[blindLaw] Questions about law school clinic requirements

[Julie A. Orozco]

Hi everyone,

I am taking a civil advocacy clinic this fall in my last semester of
law school. The professor and I have begun a dialogue, and I thought I
would reach out to ask the first of probably many questions.

First, how is Legal Server these days. I had to use it a couple years
ago when working for another clinic, and it was horrible. I had to use
a really old version of IE to make it work. Since IE isn't even
supported anymore, I'm sincerely hoping there is an alternative.

Second, in clinic we work with partners. We will be expected to share
our screens to file things with the court. I understand that if my
partner shares their screen with me, I will have no idea what's
happening. If I share my screen with them, they may not be able to
follow what I'm doing since navigating with a screen reader doesn't
always make sense to sighted people. My solution would be to get on
Team Viewer and share control of the same screen so we could both
participate in the process. I was also thinking I would give my
partner a crash course in how a screen reader works. Are there better
solutions for this?

I am excited about clinic but not excited to get in the "real"
inaccessible world of law practice.

Thanks,

Julie

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Julie A. Orozco
MM Vocal Performance, 2015; American University Washington College of
Law, JD Candidate 2023