[blindlaw] Conducting Depositions

[Angie Matney]

This is a fascinating thread. I learned a lot from Scott's article. I
have never wanted to be a litigator. I expressed this to my current
firm when I summered with them during law school. Perhaps they thought
it was because of my blindness, but blindness actually has nothing to
do with it. I am certain that if I wanted to litigate, I would find
alternative techniques that worked, just as Scott has described. I
have done this in the context of my transactional practice. The common
scenarios might be a bit different, but the principles are the same.
Also, Luis's comments on nonverbal communication are excellent.

On 7/26/17, Elizabeth Rene via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
> I want to complement Scott and Luis on their excellent posts.
> I have tried and argued cases at every level of my state's courts and have
> presided at administrative hearings and settlement conferences. Currently, I
> chair my state bar association's Character and Fitness Board, where I
> preside at hearings to determine whether certain applicants for admission to
> the bar should be recommended to the Supreme Court and submit and oversee
> the drafting of our Board's written findings and conclusions. These hearings
> involve evidentiary records and transcripts amounting to thousands of pages.
> The proceedings themselves can be complex and intense. The observations and
> suggestions made by Scott and Luis are right on point. The only thing I
> would possibly add to them is to encourage blind lawyers to participate
> actively in their state and local bar associations and to not shrink from
> the possibility of serving as a judge or judicial officer. Nothing should
> prevent us now from serving as law clerks in the appellate courts, from
> serving as court commissioners, referees, arbitrators, or mediators, from
> serving on rules committees, disciplinary boards, or task forces formed to
> improve access to justice, or from seeking elective or appointive seats on
> the trial and appellate bench. I think we need to claim these opportunities
> and to encourage one another to do so. Having faced our own struggles as
> blind people, we have a first-hand understanding of the impact and dynamics
> of implicit and explicit bias and can make significant contributions in
> these troubled times toward securing justice for everyone.
> Sincerely,
>
> Elizabeth M René
> Attorney at Law
> WSBA #10710
> KCBA #21824
> rene0373 at gmail.com
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