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Subject: Dropbox Scripts For Jaws by Doug Lee Hi All, Below is a link to the website for Jaws scripts for Dropbox. They can't be used in any Jaws version older than Jaws 17. The website will have all information including how to install. http://dlee.org/dropbox/ Sincerely, Loreal Lavigna General, Legal, Medical Transcriptionist Phone: (518)330-5188 E-Mail: LorealLavigna at gmail.com Website: http://www.facebook.com/TranscriptsByLoreal -----Original Message----- From: BlindLaw On Behalf Of Jameyanne Fuller via BlindLaw Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2019 11:00 PM To: 'Blind Law Mailing List' Cc: Jameyanne Fuller Subject: Re: [blindLaw] Drop box update and accessibility I haven't noticed a problem with the desktop program from Dropbox, but I haven't been using it much lately because the mobile app is now really hard/almost impossible to use productively on the BrailleNote Touch, so Dropbox has lost a lot of its value to me. I'm interested to hear what others say about this though. -----Original Message----- From: BlindLaw On Behalf Of Josh Loevy via BlindLaw Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2019 2:50 PM To: Blind Law Mailing List Cc: Josh Loevy Subject: [blindLaw] Drop box update and accessibility Hello everyone, Until recently my experience with the desktop version of Dropbox has been really good. However, they seem to have updated it at some point, and the jaws experience is worse. Has anyone else run into this issue? 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They tell me it will be fixed in 2019 in the December release. The issue with crashing when encountering format bubbles has also been "fixed," though Vispero has provided me with the following information to make the experience more stable: "It is important for JAWS that “Reviewer’s comments and format only in balloon option” is checked rather than either of the other options: 1. From the Reviewer’s ribbon, go to Show Markup. 2. Alt+DownArrow to open the split button; then arrow through the options. Ensure Comments, Format, Track Changes … are all checked. 3. Continue arrowing down to the “in Balloon” submenu and RightArrow to open it. 4. Arrow down and ensure that the last option is checked, not either of the first two." Again, this is thanks to Vispero. Microsoft is flatly refusing, once again, to do any work with regard to 2016. In fact, after another lawyer using 2016 and I reported separate crashing issues to them, they alleged they were working on it, only to report back 6 weeks later that they had fixed it... in 365. They then alleged that they would make the fix available in a cumulative update to 2016 and 2019. When I pressed them on when that would be, I eventually got a response from a **lawyer** yes, you read that correctly, they are now routing my questions to a **lawyer** saying that the particular line of code causing the problem in 365 isn't present in 2016 and 2019, so there is no need to release a cumulative update to fix it. Which, you might not be surprised, leads me to wonder what exactly they were doing to assist me and the other lawyer in the intervening six weeks when they were claiming to be working on fixing the 2016 issue, and where I would be if Vispero hadn't stepped in in the meantime to fix it alone. I also find it odd, to say the very least, that basic consumer questions about a product are being routed to in-house counsel. But that is an issue for another day. I have raised the issue regarding Jaws not reliably reading reply comment text with Vispero and plan to speak with them about it on Tuesday. Angie and others, if you happen to have a test doc replicating this problem that I can pass along, please let me know. Laura On 10/11/19, Laura Wolk wrote: > Thank you so much, Angie! And I totally agree. If Vispero wants to > use us as product developpers/testers, then they should pay us for it. > I really appreciate the help, and for everyone's willingness to listen > to my rant. > > On 10/11/19, Angie Matney via BlindLaw wrote: >>> Laura, James is right—you are not alone. I have yet to send a document >>> to >>> Vispero, precisely for the reason that you identify: It takes so much >>> time >>> to come up with something that isn't full of sensitive information. I am >>> a >>> single parent with a big job, and I also don't have time to devote hours >>> and hours to this. Having said that, I will do my best to come up with >>> something I can send in the next few days. I do have one that >>> illustrates >>> problems with checkboxes in tables. I will send that too. >>> Angie >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Oct 11, 2019, at 3:07 PM, James T. Fetter via BlindLaw >>> wrote: >>> >>> First of all, I'm just sick hearing about this and very sorry that you >>> have to deal with all of this all over again. I also agree that >>> Microsoft >>> and Vespero should?? have their feet held to the fire, up to and >>> including >>> being uninvited from national conventions, if they continue to >>> demonstrate >>> this level of indifference toward our ability to do our jobs. >>> >>> Just a few questions: >>> >>> 1. What version of Office are you running? You mentioned 2016, so I >>> assume >>> you have that rather than 365. >>> >>> 2. I'd be happy to test the 2020 beta, but I'm running 365. I'm not sure >>> how helpful that would be. >>> >>> 3. Have you tried NVDA? I have experienced fewer stability issues, but >>> reviewing track changes is a more laborious process. I could be >>> mistaken, >>> but I do not know of any way to list all changes in NVDA, as is at least >>> theoretically possible in Jaws. >>> >>> Again, I am very sorry that you are dealing with this. You are not alone >>> in this struggle. We will get there somehow. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 10/11/2019 2:45 PM, Laura Wolk via BlindLaw wrote: >>> All, >>> >>> The nightmarish scenario of Jaws reading all material,both old and >>> new, in a track changed document seems to have arisen with a vengeance >>> as of the late September release. I have tried restarting jaws, >>> restarting the computer, refreshing the screen, and switching to no >>> markup. Nothing works. >>> >>> My ability to work quickly and reliably has just been ground to a >>> screeching halt. Why not simply migrate back to an earlier update, >>> you might ask? Well, my friends, it's because **that** update was >>> causing heavily track changed documents to crash as soon as the >>> document was opened. And how did Vispero come to know that fact? >>> Because they tested it and identified hhe problem and committed >>> themselves to fixing it as soon as possible? No, of course not. >>> Because my coworkers and I spent hours, literally hours, isolating the >>> problem, creating a test document with nonsensitive information that >>> replicated it, and sending it to them. I am truly at my whits end. I >>> am a fully-employed person with a disability working at one of the >>> most stressful and time consuming jobs in our profession. And yet, >>> here I am, using my work time to literally sit on the phone and >>> **explain**, yes, **EXPLAIN, step-by-step, to Vispero employees how to >>> **TURN ON Track CHANGES**, because they are so unfamiliar with this >>> concept that they don't even know how to do it. I do not have the >>> time to take on a second full-time job just so I can do my first one. >>> None of us do. This is utterly unacceptable. We need our leadership >>> to step in now. Stop bringing Microsoft to national conventions to >>> wax eloquent about how much they care about accessibility if in fact >>> they don't. If in fact they are committed to not assisting at all >>> with products that people still pay them to suppor, products that the >>> entire federal government uses, products that just ask the blind to >>> deal with it or risk losing their jobs. Stop touting Jaws as if it's >>> the best thing since sliced bread if, one week into the Supreme Court >>> term, I now effectively cannot do my job, no, not have a harder time >>> doing my job, but cannot do my job, because no one is testing this >>> stuff before updates are released. I am just incensed. >>> >>> I also need someone to test whether this problem is occurring on Beta >>> 2020 with Word 2016. I cannot get beta 2020 installed on my computer >>> here. But I need to verify whether it's fixed in that release. I >>> swear, if they try making me wait until December to fix this, I'm >>> going to need some major reinforcements. >>> >>> Now please excuse me while I quickly go angry cry in the bathroom, put >>> on my nice happy brave face again, and resign myself to spending >>> thrice as much time on my work as I needed to spend yesterday. Your >>> prayers are appreciated. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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: >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/jtfetter%40yahoo.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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: >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/angie.matney%40gmail.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/laura.wolk%40gmail.com >> > From shannonldillon at gmail.com Sun Nov 3 16:45:38 2019 From: shannonldillon at gmail.com (Shannon Dillon) Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2019 08:45:38 -0800 Subject: [blindLaw] SOS --Need for Testing Beta 2020 and Microsoft 2016 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <656907C4-BAA2-40AC-93E3-25E408DA26D1@gmail.com> I just spent the last three days dealing with this as well. I finally resorted to closing jaws, opening the document, then opening jaws. At least then I can open the document. But I still can’t tell where deletions and insertions begin and end. I have to set it so that only the insertions and unchanged text are read. Then you can’t see The text that was deleted. But at least you can see the current text. This is really impacting my work as well. And I have also noticed that when I called Freedom Scientific, the technical support workers have no clue what track changes are or how to use it. So you know they can’t test it. And they certainly can’t help me troubleshoot. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 11, 2019, at 11:47 AM, Laura Wolk via BlindLaw wrote: > > All, > > The nightmarish scenario of Jaws reading all material,both old and > new, in a track changed document seems to have arisen with a vengeance > as of the late September release. I have tried restarting jaws, > restarting the computer, refreshing the screen, and switching to no > markup. Nothing works. > > My ability to work quickly and reliably has just been ground to a > screeching halt. Why not simply migrate back to an earlier update, > you might ask? Well, my friends, it's because **that** update was > causing heavily track changed documents to crash as soon as the > document was opened. And how did Vispero come to know that fact? > Because they tested it and identified hhe problem and committed > themselves to fixing it as soon as possible? No, of course not. > Because my coworkers and I spent hours, literally hours, isolating the > problem, creating a test document with nonsensitive information that > replicated it, and sending it to them. I am truly at my whits end. I > am a fully-employed person with a disability working at one of the > most stressful and time consuming jobs in our profession. And yet, > here I am, using my work time to literally sit on the phone and > **explain**, yes, **EXPLAIN, step-by-step, to Vispero employees how to > **TURN ON Track CHANGES**, because they are so unfamiliar with this > concept that they don't even know how to do it. I do not have the > time to take on a second full-time job just so I can do my first one. > None of us do. This is utterly unacceptable. We need our leadership > to step in now. Stop bringing Microsoft to national conventions to > wax eloquent about how much they care about accessibility if in fact > they don't. If in fact they are committed to not assisting at all > with products that people still pay them to suppor, products that the > entire federal government uses, products that just ask the blind to > deal with it or risk losing their jobs. Stop touting Jaws as if it's > the best thing since sliced bread if, one week into the Supreme Court > term, I now effectively cannot do my job, no, not have a harder time > doing my job, but cannot do my job, because no one is testing this > stuff before updates are released. I am just incensed. > > I also need someone to test whether this problem is occurring on Beta > 2020 with Word 2016. I cannot get beta 2020 installed on my computer > here. But I need to verify whether it's fixed in that release. I > swear, if they try making me wait until December to fix this, I'm > going to need some major reinforcements. > > Now please excuse me while I quickly go angry cry in the bathroom, put > on my nice happy brave face again, and resign myself to spending > thrice as much time on my work as I needed to spend yesterday. Your > prayers are appreciated. > > _______________________________________________ > 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: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/shannonldillon%40gmail.com From shannonldillon at gmail.com Sun Nov 3 16:57:37 2019 From: shannonldillon at gmail.com (Shannon Dillon) Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2019 08:57:37 -0800 Subject: [blindLaw] SOS --Need for Testing Beta 2020 and Microsoft 2016 In-Reply-To: <656907C4-BAA2-40AC-93E3-25E408DA26D1@gmail.com> References: <656907C4-BAA2-40AC-93E3-25E408DA26D1@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi again, I forgot to say that I am working an office 365. So this problem is occurring in office 365 as well and I will confirm the update when I turn my computer on later today. But I usually update right away. The problem I am referring to is that when I open the document full of track changes, word stops responding and my computer basically freezes. Refreshing the screen does not help. Restarting jaws does not help. Restarting the computer does not help. Oddly enough, I noticed that when I open order documents that I worked on a couple months ago full of track changes, the same thing does not happen. So I’m not sure what to make of that. Laura, is there someone in particular you are working with at Freedom Scientific? I’m happy to report what I found. Like the rest of you, it’s really hard to send anything out that I work on. So I will have to find time to try to create a document that exhibits the same problems. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 3, 2019, at 8:45 AM, Shannon Dillon wrote: > > I just spent the last three days dealing with this as well. I finally resorted to closing jaws, opening the document, then opening jaws. At least then I can open the document. But I still can’t tell where deletions and insertions begin and end. I have to set it so that only the insertions and unchanged text are read. Then you can’t see > The text that was deleted. But at least you can see the current text. This is really impacting my work as well. And I have also noticed that when I called Freedom Scientific, the technical support workers have no clue what track changes are or how to use it. So you know they can’t test it. And they certainly can’t help me troubleshoot. > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 11, 2019, at 11:47 AM, Laura Wolk via BlindLaw wrote: >> >> All, >> >> The nightmarish scenario of Jaws reading all material,both old and >> new, in a track changed document seems to have arisen with a vengeance >> as of the late September release. I have tried restarting jaws, >> restarting the computer, refreshing the screen, and switching to no >> markup. Nothing works. >> >> My ability to work quickly and reliably has just been ground to a >> screeching halt. Why not simply migrate back to an earlier update, >> you might ask? Well, my friends, it's because **that** update was >> causing heavily track changed documents to crash as soon as the >> document was opened. And how did Vispero come to know that fact? >> Because they tested it and identified hhe problem and committed >> themselves to fixing it as soon as possible? No, of course not. >> Because my coworkers and I spent hours, literally hours, isolating the >> problem, creating a test document with nonsensitive information that >> replicated it, and sending it to them. I am truly at my whits end. I >> am a fully-employed person with a disability working at one of the >> most stressful and time consuming jobs in our profession. And yet, >> here I am, using my work time to literally sit on the phone and >> **explain**, yes, **EXPLAIN, step-by-step, to Vispero employees how to >> **TURN ON Track CHANGES**, because they are so unfamiliar with this >> concept that they don't even know how to do it. I do not have the >> time to take on a second full-time job just so I can do my first one. >> None of us do. This is utterly unacceptable. We need our leadership >> to step in now. Stop bringing Microsoft to national conventions to >> wax eloquent about how much they care about accessibility if in fact >> they don't. If in fact they are committed to not assisting at all >> with products that people still pay them to suppor, products that the >> entire federal government uses, products that just ask the blind to >> deal with it or risk losing their jobs. Stop touting Jaws as if it's >> the best thing since sliced bread if, one week into the Supreme Court >> term, I now effectively cannot do my job, no, not have a harder time >> doing my job, but cannot do my job, because no one is testing this >> stuff before updates are released. I am just incensed. >> >> I also need someone to test whether this problem is occurring on Beta >> 2020 with Word 2016. I cannot get beta 2020 installed on my computer >> here. But I need to verify whether it's fixed in that release. I >> swear, if they try making me wait until December to fix this, I'm >> going to need some major reinforcements. >> >> Now please excuse me while I quickly go angry cry in the bathroom, put >> on my nice happy brave face again, and resign myself to spending >> thrice as much time on my work as I needed to spend yesterday. Your >> prayers are appreciated. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/shannonldillon%40gmail.com From laura.wolk at gmail.com Sun Nov 3 18:44:20 2019 From: laura.wolk at gmail.com (Laura Wolk) Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2019 13:44:20 -0500 Subject: [blindLaw] SOS --Need for Testing Beta 2020 and Microsoft 2016 In-Reply-To: References: <656907C4-BAA2-40AC-93E3-25E408DA26D1@gmail.com> Message-ID: Shannon, It's the same problem. 365 should be fixed within the week. It's not the number of track changes. It's when there are a certain combination of changes--a format change along with a comment, that causes word to crash. The problem is word not jaws. I know this, intimately, because it was me, not Microsoft, who literally tested for hours and hours and hours with my colleague to figure out what was causing the issue. Then more hours still to create a test document to send with no sensitive information. We got no thanks or compensation, of course, just a promise to get it fixed which never arose for my version of Word. But since you're using the holy version, the fix should be coming soon if the Jaws update doesn't do it ofr you. Laura On 11/3/19, Shannon Dillon via BlindLaw wrote: > Hi again, > I forgot to say that I am working an office 365. So this problem is > occurring in office 365 as well and I will confirm the update when I turn my > computer on later today. But I usually update right away. The problem I am > referring to is that when I open the document full of track changes, word > stops responding and my computer basically freezes. Refreshing the screen > does not help. Restarting jaws does not help. Restarting the computer does > not help. Oddly enough, I noticed that when I open order documents that I > worked on a couple months ago full of track changes, the same thing does not > happen. So I’m not sure what to make of that. > Laura, is there someone in particular you are working with at Freedom > Scientific? I’m happy to report what I found. Like the rest of you, it’s > really hard to send anything out that I work on. So I will have to find time > to try to create a document that exhibits the same problems. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Nov 3, 2019, at 8:45 AM, Shannon Dillon >> wrote: >> >> I just spent the last three days dealing with this as well. I finally >> resorted to closing jaws, opening the document, then opening jaws. At >> least then I can open the document. But I still can’t tell where deletions >> and insertions begin and end. I have to set it so that only the insertions >> and unchanged text are read. Then you can’t see >> The text that was deleted. But at least you can see the current text. This >> is really impacting my work as well. And I have also noticed that when I >> called Freedom Scientific, the technical support workers have no clue >> what track changes are or how to use it. So you know they can’t test it. >> And they certainly can’t help me troubleshoot. >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Oct 11, 2019, at 11:47 AM, Laura Wolk via BlindLaw >>> wrote: >>> >>> All, >>> >>> The nightmarish scenario of Jaws reading all material,both old and >>> new, in a track changed document seems to have arisen with a vengeance >>> as of the late September release. I have tried restarting jaws, >>> restarting the computer, refreshing the screen, and switching to no >>> markup. Nothing works. >>> >>> My ability to work quickly and reliably has just been ground to a >>> screeching halt. Why not simply migrate back to an earlier update, >>> you might ask? Well, my friends, it's because **that** update was >>> causing heavily track changed documents to crash as soon as the >>> document was opened. And how did Vispero come to know that fact? >>> Because they tested it and identified hhe problem and committed >>> themselves to fixing it as soon as possible? No, of course not. >>> Because my coworkers and I spent hours, literally hours, isolating the >>> problem, creating a test document with nonsensitive information that >>> replicated it, and sending it to them. I am truly at my whits end. I >>> am a fully-employed person with a disability working at one of the >>> most stressful and time consuming jobs in our profession. And yet, >>> here I am, using my work time to literally sit on the phone and >>> **explain**, yes, **EXPLAIN, step-by-step, to Vispero employees how to >>> **TURN ON Track CHANGES**, because they are so unfamiliar with this >>> concept that they don't even know how to do it. I do not have the >>> time to take on a second full-time job just so I can do my first one. >>> None of us do. This is utterly unacceptable. We need our leadership >>> to step in now. Stop bringing Microsoft to national conventions to >>> wax eloquent about how much they care about accessibility if in fact >>> they don't. If in fact they are committed to not assisting at all >>> with products that people still pay them to suppor, products that the >>> entire federal government uses, products that just ask the blind to >>> deal with it or risk losing their jobs. Stop touting Jaws as if it's >>> the best thing since sliced bread if, one week into the Supreme Court >>> term, I now effectively cannot do my job, no, not have a harder time >>> doing my job, but cannot do my job, because no one is testing this >>> stuff before updates are released. I am just incensed. >>> >>> I also need someone to test whether this problem is occurring on Beta >>> 2020 with Word 2016. I cannot get beta 2020 installed on my computer >>> here. But I need to verify whether it's fixed in that release. I >>> swear, if they try making me wait until December to fix this, I'm >>> going to need some major reinforcements. >>> >>> Now please excuse me while I quickly go angry cry in the bathroom, put >>> on my nice happy brave face again, and resign myself to spending >>> thrice as much time on my work as I needed to spend yesterday. Your >>> prayers are appreciated. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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: >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/shannonldillon%40gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/laura.wolk%40gmail.com > From gerard.sadlier at gmail.com Mon Nov 4 05:07:49 2019 From: gerard.sadlier at gmail.com (Gerard Sadlier) Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 05:07:49 +0000 Subject: [blindLaw] SOS --Need for Testing Beta 2020 and Microsoft 2016 In-Reply-To: References: <656907C4-BAA2-40AC-93E3-25E408DA26D1@gmail.com>

Message-ID: Dear Laura, all I have followed this story by email, without commenting because I do not have any of the software that would let me help. I use older versions of JAWS and word, which aren't perfect but are better than you describe together. I do just feel compelled to say how completely unacceptable this is though and that steps should be taken regarding Microsoft in particular, which now touts itself as being committed to accessibility, so far as I know. Kind regards Ger On 11/3/19, Laura Wolk via BlindLaw wrote: > Shannon, > > It's the same problem. 365 should be fixed within the week. It's not > the number of track changes. It's when there are a certain > combination of changes--a format change along with a comment, that > causes word to crash. The problem is word not jaws. I know this, > intimately, because it was me, not Microsoft, who literally tested for > hours and hours and hours with my colleague to figure out what was > causing the issue. Then more hours still to create a test document to > send with no sensitive information. We got no thanks or compensation, > of course, just a promise to get it fixed which never arose for my > version of Word. But since you're using the holy version, the fix > should be coming soon if the Jaws update doesn't do it ofr you. > > Laura > > On 11/3/19, Shannon Dillon via BlindLaw wrote: >> Hi again, >> I forgot to say that I am working an office 365. So this problem is >> occurring in office 365 as well and I will confirm the update when I turn >> my >> computer on later today. But I usually update right away. The problem I am >> referring to is that when I open the document full of track changes, word >> stops responding and my computer basically freezes. Refreshing the screen >> does not help. Restarting jaws does not help. Restarting the computer does >> not help. Oddly enough, I noticed that when I open order documents that I >> worked on a couple months ago full of track changes, the same thing does >> not >> happen. So I’m not sure what to make of that. >> Laura, is there someone in particular you are working with at Freedom >> Scientific? I’m happy to report what I found. Like the rest of you, it’s >> really hard to send anything out that I work on. So I will have to find >> time >> to try to create a document that exhibits the same problems. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Nov 3, 2019, at 8:45 AM, Shannon Dillon >>> wrote: >>> >>> I just spent the last three days dealing with this as well. I finally >>> resorted to closing jaws, opening the document, then opening jaws. At >>> least then I can open the document. But I still can’t tell where >>> deletions >>> and insertions begin and end. I have to set it so that only the >>> insertions >>> and unchanged text are read. Then you can’t see >>> The text that was deleted. But at least you can see the current text. >>> This >>> is really impacting my work as well. And I have also noticed that when I >>> called Freedom Scientific, the technical support workers have no clue >>> what track changes are or how to use it. So you know they can’t test it. >>> And they certainly can’t help me troubleshoot. >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Oct 11, 2019, at 11:47 AM, Laura Wolk via BlindLaw >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> All, >>>> >>>> The nightmarish scenario of Jaws reading all material,both old and >>>> new, in a track changed document seems to have arisen with a vengeance >>>> as of the late September release. I have tried restarting jaws, >>>> restarting the computer, refreshing the screen, and switching to no >>>> markup. Nothing works. >>>> >>>> My ability to work quickly and reliably has just been ground to a >>>> screeching halt. Why not simply migrate back to an earlier update, >>>> you might ask? Well, my friends, it's because **that** update was >>>> causing heavily track changed documents to crash as soon as the >>>> document was opened. And how did Vispero come to know that fact? >>>> Because they tested it and identified hhe problem and committed >>>> themselves to fixing it as soon as possible? No, of course not. >>>> Because my coworkers and I spent hours, literally hours, isolating the >>>> problem, creating a test document with nonsensitive information that >>>> replicated it, and sending it to them. I am truly at my whits end. I >>>> am a fully-employed person with a disability working at one of the >>>> most stressful and time consuming jobs in our profession. And yet, >>>> here I am, using my work time to literally sit on the phone and >>>> **explain**, yes, **EXPLAIN, step-by-step, to Vispero employees how to >>>> **TURN ON Track CHANGES**, because they are so unfamiliar with this >>>> concept that they don't even know how to do it. I do not have the >>>> time to take on a second full-time job just so I can do my first one. >>>> None of us do. This is utterly unacceptable. We need our leadership >>>> to step in now. Stop bringing Microsoft to national conventions to >>>> wax eloquent about how much they care about accessibility if in fact >>>> they don't. If in fact they are committed to not assisting at all >>>> with products that people still pay them to suppor, products that the >>>> entire federal government uses, products that just ask the blind to >>>> deal with it or risk losing their jobs. Stop touting Jaws as if it's >>>> the best thing since sliced bread if, one week into the Supreme Court >>>> term, I now effectively cannot do my job, no, not have a harder time >>>> doing my job, but cannot do my job, because no one is testing this >>>> stuff before updates are released. I am just incensed. >>>> >>>> I also need someone to test whether this problem is occurring on Beta >>>> 2020 with Word 2016. I cannot get beta 2020 installed on my computer >>>> here. But I need to verify whether it's fixed in that release. I >>>> swear, if they try making me wait until December to fix this, I'm >>>> going to need some major reinforcements. >>>> >>>> Now please excuse me while I quickly go angry cry in the bathroom, put >>>> on my nice happy brave face again, and resign myself to spending >>>> thrice as much time on my work as I needed to spend yesterday. Your >>>> prayers are appreciated. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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: >>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/shannonldillon%40gmail.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/laura.wolk%40gmail.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/gerard.sadlier%40gmail.com > From gerard.sadlier at gmail.com Mon Nov 4 05:10:00 2019 From: gerard.sadlier at gmail.com (Gerard Sadlier) Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 05:10:00 +0000 Subject: [blindLaw] Workaround-filing emails on IManage In-Reply-To: <1272664158.606402093876224.1572595810281@mail.flock.com> References: <1272664158.606402093876224.1572595810281@mail.flock.com> Message-ID: Dear Amar This sounds slow and laborious. As I'm sure you do yourself, I have to send a great many emails every day. If I had to use advanced browsing and touch cursor to file every one, individually, before sending, that would be a real problem! Kind regards Ger On 11/1/19, Amar Jain via BlindLaw wrote: > Dear all, > > Happy to share that with touch curser and advance navigation on, one can use > the browse matter and send and file email option on IManage 10 with Jaws > 2020. It of course does not substitute the need of making the tree > accessible or usable at least. > > Regards, > Amar Jain From gerard.sadlier at gmail.com Mon Nov 4 05:11:22 2019 From: gerard.sadlier at gmail.com (Gerard Sadlier) Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 05:11:22 +0000 Subject: [blindLaw] SOS --Need for Testing Beta 2020 and Microsoft 2016 In-Reply-To: References: <656907C4-BAA2-40AC-93E3-25E408DA26D1@gmail.com>

Message-ID: I should add how sorry I am for Laura and other colleagues and that I completely understand their frustrations! On 11/4/19, Gerard Sadlier wrote: > Dear Laura, all > > I have followed this story by email, without commenting because I do > not have any of the software that would let me help. I use older > versions of JAWS and word, which aren't perfect but are better than > you describe together. > > I do just feel compelled to say how completely unacceptable this is > though and that steps should be taken regarding Microsoft in > particular, which now touts itself as being committed to > accessibility, so far as I know. > > Kind regards > > Ger > > On 11/3/19, Laura Wolk via BlindLaw wrote: >> Shannon, >> >> It's the same problem. 365 should be fixed within the week. It's not >> the number of track changes. It's when there are a certain >> combination of changes--a format change along with a comment, that >> causes word to crash. The problem is word not jaws. I know this, >> intimately, because it was me, not Microsoft, who literally tested for >> hours and hours and hours with my colleague to figure out what was >> causing the issue. Then more hours still to create a test document to >> send with no sensitive information. We got no thanks or compensation, >> of course, just a promise to get it fixed which never arose for my >> version of Word. But since you're using the holy version, the fix >> should be coming soon if the Jaws update doesn't do it ofr you. >> >> Laura >> >> On 11/3/19, Shannon Dillon via BlindLaw wrote: >>> Hi again, >>> I forgot to say that I am working an office 365. So this problem is >>> occurring in office 365 as well and I will confirm the update when I >>> turn >>> my >>> computer on later today. But I usually update right away. The problem I >>> am >>> referring to is that when I open the document full of track changes, >>> word >>> stops responding and my computer basically freezes. Refreshing the >>> screen >>> does not help. Restarting jaws does not help. Restarting the computer >>> does >>> not help. Oddly enough, I noticed that when I open order documents that >>> I >>> worked on a couple months ago full of track changes, the same thing does >>> not >>> happen. So I’m not sure what to make of that. >>> Laura, is there someone in particular you are working with at Freedom >>> Scientific? I’m happy to report what I found. Like the rest of you, it’s >>> really hard to send anything out that I work on. So I will have to find >>> time >>> to try to create a document that exhibits the same problems. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Nov 3, 2019, at 8:45 AM, Shannon Dillon >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I just spent the last three days dealing with this as well. I finally >>>> resorted to closing jaws, opening the document, then opening jaws. At >>>> least then I can open the document. But I still can’t tell where >>>> deletions >>>> and insertions begin and end. I have to set it so that only the >>>> insertions >>>> and unchanged text are read. Then you can’t see >>>> The text that was deleted. But at least you can see the current text. >>>> This >>>> is really impacting my work as well. And I have also noticed that when >>>> I >>>> called Freedom Scientific, the technical support workers have no clue >>>> what track changes are or how to use it. So you know they can’t test >>>> it. >>>> And they certainly can’t help me troubleshoot. >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On Oct 11, 2019, at 11:47 AM, Laura Wolk via BlindLaw >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> All, >>>>> >>>>> The nightmarish scenario of Jaws reading all material,both old and >>>>> new, in a track changed document seems to have arisen with a vengeance >>>>> as of the late September release. I have tried restarting jaws, >>>>> restarting the computer, refreshing the screen, and switching to no >>>>> markup. Nothing works. >>>>> >>>>> My ability to work quickly and reliably has just been ground to a >>>>> screeching halt. Why not simply migrate back to an earlier update, >>>>> you might ask? Well, my friends, it's because **that** update was >>>>> causing heavily track changed documents to crash as soon as the >>>>> document was opened. And how did Vispero come to know that fact? >>>>> Because they tested it and identified hhe problem and committed >>>>> themselves to fixing it as soon as possible? No, of course not. >>>>> Because my coworkers and I spent hours, literally hours, isolating the >>>>> problem, creating a test document with nonsensitive information that >>>>> replicated it, and sending it to them. I am truly at my whits end. I >>>>> am a fully-employed person with a disability working at one of the >>>>> most stressful and time consuming jobs in our profession. And yet, >>>>> here I am, using my work time to literally sit on the phone and >>>>> **explain**, yes, **EXPLAIN, step-by-step, to Vispero employees how to >>>>> **TURN ON Track CHANGES**, because they are so unfamiliar with this >>>>> concept that they don't even know how to do it. I do not have the >>>>> time to take on a second full-time job just so I can do my first one. >>>>> None of us do. This is utterly unacceptable. We need our leadership >>>>> to step in now. Stop bringing Microsoft to national conventions to >>>>> wax eloquent about how much they care about accessibility if in fact >>>>> they don't. If in fact they are committed to not assisting at all >>>>> with products that people still pay them to suppor, products that the >>>>> entire federal government uses, products that just ask the blind to >>>>> deal with it or risk losing their jobs. Stop touting Jaws as if it's >>>>> the best thing since sliced bread if, one week into the Supreme Court >>>>> term, I now effectively cannot do my job, no, not have a harder time >>>>> doing my job, but cannot do my job, because no one is testing this >>>>> stuff before updates are released. I am just incensed. >>>>> >>>>> I also need someone to test whether this problem is occurring on Beta >>>>> 2020 with Word 2016. I cannot get beta 2020 installed on my computer >>>>> here. But I need to verify whether it's fixed in that release. I >>>>> swear, if they try making me wait until December to fix this, I'm >>>>> going to need some major reinforcements. >>>>> >>>>> Now please excuse me while I quickly go angry cry in the bathroom, put >>>>> on my nice happy brave face again, and resign myself to spending >>>>> thrice as much time on my work as I needed to spend yesterday. Your >>>>> prayers are appreciated. >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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: >>>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/shannonldillon%40gmail.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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: >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/laura.wolk%40gmail.com >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/gerard.sadlier%40gmail.com >> > From amarjain at amarjain.com Mon Nov 4 05:43:40 2019 From: amarjain at amarjain.com (Amar Jain) Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 05:43:40 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [blindLaw] Workaround-filing emails on IManage In-Reply-To: References: <1272664158.606402093876224.1572595810281@mail.flock.com> <1272664158.606402093876224.1572595810281@mail.flock.com> <365636365.609027832988672.1572846220256@mail.flock.com> Message-ID: <365636365.609027832988672.1572846220256@mail.flock.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerard.sadlier at gmail.com Mon Nov 4 05:46:46 2019 From: gerard.sadlier at gmail.com (Gerard Sadlier) Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 05:46:46 +0000 Subject: [blindLaw] Workaround-filing emails on IManage In-Reply-To: <365636365.609027832988672.1572846220256@mail.flock.com> References: <1272664158.606402093876224.1572595810281@mail.flock.com> <365636365.609027832988672.1572846220256@mail.flock.com> <365636365.609027832988672.1572846220256@mail.flock.com> Message-ID: Dear Amar Thanks very much, I understand. I will say that on older versions this was accessible, so what you are describing is a significant step backward. Not meant as a criticism of you of course and thanks so much for your work on this. Kind regards Ger On 11/4/19, Amar Jain wrote: > Absolutely-which is why it is just a workaround for time-being. I am trying > to convince them to make the tree accessible. > > Regards, > Amar Jain > > On Mon, 4 Nov 2019 at 5:10 AM Gerard wrote: >> >> Dear Amar >> >> This sounds slow and laborious. As I'm sure you do yourself, I have to >> send a great many emails every day. If I had to use advanced browsing >> and touch cursor to file every one, individually, before sending, that >> would be a real problem! >> >> Kind regards >> >> Ger >> >> On 11/1/19, Amar Jain via BlindLaw wrote: >> > Dear all, >> > >> > Happy to share that with touch curser and advance navigation on, one can >> > use >> > the browse matter and send and file email option on IManage 10 with Jaws >> > 2020. It of course does not substitute the need of making the tree >> > accessible or usable at least. >> > >> > Regards, >> > Amar Jain > From amatney at loeb.com Mon Nov 4 14:34:46 2019 From: amatney at loeb.com (Angela Matney) Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 14:34:46 +0000 Subject: [blindLaw] SOS --Need for Testing Beta 2020 and Microsoft 2016 In-Reply-To: References: <7D64A0B0-F161-4563-AFF6-34AB662A89BA@gmail.com>

Message-ID: <1BAC65FD6F6D1140A9F58F9D21A1A53924710FE2@SM-EXMAIL03.loeb.com> Laura, I will do my best to replicate the reply comment issue in a document that I can send out. It is causing me some difficulty these days. I have also had the experience that if I use the comment list and navigate to a particular comment, I have to left-arrow once to be able to edit or delete that comment. This has not always been the case, though I’m sorry to say I don’t remember when the issue started. Angie ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail transmission, and any documents, files or previous e-mail messages attached to it may contain confidential information that is legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, or a person responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of any of the information contained in or attached to this transmission is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify the sender. Please destroy the original transmission and its attachments without reading or saving in any manner. Thank you, Loeb & Loeb LLP. ________________________________ From: BlindLaw On Behalf Of Laura Wolk via BlindLaw Sent: Sunday, November 3, 2019 9:45 AM To: Blind Law Mailing List Cc: Laura Wolk Subject: Re: [blindLaw] SOS --Need for Testing Beta 2020 and Microsoft 2016 All, The issue regarding Jaws reading both old and new text in a track change document is now fixed in 2020, thanks to Vispero. They tell me it will be fixed in 2019 in the December release. The issue with crashing when encountering format bubbles has also been "fixed," though Vispero has provided me with the following information to make the experience more stable: "It is important for JAWS that “Reviewer’s comments and format only in balloon option” is checked rather than either of the other options: 1. From the Reviewer’s ribbon, go to Show Markup. 2. Alt+DownArrow to open the split button; then arrow through the options. Ensure Comments, Format, Track Changes … are all checked. 3. Continue arrowing down to the “in Balloon” submenu and RightArrow to open it. 4. Arrow down and ensure that the last option is checked, not either of the first two." Again, this is thanks to Vispero. Microsoft is flatly refusing, once again, to do any work with regard to 2016. In fact, after another lawyer using 2016 and I reported separate crashing issues to them, they alleged they were working on it, only to report back 6 weeks later that they had fixed it... in 365. They then alleged that they would make the fix available in a cumulative update to 2016 and 2019. When I pressed them on when that would be, I eventually got a response from a **lawyer** yes, you read that correctly, they are now routing my questions to a **lawyer** saying that the particular line of code causing the problem in 365 isn't present in 2016 and 2019, so there is no need to release a cumulative update to fix it. Which, you might not be surprised, leads me to wonder what exactly they were doing to assist me and the other lawyer in the intervening six weeks when they were claiming to be working on fixing the 2016 issue, and where I would be if Vispero hadn't stepped in in the meantime to fix it alone. I also find it odd, to say the very least, that basic consumer questions about a product are being routed to in-house counsel. But that is an issue for another day. I have raised the issue regarding Jaws not reliably reading reply comment text with Vispero and plan to speak with them about it on Tuesday. Angie and others, if you happen to have a test doc replicating this problem that I can pass along, please let me know. Laura On 10/11/19, Laura Wolk > wrote: > Thank you so much, Angie! And I totally agree. If Vispero wants to > use us as product developpers/testers, then they should pay us for it. > I really appreciate the help, and for everyone's willingness to listen > to my rant. > > On 10/11/19, Angie Matney via BlindLaw > wrote: >>> Laura, James is right—you are not alone. I have yet to send a document >>> to >>> Vispero, precisely for the reason that you identify: It takes so much >>> time >>> to come up with something that isn't full of sensitive information. I am >>> a >>> single parent with a big job, and I also don't have time to devote hours >>> and hours to this. Having said that, I will do my best to come up with >>> something I can send in the next few days. I do have one that >>> illustrates >>> problems with checkboxes in tables. I will send that too. >>> Angie >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Oct 11, 2019, at 3:07 PM, James T. Fetter via BlindLaw >>> > wrote: >>> >>> First of all, I'm just sick hearing about this and very sorry that you >>> have to deal with all of this all over again. I also agree that >>> Microsoft >>> and Vespero should?? have their feet held to the fire, up to and >>> including >>> being uninvited from national conventions, if they continue to >>> demonstrate >>> this level of indifference toward our ability to do our jobs. >>> >>> Just a few questions: >>> >>> 1. What version of Office are you running? You mentioned 2016, so I >>> assume >>> you have that rather than 365. >>> >>> 2. I'd be happy to test the 2020 beta, but I'm running 365. I'm not sure >>> how helpful that would be. >>> >>> 3. Have you tried NVDA? I have experienced fewer stability issues, but >>> reviewing track changes is a more laborious process. I could be >>> mistaken, >>> but I do not know of any way to list all changes in NVDA, as is at least >>> theoretically possible in Jaws. >>> >>> Again, I am very sorry that you are dealing with this. You are not alone >>> in this struggle. We will get there somehow. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 10/11/2019 2:45 PM, Laura Wolk via BlindLaw wrote: >>> All, >>> >>> The nightmarish scenario of Jaws reading all material,both old and >>> new, in a track changed document seems to have arisen with a vengeance >>> as of the late September release. I have tried restarting jaws, >>> restarting the computer, refreshing the screen, and switching to no >>> markup. Nothing works. >>> >>> My ability to work quickly and reliably has just been ground to a >>> screeching halt. Why not simply migrate back to an earlier update, >>> you might ask? Well, my friends, it's because **that** update was >>> causing heavily track changed documents to crash as soon as the >>> document was opened. And how did Vispero come to know that fact? >>> Because they tested it and identified hhe problem and committed >>> themselves to fixing it as soon as possible? No, of course not. >>> Because my coworkers and I spent hours, literally hours, isolating the >>> problem, creating a test document with nonsensitive information that >>> replicated it, and sending it to them. I am truly at my whits end. I >>> am a fully-employed person with a disability working at one of the >>> most stressful and time consuming jobs in our profession. And yet, >>> here I am, using my work time to literally sit on the phone and >>> **explain**, yes, **EXPLAIN, step-by-step, to Vispero employees how to >>> **TURN ON Track CHANGES**, because they are so unfamiliar with this >>> concept that they don't even know how to do it. I do not have the >>> time to take on a second full-time job just so I can do my first one. >>> None of us do. This is utterly unacceptable. We need our leadership >>> to step in now. Stop bringing Microsoft to national conventions to >>> wax eloquent about how much they care about accessibility if in fact >>> they don't. If in fact they are committed to not assisting at all >>> with products that people still pay them to suppor, products that the >>> entire federal government uses, products that just ask the blind to >>> deal with it or risk losing their jobs. Stop touting Jaws as if it's >>> the best thing since sliced bread if, one week into the Supreme Court >>> term, I now effectively cannot do my job, no, not have a harder time >>> doing my job, but cannot do my job, because no one is testing this >>> stuff before updates are released. I am just incensed. >>> >>> I also need someone to test whether this problem is occurring on Beta >>> 2020 with Word 2016. I cannot get beta 2020 installed on my computer >>> here. But I need to verify whether it's fixed in that release. I >>> swear, if they try making me wait until December to fix this, I'm >>> going to need some major reinforcements. >>> >>> Now please excuse me while I quickly go angry cry in the bathroom, put >>> on my nice happy brave face again, and resign myself to spending >>> thrice as much time on my work as I needed to spend yesterday. Your >>> prayers are appreciated. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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: >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/jtfetter%40yahoo.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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: >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/angie.matney%40gmail.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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: >> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/laura.wolk%40gmail.com >> > _______________________________________________ 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: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/amatney%40loeb.com From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov Mon Nov 4 16:43:40 2019 From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel) Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 16:43:40 +0000 Subject: [blindLaw] : T-Mobile | Senior Director, Privacy, Legal Affairs - Seattle area Message-ID: From: Huang Sent: Friday, November 1, 2019 4:50 PM To: Diversity Stakeholders Subject: [diversity-stakeholders] T-Mobile | Senior Director, Privacy, Legal Affairs Hello Diversity Stakeholders, I'm an Executive Recruiter with T-Mobile and I would like to let you know about a Senior Director, Privacy role in our Legal organization. This is a pivotal moment for T-Mobile, as we evolve into a data first, customer-experience driven organization; your role will ensure business growth with transparency as a key guidepost. COMPANY: T-Mobile USA is headquartered in the Seattle metro area and has approximately 79M customers, 55K employees and $41B+ in revenues. As the Un-carrier, T-Mobile has rewritten the rules of the wireless industry. We. Won't. Stop. Being restlessly ambitious is the very fabric of our culture. POSITION: Privacy and customer trust are of paramount importance as we continue to innovate and grow our advertising and data business. The Senior Director will ensure that we protect customer privacy and earn their trust every day. The Senior Director will lead in a fast-paced environment, building relationships across the T-Mobile enterprise to ensure that data privacy is a part of all business decisions and not an after-thought. IDEAL CANDIDATE: The ideal candidate will have progressive leadership experience in data and privacy at a large, matrixed company. You will be a thought leader who can multitask and quickly build relationships while interpreting new legislation. Please let me know if you'd be interested in an exploratory conversation. If this is not the right fit or time for you, I hope you'll partner with me by sharing the opportunity with others in your network. Thank you and Happy Friday! Pailin Huang Executive Recruiter | T-Mobile USA Mobile: 425-985-5702 | Email: Pailin.Huang3 at T-Mobile.com We Are T-Mobile. The Un-carrier. www.t-mobile.careers / Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTube --- You are currently subscribed to diversity-stakeholders as: noel.nightingale at ed.gov. 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This is being proposed to me by technology vendors contracted by the Seattle Municipal Court for my use as a judge pro tem. does it work well with a braille display? i’ll need that for reading jury instructions to the jury and for plea colloquies with defendants. Thanks. Elizabeth Elizabeth M René Attorney at Law WSBA #10710 KCBA #21824 rene0373 at gmail.com From laura.wolk at gmail.com Mon Nov 4 22:13:38 2019 From: laura.wolk at gmail.com (Laura Wolk) Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 17:13:38 -0500 Subject: [blindLaw] SOS --Need for Testing Beta 2020 and Microsoft 2016 In-Reply-To: <1BAC65FD6F6D1140A9F58F9D21A1A53924710FE2@SM-EXMAIL03.loeb.com> References: <7D64A0B0-F161-4563-AFF6-34AB662A89BA@gmail.com>

<1BAC65FD6F6D1140A9F58F9D21A1A53924710FE2@SM-EXMAIL03.loeb.com> Message-ID: Great! I just forwarded it along. I will keep everyone updated. On 11/4/19, Angela Matney wrote: > Laura, I will do my best to replicate the reply comment issue in a document > that I can send out. It is causing me some difficulty these days. > > I have also had the experience that if I use the comment list and navigate > to a particular comment, I have to left-arrow once to be able to edit or > delete that comment. This has not always been the case, though I’m sorry to > say I don’t remember when the issue started. > > Angie > > > > > ________________________________ > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail transmission, and any documents, files > or previous e-mail messages attached to it may contain confidential > information that is legally privileged. If you are not the intended > recipient, or a person responsible for delivering it to the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, > distribution or use of any of the information contained in or attached to > this transmission is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you have received this > transmission in error, please immediately notify the sender. Please destroy > the original transmission and its attachments without reading or saving in > any manner. Thank you, Loeb & Loeb LLP. > ________________________________ > From: BlindLaw On Behalf Of Laura Wolk via > BlindLaw > Sent: Sunday, November 3, 2019 9:45 AM > To: Blind Law Mailing List > Cc: Laura Wolk > Subject: Re: [blindLaw] SOS --Need for Testing Beta 2020 and Microsoft 2016 > > > > All, > > The issue regarding Jaws reading both old and new text in a track > change document is now fixed in 2020, thanks to Vispero. They tell me > it will be fixed in 2019 in the December release. The issue with > crashing when encountering format bubbles has also been "fixed," > though Vispero has provided me with the following information to make > the experience more stable: > > "It is important for JAWS that “Reviewer’s comments and format only in > balloon option” is checked rather than either of the other options: > > 1. From the Reviewer’s ribbon, go to Show Markup. > > 2. Alt+DownArrow to open the split button; then arrow through > the options. Ensure Comments, Format, Track Changes … are all checked. > > 3. Continue arrowing down to the “in Balloon” submenu and > RightArrow to open it. > > 4. Arrow down and ensure that the last option is checked, not > either of the first two." > > Again, this is thanks to Vispero. Microsoft is flatly refusing, once > again, to do any work with regard to 2016. In fact, after another > lawyer using 2016 and I reported separate crashing issues to them, > they alleged they were working on it, only to report back 6 weeks > later that they had fixed it... in 365. They then alleged that they > would make the fix available in a cumulative update to 2016 and 2019. > When I pressed them on when that would be, I eventually got a response > from a **lawyer** yes, you read that correctly, they are now routing > my questions to a **lawyer** saying that the particular line of code > causing the problem in 365 isn't present in 2016 and 2019, so there is > no need to release a cumulative update to fix it. Which, you might > not be surprised, leads me to wonder what exactly they were doing to > assist me and the other lawyer in the intervening six weeks when they > were claiming to be working on fixing the 2016 issue, and where I > would be if Vispero hadn't stepped in in the meantime to fix it alone. > I also find it odd, to say the very least, that basic consumer > questions about a product are being routed to in-house counsel. But > that is an issue for another day. > > I have raised the issue regarding Jaws not reliably reading reply > comment text with Vispero and plan to speak with them about it on > Tuesday. Angie and others, if you happen to have a test doc > replicating this problem that I can pass along, please let me know. > > Laura > > > On 10/11/19, Laura Wolk > > wrote: >> Thank you so much, Angie! And I totally agree. If Vispero wants to >> use us as product developpers/testers, then they should pay us for it. >> I really appreciate the help, and for everyone's willingness to listen >> to my rant. >> >> On 10/11/19, Angie Matney via BlindLaw >> > wrote: >>>> Laura, James is right—you are not alone. I have yet to send a document >>>> to >>>> Vispero, precisely for the reason that you identify: It takes so much >>>> time >>>> to come up with something that isn't full of sensitive information. I >>>> am >>>> a >>>> single parent with a big job, and I also don't have time to devote >>>> hours >>>> and hours to this. Having said that, I will do my best to come up with >>>> something I can send in the next few days. I do have one that >>>> illustrates >>>> problems with checkboxes in tables. I will send that too. >>>> Angie >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> On Oct 11, 2019, at 3:07 PM, James T. Fetter via BlindLaw >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>> First of all, I'm just sick hearing about this and very sorry that you >>>> have to deal with all of this all over again. I also agree that >>>> Microsoft >>>> and Vespero should?? have their feet held to the fire, up to and >>>> including >>>> being uninvited from national conventions, if they continue to >>>> demonstrate >>>> this level of indifference toward our ability to do our jobs. >>>> >>>> Just a few questions: >>>> >>>> 1. What version of Office are you running? You mentioned 2016, so I >>>> assume >>>> you have that rather than 365. >>>> >>>> 2. I'd be happy to test the 2020 beta, but I'm running 365. I'm not >>>> sure >>>> how helpful that would be. >>>> >>>> 3. Have you tried NVDA? I have experienced fewer stability issues, but >>>> reviewing track changes is a more laborious process. I could be >>>> mistaken, >>>> but I do not know of any way to list all changes in NVDA, as is at >>>> least >>>> theoretically possible in Jaws. >>>> >>>> Again, I am very sorry that you are dealing with this. You are not >>>> alone >>>> in this struggle. We will get there somehow. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 10/11/2019 2:45 PM, Laura Wolk via BlindLaw wrote: >>>> All, >>>> >>>> The nightmarish scenario of Jaws reading all material,both old and >>>> new, in a track changed document seems to have arisen with a vengeance >>>> as of the late September release. I have tried restarting jaws, >>>> restarting the computer, refreshing the screen, and switching to no >>>> markup. Nothing works. >>>> >>>> My ability to work quickly and reliably has just been ground to a >>>> screeching halt. Why not simply migrate back to an earlier update, >>>> you might ask? Well, my friends, it's because **that** update was >>>> causing heavily track changed documents to crash as soon as the >>>> document was opened. And how did Vispero come to know that fact? >>>> Because they tested it and identified hhe problem and committed >>>> themselves to fixing it as soon as possible? No, of course not. >>>> Because my coworkers and I spent hours, literally hours, isolating the >>>> problem, creating a test document with nonsensitive information that >>>> replicated it, and sending it to them. I am truly at my whits end. I >>>> am a fully-employed person with a disability working at one of the >>>> most stressful and time consuming jobs in our profession. And yet, >>>> here I am, using my work time to literally sit on the phone and >>>> **explain**, yes, **EXPLAIN, step-by-step, to Vispero employees how to >>>> **TURN ON Track CHANGES**, because they are so unfamiliar with this >>>> concept that they don't even know how to do it. I do not have the >>>> time to take on a second full-time job just so I can do my first one. >>>> None of us do. This is utterly unacceptable. We need our leadership >>>> to step in now. Stop bringing Microsoft to national conventions to >>>> wax eloquent about how much they care about accessibility if in fact >>>> they don't. If in fact they are committed to not assisting at all >>>> with products that people still pay them to suppor, products that the >>>> entire federal government uses, products that just ask the blind to >>>> deal with it or risk losing their jobs. Stop touting Jaws as if it's >>>> the best thing since sliced bread if, one week into the Supreme Court >>>> term, I now effectively cannot do my job, no, not have a harder time >>>> doing my job, but cannot do my job, because no one is testing this >>>> stuff before updates are released. I am just incensed. >>>> >>>> I also need someone to test whether this problem is occurring on Beta >>>> 2020 with Word 2016. I cannot get beta 2020 installed on my computer >>>> here. But I need to verify whether it's fixed in that release. I >>>> swear, if they try making me wait until December to fix this, I'm >>>> going to need some major reinforcements. >>>> >>>> Now please excuse me while I quickly go angry cry in the bathroom, put >>>> on my nice happy brave face again, and resign myself to spending >>>> thrice as much time on my work as I needed to spend yesterday. Your >>>> prayers are appreciated. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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: >>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/jtfetter%40yahoo.com >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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: >>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/angie.matney%40gmail.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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: >>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/laura.wolk%40gmail.com >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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: > http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindlaw_nfbnet.org/amatney%40loeb.com > From slabarre at labarrelaw.com Tue Nov 5 20:24:35 2019 From: slabarre at labarrelaw.com (Scott C. LaBarre) Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 13:24:35 -0700 Subject: [blindLaw] FW: [DRBA] Missouri P&A is hiring In-Reply-To: <092419b685e9963627f2730171eb9f8a@mo-pa.org> References: <092419b685e9963627f2730171eb9f8a@mo-pa.org> Message-ID: <004101d59417$0ad29830$2077c890$@labarrelaw.com> FYI -----Original Message----- From: Disability Rights Bar Association On Behalf Of Susan K. Eckles Sent: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 1:00 PM To: DRBA at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Subject: [DRBA] Missouri P&A is hiring Please see attached job announcement for a Staff Attorney. Thank you, Susan -- Susan K. Eckles Managing Attorney Missouri Protection and Advocacy Services 2000 Innerbelt Business Center Drive Overland, Mo 63114 (314)256-9611 telephone PLEASE NOTE new number (314)785-1707 fax REMINDER: The DRBA and BBI are the hosts of this listserv and are not responsible for the content of member posts. The DRBA listserv is intended to facilitate open discussion and sharing of ideas. 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From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov Wed Nov 6 21:56:51 2019 From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel) Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2019 21:56:51 +0000 Subject: [blindLaw] University of Washington Law is seeking Moderate Means Program Staff Attorney (50% FTE) Message-ID: From: Huy C Nguyen Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 10:47 AM To: Diversity Stakeholders Subject: [diversity-stakeholders] UW Law is seeking Moderate Means Program Staff Attorney (50% FTE) The University of Washington School of Law is seeking a part time (50% FTE) Staff Attorney for the Moderate Means Program. The UW Moderate Means Program (MMP) is the flagship pro bono program for students at UW Law and provides legal referrals for low and moderate income individuals as a part of the statewide Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) Moderate Means Program. More info in the link below: https://uwhires.admin.washington.edu/eng/candidates/default.cfm?szCategory=jobprofile&szOrderID=173510&szCandidateID=0&szSearchWords=&szReturnToSearch=1 Huy C. Nguyen Pronouns: He/Him Director, W.H. Gates Public Service Law Program Student and Career Services Part-time Lecturer William H. Gates Hall, University of Washington School of Law Box 353020, Suite 349 Seattle, WA 98195-3020 Tel. 1-206-543-9065 Fax. 1-206-616-1365 cuu at uw.edu http://www.law.washington.edu/pservice/ http://commongooduw.org [image001 (2)] --- You are currently subscribed to diversity-stakeholders as: noel.nightingale at ed.gov. 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This came from a PDF file, so might read a bit rough! /s/ Bennett Prows The Office of the General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is currently seeking applications for a General Attorney position in its Region 10 office. Who May Apply: This announcement is open to all US Citizens and maybe used to fill multiple positions. DUTY STATION: Seattle, WA SALARY RANGE: $67,816 - $148,488 OPEN PERIOD: 11/5/2019 – 11/30/2019 (or until filled. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.) JOB SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is the principal government agency for protecting the health of citizens and providing essential human services. The HHS Office of the General Counsel (OGC) provides comprehensive legal services to the Department’s operating and staff divisions. OGC-Region 10 is seeking a licensed attorney interested in public service. OGC-Region 10 provides comprehensive litigation services (both administrative and judicial litigation), legal advice, counseling, and negotiation services in virtually every area of Department programs, with an emphasis on services to those HHS agencies that have staff present in the Region 10 states of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. We have a collegial office with eight (8) attorneys and two administrative legal resources staff. Attorneys are expected to work independently and as a team with more than 500 OGC colleagues around the nation. The incumbent of this position will provide comprehensive legal services, including representing HHS in litigation before administrative tribunals (DAB, EEOC, MSPB, CBCA), in federal court, and in tribal negotiations, as well as providing legal advice and counseling. Most of our work is for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Indian Health Service (IHS), the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), and the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). For additional information about our work and the HHS Family of Agencies, please visit our website at https://www.hhs.gov/about/agencies/index.html OGC is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage applications from a diverse pool of high-quality candidates. DUTIES: This is a General Attorney position in the OGC-Region X office, located in Seattle, Washington. The incumbent may be asked to serve any of the client agencies within HHS, but may focus primarily on providing legal services to the Indian Health Service, the Medicaid program, and/or employment and personnel. This may include:  negotiating ISDEAA contracts and funding agreements,  advising on leasing, construction, and other property-related issues  defending CMS enforcement actions or determinations hearings that a provider, supplier, or healthcare entity may no longer participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs or must pay a civil monetary penalty  defending before the Departmental Appeals Board state or other grantee challenges to disallowances or termination of federal funding under the Medicaid, Child Support, Head Start, Foster Care or other programs  representing the agency at hearings before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) or the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) We are seeking to fill the position at the GS-11 to GS-14 level($67,816 -$148,488) depending on experience and qualifications. The position will be located in Seattle, WA, and reimbursement for relocation expenses is not available. For additional information about OGC’s mission, please visit our website at: http://www.hhs.gov/ogc/index.html QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED: Your resume, cover letter, and supporting documentation will be used to determine whether you meet the position qualifications listed in this announcement. Salary will be commensurate with education and experience. The following are required qualifications: • A Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from an accredited ABA law school. • At least one year of legal experience post bar admission. • Proof that bar status is active, in good standing and eligible to practice in the highest court of a State, U. S. commonwealth, U. S. territory, or the District of Columbia. • Excellent oral communication and interpersonal skills, and the capacity to work with diverse individuals and groups. The following qualifications are preferred: • Demonstrated experience as a litigator (federal or administrative) • Demonstrated experience in health care or employment law • Demonstrated experience working with tribes or tribal organizations • Experience as a government attorney • Ability to work independently and as part of a team CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: • Must maintain active bar membership in good standing and the eligibility to practice law in the highest court of a state, territory, Commonwealth, or the District of Columbia throughout employment in the Office of the General Counsel. • Upon final job offer from HHS OHR, the successful candidate must submit official law school transcripts. • Security and Background Requirements: If not previously completed, a background security investigation will be required for all appointees. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication. Failure to successfully meet these requirements may be grounds for appropriate personnel action. In addition, if hired, a background security reinvestigation or supplemental investigation may be required at a later time. Applicants are also advised that all information concerning qualifications is subject to investigation. False representation may be grounds for non-consideration, non-selection and/or appropriate disciplinary action. • E-Verify: If you are selected for this position, the documentation that you present for purposes of completing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Form I-9 will be verified through the DHS "E-Verify" System. Federal law requires DHS to use the E-Verify System to verify employment eligibility of all new hires and as a condition of continued employment obligates the new hire to take affirmative steps to resolve any discrepancies identified by the system. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is an E-Verify Participant. • Direct Deposit: All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing. • All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. • Financial disclosure statement may be required. • Two-year trial period may be required. • Travel, transportation, and relocation expenses will not be paid. • This position is not in a bargaining unit. • Multiple selections may be made from this announcement. INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLY: Please submit the following documents to michelle.oakes at hhs.gov using the subject line “General Attorney Advisor” in the forwarding email. To receive full consideration, submit all materials by November 25, 2019: • Cover letter addressed to: Pamela Parker Office of the General Counsel, Suite 1620 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Region 10 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1600, MS/10 Seattle, WA 98104 • 3-5 page legal writing sample that highlights your analytical and writing skills • Resume (must include education, including name of undergraduate and law school, degree received and date graduated; date admitted to bar and jurisdiction; a general description of all past employment relevant to the practice of law, including dates of employment (full and part time)). /s/ Bennett Prows From slabarre at labarrelaw.com Fri Nov 8 13:07:51 2019 From: slabarre at labarrelaw.com (Scott C. LaBarre) Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2019 06:07:51 -0700 Subject: [blindLaw] FW: Attorney and Legal Internship Vacancies at the U.S. Department of Justice In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <003901d59635$86ed9d50$94c8d7f0$@labarrelaw.com> FYI and Happy Friday! From: DOJlawjobs (OARM) Sent: Friday, November 8, 2019 5:55 AM To: Undisclosed recipients: Subject: Attorney and Legal Internship Vacancies at the U.S. Department of Justice Good morning, Below is a list of current attorney and legal internship vacancies at the U.S. Department of Justice. Please post on your internal sites and distribute to any interested audience, including law student organizations and other affinity groups. The Department of Justice office places a high value on diversity of experiences and perspectives and encourages applications from all qualified men and women from all ethnic and racial backgrounds, veterans, LGBT individuals, and persons 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. To learn more about Justice and our legal careers, please visit our website at https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers. In addition to the below job opportunities, the United States Trustee Program is accepting applications for the position of U.S. Trustee for Region 9 in Cleveland, OH. For more information on how to apply, please see https://www.justice.gov/ust/file/region9ustjobannouncement.pdf/download. Attorney Vacancies & Volunteer Legal Internships Hiring Organization Job Title State Posted/ Updated Hiring Organization USAO Southern District of Georgia Job Title Assistant United States Attorney State Georgia Posted/ Updated November 7, 2019 Hiring Organization USAO Southern District of Georgia Job Title Attorney State Georgia Posted/ Updated November 7, 2019 Hiring Organization Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) Job Title ATTORNEY ADVISOR - FOIA/PA State District of Columbia Posted/ Updated November 7, 2019 Hiring Organization Criminal Division (CRM) Job Title Supervisory Trial Attorney (Chief, Special Financial Investigations Unit) State District of Columbia Posted/ Updated November 7, 2019 Hiring Organization Criminal Division (CRM) Job Title Supervisory Trial Attorney (Chief, Money Laundering and Forfeiture Unit) State District of Columbia Posted/ Updated November 7, 2019 Hiring Organization USAO District of Delaware Job Title LAW CLERK, SUMMER 2020 State Delaware Posted/ Updated November 7, 2019 Hiring Organization USAO Southern District of Ohio Job Title Assistant United States Attorney State Ohio Posted/ Updated November 7, 2019 Hiring Organization Civil Division (CIV) Job Title Unpaid Law Student Volunteer, Academic Year- Fraud Section State District of Columbia Posted/ Updated November 7, 2019 Hiring Organization USAO Eastern District of California Job Title Special Assistant U.S. Attorney (Uncompensated) State California Posted/ Updated November 6, 2019 Hiring Organization USAO Eastern District of California Job Title Special Assistant U.S. Attorney (Uncompensated) State California Posted/ Updated November 6, 2019 Hiring Organization USAO Eastern District of California Job Title Assistant United States Attorney State California Posted/ Updated November 6, 2019 Hiring Organization Office of Information Policy (OIP) Job Title DETAIL -- Attorney Advisor State District of Columbia Posted/ Updated November 6, 2019 Hiring Organization USAO Northern District of Ohio Job Title Assistant United States Attorney State Ohio Posted/ Updated November 5, 2019 Hiring Organization Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Job Title Volunteer Legal Intern, Office of Justice Programs, OGC (Summer 2020) State District of Columbia Posted/ Updated November 5, 2019 Hiring Organization Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Job Title Volunteer Legal Intern, Office of Justice Programs, OGC (Academic Year 2020/2021) State District of Columbia Posted/ Updated November 5, 2019 Hiring Organization Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Job Title General Attorney State Virginia Posted/ Updated November 4, 2019 Hiring Organization Criminal Division (CRM) Job Title Attorney Advisor (International)/ Resident Legal Advisor, Sri Lanka State Posted/ Updated November 1, 2019 Hiring Organization Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Job Title General Attorney State Virginia Posted/ Updated November 1, 2019 Hiring Organization Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Job Title Attorney State Virginia Posted/ Updated November 1, 2019 Hiring Organization Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) Job Title Detail - Attorney Advisor, GS-0905-13/14/15 State Virginia Posted/ Updated November 1, 2019 Hiring Organization Civil Division (CIV) Job Title Trial Attorney-Torts Branch/Environmental Torts Litigation State District of Columbia Posted/ Updated November 1, 2019 Manage Your Email: If you no longer wish to receive these email notifications, please reply to this email with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line. If you would like to update your contact information, please submit the following information: SCHOOL OR ORGANIZATION: NAME: TITLE: PHONE: EMAIL: WEBSITE: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 88 bytes Desc: not available URL: From Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov Fri Nov 8 20:20:20 2019 From: Noel.Nightingale at ed.gov (Nightingale, Noel) Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2019 20:20:20 +0000 Subject: [blindLaw] Washington Attorney General's Office - Attorney Opportunities Message-ID: From: Linda Nakamura Sent: Friday, November 8, 2019 8:38 AM To: Diversity Stakeholders Subject: [diversity-stakeholders] WA AGO - Attorney Opportunities At the Washington State Attorney General’s Office, we aspire to be the best public law office in the nation. We are committed to providing excellent, independent, and ethical legal services to the State of Washington and to protecting the rights of its people. It is essential to our mission to create and maintain an office that is diverse, respectful, inclusive and composed of the best legal talent available. If you share our vision and have a desire to do important work that makes a difference for our community, then we invite you to consider applying for the following attorney opportunities. Click on the link below to access full position descriptions and qualifications for each of these ATTORNEY opportunities. You can also visit the state's centralized recruitment site at www.careers.wa.gov. For information about the AGO, visit www.atg.wa.gov