[blindlaw] National Association of Blind Lawyers Annual Meeting, July 9, 2019

[Michal Nowicki]

Scott,

I hope I am not responding too late. As you may recall, I participated remotely on last year’s judicial clerkship panel, discussing my externship with Judge Gallo. If this year’s agenda has not yet been finalized, I would love to contribute again this year.

As I previously posted, I recently started working as an Associate Attorney at Marashlian & Donahue, PLLC: a small firm specializing in telecom and data privacy law. At Marashlian & Donahue, I have done some work with the 21st-Century Communications & Video Accessibility Act (CVAA), which, in some respects, modernizes the ADA to reflect technological developments. I would love to give a presentation on how the CVAA helps blind people. I would be sure to highlight how it affects blind attorneys in the workplace. I already ran this idea by the managing partner at my firm, and the firm is happy to support me fully in this endeavor.

I also know that you frequently have a panel discussion on adaptive techniques we use in our practice. If you plan to have such a discussion this year, I would be delighted to participate.

Please don’t hesitate to e-mail me off-list at mnowicki4 at iCloud.com if you would like to discuss these ideas further. Please note that there is an m at the start of my e-mail address, which may not be apparent if rely on speech synthesizer pronunciation. I look forward to hearing from you and to reuniting with everyone in July.

Best,

Michal

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From: Cody Davis via BlindLaw
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2019 1:06 PM
To: slabarre at labarrelaw.com; Blind Law Mailing List
Cc: Cody Davis
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] National Association of Blind Lawyers Annual Meeting,July 9, 2019

Scott,

I have an idea for a topic, but haven’t given much thought to how it would be executed. I seek pro bono and public service opportunities where I can and I have noticed a few barriers for blind attorneys. First, many pro bono opportunities that are organized by bar associations or the groups often involve a sort of one-time clinic with brief training before hand. In these scenarios, it can be difficult to be involved as a blind attorney as these events are not put together with accessibility in mind and structuring accommodations can be difficult on short notice or for one-time events. For those on-going projects or service opportunities, there is somewhat of a battle making different aspects of service accessible. For example, I serve on the board of and volunteer for a non-profit that operates a diversion program. I am constantly struggling to ensure case files and materials are accessible. I think it is a position quiet different from seeking accommodations in the workplace because you are there not as an employee, but as a volunteer. If you think it’s an interesting topic, we can certainly discuss it further and I can further explain the frustrations I have encountered. 


Respectfully,
Cody J. Davis, J.D., M.P.A.
Email: cjdavis9193 at gmail.com
Phone: (919) 349-9799
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/codyjdavisesq

> On Jan 17, 2019, at 12:49 PM, Scott C. LaBarre via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello everybody, I hope your 2019 is getting off to a good start.  As you
> know, NABL is a proud division of the National Federation of the Blind, and
> we will be meeting at the NFB's Annual Convention being held this year in
> Las Vegas from July 7 through 12.  NABL will meet the afternoon of July 9th.
> I hope that many, many of you will be joining us.
> 
> 
> 
> We are starting the planning for this year's  meeting, and I would like to
> get any thoughts for topics and speakers you would like to hear from this
> year.  Many of our members are able to convert our seminars into CLE credits
> because we provide materials and attendance certificates.  
> 
> 
> 
> So please let me know of your ideas.  
> 
> slabarre at labarrelaw.com <mailto:slabarre at labarrelaw.com> 
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks so much!
> 
> 
> 
> Scott
> 
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