[blindlaw] Attorney Trials and Tribulations At Trial

[Luis Mendez]

Good afternoon:

You may wish to consider using a cellular equip iPad Pro or a Surface Pro
with access to a cloud based drive.  On the whole, it sounds like you
handled the situation very well.

Luis

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Subject: [blindlaw] Attorney Trials and Tribulations At Trial

Hi, all. I represented a client at an administrative hearing today and my
hard drive failed. I was unable to access anything on my computer. I am glad
that I thought ahead to put all of my questions onto my Braille display and
that I had prepared extensively, as I was unable to bring up any of my
exhibits on my Braille display. I knew them very well, and I had my legal
assistant with whom I could confer briefly from time to time. I had all of
my materials on a flash drive for easy access, as well as on the computer
itself. However, the exhibits were too voluminous to open with my Braille
display. I do not have access to a Braille embosser, and the huge binder of
print exhibits would have been too large to reproduce and carry in hard copy
Braille.

Other than having a Braille display and using a legal assistant, what are
other techniques for handling such terrifying situations?



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