[blindlaw] Clerking

[Singh, Nandini]

I clerked on the First Circuit Court of Appeals. I had an old school judge who received our first drafts on paper, allowing him to revise extensively. Judge's secretary then retyped the new draft, revisions and all. At that point, she was the only one who had an electronic copy of the draft opinion. She would not allow us to even touch her computer, so she had complete version control! As a result, she handled the formatting of case captions.

I think the template idea is a good one, and I use something similar at my firm. I also agree that case captions are pretty minor in terms of accommodation issues. I am happy to talk more offline about other ideas. And finally, I echo Stewart's thoughts on how benificial a clerkship is, especially if you plan to be a litigator later.

Regards,
Nikki

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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Clerking

I'm a federal district court clerk, but I have lots of experience with
case captions and drafting opinions. Of all the potential
accomodations issues, case captions aren't anything to worry about.
You just get the formatting down and go with it. For instance, I know
all of our case captions are single-spaced, bolded, all caps, Etc. I
have a quasi-template that I created so it's super easy.

I'd be happy to talk on or off list about what I view as bigger
challenges in clerking. Clerkships are wonderful options for qualified
blind folks, and I'm much richer for my experience.

Best,
Chris

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