[nabs-l] Citations on papers and accommodations in law school

Mon Oct 31 03:40:17 UTC 2016

Yes, you can ask jaws to do that.
 Justin

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If I am remembering correctly, you can set the verbosity for JAWS to read
all text formatting. That may be useful, particularly in exams where there
may be a question asking you to select the right option.
I have done this for APA citations.
> On Oct 30, 2016, at 21:42, Jameyanne Fuller via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
> 
> We had exercises like that, and the only way to figure out some of the 
> wrong answers for me was to go through letter by letter with JAWS or 
> use a Braille display. I used my Braille Edge as a display, because 
> way more efficient, and it worked well. I was able to spot the errors 
> much more easily. I use the online bluebook with a Braille display
connected as well.
> Jameyanne
> 
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> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Citations on papers and accommodations in law 
> school
> 
> Hello Jameayanne,
> 
> Thank you for your suggestion.  I do have a subscription to the online 
> version.  We have an extra book called Bluebook Uncovered that has 
> exercises at the end of each chapter comprised of multiple choice 
> questions and a few questions at the end where we have to write out 
> the entire citation ourselves. These exercises take an extremely long 
> time to complete.  And the multiple choice answers are so close 
> sometimes that the screen reader doesn't identify any differences.
> 
> So, how do you learn them?
> 
> Aimee
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Oct 30, 2016, at 8:00 PM, Jameyanne Fuller via NABS-L
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I'm still learning the bluebook, but I'd say you get it memorized by 
>> practicing. I pretty naturally have a good sense of how to cite cases 
>> at this point, but our TA told us we'll always need to look up the
> appropriate
>> reporters and abbreviations. I recommend the online version of the
> Bluebook
>> because it is so much easier to navigate.
>> HTH.
>> Jameyanne
>> 
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>> Harwood via NABS-L
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>> Cc: Aimee Harwood <awildheir at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [nabs-l] Citations on papers and accommodations in law 
>> school
>> 
>> Hello group,
>> 
>> 
>> I have a Judicial Opinion to write for my legal methods class.  How 
>> do you get the citations system for the bluebook memorized?  How much 
>> assistance can I request from my school in learning this?  I feel as 
>> if I am denied
> any
>> time I make a request for assistance.  
>> 
>> My second question is, when considering accommodations in law school, 
>> what constitutes a fundamental alteration to the program?  I feel 
>> like if I
> know
>> the definition of this aspect of the ADA and  rather Rehabilitation 
>> Act, I can better push back when they refuse an appropriate request.
>> 
>> Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.  
>> Aimee Sent from my iPhone
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