From ttomasi at driowa.org  Wed May  2 18:49:19 2018
From: ttomasi at driowa.org (Tai Tomasi)
Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 18:49:19 +0000
Subject: [blindlaw] 2019-2021 DREDF Fellowship Sponsorship Opportunity
 (Skadden-EJW-Others)
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DREDF is seeking candidates to collaborate on applications for the 2019-2021 attorney fellowship cycle.

This would include applications to Skadden and Equal Justice Works, as well as other potential fellowship resources that candidates themselves might identify (such as school-based funding).

Applications are due to DREDF by Monday, June 25, 2018 (close-of-business Pacific time).

Details on attached flyer.

You are welcome to forward this message as widely as desired.

Best,

Linda D. Kilb, Esq.
Director, California Legal Services Trust Fund Support Center Program
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc. (DREDF)
3075 Adeline Street, Suite 210
Berkeley, CA 94703
www.dredf.org<http://www.dredf.org>

(510) 644-2555 (voice number for front desk)
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From howardadelsberg at gmail.com  Wed May  2 19:23:11 2018
From: howardadelsberg at gmail.com (Howard Adelsberg)
Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 15:23:11 -0400
Subject: [blindlaw] Recommendations for Court
Message-ID: <CA+VLjcDXq3ZhEYRCL_3R8n=CrQrGMUULwSbsaJWKjQJLCXXfDQ@mail.gmail.com>

Dear all, I have been asked by the NYS Office of Court Administration to
seek input from attorneys that are either blind or have vision impairment
for recommendations on how the Court may  help or  assist us  in all
aspects. Even if you are not admitted to NY, your input would be appreciated
.-Howard M. Adelsberg

From agtolentino at gmail.com  Wed May  2 19:49:45 2018
From: agtolentino at gmail.com (Aser Tolentino)
Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 12:49:45 -0700
Subject: [blindlaw] Recommendations for Court
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References: <CA+VLjcDXq3ZhEYRCL_3R8n=CrQrGMUULwSbsaJWKjQJLCXXfDQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Good afternoon,

Do people think deployment of indoor navigation beacons in courthouses would improve your ability to independently find the right courtroom with less fuss?

Respectfully,
Aser Tolentino, Esq.

> On May 2, 2018, at 12:23, Howard Adelsberg via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear all, I have been asked by the NYS Office of Court Administration to
> seek input from attorneys that are either blind or have vision impairment
> for recommendations on how the Court may  help or  assist us  in all
> aspects. Even if you are not admitted to NY, your input would be appreciated
> .-Howard M. Adelsberg
> _______________________________________________
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From ttomasi at driowa.org  Wed May  2 20:00:47 2018
From: ttomasi at driowa.org (Tai Tomasi)
Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 20:00:47 +0000
Subject: [blindlaw] Recommendations for Court
In-Reply-To: <D72D3035-D3B7-4C01-95B5-3764990C5C50@gmail.com>
References: <CA+VLjcDXq3ZhEYRCL_3R8n=CrQrGMUULwSbsaJWKjQJLCXXfDQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<D72D3035-D3B7-4C01-95B5-3764990C5C50@gmail.com>
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Aser,

Are you talking about Apple iBeacons or another system? Can you educate me regarding the cost of each navigation beacon? 

As for practicality, I am not sure such indoor beacons would help, at least not in the courthouses I frequent. I have experience with such navigation beacons in museums, and they were only slightly helpful due to the close proximity of the beacons. I found that multiple beacons were communicating with my phone at the same time, letting me know they were close by. The problem was that the notification wasn't enough to identify the actual location of the beacon. In my experience, beacons are not directional, meaning that neither your phone nor the beacon seemed able to provide accurate information about which way to turn. In other words, they are not like GPS systems that can give you directional information. In my local courthouses, the courtrooms are so close together that multiple beacons would be sending notifications to my phone, meaning it would still be necessary to ask for assistance or look for tactile wall signage. Although I am an early adopter of technology and use it wherever possible, it isn't always the best substitute for simply asking or looking for tactile signage. I find the ability to read raised standard print very helpful in these situations. Just my first thoughts on the subject.

Ms. Tai Tomasi, J.D.
Pronouns: she/her/hers
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: ttomasi at driowa.org
www.driowa.org

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From: BlindLaw <blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Aser Tolentino via BlindLaw
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2018 2:50 PM
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Recommendations for Court

Good afternoon,

Do people think deployment of indoor navigation beacons in courthouses would improve your ability to independently find the right courtroom with less fuss?

Respectfully,
Aser Tolentino, Esq.

> On May 2, 2018, at 12:23, Howard Adelsberg via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear all, I have been asked by the NYS Office of Court Administration 
> to seek input from attorneys that are either blind or have vision 
> impairment for recommendations on how the Court may  help or  assist 
> us  in all aspects. Even if you are not admitted to NY, your input 
> would be appreciated .-Howard M. Adelsberg 
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From agtolentino at gmail.com  Wed May  2 20:46:11 2018
From: agtolentino at gmail.com (Aser Tolentino)
Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 13:46:11 -0700
Subject: [blindlaw] Recommendations for Court
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References: <CA+VLjcDXq3ZhEYRCL_3R8n=CrQrGMUULwSbsaJWKjQJLCXXfDQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<D72D3035-D3B7-4C01-95B5-3764990C5C50@gmail.com>
	<DM5PR2001MB0938126B73898F2676721DA3D1800@DM5PR2001MB0938.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>
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Please take all of this with a grain of salt since I am by no means an expert. There are a couple of competing platforms in this space but the Bluetooth beacons themselves run about $20 each or less. THe trick is that you have to precisely map their locations and then account for anomalies caused by the environment. I’m guessing the venues you tried the technology in just slapped the beacons on wherever seemed natural and then called it a day, or they adopted a solution that integrated the beacon into something else that could not be relocated to account for interference, like lightbulbs. Using triangulation and other methods for dealing with interference, the solution might actually call for more beacons rather than less, for instance, putting them in the corners of every room. When deployed in adequate numbers and properly tuned, vendors claim reliable accuracy down to 1 meter and theoretical accuracy in the tens of centimeters.

Respectfully,
Aser Tolentino, Esq.

> On May 2, 2018, at 13:00, Tai Tomasi via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Aser,
> 
> Are you talking about Apple iBeacons or another system? Can you educate me regarding the cost of each navigation beacon? 
> 
> As for practicality, I am not sure such indoor beacons would help, at least not in the courthouses I frequent. I have experience with such navigation beacons in museums, and they were only slightly helpful due to the close proximity of the beacons. I found that multiple beacons were communicating with my phone at the same time, letting me know they were close by. The problem was that the notification wasn't enough to identify the actual location of the beacon. In my experience, beacons are not directional, meaning that neither your phone nor the beacon seemed able to provide accurate information about which way to turn. In other words, they are not like GPS systems that can give you directional information. In my local courthouses, the courtrooms are so close together that multiple beacons would be sending notifications to my phone, meaning it would still be necessary to ask for assistance or look for tactile wall signage. Although I am an early adopter of technology and use it wherever possible, it isn't always the best substitute for simply asking or looking for tactile signage. I find the ability to read raised standard print very helpful in these situations. Just my first thoughts on the subject.
> 
> Ms. Tai Tomasi, J.D.
> Pronouns: she/her/hers
> 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: ttomasi at driowa.org
> www.driowa.org
> 
> Our Mission:  To defend and promote the human and legal rights of Iowans with disabilities
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindLaw <blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Aser Tolentino via BlindLaw
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2018 2:50 PM
> To: Blind Law Mailing List <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Aser Tolentino <agtolentino at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Recommendations for Court
> 
> Good afternoon,
> 
> Do people think deployment of indoor navigation beacons in courthouses would improve your ability to independently find the right courtroom with less fuss?
> 
> Respectfully,
> Aser Tolentino, Esq.
> 
>> On May 2, 2018, at 12:23, Howard Adelsberg via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear all, I have been asked by the NYS Office of Court Administration 
>> to seek input from attorneys that are either blind or have vision 
>> impairment for recommendations on how the Court may  help or  assist 
>> us  in all aspects. Even if you are not admitted to NY, your input 
>> would be appreciated .-Howard M. Adelsberg 
>> _______________________________________________
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From jmccarthy at mdtap.org  Wed May  2 21:08:24 2018
From: jmccarthy at mdtap.org (Jim McCarthy)
Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 17:08:24 -0400
Subject: [blindlaw] Recommendations for Court
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References: <CA+VLjcDXq3ZhEYRCL_3R8n=CrQrGMUULwSbsaJWKjQJLCXXfDQ@mail.gmail.com>	<D72D3035-D3B7-4C01-95B5-3764990C5C50@gmail.com>
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My comments largely mirror Tai's though I have a bit less experience
actually using Beacons. It also is my understanding that there is some
considerable cost to maintain, replacing batteries, replacing beacons
themselves at some times and the like. This is not a reason necessarily to
oppose the concept but if installed, maintenance is important. It also is
unclear to me whether beacons will prove a long-term option. I do believe
that as in door navigation solutions develop, best practice accessibility
will be to install them in government buildings. I am not sure how nimble
programs will be in this area though. Maryland has a long-standing program
we call Access-Maryland and I have begun overseeing this program. It is an
old program that provides physical access to Maryland state facilities and
clearly, the expectation is physical access, accessible bathrooms/stalls,
elevators, ramps and compliant signage.    In my opinion, in door
mapping/GPS or a GPS like environment should be considered accessibility as
one would know locations in a building, court rooms, the cafeteria and so
forth. People who were blind or could not read the standard map would still
have access to the information, but even if that becomes the case, I am not
sure that the program here will be able to address the topic without
modifications. 
Jim McCarthy

-----Original Message-----
From: BlindLaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tai Tomasi
via BlindLaw
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2018 4:01 PM
To: Blind Law Mailing List
Cc: Tai Tomasi
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Recommendations for Court

Aser,

Are you talking about Apple iBeacons or another system? Can you educate me
regarding the cost of each navigation beacon? 

As for practicality, I am not sure such indoor beacons would help, at least
not in the courthouses I frequent. I have experience with such navigation
beacons in museums, and they were only slightly helpful due to the close
proximity of the beacons. I found that multiple beacons were communicating
with my phone at the same time, letting me know they were close by. The
problem was that the notification wasn't enough to identify the actual
location of the beacon. In my experience, beacons are not directional,
meaning that neither your phone nor the beacon seemed able to provide
accurate information about which way to turn. In other words, they are not
like GPS systems that can give you directional information. In my local
courthouses, the courtrooms are so close together that multiple beacons
would be sending notifications to my phone, meaning it would still be
necessary to ask for assistance or look for tactile wall signage. Although I
am an early adopter of technology and use it wherever possible, it isn't
always the best substitute for simply asking or looking for tactile signage.
I find the ability to read raised standard print very helpful in these
situations. Just my first thoughts on the subject.

Ms. Tai Tomasi, J.D.
Pronouns: she/her/hers
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: ttomasi at driowa.org
www.driowa.org

Our Mission:  To defend and promote the human and legal rights of Iowans
with disabilities

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From: BlindLaw <blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Aser Tolentino via
BlindLaw
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2018 2:50 PM
To: Blind Law Mailing List <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Aser Tolentino <agtolentino at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Recommendations for Court

Good afternoon,

Do people think deployment of indoor navigation beacons in courthouses would
improve your ability to independently find the right courtroom with less
fuss?

Respectfully,
Aser Tolentino, Esq.

> On May 2, 2018, at 12:23, Howard Adelsberg via BlindLaw
<blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear all, I have been asked by the NYS Office of Court Administration 
> to seek input from attorneys that are either blind or have vision 
> impairment for recommendations on how the Court may  help or  assist 
> us  in all aspects. Even if you are not admitted to NY, your input 
> would be appreciated .-Howard M. Adelsberg 
> _______________________________________________
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From agtolentino at gmail.com  Wed May  2 21:39:32 2018
From: agtolentino at gmail.com (Aser Tolentino)
Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 14:39:32 -0700
Subject: [blindlaw] Recommendations for Court
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	<D72D3035-D3B7-4C01-95B5-3764990C5C50@gmail.com>
	<DM5PR2001MB0938126B73898F2676721DA3D1800@DM5PR2001MB0938.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>
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Those are all more than fair points. I bring it up because like Jim I think it will be something that will have to be addressed at some point, likely as a hybrid technology/structural accommodation. If we’re working from the standpoint that tactile/Braille signage isn’t universally available, then we definitely have more important things to be talking about. But as this is a developing area of technology, where a government agency might randomly get a pot of money to suddenly field one of these systems for some other purpose like visitor information or tracking, we’d like indoor navigation to be on their radar as an important use case.

Respectfully,
Aser Tolentino, Esq.

> On May 2, 2018, at 14:08, Jim McCarthy via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> My comments largely mirror Tai's though I have a bit less experience
> actually using Beacons. It also is my understanding that there is some
> considerable cost to maintain, replacing batteries, replacing beacons
> themselves at some times and the like. This is not a reason necessarily to
> oppose the concept but if installed, maintenance is important. It also is
> unclear to me whether beacons will prove a long-term option. I do believe
> that as in door navigation solutions develop, best practice accessibility
> will be to install them in government buildings. I am not sure how nimble
> programs will be in this area though. Maryland has a long-standing program
> we call Access-Maryland and I have begun overseeing this program. It is an
> old program that provides physical access to Maryland state facilities and
> clearly, the expectation is physical access, accessible bathrooms/stalls,
> elevators, ramps and compliant signage.    In my opinion, in door
> mapping/GPS or a GPS like environment should be considered accessibility as
> one would know locations in a building, court rooms, the cafeteria and so
> forth. People who were blind or could not read the standard map would still
> have access to the information, but even if that becomes the case, I am not
> sure that the program here will be able to address the topic without
> modifications. 
> Jim McCarthy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindLaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tai Tomasi
> via BlindLaw
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2018 4:01 PM
> To: Blind Law Mailing List
> Cc: Tai Tomasi
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Recommendations for Court
> 
> Aser,
> 
> Are you talking about Apple iBeacons or another system? Can you educate me
> regarding the cost of each navigation beacon? 
> 
> As for practicality, I am not sure such indoor beacons would help, at least
> not in the courthouses I frequent. I have experience with such navigation
> beacons in museums, and they were only slightly helpful due to the close
> proximity of the beacons. I found that multiple beacons were communicating
> with my phone at the same time, letting me know they were close by. The
> problem was that the notification wasn't enough to identify the actual
> location of the beacon. In my experience, beacons are not directional,
> meaning that neither your phone nor the beacon seemed able to provide
> accurate information about which way to turn. In other words, they are not
> like GPS systems that can give you directional information. In my local
> courthouses, the courtrooms are so close together that multiple beacons
> would be sending notifications to my phone, meaning it would still be
> necessary to ask for assistance or look for tactile wall signage. Although I
> am an early adopter of technology and use it wherever possible, it isn't
> always the best substitute for simply asking or looking for tactile signage.
> I find the ability to read raised standard print very helpful in these
> situations. Just my first thoughts on the subject.
> 
> Ms. Tai Tomasi, J.D.
> Pronouns: she/her/hers
> 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: ttomasi 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
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> printouts.
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindLaw <blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Aser Tolentino via
> BlindLaw
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2018 2:50 PM
> To: Blind Law Mailing List <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Aser Tolentino <agtolentino at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Recommendations for Court
> 
> Good afternoon,
> 
> Do people think deployment of indoor navigation beacons in courthouses would
> improve your ability to independently find the right courtroom with less
> fuss?
> 
> Respectfully,
> Aser Tolentino, Esq.
> 
>> On May 2, 2018, at 12:23, Howard Adelsberg via BlindLaw
> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear all, I have been asked by the NYS Office of Court Administration 
>> to seek input from attorneys that are either blind or have vision 
>> impairment for recommendations on how the Court may  help or  assist 
>> us  in all aspects. Even if you are not admitted to NY, your input 
>> would be appreciated .-Howard M. Adelsberg 
>> _______________________________________________
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From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Wed May  2 23:58:52 2018
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 23:58:52 +0000
Subject: [blindlaw] Article: Major Defense Win in Website Accessibility/ADA
 Case , Lexology, April 25, 2018
In-Reply-To: <BL0PR0901MB24989563454F30B2B0919DA08E800@BL0PR0901MB2498.namprd09.prod.outlook.com>
References: <BL0PR0901MB24989563454F30B2B0919DA08E800@BL0PR0901MB2498.namprd09.prod.outlook.com>
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https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=244eed2b-7e6a-4007-b605-24c78a987da9



Major Defense Win in Website Accessibility/ADA Case

Lexology

April 25, 2018

By Fredrikson & Byron PA - Steven E. Helland



Defense of 'Mootness' Prevails When Website Operator Engaged Third-Party Consultant to Improve Site Accessibility



Federal Judge James P. Jones handed website owners, operators and developers a major win in April 2018 in dismissing the website accessibility/Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) case brought by blind plaintiff Keith Carroll. Carroll v. New People's Bank, Case No. 1:17CV00044, E.D. Va, April 5, 2018.



Carroll's complaint was similar to many other website accessibility complaints in that it alleged that the plaintiff:



*is blind or visually impaired;

*uses a screen-reader to access the internet;

*but is unable to read or access the defendant New People Bank's website as it was not designed or maintained to work well with screen-reader technology.



Successful Defense of Mootness



Judge Jones granted the bank's motion to dismiss in light of the fact that the bank had engaged a third party consultant to improve the accessibility of the website. The bank "contends that Carroll's claim is now moot based on its voluntary upgrades made to the website after this action was filed, which upgrades Carroll does not dispute. I agree. If a claim becomes moot, the court no longer has jurisdiction to decide it."



Other Courts Agree



Other courts have similarly dismissed website accessibility/ADA cases, albeit sometimes on different legal grounds. For example, in the case of Gomez v. Empower "U," Case No. 17-CV-22633-GAYLES, S.D. Fl, Oct. 31. 2017, the court wrote that "If, upon review of the report, the Court finds that Defendant intends to remediate the property in a timely manner, the Court will administratively close the case pending remediation."



Takeaway



The takeaway for website owners, operators and developers is that bona fide, meaningful accessibility improvements by a third party website accessibility consultant or developer provides a meaningful defense, recognized by a growing number of courts.




From dlmlaw at sbcglobal.net  Thu May  3 00:37:24 2018
From: dlmlaw at sbcglobal.net (Daniel McBride)
Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 19:37:24 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Article: Major Defense Win in Website
 Accessibility/ADA Case , Lexology, April 25, 2018
In-Reply-To: <BN7PR09MB25293B0E40A32648A54D7403F9800@BN7PR09MB2529.namprd09.prod.outlook.com>
References: <BL0PR0901MB24989563454F30B2B0919DA08E800@BL0PR0901MB2498.namprd09.prod.outlook.com>
	<BN7PR09MB25293B0E40A32648A54D7403F9800@BN7PR09MB2529.namprd09.prod.outlook.com>
Message-ID: <054801d3e276$e8713d30$b953b790$@sbcglobal.net>

Dear Noelle:

Please forgive my tendency for practical solutions to any problem, but I
assume Mr. Carroll did his banking with New People's Bank and found their
website accessibility difficult or just plain unnavigable.

It's just me I suppose, but I would have simply moved my accounts to a bank
with a friendlier website. Problem solved.

A lawsuit is a major investment in time, mental and physical energy, effort
and, possibly, money when it takes little effort to simply do your business
elsewhere.

Daniel McBride
Fort Worth, Texas 

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From: BlindLaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Nightingale, Noel via BlindLaw
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2018 6:59 PM
To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
Cc: Nightingale, Noel
Subject: [blindlaw] Article: Major Defense Win in Website Accessibility/ADA
Case , Lexology, April 25, 2018



https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=244eed2b-7e6a-4007-b605-24c78
a987da9



Major Defense Win in Website Accessibility/ADA Case

Lexology

April 25, 2018

By Fredrikson & Byron PA - Steven E. Helland



Defense of 'Mootness' Prevails When Website Operator Engaged Third-Party
Consultant to Improve Site Accessibility



Federal Judge James P. Jones handed website owners, operators and developers
a major win in April 2018 in dismissing the website accessibility/Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA) case brought by blind plaintiff Keith Carroll.
Carroll v. New People's Bank, Case No. 1:17CV00044, E.D. Va, April 5, 2018.



Carroll's complaint was similar to many other website accessibility
complaints in that it alleged that the plaintiff:



*is blind or visually impaired;

*uses a screen-reader to access the internet;

*but is unable to read or access the defendant New People Bank's website as
it was not designed or maintained to work well with screen-reader
technology.



Successful Defense of Mootness



Judge Jones granted the bank's motion to dismiss in light of the fact that
the bank had engaged a third party consultant to improve the accessibility
of the website. The bank "contends that Carroll's claim is now moot based on
its voluntary upgrades made to the website after this action was filed,
which upgrades Carroll does not dispute. I agree. If a claim becomes moot,
the court no longer has jurisdiction to decide it."



Other Courts Agree



Other courts have similarly dismissed website accessibility/ADA cases,
albeit sometimes on different legal grounds. For example, in the case of
Gomez v. Empower "U," Case No. 17-CV-22633-GAYLES, S.D. Fl, Oct. 31. 2017,
the court wrote that "If, upon review of the report, the Court finds that
Defendant intends to remediate the property in a timely manner, the Court
will administratively close the case pending remediation."



Takeaway



The takeaway for website owners, operators and developers is that bona fide,
meaningful accessibility improvements by a third party website accessibility
consultant or developer provides a meaningful defense, recognized by a
growing number of courts.



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From dlmlaw at sbcglobal.net  Thu May  3 00:47:04 2018
From: dlmlaw at sbcglobal.net (Daniel McBride)
Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 19:47:04 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Recommendations for Court
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References: <CA+VLjcDXq3ZhEYRCL_3R8n=CrQrGMUULwSbsaJWKjQJLCXXfDQ@mail.gmail.com>	<D72D3035-D3B7-4C01-95B5-3764990C5C50@gmail.com>	<DM5PR2001MB0938126B73898F2676721DA3D1800@DM5PR2001MB0938.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>	<006901d3e259$b5f4c380$21de4a80$@mdtap.org>
	<8E77BE02-E1DD-4185-9492-6F51AC766C0F@gmail.com>
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Dear Aser & Others:

I know absolutely nothing about the directional beacons and have never used one.

Over the years, I have done regular business at three different courthouses in Tarrant County, Texas. I know them like the back of my hand and have little trouble navigating them without a beacon.

There's no technology quite like that of good ol' human familiarity. Particularly, I can get around the Tim Curry Justice Center as well as I get aroung my own home. And this is a nine floor courthouse with 32 courtrooms, the clerks offices and District Attorney's offices.

Never have needed a beacon and, at age 62, never will.

Daniel McBride

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Cc: Aser Tolentino
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Recommendations for Court

Those are all more than fair points. I bring it up because like Jim I think it will be something that will have to be addressed at some point, likely as a hybrid technology/structural accommodation. If we’re working from the standpoint that tactile/Braille signage isn’t universally available, then we definitely have more important things to be talking about. But as this is a developing area of technology, where a government agency might randomly get a pot of money to suddenly field one of these systems for some other purpose like visitor information or tracking, we’d like indoor navigation to be on their radar as an important use case.

Respectfully,
Aser Tolentino, Esq.

> On May 2, 2018, at 14:08, Jim McCarthy via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> My comments largely mirror Tai's though I have a bit less experience
> actually using Beacons. It also is my understanding that there is some
> considerable cost to maintain, replacing batteries, replacing beacons
> themselves at some times and the like. This is not a reason necessarily to
> oppose the concept but if installed, maintenance is important. It also is
> unclear to me whether beacons will prove a long-term option. I do believe
> that as in door navigation solutions develop, best practice accessibility
> will be to install them in government buildings. I am not sure how nimble
> programs will be in this area though. Maryland has a long-standing program
> we call Access-Maryland and I have begun overseeing this program. It is an
> old program that provides physical access to Maryland state facilities and
> clearly, the expectation is physical access, accessible bathrooms/stalls,
> elevators, ramps and compliant signage.    In my opinion, in door
> mapping/GPS or a GPS like environment should be considered accessibility as
> one would know locations in a building, court rooms, the cafeteria and so
> forth. People who were blind or could not read the standard map would still
> have access to the information, but even if that becomes the case, I am not
> sure that the program here will be able to address the topic without
> modifications. 
> Jim McCarthy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindLaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tai Tomasi
> via BlindLaw
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2018 4:01 PM
> To: Blind Law Mailing List
> Cc: Tai Tomasi
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Recommendations for Court
> 
> Aser,
> 
> Are you talking about Apple iBeacons or another system? Can you educate me
> regarding the cost of each navigation beacon? 
> 
> As for practicality, I am not sure such indoor beacons would help, at least
> not in the courthouses I frequent. I have experience with such navigation
> beacons in museums, and they were only slightly helpful due to the close
> proximity of the beacons. I found that multiple beacons were communicating
> with my phone at the same time, letting me know they were close by. The
> problem was that the notification wasn't enough to identify the actual
> location of the beacon. In my experience, beacons are not directional,
> meaning that neither your phone nor the beacon seemed able to provide
> accurate information about which way to turn. In other words, they are not
> like GPS systems that can give you directional information. In my local
> courthouses, the courtrooms are so close together that multiple beacons
> would be sending notifications to my phone, meaning it would still be
> necessary to ask for assistance or look for tactile wall signage. Although I
> am an early adopter of technology and use it wherever possible, it isn't
> always the best substitute for simply asking or looking for tactile signage.
> I find the ability to read raised standard print very helpful in these
> situations. Just my first thoughts on the subject.
> 
> Ms. Tai Tomasi, J.D.
> Pronouns: she/her/hers
> Staff Attorney
> 
> 
> 
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> BlindLaw
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2018 2:50 PM
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> 
> Good afternoon,
> 
> Do people think deployment of indoor navigation beacons in courthouses would
> improve your ability to independently find the right courtroom with less
> fuss?
> 
> Respectfully,
> Aser Tolentino, Esq.
> 
>> On May 2, 2018, at 12:23, Howard Adelsberg via BlindLaw
> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear all, I have been asked by the NYS Office of Court Administration 
>> to seek input from attorneys that are either blind or have vision 
>> impairment for recommendations on how the Court may  help or  assist 
>> us  in all aspects. Even if you are not admitted to NY, your input 
>> would be appreciated .-Howard M. Adelsberg 
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From sy.hoekstra at gmail.com  Thu May  3 03:42:52 2018
From: sy.hoekstra at gmail.com (sy.hoekstra at gmail.com)
Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 23:42:52 -0400
Subject: [blindlaw] Recommendations for Court
In-Reply-To: <CA+VLjcDXq3ZhEYRCL_3R8n=CrQrGMUULwSbsaJWKjQJLCXXfDQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CA+VLjcDXq3ZhEYRCL_3R8n=CrQrGMUULwSbsaJWKjQJLCXXfDQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Howard,

I would love to talk and get more information about what the OCA is looking
for.  I'm a blind attorney practicing with a non-profit in Manhattan family
court.  And I know a couple others on this list who are in NY courts as
well.  Think we could find a time to talk?  You can e-mail me off-list at
sy.hoekstra at gmail.com.

Thanks,
Sy


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Subject: [blindlaw] Recommendations for Court

Dear all, I have been asked by the NYS Office of Court Administration to
seek input from attorneys that are either blind or have vision impairment
for recommendations on how the Court may  help or  assist us  in all
aspects. Even if you are not admitted to NY, your input would be appreciated
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From jlynnbarrow at gmail.com  Thu May  3 04:23:08 2018
From: jlynnbarrow at gmail.com (Jen Barrow)
Date: Thu, 3 May 2018 00:23:08 -0400
Subject: [blindlaw] Recommendations for Court
In-Reply-To: <008001d3e290$d11b6d80$73524880$@gmail.com>
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Hi Howard,
Yes, more specifics about what feedback OCA is interested in receiving would be helpful. I practice in Brooklyn.
Jen


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> On May 2, 2018, at 11:42 PM, sy.hoekstra--- via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Howard,
> 
> I would love to talk and get more information about what the OCA is looking
> for.  I'm a blind attorney practicing with a non-profit in Manhattan family
> court.  And I know a couple others on this list who are in NY courts as
> well.  Think we could find a time to talk?  You can e-mail me off-list at
> sy.hoekstra at gmail.com.
> 
> Thanks,
> Sy
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindLaw <blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Howard Adelsberg
> via BlindLaw
> Sent: Wednesday, May 2, 2018 3:23 PM
> To: Blind Law Mailing List <BlindLaw at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Howard Adelsberg <howardadelsberg at gmail.com>
> Subject: [blindlaw] Recommendations for Court
> 
> Dear all, I have been asked by the NYS Office of Court Administration to
> seek input from attorneys that are either blind or have vision impairment
> for recommendations on how the Court may  help or  assist us  in all
> aspects. Even if you are not admitted to NY, your input would be appreciated
> .-Howard M. Adelsberg _______________________________________________
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From blindguy at gmail.com  Thu May  3 20:26:48 2018
From: blindguy at gmail.com (Will)
Date: Thu, 03 May 2018 20:26:48 +0000
Subject: [blindlaw] Accessible Phone Systems and Office Equipment
In-Reply-To: <mailman.3.1525176001.18481.blindlaw_nfbnet.org@nfbnet.org>
References: <mailman.3.1525176001.18481.blindlaw_nfbnet.org@nfbnet.org>
Message-ID: <CANHcF2wghGcb7V=73FrBVivuvxF9htior_QCJBYPUdynDqJVxQ@mail.gmail.com>

>
>  You should check out Cisco's 8800 series phones. They have accessibility
> features for people who are blind and visually impaired.
>
> ACB also has information about these phones.
>
>
> https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/cuipph/AccessibilityFeatures/8800-series/P881_BK_A8830007_00_accessibility-features-8800-series.html




>

From ttomasi at driowa.org  Thu May  3 20:53:35 2018
From: ttomasi at driowa.org (Tai Tomasi)
Date: Thu, 3 May 2018 20:53:35 +0000
Subject: [blindlaw] Accessible Phone Systems and Office Equipment
In-Reply-To: <CANHcF2wghGcb7V=73FrBVivuvxF9htior_QCJBYPUdynDqJVxQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <mailman.3.1525176001.18481.blindlaw_nfbnet.org@nfbnet.org>
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Message-ID: <DM5PR2001MB09387BD5B9FEAE361F46CDADD1870@DM5PR2001MB0938.namprd20.prod.outlook.com>

Thanks for this information.

Ms. Tai Tomasi, J.D.
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Staff Attorney



400 East Court Ave., Ste. 300
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Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2018 3:27 PM
To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
Cc: Will <blindguy at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Accessible Phone Systems and Office Equipment

>
>  You should check out Cisco's 8800 series phones. They have 
> accessibility features for people who are blind and visually impaired.
>
> ACB also has information about these phones.
>
>
> https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/voice_ip_comm/cuipph/Accessibili
> tyFeatures/8800-series/P881_BK_A8830007_00_accessibility-features-8800
> -series.html




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From slabarre at labarrelaw.com  Fri May  4 13:02:28 2018
From: slabarre at labarrelaw.com (Scott C. Labarre)
Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 07:02:28 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: Attorney and Legal Internship Vacancies at the U.S.
 Department of Justice
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Sent: Friday, May 4, 2018 6:16 AM
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Subject: Attorney and Legal Internship Vacancies at the U.S. Department of
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What's new?

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,
<http://www.justice.gov/careers/veterans/> status as a veteran, generations,
geography, sexual orientation, and includes
<http://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/disability-hiring-0> 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 3,000 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
<http://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/volunteer-internship-opportunities?pos
ition=2> .  Each announcement lists the applicable deadlines and
requirements and students interested in volunteer internships at DOJ for
spring and summer 2018 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-internshi
p-us-department-justice and visit our web page at
http://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/volunteer-legal-internships. 

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Attorney Vacancies & Volunteer Legal Internships


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization United States Trustee
Program (USTP) 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/trial-attorney-255> Trial
Attorney 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State
Missouri 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated May 4, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization USAO Eastern District of
California 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/special-assistant-us-attorney-unc
ompensated-2> Special Assistant U.S. Attorney (Uncompensated) 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State
California 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated May 3, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization Professional
Responsibility Advisory Office (PRAO) 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/attorney-advisor-164> Attorney
Advisor 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State
District of Columbia 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated May 3, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization Executive Office for
Immigration Review (EOIR) 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/law-student-volunteer-york-immigr
ation-court> Law Student Volunteer - York Immigration Court 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State
Pennsylvania 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated May 3, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization Civil Division (CIV) 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/consumer-protection-branchconsume
r-protection-branch-page> Unpaid Law Student Volunteer, Summer- Consumer
Protection Branch 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State
District of Columbia 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated May 3, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization USAO Eastern District of
Virginia 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/assistant-united-states-attorney-
648> Assistant United States Attorney 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State
Virginia 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated May 2, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization Tax Division (TAX) 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/volunteer-legal-internship>
Volunteer Legal Internship 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State
District of Columbia 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated May 2, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization USAO Northern District of
Ohio 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/assistant-united-states-attorney-
criminal-39> Assistant United States Attorney (Criminal) 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State Ohio 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated May 1, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization USAO Central District of
Illinois 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/civil-ausa-1> Civil AUSA 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State
Illinois 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated May 1, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization USAO Southern District of
New York 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/law-student-volunteer-129> Law
Student Volunteer 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State New
York 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated May 1, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization Criminal Division (CRM) 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/volunteer-intern-3> Volunteer
Intern 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State
District of Columbia 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated April 30, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization USAO District of Colorado 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/term-assistant-united-states-atto
rney-criminal-division> Term Assistant United States Attorney, Criminal
Division 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State
Colorado 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated April 30, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization Executive Office for
Immigration Review (EOIR) 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/law-student-volunteer-133> Law
Student Volunteer 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State
Minnesota 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated April 30, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization USAO Middle District of
Tennessee 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/term-assistant-united-stats-attor
ney-financial-litigation> Term Assistant United Stats Attorney (Financial
Litigation) 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State
Tennessee 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated April 30, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization Criminal Division (CRM) 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/resident-legal-advisor-morocco>
Resident Legal Advisor, Morocco 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated April 30, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization Criminal Division (CRM) 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/resident-legal-advisor-algeria>
Resident Legal Advisor, Algeria 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated April 30, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization Executive Office for
Immigration Review (EOIR) 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/immigration-judge-5> Immigration
Judge 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State
Virginia 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated April 30, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization USAO Northern District of
Ohio 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/assistant-united-states-attorney-
appellate-2> Assistant United States Attorney (Appellate) 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State Ohio 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated April 30, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization USAO Southern District of
California 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/assistant-united-states-attorney-
642> Assistant United States Attorney 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State
California 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated April 30, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization USAO Southern District of
California 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/assistant-united-states-attorney-
647> Assistant United States Attorney 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State
California 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated April 30, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization Civil Division (CIV) 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/trial-attorney-254> Trial
Attorney 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State
District of Columbia 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated April 30, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization USAO Western District of
Kentucky 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/assistant-united-states-attorney-
650> Assistant United States Attorney 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State
Kentucky 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated April 30, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization USAO Eastern District of
Virginia 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/assistant-united-states-attorney-
649> Assistant United States Attorney 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State
Virginia 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated April 30, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization USAO Western District of
Louisiana 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/assistant-united-states-attorney-
481> Assistant United States Attorney 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State
Louisiana 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated April 30, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization USAO Southern District of
Georgia 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/assistant-united-states-attorney-
646> Assistant United States Attorney 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State Georgia


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated April 30, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&page=1&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&page=1&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&page=1&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&page=1&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated 

			

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&page=1&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization USAO Western
District of Virginia 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&page=1&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title Uncompensated Special
Assistant United States Attorney (Criminal Division)
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/uncompensated-special-assistant-u
nited-states-attorney-criminal-division-0>  

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&page=1&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State
Virginia 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&page=1&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated April 27, 2018 

			

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&page=1&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization Civil Division
(CIV) 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&page=1&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title Unpaid Law Student
Volunteer, Academic Year- Consumer Protection Branch
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/law-student-volunteer-academic-ye
ar-66>  

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&page=1&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State
District of Columbia 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&page=1&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated April 27, 2018 

			

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&page=1&order=name&sort=asc> Hiring Organization Civil Division
(CIV) 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&page=1&order=title&sort=asc> Job Title Unpaid Law Student Volunteer
(Fall 2018): Office of Immigration Litigation - Appellate Section
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/unpaid-law-student-volunteer-fall
-2018-office-immigration-litigation-appellate>  

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&page=1&order=field_va_location_administrative_area&sort=asc> State
District of Columbia 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?%3B%3Border=name&%3B%3Btid=
All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&position=All&practice_area=All
&tid=All&page=1&order=changed&sort=asc> Posted/ Updated April 27, 2018 

			

 

 

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From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Fri May  4 21:19:49 2018
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 21:19:49 +0000
Subject: [blindlaw] U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights
 in Seattle shortly hiring an attorney--express your interest now if you are
 interested
Message-ID: <BYAPR09MB2536BDD804560E45C1A39436F9860@BYAPR09MB2536.namprd09.prod.outlook.com>

If you are interested in a position of attorney for the U.S. department of Education's Office for Civil rights in Seattle, there is likely to be an opening shortly, but the application period will be short.  If anyone would like to discuss the opportunity, please call me at (206) 607-1600.

Noel Nightingale


From slabarre at labarrelaw.com  Sat May  5 18:09:08 2018
From: slabarre at labarrelaw.com (Scott C. Labarre)
Date: Sat, 5 May 2018 12:09:08 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: [DRBA] DRA is hiring in NYC
In-Reply-To: <DM5PR01MB23166310FD81F9EA0606B656DE860@DM5PR01MB2316.prod.exchangelabs.com>
References: <DM5PR01MB23166310FD81F9EA0606B656DE860@DM5PR01MB2316.prod.exchangelabs.com>
Message-ID: <010a01d3e49c$29ef8330$7dce8990$@labarrelaw.com>

FYI

 

From: Disability Rights Bar Association [mailto:DRBA at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Michelle Caiola
Sent: Friday, May 4, 2018 12:21 PM
To: DRBA at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: [DRBA] DRA is hiring in NYC

 

Dear all,

 

As our New York office continues to expand, we are looking to hire a new mid-level attorney with litigation experience.  Please see the attached posting and feel free to share within your networks.

 

Thanks,

 

Michelle

 

 

Michelle Caiola │ Disability Rights Advocates

Managing Director, Litigation

655 Third Avenue,  14th Floor, New York, NY  10017     

P 212 644 8644 │ F  212 644 8636 │  <http://www.dralegal.org/> www.dralegal.org

 

 <http://dralegal.org/dras-25th-anniversary-gala/> 

 

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From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Tue May  8 22:40:41 2018
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Tue, 8 May 2018 22:40:41 +0000
Subject: [blindlaw] Recruitment for attorney U.S. Department of Education's
 Office for Civil Rights in Seattle
Message-ID: <BYAPR09MB2536BA4655CCADD3E99290ECF99A0@BYAPR09MB2536.namprd09.prod.outlook.com>


THIS IS NOT A VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Dear Colleague:

The Seattle Regional Office of the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is collecting resumes for the General Attorney GS-0905 series position for our resume bank.   If you are interested, submit a resume and letter of interest to OCR Seattle at OCR.Seattle at ed.gov<mailto:OCR.Seattle at ed.gov> . This is not a vacancy announcement.

Noel Nightingale


From angie.matney at gmail.com  Wed May  9 11:28:40 2018
From: angie.matney at gmail.com (Angie Matney)
Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 07:28:40 -0400
Subject: [blindlaw] Batch OCR
Message-ID: <A50C18B4-3511-456B-BBD2-E4A9FA32B810@gmail.com>

Hello. I'd be interested to know if anyone can recommend a good program that will let me convert a lot of pdf files to Word or text with minimal interaction. Ideally, I'd be able to point the software to a particular folder and have it go to town with the processing. 

Thanks for any recommendations you can provide. 

Angie


Sent from my iPhone

From rahul.bajaj1038 at gmail.com  Wed May  9 11:56:13 2018
From: rahul.bajaj1038 at gmail.com (Rahul Bajaj)
Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 17:26:13 +0530
Subject: [blindlaw] Batch OCR
In-Reply-To: <A50C18B4-3511-456B-BBD2-E4A9FA32B810@gmail.com>
References: <A50C18B4-3511-456B-BBD2-E4A9FA32B810@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CADFycPYU6EfrhB2L_7VJTgC6Y2ZfrqcNKR9T0LzwpthMNm3fXA@mail.gmail.com>

I am assuming you have tried ABBYY Fine Reader and it does not have
the folder conversion functionality?

On 09/05/2018, Angie Matney via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hello. I'd be interested to know if anyone can recommend a good program that
> will let me convert a lot of pdf files to Word or text with minimal
> interaction. Ideally, I'd be able to point the software to a particular
> folder and have it go to town with the processing.
>
> Thanks for any recommendations you can provide.
>
> Angie
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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From ttomasi at driowa.org  Wed May  9 12:00:45 2018
From: ttomasi at driowa.org (Tai Tomasi)
Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 12:00:45 +0000
Subject: [blindlaw] Batch OCR
In-Reply-To: <CADFycPYU6EfrhB2L_7VJTgC6Y2ZfrqcNKR9T0LzwpthMNm3fXA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <A50C18B4-3511-456B-BBD2-E4A9FA32B810@gmail.com>,
	<CADFycPYU6EfrhB2L_7VJTgC6Y2ZfrqcNKR9T0LzwpthMNm3fXA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <45D444BC-DAE5-4C2E-B2BE-13429A56E697@driowa.org>

ABBYY FineReader pro 14 can do this. I have never used the feature so can’t speak to its accuracy.

Tai Tomasi, J.D., M.P.A.
Email: ttomasi at driowa.org<mailto:ttomasi at driowa.org>
Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse my brevity and any grammatical errors.

On May 9, 2018, at 6:57 AM, Rahul Bajaj via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org<mailto:blindlaw at nfbnet.org>> wrote:

I am assuming you have tried ABBYY Fine Reader and it does not have
the folder conversion functionality?

On 09/05/2018, Angie Matney via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org<mailto:blindlaw at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
Hello. I'd be interested to know if anyone can recommend a good program that
will let me convert a lot of pdf files to Word or text with minimal
interaction. Ideally, I'd be able to point the software to a particular
folder and have it go to town with the processing.

Thanks for any recommendations you can provide.

Angie


Sent from my iPhone
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From awebb2168 at gmail.com  Wed May  9 13:14:34 2018
From: awebb2168 at gmail.com (Andrew Webb)
Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 08:14:34 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Batch OCR
In-Reply-To: <45D444BC-DAE5-4C2E-B2BE-13429A56E697@driowa.org>
References: <A50C18B4-3511-456B-BBD2-E4A9FA32B810@gmail.com>,
	<CADFycPYU6EfrhB2L_7VJTgC6Y2ZfrqcNKR9T0LzwpthMNm3fXA@mail.gmail.com>
	<45D444BC-DAE5-4C2E-B2BE-13429A56E697@driowa.org>
Message-ID: <001101d3e797$ace568b0$06b03a10$@com>

Can this also be done using Kurzweil 1000?

-----Original Message-----
From: BlindLaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tai Tomasi via BlindLaw
Sent: Wednesday, May 9, 2018 7:01 AM
To: Blind Law Mailing List
Cc: Tai Tomasi
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Batch OCR

ABBYY FineReader pro 14 can do this. I have never used the feature so can’t speak to its accuracy.

Tai Tomasi, J.D., M.P.A.
Email: ttomasi at driowa.org<mailto:ttomasi at driowa.org>
Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse my brevity and any grammatical errors.

On May 9, 2018, at 6:57 AM, Rahul Bajaj via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org<mailto:blindlaw at nfbnet.org>> wrote:

I am assuming you have tried ABBYY Fine Reader and it does not have
the folder conversion functionality?

On 09/05/2018, Angie Matney via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org<mailto:blindlaw at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
Hello. I'd be interested to know if anyone can recommend a good program that
will let me convert a lot of pdf files to Word or text with minimal
interaction. Ideally, I'd be able to point the software to a particular
folder and have it go to town with the processing.

Thanks for any recommendations you can provide.

Angie


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From andrewmgreen1968 at gmail.com  Wed May  9 13:21:14 2018
From: andrewmgreen1968 at gmail.com (Andrew Green)
Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 07:21:14 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] Batch OCR
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References: <A50C18B4-3511-456B-BBD2-E4A9FA32B810@gmail.com>
	<CADFycPYU6EfrhB2L_7VJTgC6Y2ZfrqcNKR9T0LzwpthMNm3fXA@mail.gmail.com>
	<45D444BC-DAE5-4C2E-B2BE-13429A56E697@driowa.org>
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For those using a Mac this can also be done with ABBYY FineReader 12 by using the Automator feature built into OSX and setting a folder to watch and scan all items when they are added.  I know the chances you are using a Mac are low but I figured I would mention this for anyone who might be using one.

Andrew

> On May 9, 2018, at 6:00 AM, Tai Tomasi via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> ABBYY FineReader pro 14 can do this. I have never used the feature so can’t speak to its accuracy.
> 
> Tai Tomasi, J.D., M.P.A.
> Email: ttomasi at driowa.org<mailto:ttomasi at driowa.org>
> Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse my brevity and any grammatical errors.
> 
> On May 9, 2018, at 6:57 AM, Rahul Bajaj via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org<mailto:blindlaw at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
> 
> I am assuming you have tried ABBYY Fine Reader and it does not have
> the folder conversion functionality?
> 
> On 09/05/2018, Angie Matney via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org<mailto:blindlaw at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
> Hello. I'd be interested to know if anyone can recommend a good program that
> will let me convert a lot of pdf files to Word or text with minimal
> interaction. Ideally, I'd be able to point the software to a particular
> folder and have it go to town with the processing.
> 
> Thanks for any recommendations you can provide.
> 
> Angie
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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From sy.hoekstra at gmail.com  Wed May  9 14:33:17 2018
From: sy.hoekstra at gmail.com (Sybren Hoekstra)
Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 10:33:17 -0400
Subject: [blindlaw] Batch OCR
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References: <A50C18B4-3511-456B-BBD2-E4A9FA32B810@gmail.com>
	<CADFycPYU6EfrhB2L_7VJTgC6Y2ZfrqcNKR9T0LzwpthMNm3fXA@mail.gmail.com>
	<45D444BC-DAE5-4C2E-B2BE-13429A56E697@driowa.org>
	<001101d3e797$ace568b0$06b03a10$@com>
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It can, and someone on this listserv has given instructions on how to do it before. But I don’t know how

Sent from my iPhone

> On May 9, 2018, at 09:14, Andrew Webb via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Can this also be done using Kurzweil 1000?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindLaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tai Tomasi via BlindLaw
> Sent: Wednesday, May 9, 2018 7:01 AM
> To: Blind Law Mailing List
> Cc: Tai Tomasi
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Batch OCR
> 
> ABBYY FineReader pro 14 can do this. I have never used the feature so can’t speak to its accuracy.
> 
> Tai Tomasi, J.D., M.P.A.
> Email: ttomasi at driowa.org<mailto:ttomasi at driowa.org>
> Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse my brevity and any grammatical errors.
> 
> On May 9, 2018, at 6:57 AM, Rahul Bajaj via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org<mailto:blindlaw at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
> 
> I am assuming you have tried ABBYY Fine Reader and it does not have
> the folder conversion functionality?
> 
> On 09/05/2018, Angie Matney via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org<mailto:blindlaw at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
> Hello. I'd be interested to know if anyone can recommend a good program that
> will let me convert a lot of pdf files to Word or text with minimal
> interaction. Ideally, I'd be able to point the software to a particular
> folder and have it go to town with the processing.
> 
> Thanks for any recommendations you can provide.
> 
> Angie
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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From laura.wolk at gmail.com  Wed May  9 14:36:53 2018
From: laura.wolk at gmail.com (Laura Wolk)
Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 10:36:53 -0400
Subject: [blindlaw] Batch OCR
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	<CADFycPYU6EfrhB2L_7VJTgC6Y2ZfrqcNKR9T0LzwpthMNm3fXA@mail.gmail.com>
	<45D444BC-DAE5-4C2E-B2BE-13429A56E697@driowa.org>
	<001101d3e797$ace568b0$06b03a10$@com>
	<34D54928-1950-4D12-A04B-83823B4A5212@gmail.com>
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I must have missed those instructions, but I would absolutely love to
have them again.

On 5/9/18, Sybren Hoekstra via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> It can, and someone on this listserv has given instructions on how to do it
> before. But I don’t know how
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On May 9, 2018, at 09:14, Andrew Webb via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Can this also be done using Kurzweil 1000?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: BlindLaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tai
>> Tomasi via BlindLaw
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 9, 2018 7:01 AM
>> To: Blind Law Mailing List
>> Cc: Tai Tomasi
>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Batch OCR
>>
>> ABBYY FineReader pro 14 can do this. I have never used the feature so
>> can’t speak to its accuracy.
>>
>> Tai Tomasi, J.D., M.P.A.
>> Email: ttomasi at driowa.org<mailto:ttomasi at driowa.org>
>> Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse my brevity and any grammatical errors.
>>
>> On May 9, 2018, at 6:57 AM, Rahul Bajaj via BlindLaw
>> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org<mailto:blindlaw at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
>>
>> I am assuming you have tried ABBYY Fine Reader and it does not have
>> the folder conversion functionality?
>>
>> On 09/05/2018, Angie Matney via BlindLaw
>> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org<mailto:blindlaw at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
>> Hello. I'd be interested to know if anyone can recommend a good program
>> that
>> will let me convert a lot of pdf files to Word or text with minimal
>> interaction. Ideally, I'd be able to point the software to a particular
>> folder and have it go to town with the processing.
>>
>> Thanks for any recommendations you can provide.
>>
>> Angie
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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From slabarre at labarrelaw.com  Wed May  9 14:45:41 2018
From: slabarre at labarrelaw.com (Scott C. Labarre)
Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 08:45:41 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] NABL Annual Meeting
Message-ID: <003801d3e7a4$67bfeb40$373fc1c0$@labarrelaw.com>

Greetings NABL Friends:

 

On July 5, 2018, the National Association of Blind Lawyers will be
conducting its annual meeting at the Rosen Shingle  Creek Resort in Orlando
as part of the NFB's Convention.  The meeting will start at 1:00 pm and
conclude at 5:00 followed by our ever popular reception.  

 

We are currently planning the meeting and would love to hear from our
members about topics that people would like us to cover.  Feel free to reply
on list or contact me at slabarre at labarrelaw.com
<mailto:slabarre at labarrelaw.com>  or 303 504-5979.

 

At the Convention, we will also be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the
NABL Mock Trial on July 4th.  Our first trial occurred in 1998 and took up
the topic of throwing blind people out of emergency exit rows on airplanes.
In fact, blind people were arrested for sitting in the seat to which they
were assigned.       We are contemplating reenacting the original episode of
the Mock Trial.

 

Thank you very much for your attention to this message.  Have a terrific
day!

 

Best,

Scott

 

 


From ttomasi at driowa.org  Wed May  9 15:03:43 2018
From: ttomasi at driowa.org (Tai Tomasi)
Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 15:03:43 +0000
Subject: [blindlaw] Batch Document Recognition in Kurzweil 1000
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Laura and all: 

Below, I have pasted the instructions for batch scanning using the KOCR utility in Kurzweil 1000 version 14. These instructions should be similar for other recent versions of Kurzweil 1000.  I am also attaching PDF and Word versions of the Kurzweil 1000 users guide.

KOCRUtil for Automatic File Recognition.
If you have a multi-core processor on your machine, you can use KOCRUtil to recognize files and files in folders automatically and silently.
If the OCR engine can keep the recognized data for the entire document and then convert it, it will attempt to unify its formatting decisions so that the final document is more consistent.
Before using KOCRUtil, however, consider the tradeoffs. Corrections, for example, will not be applied to each page. You won't be able to edit or read the document as it is recognized. Bookmarks will not be captured for PDF files.
And the resulting document won't be in KES format (though most of the choices will produce output that can be converted to KES by opening them within Kurzweil 1000).
To run KOCRUtil:
1.	Select a file, a list of files, or a folder in Windows Explorer.
2.	Bring up the context menu, and select the appropriate menu item. For a folder, that menu item would be "Recognize Images with Kurzweil." For image files (either TIFF, PDF, JPEG, or PNG), you can pick either
"Recognize Images with Kurzweil Automatically", or "Recognize Images with Kurzweil Interactively".
When you recognize images automatically, KOCRUtil.exe will run without bringing up a window. It will use current default settings to recognize the selected image files, or to recognize all of the image files found within the selected folder, and then exit. When it exits, you will hear a wave file
"KOCRUtil.wav," if that file exists.
If you selected a folder and then activated the "Recognize Images with Kurzweil" menu item, KOCRUtil would look for all image files within that folder (but not, note within sub folders). These files would be organized into one or more group. Files are in the same group if their file names are identical except for digits. So, for example, "Image001.tif", "Image2.tif", and "Image43.tif" are all in the same group, but "Imagea3" is not. Groups of image files are sorted by
their name, recognized together, and output into one resulting document.
Output file names are based on the name of the first image file in a group of image files, along with an extension that is appropriate for the output format. Depending upon settings, the output files can be in the same folder as the image files, or can be sent to a specified folder.
The default is for KOCRUtil to use FineReader Engine with English as the only recognition language, creating an RTF file that will be placed in the same folder as the image file or files.
To exit KOCRUtil:
Press Escape or TAB to the Exit button and press Enter.
To change KOCRUtil settings:
Either run KOCRUtil.exe without command line arguments, or use the "Recognize Images with Kurzweil Interactively" context menu. This will bring up KOCRUtil, which has a single dialog.
The dialog controls are described below in tab order. Where applicable, the mnemonic follows.
Image Files group has a text box, ALT+I, where you can specify one or more image files, separated by semicolons. There is also a Browse button which brings up a file open dialog so you can select the desired image files from your system.
Output File group has a text box, ALT+O and a Browse button. In the text box you specify the output file. Note that it can be blank, in which case the output file name is constructed using the first image file name. If no path is specified, the source folder will be used, or the default destination folder will be used, depending on that setting (see below). You can also click the Browse button to bring up a file save dialog in which you can specify the output file.
Format list box, ALT+O, lets you choose the format of the output file. The list of possible formats changes depending on the recognition engine used.
Note: As of October 2016, with a full install of K1000 V14.09 and above the FineReader will be used.
Details button, Alt+D brings up the Format Details dialog in which you can change format settings. The dialog contains: a Layout list (Alt+L) where you can opt to Retain Layout, Formatted Text, or Plain Text. Next is the Paper Size list (Alt+P); choose Automatic, A3, A4, A5, Letter, or Legal. The third list is
labeled Pictures (Alt+C); choose to Remove Pictures, Low Resolution (for Web), Medium Resolution (for screen), High Resolution (for printing). Four check boxes follow the lists. You can opt to Keep Page Breaks (Alt+G), Keep Line Breaks (Alt+N), Keep Text Color (Alt+T), and Keep Headers and Footers (Alt+H). By default, Kurzweil 1000 keeps Formatted Text for the layout, uses Automatic paper size selection, Removes Pictures, Keeps Page Breaks, Text Color, and Headers and Footers, but does not Keep Line Breaks. These Format Details settings are retained for future sessions until you change them again.
Recognition Engine list box, ALT+R. Choose the recognition engine, FineReader Engine or OmniPage Engine.
Note: As of October 2016, the OmniPage Engine will no longer be available with a full install of Kurzweil 1000 V14.09 and above.
Recognition Languages list view, ALT+L. Check one or more of the
recognition languages. The list changes depending on the recognition engine.
Note: As of October 2016, with a full install of K1000 V14.09 and above the FineReader language list will be used.
Start Recognition button, ALT+S. Use it to start recognition if everything else is set up properly.
The next three controls are in a group box labeled Default Destination.
Use Source Folder check box, ALT+U. If set, the folder of the image file will be used to specify the default destination folder (i.e., the folder used if none is specified explicitly along with the output file name).
Unlabeled text box. This is disabled if Use Source Folder is checked. Otherwise, it allows you to specify a default destination folder.
Browse button which will bring up a dialog that allows you to select a default destination folder.
Save Defaults button, ALT+V. Use it to save your current settings as default settings. Once you have done this, these are the settings that will be used when you choose to recognize a file or folder automatically.
Status, ALT+S is a read-only text box that tells you when recognition of a page is completed and will include recognition hints if you are using FineReader.

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From: BlindLaw <blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Laura Wolk via BlindLaw
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Batch OCR

I must have missed those instructions, but I would absolutely love to have them again.

On 5/9/18, Sybren Hoekstra via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> It can, and someone on this listserv has given instructions on how to 
> do it before. But I don’t know how
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On May 9, 2018, at 09:14, Andrew Webb via BlindLaw 
>> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Can this also be done using Kurzweil 1000?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: BlindLaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tai 
>> Tomasi via BlindLaw
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 9, 2018 7:01 AM
>> To: Blind Law Mailing List
>> Cc: Tai Tomasi
>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Batch OCR
>>
>> ABBYY FineReader pro 14 can do this. I have never used the feature so 
>> can’t speak to its accuracy.
>>
>> Tai Tomasi, J.D., M.P.A.
>> Email: ttomasi at driowa.org<mailto:ttomasi at driowa.org>
>> Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse my brevity and any grammatical errors.
>>
>> On May 9, 2018, at 6:57 AM, Rahul Bajaj via BlindLaw 
>> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org<mailto:blindlaw at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
>>
>> I am assuming you have tried ABBYY Fine Reader and it does not have 
>> the folder conversion functionality?
>>
>> On 09/05/2018, Angie Matney via BlindLaw 
>> <blindlaw at nfbnet.org<mailto:blindlaw at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
>> Hello. I'd be interested to know if anyone can recommend a good 
>> program that will let me convert a lot of pdf files to Word or text 
>> with minimal interaction. Ideally, I'd be able to point the software 
>> to a particular folder and have it go to town with the processing.
>>
>> Thanks for any recommendations you can provide.
>>
>> Angie
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Wed May  9 15:51:46 2018
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 15:51:46 +0000
Subject: [blindlaw] Open Attorney Position, social security advocacy
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________________________________
From: Alex Doolittle <alex at seattlecommlaw.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 8, 2018 6:07:23 PM
To: ATJ Community
Subject: [atj-community] Open Attorney Position


Hi All,



SCLC is hiring. Please share this position description widely.



Thank you,



Alex KF Doolittle

Executive Director

Seattle Community Law Center

1404 E. Yesler Way, Ste 203

Seattle, WA 98122

206-686-7252 x104

www.seattlecommlaw.org<http://www.seattlecommlaw.org/>



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From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Wed May  9 16:21:25 2018
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 16:21:25 +0000
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: Disability Rights Washington -- hiring 2-3 yr
 attorney in Spokane
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From: 'Daquiz, Abigail - SOL' via Federal Attorneys Networking Group of Seattle [mailto:fangseattle at googlegroups.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2018 9:19 AM
To: fangseattle at googlegroups.com
Subject: [fangs] Disability Rights Washington -- hiring 2-3 yr attorney in Spokane


Good morning everyone,
Please spread the word, Disability Rights Washington is looking to hire an attorney with 2-3 years of experience, although we will consider someone with less experience if they are the right candidate, in our Spokane office.
https://www.disabilityrightswa.org/2018/05/08/now-hiring-litigation-attorney/
Thanks,
David

David R. Carlson, Attorney
Director of Advocacy
he/him/his

Disability Rights Washington
10 North Post Street, Suite 315 | Spokane, WA 99201

voice: 206.324.1521 or 800.562.2702 | fax: 206.957.0729
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From rene0373 at gmail.com  Wed May  9 16:28:24 2018
From: rene0373 at gmail.com (Elizabeth Rene)
Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 09:28:24 -0700
Subject: [blindlaw] Law practice websites
Message-ID: <4E451F81-BCF7-4BFC-BE23-2143B9516C22@gmail.com>

Hi listmates,
Has anyone built a website for your law practice, or had one built for you, that conforms to the accessibility protocols? What has been your experience, and who might be the best resources for technical help? This is outside my skill set!:-)
Thanks. 
Elizabeth 

Elizabeth M René 
Attorney at Law 
WSBA #10710 
KCBA #21824
rene0373 at gmail.com 

From ttomasi at driowa.org  Thu May 10 20:45:22 2018
From: ttomasi at driowa.org (Tai Tomasi)
Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 20:45:22 +0000
Subject: [blindlaw] New legal jobs at the Southern Poverty Law Center
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Forwarded message below:

Hi everyone,

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is significantly expanding our Children's Rights team. The positions below are currently available. If you are interested in a position, but haven't lived or worked in our states, please let me know. I hadn't either before joining SPLC  (I'd previously worked in Baltimore, DC, and Raleigh), and I or others on the team can talk to you about what it's like to live and work here.

As background, the Children's Rights team focuses on impact litigation in three broad areas: stopping the school to prison pipeline, fighting for educational equity, and protecting children's access to mental health services. We have or are building teams in four states: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Across our states, we focus on creative litigation strategies, ranging from state constitutional claims to protect education funding<https://www.splcenter.org/seeking-justice/case-docket/rep-bryant-w-clark-and-sen-john-horhn-v-governor-phil-bryant-et-al> to a federal case in which we allege that the state of Mississippi has long violated, and is still violating, the terms of its full readmission<https://www.splcenter.org/seeking-justice/case-docket/indigo-williams-et-al-v-phil-bryant-et-al> to the Union.

More broadly, our cases and campaigns seek to address disproportionality and discrimination in school discipline, referrals to alternative school, expulsion, and school-based arrest; curbing seclusion and restraint; pushing back against school-imposed fines and citations; addressing a variety of equity issues (school funding, deregulation, privatization, vouchers, segregation/re-segregation); and improving children's access to Medicaid and other vital health services. The Children's Rights team is committed to ensuring that all schools in the Deep South have the resources necessary to educate all children, no matter the child's race, sex, national origin, religion, disability status, or poverty status.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss any of this further, please let me know. If you know of anyone else who may be interested in one of these positions, I would really appreciate you forwarding this email.

Thank you,
Christine

Jackson, Mississippi:

  *   Senior Staff Attorney: https://careers-splcenter.icims.com/jobs/1214/senior-staff-attorney---children%27s-rights/job
  *   Staff Attorney: https://careers-splcenter.icims.com/jobs/1213/staff-attorney---children%27s-rights/job

New Orleans, Louisiana:

  *   Senior Supervising Attorney: https://careers-splcenter.icims.com/jobs/1237/senior-supervising-attorney---children%27s-rights/job
  *   Senior Staff Attorney: https://careers-splcenter.icims.com/jobs/1225/senior-staff-attorney---children%27s-rights/job


Montgomery, Alabama:

  *   Senior Supervising Attorney: https://careers-splcenter.icims.com/jobs/1163/senior-supervising-attorney---children%27s-rights/job



Christine Bischoff, Senior Supervising Attorney
Southern Poverty Law Center
111 E. Capitol Street, Ste. 280
Jackson, MS 39201
769-524-2015 (work)
336-416-0281 (cell)
Christine.bischoff at splcenter.org<mailto:Christine.bischoff at splcenter.org>




From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Fri May 11 16:28:25 2018
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 16:28:25 +0000
Subject: [blindlaw] U.S. Access Board Webinar: Accessible Airport Terminals
 (June 7)
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From sai at fiatfiendum.org  Fri May 11 18:22:32 2018
From: sai at fiatfiendum.org (Sai)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 19:22:32 +0100
Subject: [blindlaw] Batch OCR
In-Reply-To: <CAHG6wD6X4zpLzDHLLO+7vXWgDAehEREeYkgd3PaBmVMbLut9jg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <A50C18B4-3511-456B-BBD2-E4A9FA32B810@gmail.com>
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Adobe Acrobat Pro can do this easily - works on full folders at once,
applying the same OCR settings to all of it.

I can't speak to how good its OCR quality is vs other software.

I'm not sure how automate friendly it is, though in theory one could
use a shell script with command line tools like Tesseract. I've only
barely started playing with those, so I don't know how good they are,
but once it's a command line, it's extremely easy to automate to run
in bulk. (It'd be a one line script to find and convert every PDF on a
computer, and it could be run every x minutes. But that requires a
reliable command to convert in the first place.)

Sincerely,
Sai


From gerard.sadlier at gmail.com  Fri May 11 23:08:28 2018
From: gerard.sadlier at gmail.com (Gerard Sadlier)
Date: Sat, 12 May 2018 00:08:28 +0100
Subject: [blindlaw] Urgent: Is the Xylab E Discovery Platform Accessible
 Using JAWS?
Message-ID: <CAGZitzLPJ0o1VXN=BErRSC2+6x54eu642nrZnFFyGFT1SWDd+g@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all

Has anyone used Xylab's E Discovery Platform? Is it accessible using JAWS?

Any tips on this platform would be really appreciated!

Kind regards

Ger


From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Fri May 11 23:42:02 2018
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 23:42:02 +0000
Subject: [blindlaw] Notice: Request for Resumes for OCR Excepted Service
 Positions
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(THIS IS NOT A VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT)

US Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) - OCR is collecting resumes for General Attorney positions at the GS-0905-11 and GS-0905-12 grade levels, Supervisory General Attorney positions at the GS-0905-14 grade levels, Chief Attorney positions at GS-0905-15 grade level, Program Manager positions at the GS-0905-15 grade level, and Regional Director positions at the GS-0905-15 grade level.  If you know of interested and qualified persons, please have them submit resumes by Friday, June 1, 2018 by e-mail to OCRJobs at ed.gov<mailto:OCRJobs at ed.gov> or by mail to Nichelle Boone, Room 4C144, U.S, Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, 400 Maryland Ave, SW, Washington, DC 20202.

OCR maintains a resume bank from which candidates may be selected for consideration to fill vacancies for positions in OCR as they arise. OCR accepts resumes from individuals who are eligible for consideration for noncompetitive hiring via:  Schedule A Persons with Disabilities appointments (5 CFR 213.3102(u)); Veterans' Recruitment Appointments; Excepted Hiring Authority for Attorneys; and former Peace Corps and Americorps appointees (22 USC 2506).

If you are interested in working at OCR and are eligible for consideration under any of these hiring authorities, please send your resume to OCRJobs at ed.gov<mailto:OCRJobs at ed.gov>.  In your email, please indicate the type of position as well as the regional office or offices for which you would like to be considered (Enforcement Offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Kansas City, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, and/or Washington DC; the Program Legal Group in Washington DC, or the Resource Management Group in Washington DC). Office descriptions can be found here<https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/om/fs_po/ocr/hq.html>.

After submitting your resume, you will receive an email confirming that your resume has been received. OCR will keep your resume on file for possible consideration for 365 days following the date of submission. Please note, however, that the OCRJobs at ed.gov<mailto:OCRJobs at ed.gov> account is not staffed to respond to questions. Should you be selected for consideration, you will be contacted by OCR to confirm your continued interest.  Candidates are also encouraged to check www.usajobs.gov<http://www.usajobs.gov/> for OCR positions as well.

Thanks,

Erica M. Navarro
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management and Planning
Office for Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Education
Erica.navarro at ed.gov<mailto:Erica.navarro at ed.gov>
Direct: 202-453-6938
Cell: 202-808-6075


From rahul.bajaj1038 at gmail.com  Sat May 12 19:11:28 2018
From: rahul.bajaj1038 at gmail.com (Rahul Bajaj)
Date: Sun, 13 May 2018 00:41:28 +0530
Subject: [blindlaw] Interview of Judge Ronald Gould
Message-ID: <CADFycPZto2YvSZ4Lqf+NT4v8xCBbEraF+4LZriHXmchxvLg=AQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi everyone,

I hope this message finds you well. While this may be slightly
off-topic, inasmuch as it does not relate to a blind legal
professional, I thought it would be a good idea to share with you the
transcript of an interview that I recently co-conducted featuring
Judge Ronald Gould:
https://idialaw.com/blog/idap-interview-series-interview-xv-with-judge-ronald-m-gould/

In the interview, Judge Gould, who serves on the 9th Circuit,
describes in great detail the accommodations that have been provided
to him to help him cope with a progressive form of MS and shares very
concrete and actionable insights and ideas about how a disabled legal
professional can work towards realizing their full potential,
notwithstanding their disability. He also addresses some of the most
common misconceptions as well as genuine apprehensions that inform the
way employers treat disabled legal professionals. If you find the
interview edifying, please share it widely. A huge shoutout to Sy
Hoekstra for suggesting that we interview Judge Gould.

Best,
Rahul


From blindstein at gmail.com  Sat May 12 21:23:50 2018
From: blindstein at gmail.com (Justin Harford)
Date: Sat, 12 May 2018 14:23:50 -0700
Subject: [blindlaw] Convention room mate
Message-ID: <CAFUaYYyzw8MrwwadjkUUPedxmqzNZT8c=bJTsYD_oPyNia786w@mail.gmail.com>

Greetings

I am looking for a room mate to share my hotel room at NFB convention. I
have reserved from july 3-9 in the main hotel. I'm sure I can add days if
you would plan to be their earlier/later.

Email blindstein at gmail.com or call/text 530-864-3277 to get in touch.

Thanks!

Justin Harford

From adrijana.prokopenko at gmail.com  Sat May 12 21:38:27 2018
From: adrijana.prokopenko at gmail.com (adrijana prokopenko)
Date: Sat, 12 May 2018 23:38:27 +0200
Subject: [blindlaw] NFB convention roommate
Message-ID: <CAOQ972-z1WmHVAXF48m8u2i049efocBceo6KKC0LAZ2h6+ZyWw@mail.gmail.com>

 Hi all,

 I am coming to the NFB convention in July and there are 3 of us in a
room and need one more roommate, if you would like to talk to me
further and get to know who we are before you decide, feel free to
email me at:
adrijana.prokopenko at gmail.com

we are all ladies and looking for another female as a roommate.


From mnowicki4 at icloud.com  Sun May 13 20:09:34 2018
From: mnowicki4 at icloud.com (Michal Nowicki)
Date: Sun, 13 May 2018 15:09:34 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Graduation
Message-ID: <0P8O00AYSNZWR510@st11p00im-asmtp004.me.com>

Hello Blind Law Students and Legal Professionals,

I wanted to let you all know that yesterday I graduated from the University of Illinois College of Law with a Juris Doctorate degree. The campus-wide commencement ceremony and the law convocation were both fantastic!

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support, particularly in preparing for the LSAT. As many of us well know, mastering logic games has repeatedly resurfaced as a hot topic on this list, and you have shared many helpful tips in the discussions.

I look forward to becoming more active on this list and in the NABL. Unfortunately, I cannot attend this year’s national convention because I will be studying for the Illinois bar exam, but I look forward to future conventions.

Warm Wishes,

Michal

Sent from Mail for Windows 10


From lmendez716 at gmail.com  Mon May 14 15:44:10 2018
From: lmendez716 at gmail.com (luis Mendez)
Date: Mon, 14 May 2018 11:44:10 -0400
Subject: [blindlaw] Graduation
In-Reply-To: <0P8O00AYSNZWR510@st11p00im-asmtp004.me.com>
References: <0P8O00AYSNZWR510@st11p00im-asmtp004.me.com>
Message-ID: <956C1476-D1CA-4391-A013-6DB0EFF18B63@gmail.com>

And good morning:

For all the law  graduates on this list who are beginning their studies for the bar exam, I want to wish you all the best of luck. I am certain that you are efforts and hard work will be rewarded.

Luis

Sent from my iPhone

> On May 13, 2018, at 4:09 PM, Michal Nowicki via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello Blind Law Students and Legal Professionals,
> 
> I wanted to let you all know that yesterday I graduated from the University of Illinois College of Law with a Juris Doctorate degree. The campus-wide commencement ceremony and the law convocation were both fantastic!
> 
> I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support, particularly in preparing for the LSAT. As many of us well know, mastering logic games has repeatedly resurfaced as a hot topic on this list, and you have shared many helpful tips in the discussions.
> 
> I look forward to becoming more active on this list and in the NABL. Unfortunately, I cannot attend this year’s national convention because I will be studying for the Illinois bar exam, but I look forward to future conventions.
> 
> Warm Wishes,
> 
> Michal
> 
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
> 
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From rbacchus228 at gmail.com  Mon May 14 17:16:04 2018
From: rbacchus228 at gmail.com (Roanna Bacchus)
Date: Mon, 14 May 2018 13:16:04 -0400
Subject: [blindlaw] Graduation
Message-ID: <5af9c457.1c69fb81.a9053.34bf@mx.google.com>

Congratulations to everyone who is graduating from law school this semester.

On May 14, 2018 11:44 AM, luis Mendez via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> And good morning:
>
> For all the law  graduates on this list who are beginning their studies for the bar exam, I want to wish you all the best of luck. I am certain that you are efforts and hard work will be rewarded.
>
> Luis
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On May 13, 2018, at 4:09 PM, Michal Nowicki via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Hello Blind Law Students and Legal Professionals,
> > 
> > I wanted to let you all know that yesterday I graduated from the University of Illinois College of Law with a Juris Doctorate degree. The campus-wide commencement ceremony and the law convocation were both fantastic!
> > 
> > I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support, particularly in preparing for the LSAT. As many of us well know, mastering logic games has repeatedly resurfaced as a hot topic on this list, and you have shared many helpful tips in the discussions.
> > 
> > I look forward to becoming more active on this list and in the NABL. Unfortunately, I cannot attend this year’s national convention because I will be studying for the Illinois bar exam, but I look forward to future conventions.
> > 
> > Warm Wishes,
> > 
> > Michal
> > 
> > Sent from Mail for Windows 10
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > BlindLaw mailing list
> > BlindLaw at nfbnet.org
> > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindlaw_nfbnet.org
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From rahul.bajaj1038 at gmail.com  Wed May 16 08:21:50 2018
From: rahul.bajaj1038 at gmail.com (Rahul Bajaj)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2018 13:51:50 +0530
Subject: [blindlaw] Interview of Judge Ronald Gould
In-Reply-To: <CADFycPZto2YvSZ4Lqf+NT4v8xCBbEraF+4LZriHXmchxvLg=AQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADFycPZto2YvSZ4Lqf+NT4v8xCBbEraF+4LZriHXmchxvLg=AQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CADFycPb1_KBvHAM7a3HP7y3YFjcAqAVZ7s1=DyqH4H6cGFim2g@mail.gmail.com>

My apologies - the suggestion of interviewing Judge Gould was given to
me by Sai, not Sy Hoekstra. Since their first names are similar, and
are pronounced the same way by JAWS, I got confused between the two of
them.

Best,
Rahul

On 13/05/2018, Rahul Bajaj <rahul.bajaj1038 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I hope this message finds you well. While this may be slightly
> off-topic, inasmuch as it does not relate to a blind legal
> professional, I thought it would be a good idea to share with you the
> transcript of an interview that I recently co-conducted featuring
> Judge Ronald Gould:
> https://idialaw.com/blog/idap-interview-series-interview-xv-with-judge-ronald-m-gould/
>
> In the interview, Judge Gould, who serves on the 9th Circuit,
> describes in great detail the accommodations that have been provided
> to him to help him cope with a progressive form of MS and shares very
> concrete and actionable insights and ideas about how a disabled legal
> professional can work towards realizing their full potential,
> notwithstanding their disability. He also addresses some of the most
> common misconceptions as well as genuine apprehensions that inform the
> way employers treat disabled legal professionals. If you find the
> interview edifying, please share it widely. A huge shoutout to Sy
> Hoekstra for suggesting that we interview Judge Gould.
>
> Best,
> Rahul
>


From sy.hoekstra at gmail.com  Wed May 16 12:20:32 2018
From: sy.hoekstra at gmail.com (Sybren Hoekstra)
Date: Wed, 16 May 2018 08:20:32 -0400
Subject: [blindlaw] Interview of Judge Ronald Gould
In-Reply-To: <CADFycPb1_KBvHAM7a3HP7y3YFjcAqAVZ7s1=DyqH4H6cGFim2g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CADFycPZto2YvSZ4Lqf+NT4v8xCBbEraF+4LZriHXmchxvLg=AQ@mail.gmail.com>
	<CADFycPb1_KBvHAM7a3HP7y3YFjcAqAVZ7s1=DyqH4H6cGFim2g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <75897106-6FAB-449D-B0FA-72ED4E79916A@gmail.com>

Haha that explains it 


Sent from my iPhone

> On May 16, 2018, at 04:21, Rahul Bajaj via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> My apologies - the suggestion of interviewing Judge Gould was given to
> me by Sai, not Sy Hoekstra. Since their first names are similar, and
> are pronounced the same way by JAWS, I got confused between the two of
> them.
> 
> Best,
> Rahul
> 
>> On 13/05/2018, Rahul Bajaj <rahul.bajaj1038 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> I hope this message finds you well. While this may be slightly
>> off-topic, inasmuch as it does not relate to a blind legal
>> professional, I thought it would be a good idea to share with you the
>> transcript of an interview that I recently co-conducted featuring
>> Judge Ronald Gould:
>> https://idialaw.com/blog/idap-interview-series-interview-xv-with-judge-ronald-m-gould/
>> 
>> In the interview, Judge Gould, who serves on the 9th Circuit,
>> describes in great detail the accommodations that have been provided
>> to him to help him cope with a progressive form of MS and shares very
>> concrete and actionable insights and ideas about how a disabled legal
>> professional can work towards realizing their full potential,
>> notwithstanding their disability. He also addresses some of the most
>> common misconceptions as well as genuine apprehensions that inform the
>> way employers treat disabled legal professionals. If you find the
>> interview edifying, please share it widely. A huge shoutout to Sy
>> Hoekstra for suggesting that we interview Judge Gould.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Rahul
>> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 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:
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From slabarre at labarrelaw.com  Fri May 18 14:04:08 2018
From: slabarre at labarrelaw.com (Scott C. Labarre)
Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 08:04:08 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: Attorney and Legal Internship Vacancies at the U.S.
 Department of Justice
In-Reply-To: <SN1P110MB01641CBAB5FFB49AE3AD6E68F900@SN1P110MB016.NAMP110.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
References: <CY1P110MB008A6EC9A383BA1F27AB5658F220@CY1P110MB008.NAMP110.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
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	<CY1P110MB008B89573CD9865637F99798FA80@CY1P110MB008.NAMP110.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
	<SN1P110MB01641CBAB5FFB49AE3AD6E68F900@SN1P110MB016.NAMP110.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>
Message-ID: <013201d3eeb1$174471e0$45cd55a0$@labarrelaw.com>

fyi

 

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> Posted/ Updated May 16, 2018 


 
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ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=name&sort=asc>
Hiring Organization Civil Division (CIV) 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=title&sort=asc>
Job Title  <https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/trial-attorney-258>
Trial Attorney 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
n_administrative_area&sort=asc> State District of Columbia 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=changed&sort=asc
> Posted/ Updated May 16, 2018 


 
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ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=name&sort=asc>
Hiring Organization USAO District of Colorado 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=title&sort=asc>
Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/assistant-us-attorney-asset-recov
ery-division-0> Assistant U.S. Attorney, Asset Recovery Division 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
n_administrative_area&sort=asc> State Colorado 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=changed&sort=asc
> Posted/ Updated May 16, 2018 


 
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ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=name&sort=asc>
Hiring Organization USAO District of New Mexico 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=title&sort=asc>
Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/special-assistant-united-states-a
ttorney-sausa-compensated-5> Special Assistant United States Attorney
(SAUSA) - Compensated 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
n_administrative_area&sort=asc> State New Mexico 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=changed&sort=asc
> Posted/ Updated May 16, 2018 


 
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ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=name&sort=asc>
Hiring Organization USAO Northern District of California 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=title&sort=asc>
Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/law-student-volunteer-academic-ye
ar-criminal-division-san-jose-ca> Law Student Volunteer, Fall 2018 and
Spring 2019 (Criminal Division- San Jose, CA) 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
n_administrative_area&sort=asc> State California 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=changed&sort=asc
> Posted/ Updated May 15, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=name&sort=asc>
Hiring Organization USAO Western District of Virginia 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=title&sort=asc>
Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/assistant-united-states-attorney-
criminal-division-14> Assistant United States Attorney (Criminal Division) 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
n_administrative_area&sort=asc> State Virginia 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=changed&sort=asc
> Posted/ Updated May 15, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=name&sort=asc>
Hiring Organization Criminal Division (CRM) 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=title&sort=asc>
Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/resident-legal-advisor-balkans-re
gional-counterterrorism-0> Resident Legal Advisor, Balkans Regional
Counterterrorism 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
n_administrative_area&sort=asc> State 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=changed&sort=asc
> Posted/ Updated May 15, 2018 


 
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ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=name&sort=asc>
Hiring Organization Criminal Division (CRM) 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=title&sort=asc>
Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/resident-legal-advisor-albania-0>
Resident Legal Advisor, Albania 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
n_administrative_area&sort=asc> State 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=changed&sort=asc
> Posted/ Updated May 15, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=name&sort=asc>
Hiring Organization National Security Division (NSD) 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=title&sort=asc>
Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/law-student-volunteer-134> Law
Student Volunteer 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
n_administrative_area&sort=asc> State District of Columbia 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=changed&sort=asc
> Posted/ Updated May 15, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=name&sort=asc>
Hiring Organization USAO Western District of Kentucky 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=title&sort=asc>
Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/assistant-united-states-attorney-
650> Assistant United States Attorney 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
n_administrative_area&sort=asc> State Kentucky 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=changed&sort=asc
> Posted/ Updated May 15, 2018 


 
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Hiring Organization USAO District of Utah 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=title&sort=asc>
Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/assistant-united-states-attorney-
661> Assistant United States Attorney 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
n_administrative_area&sort=asc> State Utah 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=changed&sort=asc
> Posted/ Updated May 14, 2018 


 
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ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=name&sort=asc>
Hiring Organization USAO Eastern District of Tennessee 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=title&sort=asc>
Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/assistant-united-states-attorney-
659> Assistant United States Attorney 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
n_administrative_area&sort=asc> State Tennessee 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=changed&sort=asc
> Posted/ Updated May 11, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
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Hiring Organization USAO Eastern District of Tennessee 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
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Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/assistant-united-states-attorney-
660> Assistant United States Attorney 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
n_administrative_area&sort=asc> State Tennessee 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
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> Posted/ Updated May 11, 2018 


 
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Hiring Organization Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
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Job Title  <https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/attorney-50> Attorney 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
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<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
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> Posted/ Updated May 11, 2018 


 
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Hiring Organization USAO Northern District of Georgia 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=title&sort=asc>
Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/assistant-united-states-attorney-
656> Assistant United States Attorney 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
n_administrative_area&sort=asc> State Georgia 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=changed&sort=asc
> Posted/ Updated May 11, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
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Hiring Organization USAO District of New Mexico 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
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Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/assistant-united-states-attorney-
658> Assistant United States Attorney 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
n_administrative_area&sort=asc> State New Mexico 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=changed&sort=asc
> Posted/ Updated May 11, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
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Hiring Organization Criminal Division (CRM) 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=title&sort=asc>
Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/law-student-volunteer-academic-ye
ar-116> Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section, Law Student Volunteer, Academic
Year 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
n_administrative_area&sort=asc> State District of Columbia 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
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From Bennett.Prows at HHS.GOV  Fri May 18 19:50:58 2018
From: Bennett.Prows at HHS.GOV (Prows, Bennett (HHS/OCR))
Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 19:50:58 +0000
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: OCR Job Announcement: Deputy Director for Civil
 Rights
In-Reply-To: <BN6PR09MB22410DDEDE561DB121A81825E5900@BN6PR09MB2241.namprd09.prod.outlook.com>
References: <BN6PR09MB22410DDEDE561DB121A81825E5900@BN6PR09MB2241.namprd09.prod.outlook.com>
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From: OCR HIPAA Security Rule information distribution [mailto:OCR-SECURITY-LIST at LIST.NIH.GOV] On Behalf Of OS OCR SecurityList, OCR (HHS/OS)
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2018 12:31 PM
To: OCR-SECURITY-LIST at LIST.NIH.GOV
Subject: OCR Job Announcement: Deputy Director for Civil Rights

[cid:image001.jpg at 01D15E72.2A58A430]

OCR Job Announcement: Deputy Director for Civil Rights

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights is currently seeking a Deputy Director for Civil Rights. The vacancy announcement has posted to USAJOBS.  Please right click on the link below and select open hyperlink to view the SES announcement on USAJOBS website.  Please feel free to share.

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/500036900


Title:  Deputy Director for Civil Rights

Grade: SES position

Opening date: Friday, May 18, 2018

Closing date:  Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Location:  Washington, DC

Announcement Number:  HHS-OCR-ES-18-10209742


IMPORTANT – When applying for a Federal Government job it is very important to follow the instruction carefully.  It is more important to include all of the required information or documents on or with your application.

To learn more about OCR, visit our website at www.hhs.gov/ocr<http://www.hhs.gov/ocr>.

Follow us on Twitter @HHSOCR<https://twitter.com/intent/follow?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fabout.twitter.com%2Fresources%2Fbuttons&screen_name=HHSOCR&tw_p=followbutton>


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If you believe that a person or organization covered by the Privacy and Security Rules (a "covered entity") violated your health information privacy rights or otherwise violated the Privacy or Security Rules, you may file a complaint with OCR.&NBSP; For additional information about how to file a complaint, visit OCR's web page on filing complaints at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints/index.html.

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From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Tue May 22 20:00:25 2018
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Tue, 22 May 2018 20:00:25 +0000
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: OCR Job Announcement: Deputy Director for Civil
 Rights
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Sent: Friday, May 18, 2018 12:51 PM
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Cc: Prows, Bennett (HHS/OCR)
Subject: [Jobs] FW: OCR Job Announcement: Deputy Director for Civil Rights



From: OCR HIPAA Security Rule information distribution [mailto:OCR-SECURITY-LIST at LIST.NIH.GOV] On Behalf Of OS OCR SecurityList, OCR (HHS/OS)
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2018 12:31 PM
To: OCR-SECURITY-LIST at LIST.NIH.GOV
Subject: OCR Job Announcement: Deputy Director for Civil Rights

[cid:image001.jpg at 01D15E72.2A58A430]

OCR Job Announcement: Deputy Director for Civil Rights

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights is currently seeking a Deputy Director for Civil Rights. The vacancy announcement has posted to USAJOBS.  Please right click on the link below and select open hyperlink to view the SES announcement on USAJOBS website.  Please feel free to share.

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/500036900


Title:  Deputy Director for Civil Rights

Grade: SES position

Opening date: Friday, May 18, 2018

Closing date:  Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Location:  Washington, DC

Announcement Number:  HHS-OCR-ES-18-10209742


IMPORTANT – When applying for a Federal Government job it is very important to follow the instruction carefully.  It is more important to include all of the required information or documents on or with your application.

To learn more about OCR, visit our website at www.hhs.gov/ocr<http://www.hhs.gov/ocr>.

Follow us on Twitter @HHSOCR<https://twitter.com/intent/follow?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fabout.twitter.com%2Fresources%2Fbuttons&screen_name=HHSOCR&tw_p=followbutton>


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If you believe that a person or organization covered by the Privacy and Security Rules (a "covered entity") violated your health information privacy rights or otherwise violated the Privacy or Security Rules, you may file a complaint with OCR.&NBSP; For additional information about how to file a complaint, visit OCR's web page on filing complaints at http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints/index.html.

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From joshl at loevy.com  Wed May 23 18:36:14 2018
From: joshl at loevy.com (Josh Loevy)
Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 13:36:14 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] collaborating on document drafts
Message-ID: <76f91471cefe732d592d89ff6a2b9984@mail.gmail.com>

Hey Everyone,

Have you or someone you love had success using the “comparison” feature of
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From sai at fiatfiendum.org  Wed May 23 18:39:19 2018
From: sai at fiatfiendum.org (Sai)
Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 19:39:19 +0100
Subject: [blindlaw] Interview of Judge Ronald Gould
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Heh, no worries. I've had non-blind people think my name was Sy (or
Cy, or pronounced "Say") too. ;-)

Looks like a great interview. J. Gould's a truly kind person, on top
of being a great judge.
Sincerely,
Sai
President, Fiat Fiendum, Inc.


On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 9:21 AM, Rahul Bajaj <rahul.bajaj1038 at gmail.com> wrote:
> My apologies - the suggestion of interviewing Judge Gould was given to
> me by Sai, not Sy Hoekstra. Since their first names are similar, and
> are pronounced the same way by JAWS, I got confused between the two of
> them.
>
> Best,
> Rahul
>
> On 13/05/2018, Rahul Bajaj <rahul.bajaj1038 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I hope this message finds you well. While this may be slightly
>> off-topic, inasmuch as it does not relate to a blind legal
>> professional, I thought it would be a good idea to share with you the
>> transcript of an interview that I recently co-conducted featuring
>> Judge Ronald Gould:
>> https://idialaw.com/blog/idap-interview-series-interview-xv-with-judge-ronald-m-gould/
>>
>> In the interview, Judge Gould, who serves on the 9th Circuit,
>> describes in great detail the accommodations that have been provided
>> to him to help him cope with a progressive form of MS and shares very
>> concrete and actionable insights and ideas about how a disabled legal
>> professional can work towards realizing their full potential,
>> notwithstanding their disability. He also addresses some of the most
>> common misconceptions as well as genuine apprehensions that inform the
>> way employers treat disabled legal professionals. If you find the
>> interview edifying, please share it widely. A huge shoutout to Sy
>> Hoekstra for suggesting that we interview Judge Gould.
>>
>> Best,
>> Rahul
>>


From ttomasi at driowa.org  Wed May 23 18:42:17 2018
From: ttomasi at driowa.org (Tai Tomasi)
Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 18:42:17 +0000
Subject: [blindlaw] collaborating on document drafts
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I know that Angie Matney has experience with this, and hopefully she will chime in here.

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Hey Everyone,

Have you or someone you love had success using the “comparison” feature of MS word? Looking at this as a potential alternative to track changes.
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From amatney at loeb.com  Wed May 23 20:10:49 2018
From: amatney at loeb.com (Angela Matney)
Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 20:10:49 +0000
Subject: [blindlaw] collaborating on document drafts
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Yes, this is what I do routinely. (Or at least, it was--we just upgraded to Windows 10, and I haven't done it yet on Windows 10.) I'm happy to try to answer any questions. It does produce a document that appears to have been prepared with track-changes on.

Thanks,

Angie


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This email originated from outside of Loeb's Network.

I know that Angie Matney has experience with this, and hopefully she will chime in here.

Ms. Tai Tomasi, J.D.
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Staff Attorney



400 East Court Ave., Ste. 300
Des Moines, Iowa 50309
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Hey Everyone,

Have you or someone you love had success using the “comparison” feature of MS word? Looking at this as a potential alternative to track changes.
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From slabarre at labarrelaw.com  Thu May 24 12:38:12 2018
From: slabarre at labarrelaw.com (Scott C. Labarre)
Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 06:38:12 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: Attorney and Legal Internship Vacancies at the U.S.
 Department of Justice
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Fyi

 

 

 

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<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/law-student-volunteer-67> Law
Student Volunteer 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
n_administrative_area&sort=asc> State Utah 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=changed&sort=asc
> Posted/ Updated May 21, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=name&sort=asc>
Hiring Organization Office of the Inspector General (OIG) 

 
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ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=title&sort=asc>
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General Counsel 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
n_administrative_area&sort=asc> State District of Columbia 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=changed&sort=asc
> Posted/ Updated May 21, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=name&sort=asc>
Hiring Organization USAO Western District of Pennsylvania 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=title&sort=asc>
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<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/assistant-us-attorney-42>
Assistant U.S. Attorney 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
n_administrative_area&sort=asc> State Pennsylvania 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=changed&sort=asc
> Posted/ Updated May 21, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=name&sort=asc>
Hiring Organization USAO Western District of Pennsylvania 

 
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ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=title&sort=asc>
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<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/assistant-us-attorney-41>
Assistant U.S. Attorney 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
n_administrative_area&sort=asc> State Pennsylvania 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=changed&sort=asc
> Posted/ Updated May 21, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
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Hiring Organization USAO Western District of Pennsylvania 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=title&sort=asc>
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<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/assistant-us-attorney-43>
Assistant U.S. Attorney 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
n_administrative_area&sort=asc> State Pennsylvania 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=changed&sort=asc
> Posted/ Updated May 21, 2018 


 
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ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=name&sort=asc>
Hiring Organization USAO Western District of Texas 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=title&sort=asc>
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<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
n_administrative_area&sort=asc> State Texas 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=changed&sort=asc
> Posted/ Updated May 21, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=name&sort=asc>
Hiring Organization USAO Southern District of Iowa 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=title&sort=asc>
Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/law-student-volunteer-fall-0> Law
Student Volunteer Fall 2018 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
n_administrative_area&sort=asc> State Iowa 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=changed&sort=asc
> Posted/ Updated May 21, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=name&sort=asc>
Hiring Organization USAO Western District of Oklahoma 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=title&sort=asc>
Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/ausa-criminal-division> AUSA -
Criminal Division 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
n_administrative_area&sort=asc> State Oklahoma 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=changed&sort=asc
> Posted/ Updated May 20, 2018 


 
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ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=name&sort=asc>
Hiring Organization USAO Northern District of Florida 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=title&sort=asc>
Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/assistant-united-stated-attorney-
0> Assistant United Stated Attorney 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
n_administrative_area&sort=asc> State Florida 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=changed&sort=asc
> Posted/ Updated May 20, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=name&sort=asc>
Hiring Organization USAO Eastern District of Virginia 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=title&sort=asc>
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<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/usao-eastern-district-virginia-no
rfolk-office-101-west-main-street-suite-8000> Law Student Volunteer,
Academic Year 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
n_administrative_area&sort=asc> State Virginia 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=changed&sort=asc
> Posted/ Updated May 18, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=name&sort=asc>
Hiring Organization USAO Southern District of Florida 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=title&sort=asc>
Job Title
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/law-student-volunteer-spring-2019
-0> Law Student Volunteer, Spring 2019 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
n_administrative_area&sort=asc> State Florida 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=changed&sort=asc
> Posted/ Updated May 18, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=name&sort=asc>
Hiring Organization USAO Central District of Illinois 

 
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ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=title&sort=asc>
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<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/criminal-assistant-us-attorney>
Criminal Assistant U.S. Attorney 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
n_administrative_area&sort=asc> State Illinois 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=changed&sort=asc
> Posted/ Updated May 18, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=name&sort=asc>
Hiring Organization Criminal Division (CRM) 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
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<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/attorney-advisor-international-re
sident-legal-advisor-chad> Attorney Advisor (International) / Resident Legal
Advisor, Chad 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
n_administrative_area&sort=asc> State 

 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=changed&sort=asc
> Posted/ Updated May 18, 2018 


 
<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=name&sort=asc>
Hiring Organization Criminal Division (CRM) 

 
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<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/job/attorney-advisor-international-re
sident-legal-advisor-mauritania> Attorney Advisor (International) / Resident
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<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
ce_area=All&field_va_location_administrative_area=All&order=field_va_locatio
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<https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/vacancies?position=All&tid=All&practi
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From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Thu May 24 17:00:56 2018
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Thu, 24 May 2018 17:00:56 +0000
Subject: [blindlaw] Press Release: U.S. Department of Education Launches New
 Website Accessibility Technical Assistance Initiative, Ed.gov, May 17, 2018
In-Reply-To: <DM5PR0901MB2504BA74F8BE11D16BE80C5E8E910@DM5PR0901MB2504.namprd09.prod.outlook.com>
References: <DM5PR0901MB2504BA74F8BE11D16BE80C5E8E910@DM5PR0901MB2504.namprd09.prod.outlook.com>
Message-ID: <BN7PR09MB252960F4B1E6CA6B49E2B722F96A0@BN7PR09MB2529.namprd09.prod.outlook.com>



https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-launches-new-website-accessibility-technical-assistance-initiative?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=



U.S. Department of Education Launches New Website Accessibility Technical Assistance Initiative

Ed.gov

May 17, 2018

Contact:   Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press at ed.gov



WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today announced it is launching a new technical assistance initiative to assist schools, districts, state education agencies, libraries, colleges and universities in making their websites and online programs accessible to individuals with disabilities.



Through webinars, OCR will provide information technology professionals with vital information on website accessibility, including tips for making their online programs accessible. The initiative announced today, on Global Accessibility Awareness Day, builds on OCR's history of providing technical assistance on this issue to hundreds of stakeholders.



"As more educational opportunities are delivered online, we need to ensure those programs, services and activities are accessible to everyone," said U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, "OCR's technical assistance will help us continue to forge important partnerships with schools for the benefit of students and parents with disabilities."



OCR will offer the first three webinars on the following dates:



Webinar I: May 29, 2018, at 1:00 p.m. EDT



Webinar II: June 5, 2018, at 1:00 p.m. EDT



Webinar III: June 12, 2018, at 1:00 p.m. EDT



If you are interested in participating in any of these webinars, please send your request to OCRWebAccessTA at ed.gov [link]; include your name, preferred webinar and contact information. You are encouraged to invite your vendors to attend these webinars.



Information regarding the scheduling and registration for additional webinars is available on the Department's website at https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/frontpage/pro-students/disability-pr.html?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term [link].


From cjdavis9193 at gmail.com  Fri May 25 15:42:25 2018
From: cjdavis9193 at gmail.com (Cody J. Davis)
Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 11:42:25 -0400
Subject: [blindlaw] Using scribes for the bar exam
Message-ID: <0A6D2E61-D58F-41D8-8CBA-FFCCA3D565CF@gmail.com>

All,

I am taking the bar exam in July with accommodations,including the use of a scribe to record my MBE answers on a scantron. Oddly, I am responsible for providing the scribe and the Board of Law Examiners wants a resume provided for the person who will serve as my scribe. Has anyone had any experience hiring a scribe? I’m guessing they want someone with experience as a scribe given that they are asking for a resume. Notably, I have asked for a scribe to record my MBE answers so that I do not have to expend extra time switching between documents on my computer given how limited time is. 

Thanks for your input. 

Respectfully,
Cody J. Davis, J.D., M.P.A.
Email: cjdavis9193 at gmail.com
Phone: (336) 823-0283
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/cody-davis-635395142



From kelbycarlson at gmail.com  Sat May 26 00:18:31 2018
From: kelbycarlson at gmail.com (kelby carlson)
Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 20:18:31 -0400
Subject: [blindlaw] Kelby Carlson, J.D.
Message-ID: <8C013FC0-3787-4412-8585-26C522748031@gmail.com>



Hello,

 all,

I wanted to announce that as of today I am a cum laude graduate of the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law. Thank you all for your encouragement and advice as I have gone through school. It's been quite a process, but I'm proud for finishing.

That said, of course there is the bar exam to study for. I am also hoping to get more involved in legal advocacy for the blind. I know that this is the list not only for students but for lawyers, so if anyone has suggestions for how I can start working with the NFB and their division of lawyers—or other opportunities I should consider—I would love to hear them.

Very Best,

Kelby S. Carlson
Is 

From rob.tabor at sbcglobal.net  Sat May 26 03:58:52 2018
From: rob.tabor at sbcglobal.net (Rob Tabor)
Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 22:58:52 -0500
Subject: [blindlaw] Using scribes for the bar exam
In-Reply-To: <0A6D2E61-D58F-41D8-8CBA-FFCCA3D565CF@gmail.com>
References: <0A6D2E61-D58F-41D8-8CBA-FFCCA3D565CF@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <A965A71B-5462-48EF-AF33-5B6312707A1B@sbcglobal.net>

Good evening Cody and other interested person’s,

And choosing an amanuensis for the most important examination you will probably ever take, my advice, first and foremost, is to choose someone who is trustworthy, dependable, and who’s riding is generally legible. When I took the Kansas State bar examination more years ago then I care to admit, The Board of bar examiners only concern was that my scribe not be an attorney or otherwise connected with the legal service profession. In my case, this requirement was documented via personal affidavit which I drafted up and  submitted.

Given the high probability that this will be the concern of the board of bar examiners in your state, I surmise that their eyes will be trained on the connection of the person whose resume you are submitting to the legal services industry. At the risk of sounding like Captain Obvious, I would hire an individual who is comfortable with a college level vocabulary, but not actively working or retired from the legal services profession.

I hope your studies go well and wish you the best of success in passing your bar exam.
Best regards,
Robert Tabor ESQ., first vice president national Federation of the blind of Kansas

> On May 25, 2018, at 10:42 AM, Cody J. Davis via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> I am taking the bar exam in July with accommodations,including the use of a scribe to record my MBE answers on a scantron. Oddly, I am responsible for providing the scribe and the Board of Law Examiners wants a resume provided for the person who will serve as my scribe. Has anyone had any experience hiring a scribe? I’m guessing they want someone with experience as a scribe given that they are asking for a resume. Notably, I have asked for a scribe to record my MBE answers so that I do not have to expend extra time switching between documents on my computer given how limited time is. 
> 
> Thanks for your input. 
> 
> Respectfully,
> Cody J. Davis, J.D., M.P.A.
> Email: cjdavis9193 at gmail.com
> Phone: (336) 823-0283
> Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/cody-davis-635395142
> 
> 
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From rbacchus228 at gmail.com  Sat May 26 08:53:41 2018
From: rbacchus228 at gmail.com (rbacchus228 at gmail.com)
Date: Sat, 26 May 2018 04:53:41 -0400
Subject: [blindlaw] Kelby Carlson, J.D.
In-Reply-To: <8C013FC0-3787-4412-8585-26C522748031@gmail.com>
References: <8C013FC0-3787-4412-8585-26C522748031@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <A1F2D76A-B945-432C-9972-C40DD4586B8B@gmail.com>

I am so happy for you.

Sent from my iPad

> On May 25, 2018, at 8:18 PM, kelby carlson via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> all,
> 
> I wanted to announce that as of today I am a cum laude graduate of the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law. Thank you all for your encouragement and advice as I have gone through school. It's been quite a process, but I'm proud for finishing.
> 
> That said, of course there is the bar exam to study for. I am also hoping to get more involved in legal advocacy for the blind. I know that this is the list not only for students but for lawyers, so if anyone has suggestions for how I can start working with the NFB and their division of lawyers—or other opportunities I should consider—I would love to hear them.
> 
> Very Best,
> 
> Kelby S. Carlson
> Is 
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From rodalcidonis at gmail.com  Sat May 26 12:16:08 2018
From: rodalcidonis at gmail.com (rodalcidonis at gmail.com)
Date: Sat, 26 May 2018 08:16:08 -0400
Subject: [blindlaw] Using scribes for the bar exam
In-Reply-To: <0A6D2E61-D58F-41D8-8CBA-FFCCA3D565CF@gmail.com>
References: <0A6D2E61-D58F-41D8-8CBA-FFCCA3D565CF@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <BA0E59E66ACC47C1B3FF777C25D18EED@RVenue>

They likely just want to make sure that the person is not an attorney, or 
someone with a legal background. You need someone who is intelligent and 
highly educated, not necessarily with scribing experience.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Cody J. Davis via BlindLaw
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2018 11:42 AM
To: Blind Law Mailing List
Cc: Cody J. Davis
Subject: [blindlaw] Using scribes for the bar exam

All,

I am taking the bar exam in July with accommodations,including the use of a 
scribe to record my MBE answers on a scantron. Oddly, I am responsible for 
providing the scribe and the Board of Law Examiners wants a resume provided 
for the person who will serve as my scribe. Has anyone had any experience 
hiring a scribe? I’m guessing they want someone with experience as a scribe 
given that they are asking for a resume. Notably, I have asked for a scribe 
to record my MBE answers so that I do not have to expend extra time 
switching between documents on my computer given how limited time is.

Thanks for your input.

Respectfully,
Cody J. Davis, J.D., M.P.A.
Email: cjdavis9193 at gmail.com
Phone: (336) 823-0283
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/cody-davis-635395142


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From rothmanjd at gmail.com  Sat May 26 17:49:19 2018
From: rothmanjd at gmail.com (Ronza Othman)
Date: Sat, 26 May 2018 13:49:19 -0400
Subject: [blindlaw] Kelby Carlson, J.D.
In-Reply-To: <A1F2D76A-B945-432C-9972-C40DD4586B8B@gmail.com>
References: <8C013FC0-3787-4412-8585-26C522748031@gmail.com>
	<A1F2D76A-B945-432C-9972-C40DD4586B8B@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <029d01d3f519$dfd879d0$9f896d70$@gmail.com>

Kelby,
Congratulations!  Are you coming to National Convention this year?  We would love to see you at the Blind Lawyers meeting.


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>> Hello,
>> 
>> all,
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>> 
>> That said, of course there is the bar exam to study for. I am also hoping to get more involved in legal advocacy for the blind. I know that this is the list not only for students but for lawyers, so if anyone has suggestions for how I can start working with the NFB and their division of lawyers—or other opportunities I should consider—I would love to hear them.
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From sai at fiatfiendum.org  Sun May 27 12:03:28 2018
From: sai at fiatfiendum.org (Sai)
Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 13:03:28 +0100
Subject: [blindlaw] Opinion issued in my FOIA case v TSA;
 major implications for electronic format
Message-ID: <CAHs-R5y7MmwFLEqfTvhR-yvRdiL52fTsG-t0cq5vC8NJudAh5g@mail.gmail.com>

** Background **

4 years ago, I sued the TSA under FOIA & Privacy Act for (a) various
documents related to how it treated me at airports, and its
investigation thereof, and (b) all of its policy & procedure
documents. (The requests are now 5 years old.)

TSA filed a motion for summary judgment 2 years ago. I made no
cross-MSJ, but only a heavily factual objection to the format of
productions, sufficiency of search, and virtually all withholdings.

The opinion came out a couple days ago. Won some, lost some, and some
kept open for more proceedings.

Opinion is attached and at
<https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sPBn2UDHjl305ewboGUH3q0JKUIUeBfq>.


** Major win **

Most notable is the decision that DHS' FOIAXpress and eReview software
is a per se violation of 5 USC 552(a)(3)(B)'s requirement to produce
records in the format requested — namely, native format — because it
irreversibly transforms records into rasterized PDFs. Same goes for
the government's failure to produce spreadsheets in spreadsheet
format.

"Increased FOIA-processing costs" are explicitly precluded as an
acceptable defense.

This has major implications for the availability of native,
accessible, machine-processable records, and for agencies'
handicapping their own FOIA offices.

It's possible that TSA may yet defeat my format claims in this request
— by showing that it'd be too burdensome, in terms of processing costs
*outside of* FOIA processing.

If they don't fix their software & practices, this'll happen again. To
prevent that, I intend to follow this up with a permanent injunction
against the use of either software in FOIA processing — or, indeed,
*any* software that's incapable of making 508 compliant, native
electronic, metadata-preserving redactions.



** Main takeaways **


* A. Requests *

1. For format, FOIA request must explicitly demand:
* “native” electronic records
* “fully digital, non-rasterized, text PDF”
* “original format”, as normally kept by the agency, i.e. before the
FOIA process
* metadata
* § 508 accessible records, together with a statement of the
requester’s own specific disability need for § 508 accessible records
(such as blindness)
* spreadsheet / database format for spreadsheet / database data

2. For issue preservation, FOIA request must explicitly be addressed
to parent agencies.

3. To get FOIA processing records, asking for “all documents and
communication[s] related to or responding to the FOIA requests,
whether internal or external” is enough.

4. New FOIA request must be made if more incidents happen while the
request is pending, even pre-search, that would expand its scope.


* B. Law *

1. FOIA offices’ use of noncompliant software — in particular, DHS’
use of FOIAXpress & eReview — is not, by itself, adequate grounds for
552(a)(3)(B) noncompliance as to producing native format records. Nor
is an interference or burden based on “increased FOIA-processing
costs”.

2. Illegible documents must be produced legibly.

3. Due to 49 USC 46110, District court lacks jurisdiction to determine
whether TSA acted without authority under 49 USC 114(r)(4) in
designating SSI.

4. Neither agency production to a third party, nor the third party’s
publication, moots agency’s obligation to provide records to
requester.

5. (b)(6) withholding of agency officials’ name & official contact
info not justified unless agency proves “that the release of their
information would subject them to a real risk of annoyance or
harassment” or “implicate a substantial privacy interest.”

6. Evidence that CCTV video was required by agency policy to be made,
and demanded & agreed to be preserved (within its retention period),
is not enough to show spoliation or agency bad faith, when the
agency’s Vaughn only claims that it searched for the video and found
only one, even though the Vaughn disputed neither the existence of
many other agency-required videos nor the preservation demand.
Discovery into this also isn’t allowed.


* C. Litigation *

1. MSJ opposition must explicitly identify what documents are:
* spreadsheets
* post-decisional
* 552(a)(1,2) material.

2. FOIA office must
* search offices that the initial search identifies as having been involved
* state times of search & cut-off dates in its Vaughn
* document search terms used by itself and by tasked offices

3. No discovery is allowed for claims made in an agency affidavit
without a detailed showing of agency bad faith, even if the affidavit
fails to directly address the problems raised.

4. 5 C.F.R. § 293.311(a) is not applicable to a (b)(6) withholding on
non-OPM files.

5. Problems with the contents of agency records, e.g. 5 U.S.C. §
552a(e)(7) (keeping records of First Amendment protected activity),
can’t be litigated unless it’s pled in the complaint, even if the
records haven’t yet been produced.



** Holdings **

This is only summarizing what the opinion says. I think there are
several major problems with it, which I intend to raise when I can,
but I won't get into them here.

If you see any flaws or issues of concern — or if you know anything
that might be relevant — please contact me privately at <legal at s.ai>
and let me know.

My intent is to get the maximum possible public interest benefit —
both by establishing case law and by injunctions — not just one-off
cures for my particular situation.


* A. Format *

1. Plaintiff may not require Rehab Act § 508 compliant responses,
because it was not pled in the (pre-production) complaint nor added by
amendment; their affidavit does not specifically state that they are
blind; and they may not assert their disabled audience’s rights to
accessible records. P. 11–14.

2. Plaintiff may not assert E-FOIA as to TSA’s Vaughn indices & other
litigation filings. p. 15.

3. Requests for “digital copy”, or requiring request to be “serviced
electronically to the maximum extent possible”, are not sufficient to
invoke E-FOIA for “native” format with embedded metadata. P. 15–16.

4. TSA production of concatenated, rasterized PDFs does not satisfy
format request specifying “in an electronic, machine-processable,
accessible, open, and well- structured format to the maximum extent
possible”, “individual PDFs per distinct document”, “fully digital
text PDFs rather than scans or rasterizations”, & “lists and
structured data as machine-processable spreadsheets”. P. 16–17.

5. Objection to failure to produce spreadsheets can’t be adjudicated
due to failure to explicitly state what response documents were
spreadsheets. Leave granted to state more clearly. P. 17.

6. Request for documents “in their original electronic format”, “e.g.
Word, Excel, or electronic PDF”, may be enough to require “native”
documents. P. 17–18

7. However, this is not enough to require metadata, and metadata
possibly unavailable per CREW v DoE, 905 F. Supp. 2d 161, 172 (D.D.C.
2012). P. 18

8. TSA’s use of FOIAXpress by the FOIA office, and eReview by SSI
office, does not justify 552(a)(3)(B) noncompliance for native
records. Agency’s requirement to produce format if it “is readily
reproducible by the agency”, especially when the request is for the
original format in which the agency kept it (i.e. production, not
re-production), does not depend on “whether reproducing the file in
that format would complicate the agency’s FOIA review process”.
However, TSA might be able to sustain this if it shows “significant
interference or burden” that is “beyond increased FOIA-processing
costs”, and if it can show that “administrative costs of that type
constitute a legally sufficient basis for rejecting a format request”.
P. 18–23.

9. Pages that were produced in illegible format (due to extremely poor
scan resolution) must be produced legibly. P. 23–24.


* B. Adequacy of search *

10. As a contractor, Covenant is not covered by FOIA. p. 28–29

11. Failure to search DHS Office of Civil Rights and Liberties is OK
because request was directed to TSA. p. 29

12. A request for “all documents and communication[s] related to or
responding to” FOIA requests, “whether internal or external”, “can
only reasonably be construed to encompass FOIA processing records”, so
TSA should have searched FOIA office. P. 30

13. Because correspondence with Pelosi’s office came up in the search,
as did Office of Chief Counsel and Office of the Executive
Secretariat, TSA should have also searched the Office of Legislative
Affairs, OCC, and ExSec. P. 30–31.

14. Search cut-off date is date search starts. TSA failure to state
the times of its search and cut-off dates make its Vaughn inadequate
to support its failure to produce records, when a re-request was made
for which search was not conducted until well after the last date on
produced records. P. 32–33.

15. Requests for records related to a BOS incident, when the agency
delayed search until after another BOS incident happened, does not
expand the request to include the new incident. P. 33–34.

16. A Vaughn index that fails to document the search terms, absent
enough other documentation, precludes grant of MSJ. P. 34–35. Agency’s
documentation was insufficient for the searches conducted by other
tasked offices which didn’t document their search parameters.

17. Request for “all policies and procedures” is “vastly overbroad”
and “unreasonably burdensome” because it didn’t allow “a professional
employee of the agency who [is] familiar with the subject area of the
request to locate the record with a reasonable amount of effort”.  P.
37–39.

18. TSA re-opening the request post-litigation at its “discretion” did
not waive its objection to breadth. P. 40–41.


* C. Withholdings *

19. District court lacks jurisdiction, due to 49 USC 46110, to
determine whether TSA acted without authority under 49 USC 114(r)(4)
in designating SSI. P. 42–46.

20. TSA’s production of formerly-designated-SSI records to third party
(ACLU), which then released them, does not moot its obligation to
provide Plaintiff with those records — if the designation change
happened before the search. P. 46–49.

21. Plaintiff may not take discovery as to a matter affirmed by agency
affidavit, without first making a detailed showing of agency bad
faith. P. 52–53.

22. Factual material may not be withheld unless “the disclosure of
even purely factual material may so expose the deliberative process
within an agency that the material is appropriately held privileged”,
so (b)(5) withholding of information gathered in course of Rehab Act
investigation is not adequately justified. P. 53–54.

23. Plaintiff’s “contention that “policies, memoranda of law, and
similar documents” are “post-decisional” and thus not protected by the
deliberative process privilege” “is far too amorphous to defeat TSA’s
motion for summary judgment.” P. 55–56.

24. Inconsistencies in redacting identical information are not
sufficient to object to (b)(5). P. 56.

25. Argument that agency delayed processing of administrative
complaints is not enough to show obstruction of justice to pierce
agency attorney-client privilege. P. 56–57.

26. 5 C.F.R. § 293.311(a) “applies only to information contained in
“official personnel folder[s],” “performance file system folders,”
“their automated equivalent records,” and other “personnel record
files . . . which are under the control of the Office” of Personnel
Management (“OPM”)”, and therefore is not applicable to contest a
(b)(6) withholding in other files. P. 59–60.

27. Plaintiff’s knowledge of (b)(6) withheld information is irrelevant. P. 60.

28. (b)(6) withholding of “similar” information made available in
other cases is not sufficient to justify an objection. P. 61.

29. (b)(6) withholding of parts a record, when other parts release the
same record without the withholding, is moot. P. 61.

30. The court has no basis to question the agency’s claim that
Plaintiff's civil rights complaint, and TSA screeners' incident
reports, are records “compiled for law enforcement purposes”. P. 62.

31. (b)(7)(C) withholding of names of local police is assumed, without
deciding, to “subject them to annoyance or harassment in either their
official or private lives”, and therefore allowed. P. 62–63..

32. (b)(6) withholding of the whom someone hoped “enjoyed herself
today”, or “why another TSA employee was unavailable to provide a
statement”, “reveals little or nothing about an agency’s own conduct”,
and is therefore OK. P. 63.

33. (b)(6) withholding of other TSA officials’ info is not justified
on the record, because it has not explained “that TSA contract
employees, the DHS Office of Chief Counsel employee, or the TSA
Disability Branch employee played “a particular role in an incident”
or “complain[ed] about a particular incident” such that the release of
their information would subject them to a real risk of annoyance or
harassment”; or “why TSA employee names and professional contact
information contained in the policy documents implicate a substantial
privacy interest.” P. 64.


* D. Segregability *

34. The Government “bears the burden of justifying nondisclosure”,
“must show with reasonable specificity why the documents cannot be
further segregated”, and “must provide a ‘detailed justification’ for
[withheld records’] non-segregability”, but “segregation is not
required where the ‘exempt and nonexempt information are inextricably
intertwined, such that the excision of exempt information would impose
significant costs on the agency and produce an edited document with
little informational value”. P. 65.

35. Plaintiff’s presentation of a previously released SOP, which was
SSI designated only in part, is not relevant because it is about a
“defectively overbroad” request, and therefore “Sai fails to identify
any evidence that the TSA withheld records in whole based on a valid
FOIA exemption, where a portion of those records were reasonably
segregable and could have been released without disclosing the exempt
information. P. 66.

36. TSA’s Vaughn index is enough to bear the TSA’s burden of proof to
release reasonably segregable portions, p. 66, even though it gives no
detail at all about whether there are any segregable portions of
documents withheld in full.

37. Re CCTV video, Plaintiff’s statements that
 “(1) TSA policy requires 15 “[c]amera views” of each passenger during
screening and requires that the surveillance video be maintained for
30 days; (2) [they] submitted a FOIA request seeking the Logan Airport
surveillance video within that 30-day window; (3) the TSA released
only one video showing [their] screening at Logan Airport and informed
him that no other video exists; and (4) “the only possible conclusion
is that TSA and BOS committed spoliation” …
“cannot be squared with McCoy’s declaration, submitted under the
penalty of perjury, which recounts that “BOS searched for responsive
records including closed circuit television (CCTV)” and located “one
CCTV video of the incident.”.

Because TSA is entitled to “presumption of good faith”, even though
“TSA policy may have required additional “views,” and it may have
required that video records be maintained for thirty days”, “that does
not mean that the videos Sai sought, in fact, existed at the time
[they] filed [their] FOIA request, and it certainly does not mean that
the TSA destroyed some (but not all) of the videos Sai sought in order
to avoid its obligation of production.”

This is not enough “to give rise to a disputed issue of fact regarding
an agency’s good faith” because if “a FOIA requester’s reasonable
belief that other records should have been found were sufficient,
discovery would likely be the norm, rather than exception, in FOIA
cases.” P. 66–67. Therefore — although this is on TSA’s MSJ — “Sai has
failed to rebut the presumption of good faith applicable to the TSA’s
explication of its search efforts and has failed to show that
discovery is warranted in this FOIA/Privacy Act action”. P. 68.

38. 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(7) (keeping records of First Amendment
protected activity) can’t be raised because it wasn’t in the
pre-production complaint. P. 68.



** Conclusion **

* A. For my FOIA requester & litigator kith: *

I hope the takeaways section above is useful. You may want to update
your request, complaint, & MSJ opposition templates / checklists.


* B. For my disabled kith (especially fellow blindies): *

Although I didn't win on Rehab Act grounds per se, I hope the
electronic format win should lead to more availability of accessible,
native documents.

It'll take some time, but agencies won't be able to get away with
producing rasterized documents, when they could've just given you a
nice Word document like they started with. Down with scans!


* C. For those of you on the agency side: *

You should probably start pressing ASAP for updated FOIA processing &
redaction software. Otherwise, you're going to be facing much higher
costs in the long run. Maybe send your IT department a copy of p.
18–23 of the opinion. ;-)


** Help wanted! **

I need help on litigating this; taking an appeal from final judgment;
research; drafting / editing; having a devil's advocate for my prep
work; PR / public communications; document review; etc.

If you could help with any of that, please contact me privately at
<legal at s.ai> or other methods listed at <https://s.ai/contact>.


I've been doing this for the last 4 years, without a salary, despite
multiple major disabilities, and my own poverty. Because I'm pro se,
given the Supreme Court's decision in Kay v Ehrler, it's unlikely that
I will be able to recover even a cent for my time over the last four
years of litigating this, despite it being primarily public interest.

So if you appreciate my work, please support my 501(c)(3) nonprofit,
Fiat Fiendum, so that it can finally pay me a salary to do this sort
of stuff: <https://patreon.com/fiatfiendum>.

Sincerely,
Sai
President, Fiat Fiendum, Inc.
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From sai at fiatfiendum.org  Sun May 27 13:18:59 2018
From: sai at fiatfiendum.org (Sai)
Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 14:18:59 +0100
Subject: [blindlaw] Opinion issued in my FOIA case v TSA;
 major implications for electronic format
In-Reply-To: <CAHs-R5y7MmwFLEqfTvhR-yvRdiL52fTsG-t0cq5vC8NJudAh5g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAHs-R5y7MmwFLEqfTvhR-yvRdiL52fTsG-t0cq5vC8NJudAh5g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAHs-R5zZ1YCPp2WHnG_z_1x+je+z+4czkwP_ygHRkjt0FQE=Ng@mail.gmail.com>

PS Someone asked for a public link. So here you go:

https://plus.google.com/+saizai/posts/cFjYiRdEQqv
https://twitter.com/saizai/status/898707013160534018
Sincerely,
Sai
President, Fiat Fiendum, Inc.


On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 1:03 PM, Sai <sai at fiatfiendum.org> wrote:
> ** Background **
>
> 4 years ago, I sued the TSA under FOIA & Privacy Act for (a) various
> documents related to how it treated me at airports, and its
> investigation thereof, and (b) all of its policy & procedure
> documents. (The requests are now 5 years old.)
>
> TSA filed a motion for summary judgment 2 years ago. I made no
> cross-MSJ, but only a heavily factual objection to the format of
> productions, sufficiency of search, and virtually all withholdings.
>
> The opinion came out a couple days ago. Won some, lost some, and some
> kept open for more proceedings.
>
> Opinion is attached and at
> <https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sPBn2UDHjl305ewboGUH3q0JKUIUeBfq>.
>
>
> ** Major win **
>
> Most notable is the decision that DHS' FOIAXpress and eReview software
> is a per se violation of 5 USC 552(a)(3)(B)'s requirement to produce
> records in the format requested — namely, native format — because it
> irreversibly transforms records into rasterized PDFs. Same goes for
> the government's failure to produce spreadsheets in spreadsheet
> format.
>
> "Increased FOIA-processing costs" are explicitly precluded as an
> acceptable defense.
>
> This has major implications for the availability of native,
> accessible, machine-processable records, and for agencies'
> handicapping their own FOIA offices.
>
> It's possible that TSA may yet defeat my format claims in this request
> — by showing that it'd be too burdensome, in terms of processing costs
> *outside of* FOIA processing.
>
> If they don't fix their software & practices, this'll happen again. To
> prevent that, I intend to follow this up with a permanent injunction
> against the use of either software in FOIA processing — or, indeed,
> *any* software that's incapable of making 508 compliant, native
> electronic, metadata-preserving redactions.
>
>
>
> ** Main takeaways **
>
>
> * A. Requests *
>
> 1. For format, FOIA request must explicitly demand:
> * “native” electronic records
> * “fully digital, non-rasterized, text PDF”
> * “original format”, as normally kept by the agency, i.e. before the
> FOIA process
> * metadata
> * § 508 accessible records, together with a statement of the
> requester’s own specific disability need for § 508 accessible records
> (such as blindness)
> * spreadsheet / database format for spreadsheet / database data
>
> 2. For issue preservation, FOIA request must explicitly be addressed
> to parent agencies.
>
> 3. To get FOIA processing records, asking for “all documents and
> communication[s] related to or responding to the FOIA requests,
> whether internal or external” is enough.
>
> 4. New FOIA request must be made if more incidents happen while the
> request is pending, even pre-search, that would expand its scope.
>
>
> * B. Law *
>
> 1. FOIA offices’ use of noncompliant software — in particular, DHS’
> use of FOIAXpress & eReview — is not, by itself, adequate grounds for
> 552(a)(3)(B) noncompliance as to producing native format records. Nor
> is an interference or burden based on “increased FOIA-processing
> costs”.
>
> 2. Illegible documents must be produced legibly.
>
> 3. Due to 49 USC 46110, District court lacks jurisdiction to determine
> whether TSA acted without authority under 49 USC 114(r)(4) in
> designating SSI.
>
> 4. Neither agency production to a third party, nor the third party’s
> publication, moots agency’s obligation to provide records to
> requester.
>
> 5. (b)(6) withholding of agency officials’ name & official contact
> info not justified unless agency proves “that the release of their
> information would subject them to a real risk of annoyance or
> harassment” or “implicate a substantial privacy interest.”
>
> 6. Evidence that CCTV video was required by agency policy to be made,
> and demanded & agreed to be preserved (within its retention period),
> is not enough to show spoliation or agency bad faith, when the
> agency’s Vaughn only claims that it searched for the video and found
> only one, even though the Vaughn disputed neither the existence of
> many other agency-required videos nor the preservation demand.
> Discovery into this also isn’t allowed.
>
>
> * C. Litigation *
>
> 1. MSJ opposition must explicitly identify what documents are:
> * spreadsheets
> * post-decisional
> * 552(a)(1,2) material.
>
> 2. FOIA office must
> * search offices that the initial search identifies as having been involved
> * state times of search & cut-off dates in its Vaughn
> * document search terms used by itself and by tasked offices
>
> 3. No discovery is allowed for claims made in an agency affidavit
> without a detailed showing of agency bad faith, even if the affidavit
> fails to directly address the problems raised.
>
> 4. 5 C.F.R. § 293.311(a) is not applicable to a (b)(6) withholding on
> non-OPM files.
>
> 5. Problems with the contents of agency records, e.g. 5 U.S.C. §
> 552a(e)(7) (keeping records of First Amendment protected activity),
> can’t be litigated unless it’s pled in the complaint, even if the
> records haven’t yet been produced.
>
>
>
> ** Holdings **
>
> This is only summarizing what the opinion says. I think there are
> several major problems with it, which I intend to raise when I can,
> but I won't get into them here.
>
> If you see any flaws or issues of concern — or if you know anything
> that might be relevant — please contact me privately at <legal at s.ai>
> and let me know.
>
> My intent is to get the maximum possible public interest benefit —
> both by establishing case law and by injunctions — not just one-off
> cures for my particular situation.
>
>
> * A. Format *
>
> 1. Plaintiff may not require Rehab Act § 508 compliant responses,
> because it was not pled in the (pre-production) complaint nor added by
> amendment; their affidavit does not specifically state that they are
> blind; and they may not assert their disabled audience’s rights to
> accessible records. P. 11–14.
>
> 2. Plaintiff may not assert E-FOIA as to TSA’s Vaughn indices & other
> litigation filings. p. 15.
>
> 3. Requests for “digital copy”, or requiring request to be “serviced
> electronically to the maximum extent possible”, are not sufficient to
> invoke E-FOIA for “native” format with embedded metadata. P. 15–16.
>
> 4. TSA production of concatenated, rasterized PDFs does not satisfy
> format request specifying “in an electronic, machine-processable,
> accessible, open, and well- structured format to the maximum extent
> possible”, “individual PDFs per distinct document”, “fully digital
> text PDFs rather than scans or rasterizations”, & “lists and
> structured data as machine-processable spreadsheets”. P. 16–17.
>
> 5. Objection to failure to produce spreadsheets can’t be adjudicated
> due to failure to explicitly state what response documents were
> spreadsheets. Leave granted to state more clearly. P. 17.
>
> 6. Request for documents “in their original electronic format”, “e.g.
> Word, Excel, or electronic PDF”, may be enough to require “native”
> documents. P. 17–18
>
> 7. However, this is not enough to require metadata, and metadata
> possibly unavailable per CREW v DoE, 905 F. Supp. 2d 161, 172 (D.D.C.
> 2012). P. 18
>
> 8. TSA’s use of FOIAXpress by the FOIA office, and eReview by SSI
> office, does not justify 552(a)(3)(B) noncompliance for native
> records. Agency’s requirement to produce format if it “is readily
> reproducible by the agency”, especially when the request is for the
> original format in which the agency kept it (i.e. production, not
> re-production), does not depend on “whether reproducing the file in
> that format would complicate the agency’s FOIA review process”.
> However, TSA might be able to sustain this if it shows “significant
> interference or burden” that is “beyond increased FOIA-processing
> costs”, and if it can show that “administrative costs of that type
> constitute a legally sufficient basis for rejecting a format request”.
> P. 18–23.
>
> 9. Pages that were produced in illegible format (due to extremely poor
> scan resolution) must be produced legibly. P. 23–24.
>
>
> * B. Adequacy of search *
>
> 10. As a contractor, Covenant is not covered by FOIA. p. 28–29
>
> 11. Failure to search DHS Office of Civil Rights and Liberties is OK
> because request was directed to TSA. p. 29
>
> 12. A request for “all documents and communication[s] related to or
> responding to” FOIA requests, “whether internal or external”, “can
> only reasonably be construed to encompass FOIA processing records”, so
> TSA should have searched FOIA office. P. 30
>
> 13. Because correspondence with Pelosi’s office came up in the search,
> as did Office of Chief Counsel and Office of the Executive
> Secretariat, TSA should have also searched the Office of Legislative
> Affairs, OCC, and ExSec. P. 30–31.
>
> 14. Search cut-off date is date search starts. TSA failure to state
> the times of its search and cut-off dates make its Vaughn inadequate
> to support its failure to produce records, when a re-request was made
> for which search was not conducted until well after the last date on
> produced records. P. 32–33.
>
> 15. Requests for records related to a BOS incident, when the agency
> delayed search until after another BOS incident happened, does not
> expand the request to include the new incident. P. 33–34.
>
> 16. A Vaughn index that fails to document the search terms, absent
> enough other documentation, precludes grant of MSJ. P. 34–35. Agency’s
> documentation was insufficient for the searches conducted by other
> tasked offices which didn’t document their search parameters.
>
> 17. Request for “all policies and procedures” is “vastly overbroad”
> and “unreasonably burdensome” because it didn’t allow “a professional
> employee of the agency who [is] familiar with the subject area of the
> request to locate the record with a reasonable amount of effort”.  P.
> 37–39.
>
> 18. TSA re-opening the request post-litigation at its “discretion” did
> not waive its objection to breadth. P. 40–41.
>
>
> * C. Withholdings *
>
> 19. District court lacks jurisdiction, due to 49 USC 46110, to
> determine whether TSA acted without authority under 49 USC 114(r)(4)
> in designating SSI. P. 42–46.
>
> 20. TSA’s production of formerly-designated-SSI records to third party
> (ACLU), which then released them, does not moot its obligation to
> provide Plaintiff with those records — if the designation change
> happened before the search. P. 46–49.
>
> 21. Plaintiff may not take discovery as to a matter affirmed by agency
> affidavit, without first making a detailed showing of agency bad
> faith. P. 52–53.
>
> 22. Factual material may not be withheld unless “the disclosure of
> even purely factual material may so expose the deliberative process
> within an agency that the material is appropriately held privileged”,
> so (b)(5) withholding of information gathered in course of Rehab Act
> investigation is not adequately justified. P. 53–54.
>
> 23. Plaintiff’s “contention that “policies, memoranda of law, and
> similar documents” are “post-decisional” and thus not protected by the
> deliberative process privilege” “is far too amorphous to defeat TSA’s
> motion for summary judgment.” P. 55–56.
>
> 24. Inconsistencies in redacting identical information are not
> sufficient to object to (b)(5). P. 56.
>
> 25. Argument that agency delayed processing of administrative
> complaints is not enough to show obstruction of justice to pierce
> agency attorney-client privilege. P. 56–57.
>
> 26. 5 C.F.R. § 293.311(a) “applies only to information contained in
> “official personnel folder[s],” “performance file system folders,”
> “their automated equivalent records,” and other “personnel record
> files . . . which are under the control of the Office” of Personnel
> Management (“OPM”)”, and therefore is not applicable to contest a
> (b)(6) withholding in other files. P. 59–60.
>
> 27. Plaintiff’s knowledge of (b)(6) withheld information is irrelevant. P. 60.
>
> 28. (b)(6) withholding of “similar” information made available in
> other cases is not sufficient to justify an objection. P. 61.
>
> 29. (b)(6) withholding of parts a record, when other parts release the
> same record without the withholding, is moot. P. 61.
>
> 30. The court has no basis to question the agency’s claim that
> Plaintiff's civil rights complaint, and TSA screeners' incident
> reports, are records “compiled for law enforcement purposes”. P. 62.
>
> 31. (b)(7)(C) withholding of names of local police is assumed, without
> deciding, to “subject them to annoyance or harassment in either their
> official or private lives”, and therefore allowed. P. 62–63..
>
> 32. (b)(6) withholding of the whom someone hoped “enjoyed herself
> today”, or “why another TSA employee was unavailable to provide a
> statement”, “reveals little or nothing about an agency’s own conduct”,
> and is therefore OK. P. 63.
>
> 33. (b)(6) withholding of other TSA officials’ info is not justified
> on the record, because it has not explained “that TSA contract
> employees, the DHS Office of Chief Counsel employee, or the TSA
> Disability Branch employee played “a particular role in an incident”
> or “complain[ed] about a particular incident” such that the release of
> their information would subject them to a real risk of annoyance or
> harassment”; or “why TSA employee names and professional contact
> information contained in the policy documents implicate a substantial
> privacy interest.” P. 64.
>
>
> * D. Segregability *
>
> 34. The Government “bears the burden of justifying nondisclosure”,
> “must show with reasonable specificity why the documents cannot be
> further segregated”, and “must provide a ‘detailed justification’ for
> [withheld records’] non-segregability”, but “segregation is not
> required where the ‘exempt and nonexempt information are inextricably
> intertwined, such that the excision of exempt information would impose
> significant costs on the agency and produce an edited document with
> little informational value”. P. 65.
>
> 35. Plaintiff’s presentation of a previously released SOP, which was
> SSI designated only in part, is not relevant because it is about a
> “defectively overbroad” request, and therefore “Sai fails to identify
> any evidence that the TSA withheld records in whole based on a valid
> FOIA exemption, where a portion of those records were reasonably
> segregable and could have been released without disclosing the exempt
> information. P. 66.
>
> 36. TSA’s Vaughn index is enough to bear the TSA’s burden of proof to
> release reasonably segregable portions, p. 66, even though it gives no
> detail at all about whether there are any segregable portions of
> documents withheld in full.
>
> 37. Re CCTV video, Plaintiff’s statements that
>  “(1) TSA policy requires 15 “[c]amera views” of each passenger during
> screening and requires that the surveillance video be maintained for
> 30 days; (2) [they] submitted a FOIA request seeking the Logan Airport
> surveillance video within that 30-day window; (3) the TSA released
> only one video showing [their] screening at Logan Airport and informed
> him that no other video exists; and (4) “the only possible conclusion
> is that TSA and BOS committed spoliation” …
> “cannot be squared with McCoy’s declaration, submitted under the
> penalty of perjury, which recounts that “BOS searched for responsive
> records including closed circuit television (CCTV)” and located “one
> CCTV video of the incident.”.
>
> Because TSA is entitled to “presumption of good faith”, even though
> “TSA policy may have required additional “views,” and it may have
> required that video records be maintained for thirty days”, “that does
> not mean that the videos Sai sought, in fact, existed at the time
> [they] filed [their] FOIA request, and it certainly does not mean that
> the TSA destroyed some (but not all) of the videos Sai sought in order
> to avoid its obligation of production.”
>
> This is not enough “to give rise to a disputed issue of fact regarding
> an agency’s good faith” because if “a FOIA requester’s reasonable
> belief that other records should have been found were sufficient,
> discovery would likely be the norm, rather than exception, in FOIA
> cases.” P. 66–67. Therefore — although this is on TSA’s MSJ — “Sai has
> failed to rebut the presumption of good faith applicable to the TSA’s
> explication of its search efforts and has failed to show that
> discovery is warranted in this FOIA/Privacy Act action”. P. 68.
>
> 38. 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(7) (keeping records of First Amendment
> protected activity) can’t be raised because it wasn’t in the
> pre-production complaint. P. 68.
>
>
>
> ** Conclusion **
>
> * A. For my FOIA requester & litigator kith: *
>
> I hope the takeaways section above is useful. You may want to update
> your request, complaint, & MSJ opposition templates / checklists.
>
>
> * B. For my disabled kith (especially fellow blindies): *
>
> Although I didn't win on Rehab Act grounds per se, I hope the
> electronic format win should lead to more availability of accessible,
> native documents.
>
> It'll take some time, but agencies won't be able to get away with
> producing rasterized documents, when they could've just given you a
> nice Word document like they started with. Down with scans!
>
>
> * C. For those of you on the agency side: *
>
> You should probably start pressing ASAP for updated FOIA processing &
> redaction software. Otherwise, you're going to be facing much higher
> costs in the long run. Maybe send your IT department a copy of p.
> 18–23 of the opinion. ;-)
>
>
> ** Help wanted! **
>
> I need help on litigating this; taking an appeal from final judgment;
> research; drafting / editing; having a devil's advocate for my prep
> work; PR / public communications; document review; etc.
>
> If you could help with any of that, please contact me privately at
> <legal at s.ai> or other methods listed at <https://s.ai/contact>.
>
>
> I've been doing this for the last 4 years, without a salary, despite
> multiple major disabilities, and my own poverty. Because I'm pro se,
> given the Supreme Court's decision in Kay v Ehrler, it's unlikely that
> I will be able to recover even a cent for my time over the last four
> years of litigating this, despite it being primarily public interest.
>
> So if you appreciate my work, please support my 501(c)(3) nonprofit,
> Fiat Fiendum, so that it can finally pay me a salary to do this sort
> of stuff: <https://patreon.com/fiatfiendum>.
>
> Sincerely,
> Sai
> President, Fiat Fiendum, Inc.


From gmanmesa at gmail.com  Sun May 27 14:28:41 2018
From: gmanmesa at gmail.com (James Mooney)
Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 07:28:41 -0700
Subject: [blindlaw] Corn bugs and commercial out lines
Message-ID: <4CB94532-4781-407D-8BA0-980CEA7EA0F3@gmail.com>

Hello,

I will be starting law school in the fall and I was wondering if anybody had any experience using hornbooks and commercial outlines? I would love to hear both good and bad experiences. Also, those who found them helpful how did you get them in an accessible format

James Garret Mooney
Secretary, National Federation of the Blind of Arizona

From sai at fiatfiendum.org  Sun May 27 15:23:49 2018
From: sai at fiatfiendum.org (Sai)
Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 16:23:49 +0100
Subject: [blindlaw] Opinion issued in my FOIA case v TSA;
 major implications for electronic format
In-Reply-To: <CAHs-R5zZ1YCPp2WHnG_z_1x+je+z+4czkwP_ygHRkjt0FQE=Ng@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAHs-R5y7MmwFLEqfTvhR-yvRdiL52fTsG-t0cq5vC8NJudAh5g@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAHs-R5zZ1YCPp2WHnG_z_1x+je+z+4czkwP_ygHRkjt0FQE=Ng@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAHs-R5wzdedyb6+PQA+Px+TSrfjNAj=LqQr-uMG+3CS5e4JT4A@mail.gmail.com>

Sorry, paste fail. Here's the correct twitter link:

https://twitter.com/saizai/status/1000715792181284864
Sincerely,
Sai
President, Fiat Fiendum, Inc.


On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 2:18 PM, Sai <sai at fiatfiendum.org> wrote:
> PS Someone asked for a public link. So here you go:
>
> https://plus.google.com/+saizai/posts/cFjYiRdEQqv
> https://twitter.com/saizai/status/898707013160534018
> Sincerely,
> Sai
> President, Fiat Fiendum, Inc.
>
>
> On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 1:03 PM, Sai <sai at fiatfiendum.org> wrote:
>> ** Background **
>>
>> 4 years ago, I sued the TSA under FOIA & Privacy Act for (a) various
>> documents related to how it treated me at airports, and its
>> investigation thereof, and (b) all of its policy & procedure
>> documents. (The requests are now 5 years old.)
>>
>> TSA filed a motion for summary judgment 2 years ago. I made no
>> cross-MSJ, but only a heavily factual objection to the format of
>> productions, sufficiency of search, and virtually all withholdings.
>>
>> The opinion came out a couple days ago. Won some, lost some, and some
>> kept open for more proceedings.
>>
>> Opinion is attached and at
>> <https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sPBn2UDHjl305ewboGUH3q0JKUIUeBfq>.
>>
>>
>> ** Major win **
>>
>> Most notable is the decision that DHS' FOIAXpress and eReview software
>> is a per se violation of 5 USC 552(a)(3)(B)'s requirement to produce
>> records in the format requested — namely, native format — because it
>> irreversibly transforms records into rasterized PDFs. Same goes for
>> the government's failure to produce spreadsheets in spreadsheet
>> format.
>>
>> "Increased FOIA-processing costs" are explicitly precluded as an
>> acceptable defense.
>>
>> This has major implications for the availability of native,
>> accessible, machine-processable records, and for agencies'
>> handicapping their own FOIA offices.
>>
>> It's possible that TSA may yet defeat my format claims in this request
>> — by showing that it'd be too burdensome, in terms of processing costs
>> *outside of* FOIA processing.
>>
>> If they don't fix their software & practices, this'll happen again. To
>> prevent that, I intend to follow this up with a permanent injunction
>> against the use of either software in FOIA processing — or, indeed,
>> *any* software that's incapable of making 508 compliant, native
>> electronic, metadata-preserving redactions.
>>
>>
>>
>> ** Main takeaways **
>>
>>
>> * A. Requests *
>>
>> 1. For format, FOIA request must explicitly demand:
>> * “native” electronic records
>> * “fully digital, non-rasterized, text PDF”
>> * “original format”, as normally kept by the agency, i.e. before the
>> FOIA process
>> * metadata
>> * § 508 accessible records, together with a statement of the
>> requester’s own specific disability need for § 508 accessible records
>> (such as blindness)
>> * spreadsheet / database format for spreadsheet / database data
>>
>> 2. For issue preservation, FOIA request must explicitly be addressed
>> to parent agencies.
>>
>> 3. To get FOIA processing records, asking for “all documents and
>> communication[s] related to or responding to the FOIA requests,
>> whether internal or external” is enough.
>>
>> 4. New FOIA request must be made if more incidents happen while the
>> request is pending, even pre-search, that would expand its scope.
>>
>>
>> * B. Law *
>>
>> 1. FOIA offices’ use of noncompliant software — in particular, DHS’
>> use of FOIAXpress & eReview — is not, by itself, adequate grounds for
>> 552(a)(3)(B) noncompliance as to producing native format records. Nor
>> is an interference or burden based on “increased FOIA-processing
>> costs”.
>>
>> 2. Illegible documents must be produced legibly.
>>
>> 3. Due to 49 USC 46110, District court lacks jurisdiction to determine
>> whether TSA acted without authority under 49 USC 114(r)(4) in
>> designating SSI.
>>
>> 4. Neither agency production to a third party, nor the third party’s
>> publication, moots agency’s obligation to provide records to
>> requester.
>>
>> 5. (b)(6) withholding of agency officials’ name & official contact
>> info not justified unless agency proves “that the release of their
>> information would subject them to a real risk of annoyance or
>> harassment” or “implicate a substantial privacy interest.”
>>
>> 6. Evidence that CCTV video was required by agency policy to be made,
>> and demanded & agreed to be preserved (within its retention period),
>> is not enough to show spoliation or agency bad faith, when the
>> agency’s Vaughn only claims that it searched for the video and found
>> only one, even though the Vaughn disputed neither the existence of
>> many other agency-required videos nor the preservation demand.
>> Discovery into this also isn’t allowed.
>>
>>
>> * C. Litigation *
>>
>> 1. MSJ opposition must explicitly identify what documents are:
>> * spreadsheets
>> * post-decisional
>> * 552(a)(1,2) material.
>>
>> 2. FOIA office must
>> * search offices that the initial search identifies as having been involved
>> * state times of search & cut-off dates in its Vaughn
>> * document search terms used by itself and by tasked offices
>>
>> 3. No discovery is allowed for claims made in an agency affidavit
>> without a detailed showing of agency bad faith, even if the affidavit
>> fails to directly address the problems raised.
>>
>> 4. 5 C.F.R. § 293.311(a) is not applicable to a (b)(6) withholding on
>> non-OPM files.
>>
>> 5. Problems with the contents of agency records, e.g. 5 U.S.C. §
>> 552a(e)(7) (keeping records of First Amendment protected activity),
>> can’t be litigated unless it’s pled in the complaint, even if the
>> records haven’t yet been produced.
>>
>>
>>
>> ** Holdings **
>>
>> This is only summarizing what the opinion says. I think there are
>> several major problems with it, which I intend to raise when I can,
>> but I won't get into them here.
>>
>> If you see any flaws or issues of concern — or if you know anything
>> that might be relevant — please contact me privately at <legal at s.ai>
>> and let me know.
>>
>> My intent is to get the maximum possible public interest benefit —
>> both by establishing case law and by injunctions — not just one-off
>> cures for my particular situation.
>>
>>
>> * A. Format *
>>
>> 1. Plaintiff may not require Rehab Act § 508 compliant responses,
>> because it was not pled in the (pre-production) complaint nor added by
>> amendment; their affidavit does not specifically state that they are
>> blind; and they may not assert their disabled audience’s rights to
>> accessible records. P. 11–14.
>>
>> 2. Plaintiff may not assert E-FOIA as to TSA’s Vaughn indices & other
>> litigation filings. p. 15.
>>
>> 3. Requests for “digital copy”, or requiring request to be “serviced
>> electronically to the maximum extent possible”, are not sufficient to
>> invoke E-FOIA for “native” format with embedded metadata. P. 15–16.
>>
>> 4. TSA production of concatenated, rasterized PDFs does not satisfy
>> format request specifying “in an electronic, machine-processable,
>> accessible, open, and well- structured format to the maximum extent
>> possible”, “individual PDFs per distinct document”, “fully digital
>> text PDFs rather than scans or rasterizations”, & “lists and
>> structured data as machine-processable spreadsheets”. P. 16–17.
>>
>> 5. Objection to failure to produce spreadsheets can’t be adjudicated
>> due to failure to explicitly state what response documents were
>> spreadsheets. Leave granted to state more clearly. P. 17.
>>
>> 6. Request for documents “in their original electronic format”, “e.g.
>> Word, Excel, or electronic PDF”, may be enough to require “native”
>> documents. P. 17–18
>>
>> 7. However, this is not enough to require metadata, and metadata
>> possibly unavailable per CREW v DoE, 905 F. Supp. 2d 161, 172 (D.D.C.
>> 2012). P. 18
>>
>> 8. TSA’s use of FOIAXpress by the FOIA office, and eReview by SSI
>> office, does not justify 552(a)(3)(B) noncompliance for native
>> records. Agency’s requirement to produce format if it “is readily
>> reproducible by the agency”, especially when the request is for the
>> original format in which the agency kept it (i.e. production, not
>> re-production), does not depend on “whether reproducing the file in
>> that format would complicate the agency’s FOIA review process”.
>> However, TSA might be able to sustain this if it shows “significant
>> interference or burden” that is “beyond increased FOIA-processing
>> costs”, and if it can show that “administrative costs of that type
>> constitute a legally sufficient basis for rejecting a format request”.
>> P. 18–23.
>>
>> 9. Pages that were produced in illegible format (due to extremely poor
>> scan resolution) must be produced legibly. P. 23–24.
>>
>>
>> * B. Adequacy of search *
>>
>> 10. As a contractor, Covenant is not covered by FOIA. p. 28–29
>>
>> 11. Failure to search DHS Office of Civil Rights and Liberties is OK
>> because request was directed to TSA. p. 29
>>
>> 12. A request for “all documents and communication[s] related to or
>> responding to” FOIA requests, “whether internal or external”, “can
>> only reasonably be construed to encompass FOIA processing records”, so
>> TSA should have searched FOIA office. P. 30
>>
>> 13. Because correspondence with Pelosi’s office came up in the search,
>> as did Office of Chief Counsel and Office of the Executive
>> Secretariat, TSA should have also searched the Office of Legislative
>> Affairs, OCC, and ExSec. P. 30–31.
>>
>> 14. Search cut-off date is date search starts. TSA failure to state
>> the times of its search and cut-off dates make its Vaughn inadequate
>> to support its failure to produce records, when a re-request was made
>> for which search was not conducted until well after the last date on
>> produced records. P. 32–33.
>>
>> 15. Requests for records related to a BOS incident, when the agency
>> delayed search until after another BOS incident happened, does not
>> expand the request to include the new incident. P. 33–34.
>>
>> 16. A Vaughn index that fails to document the search terms, absent
>> enough other documentation, precludes grant of MSJ. P. 34–35. Agency’s
>> documentation was insufficient for the searches conducted by other
>> tasked offices which didn’t document their search parameters.
>>
>> 17. Request for “all policies and procedures” is “vastly overbroad”
>> and “unreasonably burdensome” because it didn’t allow “a professional
>> employee of the agency who [is] familiar with the subject area of the
>> request to locate the record with a reasonable amount of effort”.  P.
>> 37–39.
>>
>> 18. TSA re-opening the request post-litigation at its “discretion” did
>> not waive its objection to breadth. P. 40–41.
>>
>>
>> * C. Withholdings *
>>
>> 19. District court lacks jurisdiction, due to 49 USC 46110, to
>> determine whether TSA acted without authority under 49 USC 114(r)(4)
>> in designating SSI. P. 42–46.
>>
>> 20. TSA’s production of formerly-designated-SSI records to third party
>> (ACLU), which then released them, does not moot its obligation to
>> provide Plaintiff with those records — if the designation change
>> happened before the search. P. 46–49.
>>
>> 21. Plaintiff may not take discovery as to a matter affirmed by agency
>> affidavit, without first making a detailed showing of agency bad
>> faith. P. 52–53.
>>
>> 22. Factual material may not be withheld unless “the disclosure of
>> even purely factual material may so expose the deliberative process
>> within an agency that the material is appropriately held privileged”,
>> so (b)(5) withholding of information gathered in course of Rehab Act
>> investigation is not adequately justified. P. 53–54.
>>
>> 23. Plaintiff’s “contention that “policies, memoranda of law, and
>> similar documents” are “post-decisional” and thus not protected by the
>> deliberative process privilege” “is far too amorphous to defeat TSA’s
>> motion for summary judgment.” P. 55–56.
>>
>> 24. Inconsistencies in redacting identical information are not
>> sufficient to object to (b)(5). P. 56.
>>
>> 25. Argument that agency delayed processing of administrative
>> complaints is not enough to show obstruction of justice to pierce
>> agency attorney-client privilege. P. 56–57.
>>
>> 26. 5 C.F.R. § 293.311(a) “applies only to information contained in
>> “official personnel folder[s],” “performance file system folders,”
>> “their automated equivalent records,” and other “personnel record
>> files . . . which are under the control of the Office” of Personnel
>> Management (“OPM”)”, and therefore is not applicable to contest a
>> (b)(6) withholding in other files. P. 59–60.
>>
>> 27. Plaintiff’s knowledge of (b)(6) withheld information is irrelevant. P. 60.
>>
>> 28. (b)(6) withholding of “similar” information made available in
>> other cases is not sufficient to justify an objection. P. 61.
>>
>> 29. (b)(6) withholding of parts a record, when other parts release the
>> same record without the withholding, is moot. P. 61.
>>
>> 30. The court has no basis to question the agency’s claim that
>> Plaintiff's civil rights complaint, and TSA screeners' incident
>> reports, are records “compiled for law enforcement purposes”. P. 62.
>>
>> 31. (b)(7)(C) withholding of names of local police is assumed, without
>> deciding, to “subject them to annoyance or harassment in either their
>> official or private lives”, and therefore allowed. P. 62–63..
>>
>> 32. (b)(6) withholding of the whom someone hoped “enjoyed herself
>> today”, or “why another TSA employee was unavailable to provide a
>> statement”, “reveals little or nothing about an agency’s own conduct”,
>> and is therefore OK. P. 63.
>>
>> 33. (b)(6) withholding of other TSA officials’ info is not justified
>> on the record, because it has not explained “that TSA contract
>> employees, the DHS Office of Chief Counsel employee, or the TSA
>> Disability Branch employee played “a particular role in an incident”
>> or “complain[ed] about a particular incident” such that the release of
>> their information would subject them to a real risk of annoyance or
>> harassment”; or “why TSA employee names and professional contact
>> information contained in the policy documents implicate a substantial
>> privacy interest.” P. 64.
>>
>>
>> * D. Segregability *
>>
>> 34. The Government “bears the burden of justifying nondisclosure”,
>> “must show with reasonable specificity why the documents cannot be
>> further segregated”, and “must provide a ‘detailed justification’ for
>> [withheld records’] non-segregability”, but “segregation is not
>> required where the ‘exempt and nonexempt information are inextricably
>> intertwined, such that the excision of exempt information would impose
>> significant costs on the agency and produce an edited document with
>> little informational value”. P. 65.
>>
>> 35. Plaintiff’s presentation of a previously released SOP, which was
>> SSI designated only in part, is not relevant because it is about a
>> “defectively overbroad” request, and therefore “Sai fails to identify
>> any evidence that the TSA withheld records in whole based on a valid
>> FOIA exemption, where a portion of those records were reasonably
>> segregable and could have been released without disclosing the exempt
>> information. P. 66.
>>
>> 36. TSA’s Vaughn index is enough to bear the TSA’s burden of proof to
>> release reasonably segregable portions, p. 66, even though it gives no
>> detail at all about whether there are any segregable portions of
>> documents withheld in full.
>>
>> 37. Re CCTV video, Plaintiff’s statements that
>>  “(1) TSA policy requires 15 “[c]amera views” of each passenger during
>> screening and requires that the surveillance video be maintained for
>> 30 days; (2) [they] submitted a FOIA request seeking the Logan Airport
>> surveillance video within that 30-day window; (3) the TSA released
>> only one video showing [their] screening at Logan Airport and informed
>> him that no other video exists; and (4) “the only possible conclusion
>> is that TSA and BOS committed spoliation” …
>> “cannot be squared with McCoy’s declaration, submitted under the
>> penalty of perjury, which recounts that “BOS searched for responsive
>> records including closed circuit television (CCTV)” and located “one
>> CCTV video of the incident.”.
>>
>> Because TSA is entitled to “presumption of good faith”, even though
>> “TSA policy may have required additional “views,” and it may have
>> required that video records be maintained for thirty days”, “that does
>> not mean that the videos Sai sought, in fact, existed at the time
>> [they] filed [their] FOIA request, and it certainly does not mean that
>> the TSA destroyed some (but not all) of the videos Sai sought in order
>> to avoid its obligation of production.”
>>
>> This is not enough “to give rise to a disputed issue of fact regarding
>> an agency’s good faith” because if “a FOIA requester’s reasonable
>> belief that other records should have been found were sufficient,
>> discovery would likely be the norm, rather than exception, in FOIA
>> cases.” P. 66–67. Therefore — although this is on TSA’s MSJ — “Sai has
>> failed to rebut the presumption of good faith applicable to the TSA’s
>> explication of its search efforts and has failed to show that
>> discovery is warranted in this FOIA/Privacy Act action”. P. 68.
>>
>> 38. 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(7) (keeping records of First Amendment
>> protected activity) can’t be raised because it wasn’t in the
>> pre-production complaint. P. 68.
>>
>>
>>
>> ** Conclusion **
>>
>> * A. For my FOIA requester & litigator kith: *
>>
>> I hope the takeaways section above is useful. You may want to update
>> your request, complaint, & MSJ opposition templates / checklists.
>>
>>
>> * B. For my disabled kith (especially fellow blindies): *
>>
>> Although I didn't win on Rehab Act grounds per se, I hope the
>> electronic format win should lead to more availability of accessible,
>> native documents.
>>
>> It'll take some time, but agencies won't be able to get away with
>> producing rasterized documents, when they could've just given you a
>> nice Word document like they started with. Down with scans!
>>
>>
>> * C. For those of you on the agency side: *
>>
>> You should probably start pressing ASAP for updated FOIA processing &
>> redaction software. Otherwise, you're going to be facing much higher
>> costs in the long run. Maybe send your IT department a copy of p.
>> 18–23 of the opinion. ;-)
>>
>>
>> ** Help wanted! **
>>
>> I need help on litigating this; taking an appeal from final judgment;
>> research; drafting / editing; having a devil's advocate for my prep
>> work; PR / public communications; document review; etc.
>>
>> If you could help with any of that, please contact me privately at
>> <legal at s.ai> or other methods listed at <https://s.ai/contact>.
>>
>>
>> I've been doing this for the last 4 years, without a salary, despite
>> multiple major disabilities, and my own poverty. Because I'm pro se,
>> given the Supreme Court's decision in Kay v Ehrler, it's unlikely that
>> I will be able to recover even a cent for my time over the last four
>> years of litigating this, despite it being primarily public interest.
>>
>> So if you appreciate my work, please support my 501(c)(3) nonprofit,
>> Fiat Fiendum, so that it can finally pay me a salary to do this sort
>> of stuff: <https://patreon.com/fiatfiendum>.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Sai
>> President, Fiat Fiendum, Inc.


From slabarre at labarrelaw.com  Tue May 29 14:10:12 2018
From: slabarre at labarrelaw.com (Scott C. Labarre)
Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 08:10:12 -0600
Subject: [blindlaw] FW: [DRBA] Southern Poverty Law Center is Hiring in
 Florida
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From: Disability Rights Bar Association [mailto:DRBA at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Kelly Knapp
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2018 7:46 AM
To: DRBA at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: [DRBA] Southern Poverty Law Center is Hiring in Florida

 

We are hiring staff attorneys in our Miami and Tallahassee offices.  This is an opportunity bring impact cases that will affect thousands of incarcerated youth and adults with disabilities in Florida. 

 

Please feel free to contact me with any questions. 

 

 

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From cjdavis9193 at gmail.com  Tue May 29 20:38:12 2018
From: cjdavis9193 at gmail.com (Cody J. Davis)
Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 16:38:12 -0400
Subject: [blindlaw] Using scribes for the bar exam
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Thanks for your advice!

Respectfully,
Cody J. Davis, J.D., M.P.A.
Email: cjdavis9193 at gmail.com
Phone: (336) 823-0283
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/cody-davis-635395142

> On May 26, 2018, at 8:16 AM, Rod Alcidonis via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> They likely just want to make sure that the person is not an attorney, or someone with a legal background. You need someone who is intelligent and highly educated, not necessarily with scribing experience.
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Cody J. Davis via BlindLaw
> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2018 11:42 AM
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> Cc: Cody J. Davis
> Subject: [blindlaw] Using scribes for the bar exam
> 
> All,
> 
> I am taking the bar exam in July with accommodations,including the use of a scribe to record my MBE answers on a scantron. Oddly, I am responsible for providing the scribe and the Board of Law Examiners wants a resume provided for the person who will serve as my scribe. Has anyone had any experience hiring a scribe? I’m guessing they want someone with experience as a scribe given that they are asking for a resume. Notably, I have asked for a scribe to record my MBE answers so that I do not have to expend extra time switching between documents on my computer given how limited time is.
> 
> Thanks for your input.
> 
> Respectfully,
> Cody J. Davis, J.D., M.P.A.
> Email: cjdavis9193 at gmail.com
> Phone: (336) 823-0283
> Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/cody-davis-635395142
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Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 22:12:11 +0000
Subject: [blindlaw] HIRING! Diverse Candidates Sought for Three New Roles
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From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov  Thu May 31 18:38:03 2018
From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel)
Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 18:38:03 +0000
Subject: [blindlaw] Seattle University Law Access to Justice Institute is
 hiring!
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From: Cindy Yeung <yeungcy at seattleu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2018 11:06 AM
To: ATJ Community <atj-community at list.wsba.org>
Subject: [atj-community] SU Law Access to Justice Institute is hiring!

Seattle University School of Law Access to Justice Institute is hiring for an Associate Director. Click here<https://seattleu.csod.com/ats/careersite/JobDetails.aspx?id=495> for more information and to apply. Please share widely.

Associate Director Access to Justice Institute

FLSA Status: Exempt

Months Per Year: 12

Hours Per Week: 37.5

Position Description

The Associate Director will serve as an integral part of the Access to Justice Institute (ATJI) team to accomplish the goal of inspiring law students to make a lifelong commitment to equal justice for marginalized and/or underserved communities.  The Associate Director will report to the Director of the Access to Justice Institute.

Seattle University School of Law educates ethical lawyers who distinguish themselves through their outstanding professional skills and their dedication to law in the service of justice. Faculty, students, and staff form a vibrant, diverse, and collaborative community that promotes leadership for a just and humane world. The Law School’s commitment to academic distinction is grounded in its Jesuit Catholic tradition, one that encourages open inquiry, thoughtful reflection and concern for personal growth. Innovation, creativity and technological sophistication characterize our rigorous educational program, which prepares lawyers for a wide range of successful and rewarding careers in law, business and public service.

ATJI serves as the law school’s social justice hub, inspiring, promoting and supporting: transformative and active community engagement by the law school community in the service of justice for marginalized and underserved communities; bridge- building between academics and action to help eliminate unfair and oppressive systems and practices; community-building with those individuals and community groups who share a commitment to justice for all; and leadership development and capacity building of the next generation of social justice lawyers.

Together with the ATJI team, the Associate Director is a vital team member who will strive to accomplish the goal of inspiring law students, wherever their career paths take them, to make a lifelong commitment to equal justice for marginalized or underserved communities.

In collaboration with the Director of ATJI, develop a strategic plan and oversee activities and trainings that drive the mission to provide community engagement opportunities for students.

Communicate social justice opportunities to law students:

1. Respond to inquiries by legal services providers, pro bono counsel, community agencies, courts, government agencies, faculty, SU Law Clinic or any other public interest entity by assisting them with communication to students about existing opportunities (e.g., draft volunteer opportunity announcements
for review, serving as a filter for applicants, facilitating opportunities for the organization to make presentations).

2. Conduct outreach so that students know about the opportunities (e.g., ensure opportunities are published in ATJI communications, and encourage Center for Professional Development and relevant faculty members to share opportunities with their students).

3. Follow up with students who take advantage of the opportunities to find out about their experience.

4.  Engage in community outreach with legal service providers to maintain and build new relationships, keep abreast of strategic advocacy focus areas, and assess the current legal climate.

Develop and oversee Partnership Projects (ongoing volunteer social justice opportunities facilitated by ATJI in partnership with an organization) by collaborating with legal services providers, pro bono counsel, community agencies, courts, government agencies, faculty, SU Law Clinic or any other public interest entity. Development and oversight involves:

1. Reaching out to potential partners and identifying how law students could help them.

2. Designing opportunities for student participation, in collaboration with the partner organization and, when appropriate, law student organizations with a goal of providing opportunities requiring varied commitment levels for student participation.

3. Recruiting student leaders and volunteers.

4. Organizing any necessary trainings.

5. Providing oversight and guided reflection to ensure quality work by students and quality experiences for the students.

6. Sharing coverage with Director for Moderate Means Program staff attorney when they are unavailable.

Mentor and supervise students and student organization leaders who engage in social justice projects by providing technical support (i.e., legal expertise, ethics), guidance (i.e., connections to community, how to collaborate trainings), and capacity to build leadership skills.  This includes:

1. Work with the Public Interest Law Foundation to host several events including but not limited to the Evening with Equal Justice and the annual spring auction. This work will include extensive event planning and procurement tasks.

2. Together with the Director, track student hours for the Pro Bono Pledge and ensure accurate reporting to the Dean’s Office for graduation. Promote the Pro Bono Pledge and encourage participation by all students.

Organize, oversee, and/or support ongoing social justice events, trainings, symposia, and series.  Develop new programming that serves the primary mission of ATJI.

Collaborate with law school departments to advance the law school mission. Some examples include: Lifelong Commitment to Social Justice, work with Center for Professional Development by cross- referring and meeting with students to connect them to volunteer and networking opportunities.  Collaborate on programming, including public interest career road-mapping and post- graduate fellowship outreach.

Bridging Academics to Action: work with faculty to identify and develop service-learning opportunities, connecting them to the equal justice community and the work of ATJI.

Development Opportunities for Active Engagement: work with the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality and the Ronald A Peterson Law Clinic on collaborative projects to advance respective goals and to provide more opportunities for students to engage the justice community.

Building Law Student Community and Leaders for Justice, work with Office of Admission to assist with cultivating public interest minded applicants and selecting the Scholars for Justice.  Work with the Office of Alumni Relations to encourage pro bono among alumni.

Collaborate with external law school public interest administrators and faculty and equal justice and pro bono organizations, groups, and alliances to advance the mutual equal justice mission.  Some examples of these groups include Access to Justice Board’s Law School Relations Committee, WSBA Pro Bono and Legal Aid Committee, and the Seattle Area Pro Bono Group.

Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

The position requires a J.D. with three to five years of public interest legal experience as an attorney.

Candidates must have a demonstrated commitment to social justice.

Candidates must have a demonstrated commitment to inclusion, diversity and cross-difference competence as a justice imperative, and a commitment to the university’s mission, vision, and values.

Candidates must be able to work collaboratively and work both in teams and independently.

Candidates must have excellent oral and written communication skills, and the ability to comfortably speak in front of large and small groups.

Candidates must have competency with Microsoft Office products and some familiarity and experience with social media tools.

Candidates must be system-thinkers, be well organized, able to work on multiple projects at the same time, be able to prioritize and manage work projects, and enjoy a team oriented approach to projects.

Candidates must have a License to practice law, preferably in Washington.

Experience working at a law school or with law students, including having first-hand knowledge of working in a law school setting as well as having experience supervising law students in their legal work is preferred.

Experience with developing or participating in professional leadership development programming is preferred.

Experience with event and/or training/CLE planning and oversight is preferred.

Candidates must be creative, enjoy working with a diverse community, and have a sense of humor.

Seattle University, founded in 1891, is a Jesuit Catholic university located on 50 acres in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. More than 7,400 students are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs within nine schools and colleges. U.S. News and World Report's "Best Colleges 2017" ranks Seattle University 8th in the West among universities that offer a full range of masters and undergraduate programs. Seattle University is an equal opportunity employer.

In support of its pursuit of academic and scholarly excellence, Seattle University is committed to creating a diverse community of students, faculty and staff that is dedicated to the fundamental principles of equal opportunity and treatment in education and employment regardless of age, color, disability, gender identity, national origin, political ideology, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status. The university encourages applications from, and nominations of, individuals whose differing backgrounds, beliefs, ideas and life experiences will further enrich the diversity of its educational community.

Application Instructions

Applicants are also strongly encouraged to attach an electronic cover letter and resume when applying. Persons who need assistance with the recruitment process may contact the Office of Human Resources at: 206-296-5870. Job postings are open until filled, unless otherwise specified.


Cindy Yeung ‘04
Access to Justice Institute
901 12th Avenue Room 115
Seattle, WA 98122
(206) 852-3905 (cell)
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From ttomasi at driowa.org  Thu May 31 21:20:46 2018
From: ttomasi at driowa.org (Tai Tomasi)
Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 21:20:46 +0000
Subject: [blindlaw] Job Openings at Disability Rights Tennessee
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There are multiple attorney and advocate job openings at Disability Rights Tennessee:
https://www.disabilityrightstn.org/resources/news/may-2018/new-career-opportunities-at-drt

Ms. Tai Tomasi, J.D.
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