail.com> Message-ID: <1871312337.220276.1453580201677.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Congrats Scott! Wonderful news!  Have an AWESOME day !!! :), Millie From: Denise R Avant via blindlaw To: Blind Law Mailing List Cc: Denise R Avant Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 12:51 PM Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat Denise R. Avant President National Federation of the Blind of Illinois Live the life you want Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: "Allbright, Amy" > Date: January 22, 2016 at 6:04:46 PM CST > To: CDR-FULL at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG > Subject: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat > Reply-To: "Allbright, Amy" > > Join me in congratulating Scott, former CDR Chair and friend, who will be nominated for the Board of Governors Goal III member-at-large seat for a person with disability.  His term will start the new bar year.  Scott will be an outstanding representative and raise disability awareness and issues within the ABA and in the profession.  I'm over the moon! > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > ______________________________________ > Thank you for your continued interest in this list.  A summary of your discussion list subscriptions, including CDR-FULL, can be found at  https://shop.americanbar.org/ebus/myABA/CommunicationPreferences.aspx .  This new List Subscription Page allows you to manage your lists - unsubscribe from existing or join others. > > If you have any issues you may either contact the list owner via email: CDR-FULL-request at mail.americanbar.org, or the ABA Service Center at phone: 1-800-285-2221 or email: service at americanbar.org . > ______________________________________ > The purpose of this discussion site is to enable ABA members to share and exchange their personal views on topics and issues of importance to the legal profession. All comments that appear are solely those of the individual, and do not reflect ABA positions or policy. The ABA endorses no comments made herein. _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/mildredrivera%40yahoo.com From jty727 at gmail.com Sat Jan 23 21:32:43 2016 From: jty727 at gmail.com (Justin Young) Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 16:32:43 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat In-Reply-To: <1871312337.220276.1453580201677.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> References: <0D1DBD96-23FA-47A1-90EF-173C3114965A@gmail.com> <1871312337.220276.1453580201677.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Congratulations Scott! On 1/23/16, Millie Rivera-Rau via blindlaw wrote: > Congrats Scott! Wonderful news!  Have an AWESOME day !!! :), Millie > > > From: Denise R Avant via blindlaw > To: Blind Law Mailing List > Cc: Denise R Avant > Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 12:51 PM > Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat > > > > Denise R. Avant > President > National Federation of the Blind of Illinois > Live the life you want > Sent from my iPhone > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: "Allbright, Amy" >> Date: January 22, 2016 at 6:04:46 PM CST >> To: CDR-FULL at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG >> Subject: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat >> Reply-To: "Allbright, Amy" >> >> Join me in congratulating Scott, former CDR Chair and friend, who will be >> nominated for the Board of Governors Goal III member-at-large seat for a >> person with disability.  His term will start the new bar year.  Scott will >> be an outstanding representative and raise disability awareness and issues >> within the ABA and in the profession.  I'm over the moon! >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> ______________________________________ >> Thank you for your continued interest in this list.  A summary of your >> discussion list subscriptions, including CDR-FULL, can be found at >> https://shop.americanbar.org/ebus/myABA/CommunicationPreferences.aspx . >> This new List Subscription Page allows you to manage your lists - >> unsubscribe from existing or join others. >> >> If you have any issues you may either contact the list owner via email: >> CDR-FULL-request at mail.americanbar.org, or the ABA Service Center at phone: >> 1-800-285-2221 or email: service at americanbar.org . >> ______________________________________ >> The purpose of this discussion site is to enable ABA members to share and >> exchange their personal views on topics and issues of importance to the >> legal profession. All comments that appear are solely those of the >> individual, and do not reflect ABA positions or policy. The ABA endorses >> no comments made herein. > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/mildredrivera%40yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/jty727%40gmail.com > From rwayne1 at nyc.rr.com Sat Jan 23 21:48:25 2016 From: rwayne1 at nyc.rr.com (Ray Wayne) Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 16:48:25 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat In-Reply-To: <0D1DBD96-23FA-47A1-90EF-173C3114965A@gmail.com> References: <1B656CDE-A7CF-400F-B232-EB8C28CA6ADC@americanbar.org> <0D1DBD96-23FA-47A1-90EF-173C3114965A@gmail.com> Message-ID: Congratulations, Scott! Ray Wayne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise R Avant via blindlaw" To: "Blind Law Mailing List" Cc: "Denise R Avant" Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 12:51 PM Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat Denise R. Avant President National Federation of the Blind of Illinois Live the life you want Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: "Allbright, Amy" > Date: January 22, 2016 at 6:04:46 PM CST > To: CDR-FULL at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG > Subject: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat > Reply-To: "Allbright, Amy" > > Join me in congratulating Scott, former CDR Chair and friend, who will be > nominated for the Board of Governors Goal III member-at-large seat for a > person with disability. His term will start the new bar year. Scott will > be an outstanding representative and raise disability awareness and issues > within the ABA and in the profession. I'm over the moon! > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > ______________________________________ > Thank you for your continued interest in this list. A summary of your > discussion list subscriptions, including CDR-FULL, can be found at > https://shop.americanbar.org/ebus/myABA/CommunicationPreferences.aspx . > This new List Subscription Page allows you to manage your lists - > unsubscribe from existing or join others. > > If you have any issues you may either contact the list owner via email: > CDR-FULL-request at mail.americanbar.org, or the ABA Service Center at phone: > 1-800-285-2221 or email: service at americanbar.org . > ______________________________________ > The purpose of this discussion site is to enable ABA members to share and > exchange their personal views on topics and issues of importance to the > legal profession. All comments that appear are solely those of the > individual, and do not reflect ABA positions or policy. The ABA endorses > no comments made herein. _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rwayne1%40nyc.rr.com From ukekearuaro at valtdnet.com Sun Jan 24 00:07:26 2016 From: ukekearuaro at valtdnet.com (Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc.) Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 17:07:26 -0700 Subject: [blindlaw] Immigration Law In-Reply-To: <003601d155f4$38683670$a938a350$@sbcglobal.net> References: <003601d155f4$38683670$a938a350$@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <021f01d1563b$3599b4e0$a0cd1ea0$@com> The young lady in question can come here for a PH.D. program hopefully with minimal hassles out of Albania. First, she needs to find a college to attend; send through an application and make sure that all requirements for acceptance into a PH.D. program are met. Second, your friend needs to show proof of sufficient resources with respect to funding that will include living expenses whilst in college here. Sometimes, a college may give graduate assistantship which may come with a small stipend. Third, your friend will need to have transcripts of previous college work sent to World Education Services for evaluation; if these transcripts are in a language other than English, they must be translated into English. Transcripts MUST BE sent directly by your friend's university to World Education Services. Student copies WILL NOT be acceptable. Fourth, your friend will have to write TOEFL -- Test of English as a Foreign Language as well as GRE -- Graduate Record Exam; GMAT -- Graduate Management Aptitude Test if the previous degrees are business related. For the time being, your friend DOES NOT NEED to engage an immigration attorney; such an attorney may become necessary should your friend elect to REMAIN IN the United States upon graduation. So, begin the process of finding a college ASAP; most admissions to graduate school work close in February or March in the year for which admission is sought. Sincerely, Olusegun Denver, Colorado --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From rfarber at jw.com Sun Jan 24 02:30:18 2016 From: rfarber at jw.com (Farber, Randy) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 02:30:18 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat In-Reply-To: <0D1DBD96-23FA-47A1-90EF-173C3114965A@gmail.com> References: <1B656CDE-A7CF-400F-B232-EB8C28CA6ADC@americanbar.org> <0D1DBD96-23FA-47A1-90EF-173C3114965A@gmail.com> Message-ID: <31F2EE3645B8CB43A190156AB388DF137075BEC4@pdc-exch02.jwllp.com> Congratulations Scott. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Denise R Avant via blindlaw Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 11:51 AM To: Blind Law Mailing List Cc: Denise R Avant Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat Denise R. Avant President National Federation of the Blind of Illinois Live the life you want Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: "Allbright, Amy" > Date: January 22, 2016 at 6:04:46 PM CST > To: CDR-FULL at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG > Subject: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat > Reply-To: "Allbright, Amy" > > Join me in congratulating Scott, former CDR Chair and friend, who will be nominated for the Board of Governors Goal III member-at-large seat for a person with disability. His term will start the new bar year. Scott will be an outstanding representative and raise disability awareness and issues within the ABA and in the profession. I'm over the moon! > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > ______________________________________ > Thank you for your continued interest in this list. A summary of your discussion list subscriptions, including CDR-FULL, can be found at https://shop.americanbar.org/ebus/myABA/CommunicationPreferences.aspx . This new List Subscription Page allows you to manage your lists - unsubscribe from existing or join others. > > If you have any issues you may either contact the list owner via email: CDR-FULL-request at mail.americanbar.org, or the ABA Service Center at phone: 1-800-285-2221 or email: service at americanbar.org . > ______________________________________ > The purpose of this discussion site is to enable ABA members to share and exchange their personal views on topics and issues of importance to the legal profession. All comments that appear are solely those of the individual, and do not reflect ABA positions or policy. The ABA endorses no comments made herein. _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rfarber%40jw.com From rene0373 at gmail.com Sun Jan 24 18:45:54 2016 From: rene0373 at gmail.com (Elizabeth Rene) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 10:45:54 -0800 Subject: [blindlaw] congrats Scott Labarre BOG seat Message-ID: Wonderful, wonderful news! Congratulations! Elizabeth M René Attorney at Law WSBA #10710 KCBA #21824 rene0373 at gmail.com From glnorman15 at hotmail.com Mon Jan 25 01:21:47 2016 From: glnorman15 at hotmail.com (GL Norman) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 01:21:47 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] blind law Digest, Vol 140, Issue 17 Message-ID: Scott: This congratulates you. Well done. Very respectfully your servant, G. Norman, Esq. L.L.M. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of blindlaw-request at nfbnet.org Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2016 7:00 AM To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org Subject: blindlaw Digest, Vol 140, Issue 17 Send blindlaw mailing list submissions to blindlaw at nfbnet.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to blindlaw-request at nfbnet.org You can reach the person managing the list at blindlaw-owner at nfbnet.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of blindlaw digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Immigration Law (Daniel McBride) 2. Fwd: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat (Denise R Avant) 3. Re: Fwd: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat (Millie Rivera-Rau) 4. Re: Fwd: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat (Justin Young) 5. Re: Fwd: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat (Ray Wayne) 6. Re: Immigration Law (Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc.) 7. Re: Fwd: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat (Farber, Randy) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 09:39:16 -0600 From: "Daniel McBride" To: "Blind Law Mailing List" Subject: [blindlaw] Immigration Law Message-ID: <003601d155f4$38683670$a938a350$@sbcglobal.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" List Members: I have a blind friend who lives in Albania. She is 27 years of age and has a bachelors degree and masters degree. She is wanting to come to America to pursue her doctorate degree and has questions about US Immigration Law. I have never practiced any Immigration Law and know nothing about it. Is there anyone on the list that practices Immigration Law who would be willing to communicate with this young lady by email? Daniel McBride ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 11:51:09 -0600 From: Denise R Avant To: Blind Law Mailing List Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat Message-ID: <0D1DBD96-23FA-47A1-90EF-173C3114965A at gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Denise R. Avant President National Federation of the Blind of Illinois Live the life you want Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: "Allbright, Amy" > Date: January 22, 2016 at 6:04:46 PM CST > To: CDR-FULL at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG > Subject: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat > Reply-To: "Allbright, Amy" > > Join me in congratulating Scott, former CDR Chair and friend, who will be nominated for the Board of Governors Goal III member-at-large seat for a person with disability. His term will start the new bar year. Scott will be an outstanding representative and raise disability awareness and issues within the ABA and in the profession. I'm over the moon! > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > ______________________________________ > Thank you for your continued interest in this list. A summary of your discussion list subscriptions, including CDR-FULL, can be found at https://shop.americanbar.org/ebus/myABA/CommunicationPreferences.aspx . This new List Subscription Page allows you to manage your lists - unsubscribe from existing or join others. > > If you have any issues you may either contact the list owner via email: CDR-FULL-request at mail.americanbar.org, or the ABA Service Center at phone: 1-800-285-2221 or email: service at americanbar.org . > ______________________________________ > The purpose of this discussion site is to enable ABA members to share and exchange their personal views on topics and issues of importance to the legal profession. All comments that appear are solely those of the individual, and do not reflect ABA positions or policy. The ABA endorses no comments made herein. ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 20:16:41 +0000 (UTC) From: Millie Rivera-Rau To: Blind Law Mailing List Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Fwd: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat Message-ID: <1871312337.220276.1453580201677.JavaMail.yahoo at mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Congrats Scott! Wonderful news!??Have an AWESOME day !!! :), Millie From: Denise R Avant via blindlaw To: Blind Law Mailing List Cc: Denise R Avant Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 12:51 PM Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat Denise R. Avant President National Federation of the Blind of Illinois Live the life you want Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: "Allbright, Amy" > Date: January 22, 2016 at 6:04:46 PM CST > To: CDR-FULL at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG > Subject: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat > Reply-To: "Allbright, Amy" > > Join me in congratulating Scott, former CDR Chair and friend, who will be nominated for the Board of Governors Goal III member-at-large seat for a person with disability.? His term will start the new bar year.? Scott will be an outstanding representative and raise disability awareness and issues within the ABA and in the profession.? I'm over the moon! > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > ______________________________________ > Thank you for your continued interest in this list.? A summary of your discussion list subscriptions, including CDR-FULL, can be found at? https://shop.americanbar.org/ebus/myABA/CommunicationPreferences.aspx .? This new List Subscription Page allows you to manage your lists - unsubscribe from existing or join others. > > If you have any issues you may either contact the list owner via email: CDR-FULL-request at mail.americanbar.org, or the ABA Service Center at phone: 1-800-285-2221 or email: service at americanbar.org . > ______________________________________ > The purpose of this discussion site is to enable ABA members to share and exchange their personal views on topics and issues of importance to the legal profession. All comments that appear are solely those of the individual, and do not reflect ABA positions or policy. The ABA endorses no comments made herein. _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/mildredrivera%40yahoo. com ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 16:32:43 -0500 From: Justin Young To: Millie Rivera-Rau , Blind Law Mailing List Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Fwd: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Congratulations Scott! On 1/23/16, Millie Rivera-Rau via blindlaw wrote: > Congrats Scott! Wonderful news!??Have an AWESOME day !!! :), Millie > > > From: Denise R Avant via blindlaw > To: Blind Law Mailing List > Cc: Denise R Avant > Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 12:51 PM > Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat > > > > Denise R. Avant > President > National Federation of the Blind of Illinois > Live the life you want > Sent from my iPhone > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: "Allbright, Amy" >> Date: January 22, 2016 at 6:04:46 PM CST >> To: CDR-FULL at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG >> Subject: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat >> Reply-To: "Allbright, Amy" >> >> Join me in congratulating Scott, former CDR Chair and friend, who will be >> nominated for the Board of Governors Goal III member-at-large seat for a >> person with disability.? His term will start the new bar year.? Scott will >> be an outstanding representative and raise disability awareness and issues >> within the ABA and in the profession.? I'm over the moon! >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> ______________________________________ >> Thank you for your continued interest in this list.? A summary of your >> discussion list subscriptions, including CDR-FULL, can be found at >> https://shop.americanbar.org/ebus/myABA/CommunicationPreferences.aspx . >> This new List Subscription Page allows you to manage your lists - >> unsubscribe from existing or join others. >> >> If you have any issues you may either contact the list owner via email: >> CDR-FULL-request at mail.americanbar.org, or the ABA Service Center at phone: >> 1-800-285-2221 or email: service at americanbar.org . >> ______________________________________ >> The purpose of this discussion site is to enable ABA members to share and >> exchange their personal views on topics and issues of importance to the >> legal profession. All comments that appear are solely those of the >> individual, and do not reflect ABA positions or policy. The ABA endorses >> no comments made herein. > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/mildredrivera%40yahoo. com > > > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/jty727%40gmail.com > ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 16:48:25 -0500 From: "Ray Wayne" To: "Blind Law Mailing List" Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Fwd: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Congratulations, Scott! Ray Wayne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise R Avant via blindlaw" To: "Blind Law Mailing List" Cc: "Denise R Avant" Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 12:51 PM Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat Denise R. Avant President National Federation of the Blind of Illinois Live the life you want Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: "Allbright, Amy" > Date: January 22, 2016 at 6:04:46 PM CST > To: CDR-FULL at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG > Subject: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat > Reply-To: "Allbright, Amy" > > Join me in congratulating Scott, former CDR Chair and friend, who will be > nominated for the Board of Governors Goal III member-at-large seat for a > person with disability. His term will start the new bar year. Scott will > be an outstanding representative and raise disability awareness and issues > within the ABA and in the profession. I'm over the moon! > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > ______________________________________ > Thank you for your continued interest in this list. A summary of your > discussion list subscriptions, including CDR-FULL, can be found at > https://shop.americanbar.org/ebus/myABA/CommunicationPreferences.aspx . > This new List Subscription Page allows you to manage your lists - > unsubscribe from existing or join others. > > If you have any issues you may either contact the list owner via email: > CDR-FULL-request at mail.americanbar.org, or the ABA Service Center at phone: > 1-800-285-2221 or email: service at americanbar.org . > ______________________________________ > The purpose of this discussion site is to enable ABA members to share and > exchange their personal views on topics and issues of importance to the > legal profession. All comments that appear are solely those of the > individual, and do not reflect ABA positions or policy. The ABA endorses > no comments made herein. _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rwayne1%40nyc.rr.com ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 17:07:26 -0700 From: "Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc." To: "'Blind Law Mailing List'" Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Immigration Law Message-ID: <021f01d1563b$3599b4e0$a0cd1ea0$@com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The young lady in question can come here for a PH.D. program hopefully with minimal hassles out of Albania. First, she needs to find a college to attend; send through an application and make sure that all requirements for acceptance into a PH.D. program are met. Second, your friend needs to show proof of sufficient resources with respect to funding that will include living expenses whilst in college here. Sometimes, a college may give graduate assistantship which may come with a small stipend. Third, your friend will need to have transcripts of previous college work sent to World Education Services for evaluation; if these transcripts are in a language other than English, they must be translated into English. Transcripts MUST BE sent directly by your friend's university to World Education Services. Student copies WILL NOT be acceptable. Fourth, your friend will have to write TOEFL -- Test of English as a Foreign Language as well as GRE -- Graduate Record Exam; GMAT -- Graduate Management Aptitude Test if the previous degrees are business related. For the time being, your friend DOES NOT NEED to engage an immigration attorney; such an attorney may become necessary should your friend elect to REMAIN IN the United States upon graduation. So, begin the process of finding a college ASAP; most admissions to graduate school work close in February or March in the year for which admission is sought. Sincerely, Olusegun Denver, Colorado --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 02:30:18 +0000 From: "Farber, Randy" To: Blind Law Mailing List Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Fwd: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat Message-ID: <31F2EE3645B8CB43A190156AB388DF137075BEC4 at pdc-exch02.jwllp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Congratulations Scott. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Denise R Avant via blindlaw Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2016 11:51 AM To: Blind Law Mailing List Cc: Denise R Avant Subject: [blindlaw] Fwd: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat Denise R. Avant President National Federation of the Blind of Illinois Live the life you want Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: "Allbright, Amy" > Date: January 22, 2016 at 6:04:46 PM CST > To: CDR-FULL at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG > Subject: Scott Labarre Congrats BOG Seat > Reply-To: "Allbright, Amy" > > Join me in congratulating Scott, former CDR Chair and friend, who will be nominated for the Board of Governors Goal III member-at-large seat for a person with disability. His term will start the new bar year. Scott will be an outstanding representative and raise disability awareness and issues within the ABA and in the profession. I'm over the moon! > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > ______________________________________ > Thank you for your continued interest in this list. A summary of your discussion list subscriptions, including CDR-FULL, can be found at https://shop.americanbar.org/ebus/myABA/CommunicationPreferences.aspx . This new List Subscription Page allows you to manage your lists - unsubscribe from existing or join others. > > If you have any issues you may either contact the list owner via email: CDR-FULL-request at mail.americanbar.org, or the ABA Service Center at phone: 1-800-285-2221 or email: service at americanbar.org . > ______________________________________ > The purpose of this discussion site is to enable ABA members to share and exchange their personal views on topics and issues of importance to the legal profession. All comments that appear are solely those of the individual, and do not reflect ABA positions or policy. The ABA endorses no comments made herein. _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/rfarber%40jw.com ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org ------------------------------ End of blindlaw Digest, Vol 140, Issue 17 ***************************************** From ckrugman at sbcglobal.net Mon Jan 25 07:53:44 2016 From: ckrugman at sbcglobal.net (Charles Krugman) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 23:53:44 -0800 Subject: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents Accessible to Screen Readers In-Reply-To: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2CC90@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> References: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2CC90@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> Message-ID: <97E95EC9550C49D49A9A36BE9A813E39@Spike> congratulations on your new job. The secretaries or legal assistants should be able to scan printed documents through OCR software that the firm should have. Additionally, if it is anything that was created in-house they should be able to email you a copy of the WORD or WP version that they created. If the agency uses college interns for clerical functions as many do this is a task that they can perform and get experience with various procedures. Chuck Krugman, MSW Paralegal 1237 P Street Fresno ca 93721 559-266-9237 -----Original Message----- From: Tai Tomasi via blindlaw Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 9:40 AM To: DRBA at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Cc: Tai Tomasi ; Blind Law Mailing List Subject: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents Accessible to Screen Readers _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/ckrugman%40sbcglobal.net From ckrugman at sbcglobal.net Mon Jan 25 07:56:29 2016 From: ckrugman at sbcglobal.net (Charles Krugman) Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 23:56:29 -0800 Subject: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents Accessible to Screen Readers In-Reply-To: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2CD83@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> References: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2CC90@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2CD83@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> Message-ID: <46588B72C5EC4FD28B1A2FDA218E8B73@Spike> you can always set Kurzweil to save the scanned images so they will be available. Chuck -----Original Message----- From: Tai Tomasi via blindlaw Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 9:59 AM To: Blind Law Mailing List Cc: Tai Tomasi Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents Accessible to Screen Readers Ger, What software do you prefer for this purpose? I have used Kurzweil in the past, but it doesn't preserve the integrity of the original documents. I am hoping to find a solution that leaves the visual look of the document intact but also makes the text accessible. Tai Tai Tomasi, J.D. Staff Attorney 400 East Court Ave., Ste. 300 Des Moines, Iowa 50309 Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org www.driowa.org Our Mission: To defend and promote the human and legal rights of Iowans with disabilities CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm of Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the named recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than an intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, you are prohibited from any further viewing of the e-mail or any attachments or from making any use of the e-mail or attachments. If you have received this e-mail in error, notify the sender immediately and delete the e-mail, any attachments, and all copies from any drives or storage media and destroy any printouts. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gerard Sadlier via blindlaw Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 11:52 AM To: Blind Law Mailing List Cc: Gerard Sadlier Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents Accessible to Screen Readers Hello, I receive pdfs and run them through ocr software to make them accessible myself. I find it helpful to have pdfs available to me, particularly when I need to share them with the other side in litigation. Text files would not be appropriate for that purpose. Kind regards Ger On 1/21/16, Dan Beitz via blindlaw wrote: > I OCR PDF documents with omnipage. It works great because you just go > to the document you want to OCR, hit the context menu key, choose > omnipage, and the document is converted and automatically given the > same name with a different document extension by omnipage. My > paralegal will sometimes convert documents for me with Adobe, but this > doesn't work as well. > > > > > Daniel K. Beitz > Wienner & Gould, P.C. > 950 University Dr., Ste. 350 > Rochester, MI 48307 > Phone: (248) 841-9405 > Fax: (248) 652-2729 > dbeitz at wiennergould.com > > www.wiennergould.com > > This email transmission and any documents, files or previous email > messages attached to it may contain confidential information that is > legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient or the > individual responsible for delivering this email to the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or > distribution or use of any of the information contained herein or > attached to this email is strictly prohibited. Should you receive > this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying > to the sender of this email or by telephoning us at (248) 841-9400. > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tai > Tomasi via blindlaw > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:40 PM > To: DRBA at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU > Cc: Tai Tomasi; Blind Law Mailing List > Subject: [blindlaw] Internal Office Procedure for Making Documents > Accessible to Screen Readers > > Hello all. I am blind and just began working as a staff attorney for > Disability Rights Iowa. I use the JAWS for Windows screen reader. I am > interested to know your internal office protocols for making scanned > legal documents accessible to your blind employees who use screen > readers. This usually involves some sort of text tagging or OCR > (optical character recognition). > I envision an office in which all documents are eventually > electronically accessible and ultimately searchable by all employees. > The PDFs produced by my office scanner/copier are inaccessible, > necessitating the extra step of running them through scanning software > myself. Blind attorneys, how do you handle this? My employer is very > willing to accommodate, but I am not sure what to recommend, given > they know little about these advanced technology issues. I would like > to correspond off list regarding detailed procedures (i.e. software, > hardware, and recommended settings) for remedying this problem, as I > need to give them to our copier and tech support companies who know > nothing about adaptive technology. My state department for the blind > says I need to work directly with the copier company. Your input is > appreciated. > > Best regards, > > Tai Tomasi, J.D. > Staff Attorney > > [Description: DR%20IA%20LawCenter] > > 400 East Court Ave., Ste. 300 > Des Moines, Iowa 50309 > Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 > FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 > E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org > www.driowa.org > > Our Mission: To defend and promote the human and legal rights of > Iowans with disabilities > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > > This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm > of Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the > named recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client > communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than > an intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, > you are prohibited from any further viewing of the e-mail or any > attachments or from making any use of the e-mail or attachments. If > you have received this e-mail in error, notify the sender immediately > and delete the e-mail, any attachments, and all copies from any drives > or storage media and destroy any printouts. > > > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/gerard.sadlier%4 > 0gmail.com > _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/ttomasi%40driowa.org _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/ckrugman%40sbcglobal.net From Ronza.Othman at cms.hhs.gov Mon Jan 25 16:04:21 2016 From: Ronza.Othman at cms.hhs.gov (Othman, Ronza (CMS/OEOCR)) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 16:04:21 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] NABL Gathering at Washington Seminar Message-ID: <051EB2CB993E3543BD73AC4FAACE40C7A9EDA385@pl-emsmb12> Hi Folks, Due to the inclement weather and NFB Washington Seminar schedule changes, the National Association of Blind Lawyers will not be holding a gathering at Washington Seminar this year. We hope to hold an event in connection with the TenBroek Law Symposium in Baltimore at the end of March, and of course, we intend to have our Annual Meeting, Mock Trial, and Lawyers' Reception in Orlando this summer. We hope you all stay safe and warm. For those of you in Washington this week, we hope to connect with you and that you will connect with one another informally in the hotel and on the Hill. Regards, Ronza Othman First Vice President National Association of Blind Lawyers From TTomasi at driowa.org Mon Jan 25 17:04:05 2016 From: TTomasi at driowa.org (Tai Tomasi) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 17:04:05 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] Personal Paperless Document Manager from Ricoh Message-ID: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2EB80@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> Does anyone have experience with the Personal Paperless Document Manager software sold by Ricoh USA? My office is looking at possibly using this software to facilitate digital access to our documents. I am wondering whether it is accessible with JAWS for Windows. Tai Tai Tomasi, J.D. Staff Attorney [Description: DR%20IA%20LawCenter] 400 East Court Ave., Ste. 300 Des Moines, Iowa 50309 Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org www.driowa.org Our Mission: To defend and promote the human and legal rights of Iowans with disabilities CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm of Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the named recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than an intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, you are prohibited from any further viewing of the e-mail or any attachments or from making any use of the e-mail or attachments. 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It is my intent to use this seat as an additional stepping stone for our community and to continue raising our profile in the profession. My term will begin at the conclusion of this year's annual meeting in the summer and run three years. Cheers! Scott -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Rene via blindlaw Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2016 11:46 AM To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org Cc: Elizabeth Rene Subject: Re: [blindlaw] congrats Scott Labarre BOG seat Wonderful, wonderful news! Congratulations! Elizabeth M René Attorney at Law WSBA #10710 KCBA #21824 rene0373 at gmail.com _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/slabarre%40labarrelaw.com From TTomasi at driowa.org Mon Jan 25 17:12:42 2016 From: TTomasi at driowa.org (Tai Tomasi) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 17:12:42 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] congrats Scott Labarre BOG seat In-Reply-To: <013001d15793$4ab28ec0$e017ac40$@labarrelaw.com> References: <013001d15793$4ab28ec0$e017ac40$@labarrelaw.com> Message-ID: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF2EBBB@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> Congratulations, Scott! We couldn't ask for a better representative! Tai Tomasi, J.D. Staff Attorney 400 East Court Ave., Ste. 300 Des Moines, Iowa 50309 Tel: 515-278-2502; Toll Free: 1-800-779-2502 FAX: 515-278-0539; Relay 711 E-mail: tomasi at driowa.org www.driowa.org Our Mission:  To defend and promote the human and legal rights of Iowans with disabilities CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments contain information from the law firm of Disability Rights Iowa and are intended solely for the use of the named recipient(s). This e-mail may contain privileged attorney-client communications or work product. Any dissemination by anyone other than an intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient, you are prohibited from any further viewing of the e-mail or any attachments or from making any use of the e-mail or attachments. If you have received this e-mail in error, notify the sender immediately and delete the e-mail, any attachments, and all copies from any drives or storage media and destroy any printouts. -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Scott C. Labarre via blindlaw Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 11:10 AM To: 'Blind Law Mailing List' Cc: Scott C. Labarre ; 'Elizabeth Rene' Subject: Re: [blindlaw] congrats Scott Labarre BOG seat I want to thank everyone for their kind words. The ABA has long had diversity seats for other traditional diversity catagories. We fought long and hard to establish a seat for a lawyer with a disability. A whole raft of NABL members and persons who have subscribed to this list have engaged in the work and helped to get this done. It is my intent to use this seat as an additional stepping stone for our community and to continue raising our profile in the profession. My term will begin at the conclusion of this year's annual meeting in the summer and run three years. Cheers! Scott -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Rene via blindlaw Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2016 11:46 AM To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org Cc: Elizabeth Rene Subject: Re: [blindlaw] congrats Scott Labarre BOG seat Wonderful, wonderful news! Congratulations! Elizabeth M René Attorney at Law WSBA #10710 KCBA #21824 rene0373 at gmail.com _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/slabarre%40labarrelaw.com _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/ttomasi%40driowa.org From glnorman15 at hotmail.com Mon Jan 25 17:55:56 2016 From: glnorman15 at hotmail.com (GL Norman) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 17:55:56 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] FW: 2016 journal solicitations In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: From: Matt Stockwell [mailto:mattjstockwell at gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 8:50 AM To: Norman, Gary C. (CMS/OSORA) ; GL Norman ; Joshua Friedman ; Phyllis Coleman Subject: 2016 journal solicitations MID-ATLANTIC JOURNAL OF LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY: ANIMAL AND DISABILITY LAW REPORTER VOLUME 4 ARTICLE SOLICITATION The Mid-Atlantic Lyceum is pleased to announce the opening of article solicitation for Volume 4 of its region-focused law and public policy journal, the Mid-Atlantic Journal on Law and Public Policy: Animal and Disability Law Reporter. The Journal was founded during 2011 and is now in its fourth year of publication. Volume 1 through 3 are available online at www.midatlanticjournal.com. The Journal publishes one edition annually and has Westlaw citations for all articles. The Journal welcomes article submissions for its fourth edition to be published in December of 2016. Articles should generally discuss the intersection of animals, disabilities and current law and policy concerns. Submissions, which should provide a comparative exploration of as many states in the mid-Atlantic region as possible (national articles will be reviewed for publication as well), will be considered for potential publication. Abstracts are due by April 1, 2016. Selections will be made shortly thereafter, and completed articles will be due by May 1, 2016. Alternatively, if you have a completed article, you may submit it along with an abstract summarizing the article to us. Priority consideration will be given to completed articles. To submit your application consisting of your abstract and/or article, resume and cover letter, or to pose any questions you may have, please contact the Journal staff at MidAtlanticJournal at Gmail.com. JOURNAL STAFF SOLICITATION The Mid-Atlantic Journal on Law & Public Policy seeks a limited number of Staff or Student Editors to participate in our fourth edition to be published this December. As with the previous editions, this volume will be predominantly based in the field of animal and disability law but may incorporate other Mid-Atlantic law and policy issues. The only expertise necessary is a willingness to roll up your sleeves and dedicate your time to a worthwhile cause. Students will be offered the opportunity to publish a Note or an article for our journal which will have Westlaw citations. Applications MUST be submitted by COB, Friday, April 1, 2016. Decisions will be made the following week. Please ensure that you have no conflicts before contacting us. Journal members may not concurrently serve on any other journal or law review, but Journal staff will consider exceptions. The work will primarily be performed electronically as we are an online journal with print copies made for our staff and writers. Initial time commitment is flexible but will be about 5 hours per week for the next few months with increased time commitments near the deadlines. Only second or third year law students may apply. If you are an evening student and feel you meet this criteria, please contact us directly. Students are encouraged to participate on the Journal including in senior editor and management positions, and may continue to participate even after graduation. For further information, or to send in your application (resume attached and cover letter pasted into the email body please), please contact the Journal staff at MidAtlanticJournal at gmail.com. The Journal is a non-profit entity and there are no conflicts with using your Westlaw/LexisNexis accounts for research. ~Matthew J. Stockwell From lmendez716 at gmail.com Mon Jan 25 18:07:50 2016 From: lmendez716 at gmail.com (luis Mendez) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 13:07:50 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] congrats Scott Labarre BOG seat In-Reply-To: <013001d15793$4ab28ec0$e017ac40$@labarrelaw.com> References: <013001d15793$4ab28ec0$e017ac40$@labarrelaw.com> Message-ID: <84C00F83-E591-4E13-BB39-B2C5627A69D8@gmail.com> Scott: congratulations and best wishes. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 25, 2016, at 12:10 PM, Scott C. Labarre via blindlaw wrote: > > I want to thank everyone for their kind words. The ABA has long had diversity seats for other traditional diversity catagories. We fought long and hard to establish a seat for a lawyer with a disability. A whole raft of NABL members and persons who have subscribed to this list have engaged in the work and helped to get this done. It is my intent to use this seat as an additional stepping stone for our community and to continue raising our profile in the profession. My term will begin at the conclusion of this year's annual meeting in the summer and run three years. > > Cheers! > > Scott > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Rene via blindlaw > Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2016 11:46 AM > To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org > Cc: Elizabeth Rene > Subject: Re: [blindlaw] congrats Scott Labarre BOG seat > > Wonderful, wonderful news! Congratulations! > > Elizabeth M René > Attorney at Law > WSBA #10710 > KCBA #21824 > rene0373 at gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/slabarre%40labarrelaw.com > > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/lmendez716%40gmail.com From dennis at dgclark.net Mon Jan 25 19:03:06 2016 From: dennis at dgclark.net (Dennis Clark) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 11:03:06 -0800 Subject: [blindlaw] congrats Scott Labarre BOG seat In-Reply-To: <013001d15793$4ab28ec0$e017ac40$@labarrelaw.com> References: <013001d15793$4ab28ec0$e017ac40$@labarrelaw.com> Message-ID: <6115E6B8B32649078DF95709008F2BCB@C1> Hello Scott, I too want to join the chorus and offer my most sincere congratulations. I can't think of anyone who I believe could do a better job in this position. Quite frankly, for a number of years I have been hoping that you would eventually become the President of the NFB, but I understand this would probably mean that you would have to give up your law practice. Thanks for all that you have, and continue to do for us who are blind, and know that your efforts are greatly appreciated. Warmest regards, Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott C. Labarre via blindlaw" To: "'Blind Law Mailing List'" Cc: "Scott C. Labarre" ; "'Elizabeth Rene'" Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 9:10 AM Subject: Re: [blindlaw] congrats Scott Labarre BOG seat >I want to thank everyone for their kind words. The ABA has long had >diversity seats for other traditional diversity catagories. We fought long >and hard to establish a seat for a lawyer with a disability. A whole raft >of NABL members and persons who have subscribed to this list have engaged >in the work and helped to get this done. It is my intent to use this seat >as an additional stepping stone for our community and to continue raising >our profile in the profession. My term will begin at the conclusion of >this year's annual meeting in the summer and run three years. > > Cheers! > > Scott > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Elizabeth > Rene via blindlaw > Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2016 11:46 AM > To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org > Cc: Elizabeth Rene > Subject: Re: [blindlaw] congrats Scott Labarre BOG seat > > Wonderful, wonderful news! Congratulations! > > Elizabeth M René > Attorney at Law > WSBA #10710 > KCBA #21824 > rene0373 at gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/slabarre%40labarrelaw.com > > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/dennis%40dgclark.net > From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov Mon Jan 25 19:36:10 2016 From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 19:36:10 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] ADA Claims Reach Into Cyberspace: Americans with Disabilities Act, The National Law Review, January 21 2016 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Link: http://www.natlawreview.com/article/ada-claims-reach-cyberspace-americans-disabilities-act#sthash.5eJY2V0a.gbpl&st_refDomain=m.facebook.com&st_refQuery= Text: ADA Claims Reach Into Cyberspace: Americans with Disabilities Act Thursday, January 21, 2016 Most companies with brick-and-mortar locations are familiar with their obligations under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which forbids "places of public accommodation" from discriminating against those with disabilities. The Department of Justice (DOJ), charged with enforcing the ADA, has promulgated highly technical rules regarding structures such as ramps, doors and parking facilities. Both the DOJ and disabled individuals can bring legal claims under the ADA. What companies may not know is that the ADA may also apply to websites. Blind and visually disabled people often use adaptive software to "read" websites and navigate using keystrokes rather than a mouse. For this assistive technology to work correctly, particular coding must be used in creating the website. While ADA compliance for websites is currently only explicitly required for government agencies, certain government contractors and federally-funded agencies, the DOJ has repeatedly indicated that it believes all websites are places of public accommodation. A consensus on this opinion seems to have built under numerous states' laws as well, including California. Since 2010, the DOJ has indicated that it intends to make rules regarding website accessibility under the ADA but has repeatedly pushed back its deadline to do so. Rules are now expected in April 2016. In the meantime, plaintiffs have filed dozens of lawsuits against businesses in a wide range of industries-including those that have no brick-and-mortar locations-alleging discrimination under the ADA based on website accessibility. Notably, the National Federation of the Blind has filed numerous suits, including a class action against Target, which Target settled for more than $6 million and an agreement to take certain remedial steps to improve its website experience for blind consumers. In the absence of rules, many of the settlements approved by the DOJ have leaned heavily on the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) for guidance on how to make websites more accessible, and the DOJ has specifically signed off on settlements where alleged ADA violators agree to comply with WCAG at the AA level. Full text of the WCAG is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/. Businesses building or updating websites would be well-advised to consider accessibility from the outset, because litigation in this area appears to be increasing as more plaintiffs firms see opportunities. Moreover, plaintiffs generally are not required to notify allegedly noncompliant businesses (and allow them to remediate any issues) prior to filing suit. (c) 2016 Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP. - See more at: http://www.natlawreview.com/article/ada-claims-reach-cyberspace-americans-disabilities-act#sthash.5eJY2V0a.yxcLMSfL.dpuf From Bennett.Prows at HHS.GOV Mon Jan 25 22:16:53 2016 From: Bennett.Prows at HHS.GOV (Prows, Bennett (HHS/OCR)) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 22:16:53 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] congrats Scott Labarre BOG seat In-Reply-To: <013001d15793$4ab28ec0$e017ac40$@labarrelaw.com> References: <013001d15793$4ab28ec0$e017ac40$@labarrelaw.com> Message-ID: Scott and All, I'll add my congratulations and best wishes to for achieving this milestone. You have indeed been part of a hard fight for this kind of position. By assuming your new role, you have, (and while the pun is always intended, it is a serious compliment) considerably raised the bar. Particularly when it comes to your tremendous expertise in all things disability related. Nice going. /s/ Bennett Prows -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Scott C. Labarre via blindlaw Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 9:10 AM To: 'Blind Law Mailing List' Cc: Scott C. Labarre; 'Elizabeth Rene' Subject: Re: [blindlaw] congrats Scott Labarre BOG seat I want to thank everyone for their kind words. The ABA has long had diversity seats for other traditional diversity catagories. We fought long and hard to establish a seat for a lawyer with a disability. A whole raft of NABL members and persons who have subscribed to this list have engaged in the work and helped to get this done. It is my intent to use this seat as an additional stepping stone for our community and to continue raising our profile in the profession. My term will begin at the conclusion of this year's annual meeting in the summer and run three years. Cheers! Scott -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Rene via blindlaw Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2016 11:46 AM To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org Cc: Elizabeth Rene Subject: Re: [blindlaw] congrats Scott Labarre BOG seat Wonderful, wonderful news! Congratulations! Elizabeth M René Attorney at Law WSBA #10710 KCBA #21824 rene0373 at gmail.com _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/slabarre%40labarrelaw.com _______________________________________________ blindlaw mailing list blindlaw at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for blindlaw: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/bennett.prows%40hhs.gov From shelleyrichards9 at gmail.com Tue Jan 26 14:44:55 2016 From: shelleyrichards9 at gmail.com (Shelley Richards) Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:44:55 -0500 Subject: [blindlaw] Immigration Law In-Reply-To: <021f01d1563b$3599b4e0$a0cd1ea0$@com> References: <003601d155f4$38683670$a938a350$@sbcglobal.net> <021f01d1563b$3599b4e0$a0cd1ea0$@com> Message-ID: Hello, I do practice immigration law. It is correct that she should not need an attorney to come in to the US on a student visa, unless there is something in her history which would possibly disqualify her for a visa. Most schools which accept international students will be able to walk her through the process after she has been accepted to the schools program. There are forms she will need to fill out to get the visa issued by the state department, but again if the school has a good program for accepting international students they should be more than able to fully explain the process to her. If she would like to look into options for remaining in the US after her program of study has ended that would be a good time to consult with an attorney in order to explore all of her options. I would be happy to email with her a little bit if she has questions though. You may give her my email, shelleypalmadessa at gmail.com Hope this helps. Thank You Shelley Palmadessa Esq On 1/23/16, Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc. via blindlaw wrote: > The young lady in question can come here for a PH.D. program hopefully with > minimal hassles out of Albania. > > First, she needs to find a college to attend; send through an application > and make sure that all requirements for acceptance into a PH.D. program are > met. > > Second, your friend needs to show proof of sufficient resources with > respect > to funding that will include living expenses whilst in college here. > Sometimes, a college may give graduate assistantship which may come with a > small stipend. > > Third, your friend will need to have transcripts of previous college work > sent to World Education Services for evaluation; if these transcripts are > in > a language other than English, they must be translated into English. > Transcripts MUST BE sent directly by your friend's university to World > Education Services. Student copies WILL NOT be acceptable. > > Fourth, your friend will have to write TOEFL -- Test of English as a > Foreign > Language as well as GRE -- Graduate Record Exam; GMAT -- Graduate > Management > Aptitude Test if the previous degrees are business related. > > For the time being, your friend DOES NOT NEED to engage an immigration > attorney; such an attorney may become necessary should your friend elect to > REMAIN IN the United States upon graduation. > > So, begin the process of finding a college ASAP; most admissions to > graduate > school work close in February or March in the year for which admission is > sought. > > Sincerely, > Olusegun > Denver, Colorado > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > _______________________________________________ > blindlaw mailing list > blindlaw at nfbnet.org > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > blindlaw: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/shelleyrichards9%40gmail.com > -- Thank You Shelley Palmadessa shelleyrichards9 at gmail.com From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov Tue Jan 26 16:26:40 2016 From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel) Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:26:40 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] FW: Attorney Vacancies Update In-Reply-To: <16977679.461@public.govdelivery.com> References: <16977679.461@public.govdelivery.com> Message-ID: From: U.S. Department of Justice [mailto:usdoj at public.govdelivery.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 5:17 AM To: Nightingale, Noel Subject: Attorney Vacancies Update [Image removed by sender. 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The touch screen on these units is a Samsung tablet running on an open version of Android, meaning that you can enable Android's Talkback feature to gain access to all of the machine's functions. You can also install other apps to the Android tablet, making it an ideal solution for adaptive technology users. You can print to it from your iPhone using AirPrint, and it can also interface with your Android phone or tablet wirelessly. The options are endless! I am currently researching whether any of Samsung's home office models feature this functionality. My employer has a contract with a local copier company. I was happy to learn that the accessible model does everything and more than our current model can do, and it will cost less than the model we are currently using. I find this refreshing, given the inaccurate perception that accomodations for employees with disabilities are expensive. An accommodation put in place for my benefit actually saves my organization some money. Once I get more practice with the machine, I will write a more thorough review. My goal is to start a blog on topics like this. In researching accessible office equipment, I could find nothing written about accessibility. In areas beyond basic technology, little to no information is available for people with disabilities. I hope to change that. Stay tuned. Tai From rfarber at jw.com Fri Jan 29 16:35:43 2016 From: rfarber at jw.com (Farber, Randy) Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 16:35:43 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] Completely Accessible Office Copier Solution In-Reply-To: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF30F45@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> References: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF30F45@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> Message-ID: <31F2EE3645B8CB43A190156AB388DF137DB88FC0@pdc-exch02.jwllp.com> Tai - What is the cost of this printer? Randy -----Original Message----- From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tai Tomasi via blindlaw Sent: Friday, January 29, 2016 10:25 AM To: Blind Law Mailing List Cc: Tai Tomasi Subject: [blindlaw] Completely Accessible Office Copier Solution Hi, all. I wanted to report that my office has located a completely accessible multifunction printer/scanner/copier/fax that will automatically convert everything scanned to an accessible PDF file. It is called the Samsung X7400, but many other Samsung models have similar functionality. The touch screen on these units is a Samsung tablet running on an open version of Android, meaning that you can enable Android's Talkback feature to gain access to all of the machine's functions. You can also install other apps to the Android tablet, making it an ideal solution for adaptive technology users. You can print to it from your iPhone using AirPrint, and it can also interface with your Android phone or tablet wirelessly. The options are endless! I am currently researching whether any of Samsung's home office models feature this functionality. My employer has a contract with a local copier company. I was happy to learn that the accessible model does everything and more than our current model can do, and it will cost less than the model we are currently using. I find this refreshing, given the inaccurate perception that accomodations for employees with disabilities are expensive. An accommodation put in place for my benefit actually saves my organization some money. Once I get more practice with the machine, I will write a more thorough review. My goal is to start a blog on topics like this. In researching accessible office equipment, I could find nothing written about accessibility. In areas beyond basic technology, little to no information is available for people with disabilities. I hope to change that. Stay tuned. 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Name: image003.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 332 bytes Desc: image003.jpg URL: From dandrews at visi.com Fri Jan 29 21:44:26 2016 From: dandrews at visi.com (David Andrews) Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 15:44:26 -0600 Subject: [blindlaw] Completely Accessible Office Copier Solution In-Reply-To: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF30F45@DSM-SBS.disabilityr ight.local> References: <3C03C4556E00E849909020A575494CCAF30F45@DSM-SBS.disabilityright.local> Message-ID: It is great to know about this. There are some other accessible MFD's available, notably from Lexmark and Cannon, but this is a different approach that should work well, and be available to others. Dave At 10:25 AM 1/29/2016, you wrote: >Hi, all. I wanted to report that my office has located a completely >accessible multifunction printer/scanner/copier/fax that will >automatically convert everything scanned to an accessible PDF file. >It is called the Samsung X7400, but many other Samsung models have >similar functionality. The touch screen on these units is a >Samsung tablet running on an open version of Android, meaning that >you can enable Android's Talkback feature to gain access to all of >the machine's functions. You can also install other apps to the >Android tablet, making it an ideal solution for adaptive technology >users. You can print to it from your iPhone using AirPrint, and it >can also interface with your Android phone or tablet wirelessly. The >options are endless! I am currently researching whether any of >Samsung's home office models feature this functionality. > >My employer has a contract with a local copier company. I was happy >to learn that the accessible model does everything and more than our >current model can do, and it will cost less than the model we are >currently using. I find this refreshing, given the inaccurate >perception that accomodations for employees with disabilities are >expensive. An accommodation put in place for my benefit actually >saves my organization some money. Once I get more practice with the >machine, I will write a more thorough review. My goal is to start a >blog on topics like this. In researching accessible office >equipment, I could find nothing written about accessibility. In >areas beyond basic technology, little to no information is available >for people with disabilities. I hope to change that. Stay tuned. > >Tai David Andrews and long white cane Harry. E-Mail: dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org From glnorman15 at hotmail.com Sun Jan 31 20:48:59 2016 From: glnorman15 at hotmail.com (GL Norman) Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2016 20:48:59 +0000 Subject: [blindlaw] Opportunities with Mid-Atlantic Journal on Law and Public Policy: Animal and Disability Reporter (A Bi-Partisan Law Journal) Message-ID: MID-ATLANTIC JOURNAL OF LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY: ANIMAL AND DISABILITY LAW REPORTER VOLUME 4 ARTICLE SOLICITATION The Mid-Atlantic Lyceum is pleased to announce the opening of article solicitation for Volume 4 of its region-focused law and public policy journal, the Mid-Atlantic Journal on Law and Public Policy: Animal and Disability Law Reporter. The Journal was founded during 2011 and is now in its fourth year of publication. Volume 1 through 3 are available online at www.midatlanticjournal.com. The Journal publishes one edition annually and has Westlaw citations for all articles. The Journal welcomes article submissions for its fourth edition to be published in December of 2016. Articles should generally discuss the intersection of animals, disabilities and current law and policy concerns. Submissions, which should provide a comparative exploration of as many states in the mid-Atlantic region as possible (national articles will be reviewed for publication as well), will be considered for potential publication. Abstracts are due by April 1, 2016. Selections will be made shortly thereafter, and completed articles will be due by May 1, 2016. Alternatively, if you have a completed article, you may submit it along with an abstract summarizing the article to us. Priority consideration will be given to completed articles. To submit your application consisting of your abstract and/or article, resume and cover letter, or to pose any questions you may have, please contact the Journal staff at MidAtlanticJournal at Gmail.com. JOURNAL STAFF SOLICITATION The Mid-Atlantic Journal on Law & Public Policy seeks a limited number of Staff or Student Editors to participate in our fourth edition to be published this December. As with the previous editions, this volume will be predominantly based in the field of animal and disability law but may incorporate other Mid-Atlantic law and policy issues. The only expertise necessary is a willingness to roll up your sleeves and dedicate your time to a worthwhile cause. Students will be offered the opportunity to publish a Note or an article for our journal which will have Westlaw citations. Applications MUST be submitted by COB, Friday, April 1, 2016. Decisions will be made the following week. Please ensure that you have no conflicts before contacting us. Journal members may not concurrently serve on any other journal or law review, but Journal staff will consider exceptions. The work will primarily be performed electronically as we are an online journal with print copies made for our staff and writers. Initial time commitment is flexible but will be about 5 hours per week for the next few months with increased time commitments near the deadlines. Only second or third year law students may apply. If you are an evening student and feel you meet this criteria, please contact us directly. Students are encouraged to participate on the Journal including in senior editor and management positions, and may continue to participate even after graduation. For further information, or to send in your application (resume attached and cover letter pasted into the email body please), please contact the Journal staff at MidAtlanticJournal at gmail.com. The Journal is a non-profit entity and there are no conflicts with using your Westlaw/LexisNexis accounts for research. ~Matthew J. Stockwell, Journal Chief Sincerely, Gary C. Norman, Esq. L.L.M. 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