[blindLaw] Law Firm Accommodations

[Syed Rizvi]

Thank you both so much for your guidance.



Laura, yes, big law. I hope you don’t mind if I share this list with the
recruiting team. These specifics are gold.



Sanho, I understand. I do advocate for myself. I just want to ensure I
spend the summer proving myself to the firm, rather than figuring out how
to do basic tasks. The firm has reached out to ask how to best accommodate
me so that I can hit the ground running, come summer.



Thank you!

Syed







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Syed Mahmud Rizvi



SyedRizviNFB at gmail.com

(413)250-3523



Harvard Law School | JD Candidate' 2024

Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow

Jacobus Tenbroek Fellow

SEO Law Fellow

Lighthouse Guild Scholar

Charles and Melva T. Owen Scholar

Rudolph Dillman Scholar



The University of Texas at Austin | BA in Government' 2020

Dean's Distinguished Graduate

High Honors


On Wed, Jan 5, 2022 at 2:30 PM Laura Wolk via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Oh yes, a go-to contact in IT is a must.  But K1000 will not be fast
> enough to handle batch conversions.
>
> On 1/5/22, Sanho Steele-Louchart via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > Syed,
> >
> > When I was hired on, I was lucky enough to already have a copy of
> > K1000 (the OCR software) and JAWS/NVDA with Eloquence. All I actually
> > needed to ask for was someone to read me the handwritten parts of
> > records. Everything else has taken care of itself.
> >
> > If possible, I'd approach this with a trusted supervisor or hiring
> > manager. Candidly, it seems to me that we'll ultimately need to be
> > able to advocate for these things without the assistance of an outside
> > firm. My supervisor made it pretty clear that if I wanted to advocate
> > for my clients, I should be prepared to advocate for myself first.
> >
> > if I didn't have a trusted supervisor or hiring manager, I'd be up
> > front about what I needed. "I'll need X, Y, and Z. I also need a
> > contact person in the event something's inaccessible and I need to
> > figure it out on the spot. Will that be a problem?"
> >
> > Warmth and good luck,
> > Sanho
> >
> > On 1/5/22, Syed Rizvi via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Do you have any tips regarding discussions with firms pertaining to
> what I
> >> will need from them to be a successful blind summer associate? I know I
> >> need JAWS etc., but due to my lack of work experience, I don’t know what
> >> set of procedures I should have in place. For example, with school, I
> know
> >> I need all my books in an electronic format and so on, but I don’t have
> >> work accommodations figured out in the same way due to my lack of
> >> experience. Are there consulting firms that educate employers on how to
> >> best accommodate blind employees or that can test firm tools prior to
> the
> >> summer?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thank you so much for any guidance in this matter!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Gratefully,
> >>
> >> Syed
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Syed Mahmud Rizvi
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> SyedRizviNFB at gmail.com
> >>
> >> (413)250-3523
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Harvard Law School | JD Candidate' 2024
> >>
> >> Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow
> >>
> >> Jacobus Tenbroek Fellow
> >>
> >> SEO Law Fellow
> >>
> >> Lighthouse Guild Scholar
> >>
> >> Charles and Melva T. Owen Scholar
> >>
> >> Rudolph Dillman Scholar
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The University of Texas at Austin | BA in Government' 2020
> >>
> >> Dean's Distinguished Graduate
> >>
> >> High Honors
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> >
> > --
> > Warmth,
> > Sanho
> > He, Him, His
> >
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