[blindlaw] Getting Practice Books for Offline Reading

[Kelby Carlson]

We actually have a subscription to West in our office and West
provided me with their criminal statute book, so they may be willing
to provide me with the treatises I'm looking for.

On 3/27/19, Tai Tomasi via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> You could also ask your employer to purchase a digital version of a
> particular treatise from the publisher for your use. I haven't needed to
> purchase one in several years, but in the past, West was good about
> providing accessible versions.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindLaw <blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Singh, Nandini via
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 10:51 AM
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> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Getting Practice Books for Offline Reading
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> Other than requesting your firm to scan in a treatise, I am not sure that I
> am aware of accessible, offline equivalents.
>
> To your second question, I work in white collar criminal defense, and I know
> that we often consult the two-volume ABA treatise on privilege and work
> product, which is on Lexis. We also spend plenty of time in the DOJ USAM
> that has been revised and renamed to the Justice Manual.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindLaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kelby
> Carlson via BlindLaw
> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 11:33 AM
> To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Kelby Carlson
> Subject: [blindlaw] Getting Practice Books for Offline Reading
>
> All,
>
> Have any of you found avenues for getting standard practice books in
> accessible formats that can be read offline and not just in Westlaw or
> Lexis? I am speaking of actual practice books such as West's Standard
> Practice by state, not hornbooks better suited for law school. It would be
> very helpful to have at least some resources like this that I can use
> without the internet. I have not had luck finding them on Bookshare.
>
> Currently I work in the criminal field. Are there any particular treatises
> for practice anyone in that field has found indispensable?
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>
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> Kelby Carlson
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Kelby Carlson