From rahul.bajaj1038 at gmail.com Mon Aug 1 17:16:35 2022 From: rahul.bajaj1038 at gmail.com (Rahul Bajaj) Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2022 22:46:35 +0530 Subject: [blindLaw] Using Office Online with JAWS 21 in Chrome In-Reply-To: References: <007d01d8a4f9$65eb48c0$31c1da40$@earthlink.net> Message-ID: Thanks, all. i think i have been able to sort this out. documents that are mailed to me using sharepoint are now opening in office applications on my computer. and for folders that are shared with me via email, i go to them on sharepoint and open the relevant file in the relevant office application by right clicking it. warmly, rahul On Sun, 31 Jul 2022 at 22:16, Laura Wolk via BlindLaw wrote: > Rahul, are you talking about Sharepoint? No one in their right mind, > sighted or blind, would do the actual editing on the website version. > Or at least, they shouldn't. You should be able to map the files onto > your desktop so you can open them just like you normally would on a > computer. You also can set all of your defaults so that any links are > opened automatically in the corresponding office application rather > than on the website. I don't have the time or ability to track down > those settings for you, but my work uses Sharepoint and that's what I > did. Lastly, in the short term, you still can from within a file > opened online open that file within the corresponding office > application. I hope some of that is helpful. But truly, I would be > shocked if sighted people at your firm were editing using the stripped > down website capability rather than the actual desktop applications. > > On 7/31/22, Robert Jaquiss via BlindLaw wrote: > > Hello Rahul: > > > > I suggest you have the Office software installed on your PC. It is > my > > experience that the online versions are barely accessible. > > I am currently using Office365 and this message is being written in > > Outlook. > > I was until recently using Word 2007. The newer version of Word when > > installed on a PC is accessible. It does have some quirks that take some > > getting used to. Hope this helps. > > > > Regards, > > > > Robert > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: BlindLaw On Behalf Of Rahul Bajaj > via > > BlindLaw > > Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2022 11:35 PM > > To: Blind Law Mailing List > > Cc: Rahul Bajaj > > Subject: [blindLaw] Using Office Online with JAWS 21 in Chrome > > > > Hi All, > > > > My current firm uses Office Online a great deal for their work. I find > that > > my existing tech skills are not enough to help me navigate this platform > > effectively. I am also unable to open in the One Drive desktop app > > documents > > that are opened in Office Online. > > > > Any guidance on the above or leads for using Office Online would be > greatly > > appreciated. > > > > Warmly, > > Rahul > > > > -- > > -- > > Rahul Bajaj > > Attorney, Ira Law > > Senior Associate Fellow, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy Rhodes Scholar > > (India > > and Linacre 2018), University of Oxford Co-Founder, Mission Accessibility > > Special Correspondent on the rights of persons with disabilities, Oxford > > Human Rights Hub Coordinator of the working group on accessibility, > > e-Committee, Supreme Court of India > > > > > > > > > > -- > > -- > > Rahul Bajaj > > Attorney, Ira Law > > Senior Associate Fellow, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy > > Rhodes Scholar (India and Linacre 2018), University of Oxford > > Co-Founder, Mission Accessibility > > Special Correspondent on the rights of persons with disabilities, Oxford > > Human Rights Hub > > Coordinator of the working group on accessibility, e-Committee, Supreme > > Court of India > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/rjaquiss%40earthlink.n > > et > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/rahul.bajaj1038%40gmail.com > -- -- Rahul Bajaj Attorney, Ira Law Senior Associate Fellow, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy Rhodes Scholar (India and Linacre 2018), University of Oxford Co-Founder, Mission Accessibility Special Correspondent on the rights of persons with disabilities, Oxford Human Rights Hub Coordinator of the working group on accessibility, e-Committee, Supreme Court of India From laura.wolk at gmail.com Mon Aug 1 17:20:14 2022 From: laura.wolk at gmail.com (Laura Wolk) Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2022 13:20:14 -0400 Subject: [blindLaw] Using Office Online with JAWS 21 in Chrome In-Reply-To: References: <007d01d8a4f9$65eb48c0$31c1da40$@earthlink.net> Message-ID: That's great, Rahul. I just want to reiterate that you should be able to map the entire structure onto your local machine, so that when you are sent a folder, it operates as though you were sent a local path. On 8/1/22, Rahul Bajaj wrote: > Thanks, all. i think i have been able to sort this out. documents that are > mailed to me using sharepoint are now opening in office applications on my > computer. and for folders that are shared with me via email, i go to them > on sharepoint and open the relevant file in the relevant office application > by right clicking it. > > warmly, > rahul > > On Sun, 31 Jul 2022 at 22:16, Laura Wolk via BlindLaw > wrote: > >> Rahul, are you talking about Sharepoint? No one in their right mind, >> sighted or blind, would do the actual editing on the website version. >> Or at least, they shouldn't. You should be able to map the files onto >> your desktop so you can open them just like you normally would on a >> computer. You also can set all of your defaults so that any links are >> opened automatically in the corresponding office application rather >> than on the website. I don't have the time or ability to track down >> those settings for you, but my work uses Sharepoint and that's what I >> did. Lastly, in the short term, you still can from within a file >> opened online open that file within the corresponding office >> application. I hope some of that is helpful. But truly, I would be >> shocked if sighted people at your firm were editing using the stripped >> down website capability rather than the actual desktop applications. >> >> On 7/31/22, Robert Jaquiss via BlindLaw wrote: >> > Hello Rahul: >> > >> > I suggest you have the Office software installed on your PC. It is >> my >> > experience that the online versions are barely accessible. >> > I am currently using Office365 and this message is being written in >> > Outlook. >> > I was until recently using Word 2007. The newer version of Word when >> > installed on a PC is accessible. It does have some quirks that take >> > some >> > getting used to. Hope this helps. >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Robert >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: BlindLaw On Behalf Of Rahul Bajaj >> via >> > BlindLaw >> > Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2022 11:35 PM >> > To: Blind Law Mailing List >> > Cc: Rahul Bajaj >> > Subject: [blindLaw] Using Office Online with JAWS 21 in Chrome >> > >> > Hi All, >> > >> > My current firm uses Office Online a great deal for their work. I find >> that >> > my existing tech skills are not enough to help me navigate this >> > platform >> > effectively. I am also unable to open in the One Drive desktop app >> > documents >> > that are opened in Office Online. >> > >> > Any guidance on the above or leads for using Office Online would be >> greatly >> > appreciated. >> > >> > Warmly, >> > Rahul >> > >> > -- >> > -- >> > Rahul Bajaj >> > Attorney, Ira Law >> > Senior Associate Fellow, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy Rhodes Scholar >> > (India >> > and Linacre 2018), University of Oxford Co-Founder, Mission >> > Accessibility >> > Special Correspondent on the rights of persons with disabilities, >> > Oxford >> > Human Rights Hub Coordinator of the working group on accessibility, >> > e-Committee, Supreme Court of India >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > -- >> > Rahul Bajaj >> > Attorney, Ira Law >> > Senior Associate Fellow, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy >> > Rhodes Scholar (India and Linacre 2018), University of Oxford >> > Co-Founder, Mission Accessibility >> > Special Correspondent on the rights of persons with disabilities, >> > Oxford >> > Human Rights Hub >> > Coordinator of the working group on accessibility, e-Committee, Supreme >> > Court of India >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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/rjaquiss%40earthlink.n >> > et >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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/rahul.bajaj1038%40gmail.com >> > > > -- > -- > Rahul Bajaj > Attorney, Ira Law > Senior Associate Fellow, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy > Rhodes Scholar (India and Linacre 2018), University of Oxford > Co-Founder, Mission Accessibility > Special Correspondent on the rights of persons with disabilities, Oxford > Human Rights Hub > Coordinator of the working group on accessibility, e-Committee, Supreme > Court of India > From ThomasDukeman at outlook.com Tue Aug 2 14:07:06 2022 From: ThomasDukeman at outlook.com (Thomas Dukeman) Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2022 14:07:06 +0000 Subject: [blindLaw] Clarification on UPL Message-ID: Hello fellow legal beagles! I was learning about UPL (Unauthorizes Practice of Law) and my textbook when I got an interesting thought into my head. I listen to the news and from time to time they have on guests to speculate about how a specific court ruling might impact people and usually they explain how people might try to work around that. My question, is that sort of legal commentary be considered giving legal advice or is it considered one of those grey areas that it may or may not be? Thanks for your input, Tom Sent from Mail for Windows From sai at fiatfiendum.org Tue Aug 2 14:37:51 2022 From: sai at fiatfiendum.org (Sai) Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2022 15:37:51 +0100 Subject: [blindLaw] Clarification on UPL In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: News commentary is almost certainly not legal advice. Legal advice is a communication * to person X * about X's particular legal issues * interpreting the law that applies to X or advising what to do Merely discussing a case isn't advice. That's actually kinda the reason it isn't — the difference between advice and information is whether it's tailored to a specific situation. Otherwise, every law school hypo ever made, and virtually any law school class discussion or homework assignment or study group, would be "advice". It ain't. Easy rule of thumb: if you a law school prof told you what you know about the thing, and asked you the question you're answering, and it'd be proper for you to answer the way you do, you're not giving advice — you're just discussing the law or the case. I suggest that you read the detailed bar opinion letters of the state where you live (or practice). They often have pretty detailed and useful scenarios and advice. The bar is the main entity that interprets & enforces the practice without a licence rules, and it has legal authority to interpret them (subject to consistency with court rulings). In particular, look at rulings and opinions dealing with ABA MRPC 4.3 and 5.5 — those are the two rules that prohibit certain kinds of legal advice. State bar rules should have the same numbers. If you comply with those, then by their definition you aren't giving legal advice. Just like I'm not giving legal advice to you now. I'm just discussing the legal advice rules. 😆 Sincerely, Sai President, Fiat Fiendum, Inc., a 501(c)(3) Sent from my mobile phone; please excuse the concision and autocorrect errors. On Tue, 2 Aug 2022, 15:09 Thomas Dukeman via BlindLaw, wrote: > Hello fellow legal beagles! > > I was learning about UPL (Unauthorizes Practice of Law) and my textbook > when I got an interesting thought into my head. I listen to the news and > from time to time they have on guests to speculate about how a specific > court ruling might impact people and usually they explain how people might > try to work around that. My question, is that sort of legal commentary be > considered giving legal advice or is it considered one of those grey areas > that it may or may not be? > > Thanks for your input, > Tom > > Sent from Mail for Windows > > _______________________________________________ > 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/sai%40fiatfiendum.org > From slabarre at labarrelaw.com Tue Aug 2 15:16:19 2022 From: slabarre at labarrelaw.com (Scott C. LaBarre) Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2022 09:16:19 -0600 Subject: [blindLaw] FW: [DRBA] CREEC is looking for a new Executive Director! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <013401d8a682$d21dfe90$7659fbb0$@labarrelaw.com> FYI This would be a great job for someone with the requisite experience and skills. From: Disability Rights Bar Association On Behalf Of Amy Robertson Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 5:51 AM To: DRBA at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Subject: [DRBA] CREEC is looking for a new Executive Director! Hi, all – Passing this along for my former organization, the Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center. Thanks! Link here: https://creeclaw.org/executive-director-search/ _____ The Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center (CREEC) is a legal nonprofit and membership organization. CREEC’s work focuses on empowering communities through civil rights impact litigation, education and instructional resources, discourse, outreach, advocacy, collaboration, and well-timed humor. CREEC is looking for an Executive Director to start immediately. About CREEC: CREEC’s goal is to ensure that everyone can fully and independently participate in our nation’s civic life without discrimination based on disability, race, gender, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We challenge discrimination through litigation and education, seeking systemic change and improvement in individual lives. CREEC provides legal expertise as well as education and resources to individuals, advocates, and lawyers in the immigrant and civil rights communities. Based in Denver, with remote employees in other locations, our scope is nationwide. Through our advocacy and litigation, CREEC has successfully transformed the practices of major companies and government entities. Our Work: CREEC brings litigation on behalf of individuals, organizations, and classes of people. This includes large, cutting-edge, class action cases throughout the nation as well as smaller, individual cases. For example, we have litigated systemic cases on behalf of incarcerated people with disabilities in Colorado, Montana, and Tennessee. We have also brought multiple class actions against ICE, including a nationwide class action challenging medical and mental health care, segregation, and disability access at more than 150 immigration detention prisons. We also engage in informal advocacy, for example through our Fast Advocacy for Communication program, advocating for sign language interpreters for Deaf clients through educational letters and negotiations. We also have a number of educational projects, ranging from one-time webinars and continuing legal education courses to our ongoing “help desk” projects, providing technical assistance in the areas of disability rights and immigration detention conditions to other lawyers, advocates, and interested parties. Responsibilities of the Executive Director: * Running the joint. * With input from board and staff, creating and overseeing a strategic plan that continues and builds on CREEC’s track record for sustainable high-impact litigation and education. * Being the chief spokesperson for and public face of CREEC, including working with the CREEC staff to cultivate messaging and media relationships. * Working with CREEC staff to develop and maintain a strong fundraising program, meeting with and cultivating individual and corporate donors at all levels. * Working with the Director of Operations, bookkeeper, and accountant to prepare audits, tax reports, and other public filings, and to monitor the financial health of the organization. * Working with CREEC staff to coordinate workload and resource allocation. * Working with the Director of Operations to manage personnel policies, hiring, annual reviews, and transitions; work with the Director of Operations to maintain compliance with federal, state, and local labor and business laws and requirements. * Doing a bit of everything. We’re a small outfit, so everyone pitches in from time to time on random and/or menial tasks. * This is an opportunity for an experienced nonprofit leader to grow a successful organization and lead it into a sustainable future. What We’re Looking For: The ideal candidate will share our values and have executive experience leading a nonprofit, including most or all of the following: * Familiarity with (or willingness to become familiar with) the relevant areas of law in which we practice, including managing the organization’s caseload and how relevant laws affect our case and project selection and staffing. * Experience with and ties to one or more relevant communities, including disability rights, immigrant rights, and/or other civil rights communities. * Experience with and enthusiasm for development, including a proven track record of successful fundraising. * Experience with non-profit management – preferably at the executive level – and strategic planning. * Experience managing or running a legal nonprofit would be ideal but, at a minimum, ability to understand the ebb and flow of litigation and its impact on resources. * Skills and creativity to help CREEC navigate the transition and to proactively form the role of CREEC Executive Director. * Salary & Benefits: Salary $165,000. Benefits include a healthcare plan, a SIMPLE retirement plan to which CREEC contributes, three weeks of paid leave, workers’ compensation insurance, payment of dues for relevant organizations, (for lawyers) payment of bar dues, continuing legal education, and malpractice insurance, and (if working from Denver) free parking. CREEC is an equal opportunity employer that values a diverse workforce and promotes an inclusive culture. CREEC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, or veteran status. Applicants from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Process: Please submit to resumes at creeclaw.org a resume or CV and a cover letter explaining why you would be ideal for this job in light of the description above and your experience. Applications are due by August 16, 2022. 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NDLPA invites disabled lawyers and legal professionals to an open meeting on Tuesday, August 23 at 5 pm PT/8 PM ET to discuss long-term goals for the organization, to listen to feedback about what disabled legal professionals and attorneys would like for an organization like NDLPA, and more. Captioning and ASL will be provided. I hope that you can join! Either way, we hope that you can help spread the word! Register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScZzzbTrhebyYnXcyQKoauiZyTowIiUp8Gkzk5ggPxGxGaw5Q/viewform?usp=sf_link. This meeting is sponsored by the National Disabled Law Students Association. To donate to NDLSA, visit ndlsa.org. If you have any questions or other access needs, please reach out to disabledlegalprofessionals at gmail.com. -- Best, Marissa Ditkowsky, Esq. She/Her/Hers marissa.ditkowsky at gmail.com (631) 882-3536 From slabarre at labarrelaw.com Thu Aug 4 14:17:05 2022 From: slabarre at labarrelaw.com (Scott C. LaBarre) Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2022 08:17:05 -0600 Subject: [blindLaw] FW: Attorney and Legal Internship Vacancies at the U.S. Department of Justice In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <000701d8a80c$e0136130$a03a2390$@labarrelaw.com> From: DOJlawjobs (OARM) Sent: Thursday, August 4, 2022 8:00 AM To: DOJlawjobs (OARM) Subject: Attorney and Legal Internship Vacancies at the U.S. Department of Justice Good morning, Apply Now: The online application for the Attorney General's Honors Program (HP) and the Summer Law Intern Program (SLIP) is open. The deadline for law students and eligible graduates to apply is Tuesday, September 6, 2022, at 11:59 PM ET. The HP is the nation's premier entry-level federal attorney hiring program. 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Here is the posting: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/669678500 * We are accepting applications through Aug. 25, 2022. * The specific position is staff attorney in the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, Division of Advertising Practices, and we have three openings. * In case it's helpful, here is a description of the Division: https://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/bureaus-offices/bureau-consumer-protection/our-divisions/division-advertising-practices I am cc'ing my colleague Ryan Zwonik, who serves on the Hiring Committee with me. Thank you in advance for your help. Best, Carolyn Carolyn L. Hann | Chief of Staff Federal Trade Commission | Bureau of Consumer Protection | Division of Advertising Practices Room CC-10540 | Org Code 1145 | Mail Stop CC-6316 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW | Washington DC 20580 From slabarre at labarrelaw.com Thu Aug 11 16:14:51 2022 From: slabarre at labarrelaw.com (Scott C. LaBarre) Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 10:14:51 -0600 Subject: [blindLaw] FW: Attorney and Legal Internship Vacancies at the U.S. Department of Justice In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <007e01d8ad9d$7cfb3be0$76f1b3a0$@labarrelaw.com> From: DOJlawjobs (OARM) Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2022 8:13 AM To: DOJlawjobs (OARM) Subject: Attorney and Legal Internship Vacancies at the U.S. Department of Justice Good morning, Apply Now: The online application for the Attorney General’s Honors Program (HP) and the Summer Law Intern Program (SLIP) is open. The deadline for law students and eligible graduates to apply is Tuesday, September 6, 2022, at 11:59 PM ET. The HP is the nation's premier entry-level federal attorney hiring program. 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The case, Lane v. Brown/United States v. Oregon, was dismissed as a result. The settlement agreement, in effect since 2015, resolved the first lawsuit in the nation to challenge a state's reliance on segregated employment settings for individuals with disabilities, including sheltered workshops, as a violation of the integration mandate of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Sheltered workshops are segregated facilities that exclusively or primarily serve individuals with disabilities, in which people with disabilities have little or no contact with non-disabled persons besides paid staff. People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) in sheltered workshops often earn wages well below minimum wage, sometimes pennies per hour. By contrast, supported employment services assist people with I/DD to prepare for, obtain and succeed in integrated workplaces at competitive wages. "This ruling demonstrates once again that people with significant disabilities are fully capable of working in the community alongside their nondisabled peers with appropriate services and supports," said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. "We are pleased that Oregon has successfully implemented the reforms called for by our settlement agreement and remain committed to ensuring that people with disabilities across the country have every opportunity to access the job market. Simply put, people with disabilities must have the right to receive employment services in the community, pursue jobs consistent with their talents and preferences, earn fair wages, achieve social and economic independence and contribute to our nation's economy." The lawsuit was filed as a class action in January 2012 by individuals with I/DD who were receiving services in Oregon sheltered workshops, but instead preferred to work in jobs in the community for a competitive wage. In March 2013, the Justice Department intervened in the lawsuit. The department claimed that Oregon was unnecessarily segregating adults with I/DD in sheltered workshops and placing Oregon youth with I/DD at serious risk of segregation in sheltered workshops in violation of Title II of the ADA. In Olmstead v. L.C., the Supreme Court ruled that the ADA prohibits unnecessary segregation of people with disabilities, who have a right to live and receive services in the most integrated setting appropriate. The Lane case was the first lawsuit to address how the ADA's integration mandate applied to state employment services. The agreement required Oregon to provide supported employment services and related employment services so that 1,115 sheltered workshop workers would newly receive jobs in the community at competitive wages over the agreement's term. The agreement also required at least 7,000 people - including more than 4,900 youth exiting school - to receive supported employment services aimed at enabling them to secure and maintain integrated, competitive employment opportunities. At least half of the youth served received individualized employment plans from Oregon's vocational rehabilitation agency, identifying the services and supports necessary to achieve competitive employment. The Independent Reviewer who monitored Oregon's compliance with the agreement found that, according to state data, Oregon met or exceeded these requirements. The Civil Rights Division enforces the ADA, which authorizes the Attorney General to investigate whether a state is serving individuals in the most integrated settings appropriate to their needs. Please visit www.ada.gov/olmstead to learn more about the division's ADA Olmstead enforcement efforts and www.justice.gov/crt to learn more about the other laws enforced by the Civil Rights Division. From rahul.bajaj1038 at gmail.com Sat Aug 20 04:54:05 2022 From: rahul.bajaj1038 at gmail.com (Rahul Bajaj) Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2022 10:24:05 +0530 Subject: [blindLaw] accessible solution for splitting large pdfs Message-ID: Hi all, As a practicing attorney, I often have to deal with very bulky files [300+ pages] in my work. JAWS tends to freeze when such a large file is opened in Adobe. One workaround that I have found is to split the file, such that I can extract the relevant pages from the bulky file and read them as a separate PDF. DOes anyone know of any good, preferably free, solutions that do this? I'd basically just have to key in the page numbers that I would want to made into a spearate PDF. Warmly, Rahul -- -- Rahul Bajaj Attorney, Ira Law Senior Associate Fellow, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy Rhodes Scholar (India and Linacre 2018), University of Oxford Co-Founder, Mission Accessibility Special Correspondent on the rights of persons with disabilities, Oxford Human Rights Hub Coordinator of the working group on accessibility, e-Committee, Supreme Court of India From blindstein at gmail.com Sat Aug 20 05:10:06 2022 From: blindstein at gmail.com (Justin Harford) Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2022 22:10:06 -0700 Subject: [blindLaw] accessible solution for splitting large pdfs In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello PDF split and merge is an app for iOS which might do the trick. I just took a look at a file that had about 250 pages and it looks like you can split it in equal intervals among other options. It's not free, but not very expensive either. Justin Harford Oregon Bell Academy Coordinator > On Aug 19, 2022, at 9:55 PM, Rahul Bajaj via BlindLaw wrote: > > Hi all, > > As a practicing attorney, I often have to deal with very bulky files [300+ > pages] in my work. JAWS tends to freeze when such a large file is opened in > Adobe. One workaround that I have found is to split the file, such that I > can extract the relevant pages from the bulky file and read them as a > separate PDF. DOes anyone know of any good, preferably free, solutions that > do this? > > I'd basically just have to key in the page numbers that I would want to > made into a spearate PDF. > > Warmly, > Rahul > > -- > -- > Rahul Bajaj > Attorney, Ira Law > Senior Associate Fellow, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy > Rhodes Scholar (India and Linacre 2018), University of Oxford > Co-Founder, Mission Accessibility > Special Correspondent on the rights of persons with disabilities, Oxford > Human Rights Hub > Coordinator of the working group on accessibility, e-Committee, Supreme > Court of India > _______________________________________________ > 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/blindstein%40gmail.com From sai at fiatfiendum.org Sat Aug 20 09:16:44 2022 From: sai at fiatfiendum.org (Sai) Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2022 10:16:44 +0100 Subject: [blindLaw] accessible solution for splitting large pdfs In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 1. Acrobat Pro can do this easily. It's $60 via TechSoup if you have (or work for) a US non-profit: https://www.techsoup.org/adobe (There may be similar deals for non-US nonprofits, but I don't know.) Just be sure to get actual Acrobat Pro (current version is 2020), not the new "Creative Cloud" or "DC" which require a yearly subscription and don't work properly when offline. It's $538 for normal license: https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/kb/acrobat-2020-downloads.html & https://commerce.adobe.com/checkout/email/?items%5B0%5D%5Bid%5D=58675001ACEBE288DBDA18D701134F56&cli=adobe_com&co=US&lang=en 2. I believe OSX Preview (which comes with OSX) can do basic operations like splitting PDFs. Just select a set of pages and export those to a new PDF. 3. If you're comfortable using Unix there are several totally free command line tools with similar functionality. Obviously they don't have fancy GUI, but then, do you really care about a graphical interface? For example, pdftk can split, merge, etc. There are several tools that can do more advanced stuff that Acrobat itself won't do, like pdfresurrect (unpacks hidden previous revisions in a PDF), pdfcrack (cracks password protected PDFs), origami (extract, modify, etc PDF contents), etc. E.g. origami is a very flexible PDF manipulation library: https://github.com/gdelugre/origami (which has a GTK based GUI available, https://rubygems.org/gems/pdfwalker ), but requires you to know (or learn) the programming language Ruby. You can install Ubuntu in Windows 10 & 11 via WSL, on OSX using BootCamp, VMware, VirtualBox, or similar, or as your primary OS using an installation DVD or USB drive ( https://ubuntu.org has instructions). 4. pdftk is also available for Windows & OSX, with both command line and GUI options — free for the full command line version & basic GUI version, $4 for full GUI version: https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-server/ https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/ I've only used the Unix CLI version so I can't comment on the GUI version, but I can confirm that the pdftk CLI is quite useful (even though I also have Acrobat Pro). Sincerely, Sai President, Fiat Fiendum, Inc., a 501(c)(3) Sent from my mobile phone; please excuse the concision and autocorrect errors. On Sat, 20 Aug 2022, 06:12 Justin Harford via BlindLaw, wrote: > Hello > > PDF split and merge is an app for iOS which might do the trick. I just > took a look at a file that had about 250 pages and it looks like you can > split it in equal intervals among other options. > > It's not free, but not very expensive either. > > Justin Harford > Oregon Bell Academy Coordinator > > > > On Aug 19, 2022, at 9:55 PM, Rahul Bajaj via BlindLaw < > blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > As a practicing attorney, I often have to deal with very bulky files > [300+ > > pages] in my work. JAWS tends to freeze when such a large file is opened > in > > Adobe. One workaround that I have found is to split the file, such that I > > can extract the relevant pages from the bulky file and read them as a > > separate PDF. DOes anyone know of any good, preferably free, solutions > that > > do this? > > > > I'd basically just have to key in the page numbers that I would want to > > made into a spearate PDF. > > > > Warmly, > > Rahul > > > > -- > > -- > > Rahul Bajaj > > Attorney, Ira Law > > Senior Associate Fellow, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy > > Rhodes Scholar (India and Linacre 2018), University of Oxford > > Co-Founder, Mission Accessibility > > Special Correspondent on the rights of persons with disabilities, Oxford > > Human Rights Hub > > Coordinator of the working group on accessibility, e-Committee, Supreme > > Court of India > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/blindstein%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/sai%40fiatfiendum.org > From BrianUnitt at holsteinlaw.com Sat Aug 20 19:43:58 2022 From: BrianUnitt at holsteinlaw.com (Brian Unitt) Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2022 19:43:58 +0000 Subject: [blindLaw] accessible solution for splitting large pdfs In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Rahul, The slow loading of files is one of the most frustrating things about Adobe. I routinely read appellate records with volumes of 300 pages which take several minutes to load, but Even 20-30 page files take unacceptably long to load. For the three or so years I have been using Foxit Reader which loads large files instantly. https://www.foxit.com/pdf-reader/ It's not perfect (nothing about PDF is) but it's better than Adobe. By the way I can only speak to using it with JAWS, I don't use any other screen reader. Brian Brian C. Unitt Certified Specialist in Appellate Law By the State Bar of California Law Office of Brian C. 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DOes anyone know of any good, preferably free, solutions that do this? I'd basically just have to key in the page numbers that I would want to made into a spearate PDF. Warmly, Rahul -- -- Rahul Bajaj Attorney, Ira Law Senior Associate Fellow, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy Rhodes Scholar (India and Linacre 2018), University of Oxford Co-Founder, Mission Accessibility Special Correspondent on the rights of persons with disabilities, Oxford Human Rights Hub Coordinator of the working group on accessibility, e-Committee, Supreme Court of India _______________________________________________ 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/brianunitt%40holsteinlaw.com From davant1958 at gmail.com Mon Aug 22 21:50:40 2022 From: davant1958 at gmail.com (davant1958 at gmail.com) Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 16:50:40 -0500 Subject: [blindLaw] FW: Disability Law Hiring Announcement at Syracuse University College of Law In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <03c801d8b671$38e98f60$aabcae20$@gmail.com> FYI. From: The Disability Discussion Docket (3D) <3D at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG> On Behalf Of Amy Allbright Sent: Monday, August 22, 2022 3:48 PM To: 3D at MAIL.AMERICANBAR.ORG Subject: FW: Disability Law Hiring Announcement at Syracuse University College of Law Importance: High Syracuse University College of Law invites applications from tenured associate or full professor lateral candidates for a position on the Law Faculty Syracuse University College of Law is pleased to announce a search for a lateral faculty hire in the field of disability law. The new hire will teach disability law and related courses as well as direct the award winning Disability Law and Policy Program . The DLPP houses an array of disability-related courses, joint degrees, clinics, externships, study abroad, and research opportunities for J.D., LL.M. and S.J.D. students. Syracuse University is one of the leading universities worldwide in the disability field. The announcement for the faculty position is attached. 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Jeanine Jeanine Worden Associate General Counsel for Fair Housing U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 202-256-1780 This email may contain confidential and privileged information that is only for the intended recipient. If you have received this email in error, please delete the email and destroy all copies of the information it contains. Thank you. From rahul.bajaj1038 at gmail.com Sat Aug 27 08:06:37 2022 From: rahul.bajaj1038 at gmail.com (Rahul Bajaj) Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2022 08:06:37 +0000 Subject: [blindLaw] Pointers for dealing with a very bulky file Message-ID: Good afternoon, I am a practicing attorney in New Delhi, India. Today, I am facing the following difficulty in my work. I am part of a legal team that is briefing 2 senior councils who are scheduled to appear in the Delhi High Court in a matter on Monday. We have to brief them on the basis of what is called a convenience compilation in litigation circles in India. A convenience compilation is a document that contains all the material that is relevant for the hearing. This convenience compilation is 1093 pages. It is a PDF. It contains relevant judgments and policies. Do you have any thoughts as to what methods I might use to be able to deal with a file of this size? Warmly, Rahul Get Outlook for iOS From kgilbride22 at hotmail.com Sun Aug 28 02:12:52 2022 From: kgilbride22 at hotmail.com (Karla Gilbride) Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2022 02:12:52 +0000 Subject: [blindLaw] Pointers for dealing with a very bulky file In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Rahul, Do you have Adobe Pro, or another program that will convert the pdf to Word? I typically use this to make the document editable and then mark it up with my own comments. It is also possible to add "sticky notes" or comments directly in the pdf, which may be an easier way to make notes readable by the people you are briefing, but I find navigating within a document and finding my place again much easier in Word which is why I tend to convert large pdfs to this form so I can work with the content more easily. Karla -----Original Message----- From: BlindLaw On Behalf Of Rahul Bajaj via BlindLaw Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2022 4:07 AM To: Blind Law Mailing List Cc: Rahul Bajaj Subject: [blindLaw] Pointers for dealing with a very bulky file Good afternoon, I am a practicing attorney in New Delhi, India. Today, I am facing the following difficulty in my work. I am part of a legal team that is briefing 2 senior councils who are scheduled to appear in the Delhi High Court in a matter on Monday. We have to brief them on the basis of what is called a convenience compilation in litigation circles in India. A convenience compilation is a document that contains all the material that is relevant for the hearing. This convenience compilation is 1093 pages. It is a PDF. It contains relevant judgments and policies. Do you have any thoughts as to what methods I might use to be able to deal with a file of this size? Warmly, Rahul Get Outlook for iOS _______________________________________________ BlindLaw mailing list BlindLaw at nfbnet.org https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnfbnet.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fblindlaw_nfbnet.org&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cc67d526f2eb04b92efd208da8803489c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637971844933068341%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=xxE6vjBAdipc1rj9lCRqU1e9bCrMUt9xCEP6cev9si0%3D&reserved=0 To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for BlindLaw: https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnfbnet.org%2Fmailman%2Foptions%2Fblindlaw_nfbnet.org%2Fkgilbride22%2540hotmail.com&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cc67d526f2eb04b92efd208da8803489c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637971844933224580%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=EMc5PMdVpOyEJ7bQXEdhS62u8FkIxCAA5%2ByyJsnG%2B3I%3D&reserved=0 From rahul.bajaj1038 at gmail.com Sun Aug 28 05:22:28 2022 From: rahul.bajaj1038 at gmail.com (Rahul Bajaj) Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2022 05:22:28 +0000 Subject: [blindLaw] Pointers for dealing with a very bulky file In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Karla. Thank you for your suggestions. First, I did try to open this document in word. This I did by right clicking it, going into open with and then selecting word. However, the error that I got was to the effect that the document was more than 512 MB. And hence could not be opened in word. This document was 529 MB. Second, I do have a subscription to acrobat pro through my office. I have not yet played around with it. I will devote about 30 minutes to understanding how it works today. And then I can possibly convert such large files into word and open them on that basis. Third, the only downside that I see to doing that is the following. The PDF has bookmarks that point out the relevant material that it contains. These bookmarks can be viewed by going into the bookmark viewer in adobe. And then all you need to do is to press enter on the relevant judgment or policy, and you will land at the start of that relevant piece of information. I am wondering if these bookmarks remain intact even when the PDF is opened in word. Do you have any information about this? Without the bookmarks, it would be very difficult to find one‘s way in such a large document. Finally, what I did yesterday was to open the document in Adobe reader, opt for single page view and get to the relevant pieces of information through bookmarks. I was not told by my colleagues that the PDF actually had bookmarks. But when I looked into this issue, I realize that it did. Warmly, Rahul Get Outlook for iOS ________________________________ From: BlindLaw on behalf of Karla Gilbride via BlindLaw Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2022 7:42:52 AM To: Blind Law Mailing List Cc: Karla Gilbride Subject: Re: [blindLaw] Pointers for dealing with a very bulky file Hi Rahul, Do you have Adobe Pro, or another program that will convert the pdf to Word? I typically use this to make the document editable and then mark it up with my own comments. It is also possible to add "sticky notes" or comments directly in the pdf, which may be an easier way to make notes readable by the people you are briefing, but I find navigating within a document and finding my place again much easier in Word which is why I tend to convert large pdfs to this form so I can work with the content more easily. Karla -----Original Message----- From: BlindLaw On Behalf Of Rahul Bajaj via BlindLaw Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2022 4:07 AM To: Blind Law Mailing List Cc: Rahul Bajaj Subject: [blindLaw] Pointers for dealing with a very bulky file Good afternoon, I am a practicing attorney in New Delhi, India. Today, I am facing the following difficulty in my work. I am part of a legal team that is briefing 2 senior councils who are scheduled to appear in the Delhi High Court in a matter on Monday. We have to brief them on the basis of what is called a convenience compilation in litigation circles in India. A convenience compilation is a document that contains all the material that is relevant for the hearing. This convenience compilation is 1093 pages. It is a PDF. It contains relevant judgments and policies. Do you have any thoughts as to what methods I might use to be able to deal with a file of this size? 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