[blindlaw] Not getting certain assignments on account of disability

[turab chimthanawala]

Hi all,
I face a similar challenge to the one expressed by a couple of you on
this thread.
In my present work set up, while the seniormost member of the team is
very enthusiastic and willing to delegate variegated assignments to
me, her immediate juniors have a very regressive and narrow minded
attitude towards me. The concern is that the aforementioned senior
owing to her personal preoccupations is very irregular to office.
Hence, I have to take work and report to her immediate junior. Due to
her attitude, I am often left with lack of or even no work.
Would appreciate suggestions to tackle this hurdle.
Thanking you
Best
Turab

On 7/12/18, Rahul Bajaj via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Thanks, everyone. It is one thing to not give you some work after engaging
> with you and mutually assessing the challenges that lie ahead, but it is
> quite another to unilaterally make that decision based on some assumptions.
> I understand that certain things which junior lawyers do may actually be out
> of your reach, such as being able to quickly flip through a 500 page file
> during the course of oral argument for your partner, but what I am against
> is the adoption of what I call the Friday evening view of accessibility
> versus the Monday morning view of accessibility.
>
> Best,
> Rahul
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jul 12, 2018, at 3:48 AM, Angie Matney via BlindLaw
>> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> I had similar experiences (not where I am now), except that in some cases,
>> the partners involved told me this directly.  It is unpleasant, but it
>> happens, and many factors can influence how we choose to respond to these
>> situations. I also had other work from other sources.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Jul 11, 2018, at 6:12 PM, Nightingale, Noel via BlindLaw
>>> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> When I practiced at a mid-size law firm, there were a few partners who
>>> would not give me work.  Another partner told me that those partners had
>>> expressly stated in a partner meeting that it was because I am blind.  I
>>> had enough work from others so didn't do anything about it.
>>>
>>> Noel
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: BlindLaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Rahul
>>> Bajaj via BlindLaw
>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2018 6:23 AM
>>> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
>>> Cc: Rahul Bajaj
>>> Subject: [blindlaw] Not getting certain assignments on account of
>>> disability
>>>
>>> Hi Everyone,
>>>
>>> I am wondering if any of you have ever confronted a situation, in a law
>>> firm or elsewhere, in which you were not given a particular work
>>> assignment, ostensibly because of your disability. While it may not have
>>> been articulated in as many words, the surrounding circumstances
>>> unequivocally indicate that that was the reason. More specifically, if
>>> the work requires you to travel outside the confines of your office/
>>> chambers and there's some effort involved in making documents accessible
>>> for you and the work gets given to someone who has not had as long an
>>> association with the employer concerned as you have had.
>>>
>>> The decision may be premised on some assumptions about your capabilities
>>> as a blind lawyer - some mistaken and some correct. The mistaken
>>> assumptions being that you may not be able to do the job within the
>>> stipulated time-frame and that you would be better equipped to do other
>>> work. The correct assumptions being that it will take you longer to
>>> finish individual components of the work (even though you are in a
>>> position to deliver the finished product in time) and there will
>>> undeniably be some extra effort involved.
>>>
>>> It may also be the case that the decision of the employer has nothing to
>>> do with your disability at all - no one can state with certitude what is
>>> the animating force driving their decision.
>>>
>>> I am wondering what others think about how a situation like this can be
>>> dealt with in a constructive and productive way, such that one doesn't
>>> get left out in this fashion. Thank you for reading this and for your
>>> considered opinion.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Rahul
>>>
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