[blindlaw] Accessibility of PACER with Jaws and looking for anyone to talk to with bankruptcy experience

[Russ Thomas]

Based upon limited exposure to the subject, bankruptcy is a forms-driven
practice. You will need to become familiar with the most commonly used
forms. 

Pacer is a challenge but it can be mastered with some practice and patience.
Everything in bankruptcy must be filed on Pacer. I am not familiar with what
the Eastern District requires, but in the Central District you may not file
in the bankruptcy court on Pacer without taking a test.  That prevents
people who don't know how to file from using Pacer in the bankruptcy court.
However, after you become familiar with Pacer, that might be the time to
raise any accommodations issues you might be experiencing.

Another issue with Pacer is the use of PDF.  When you file on Pacer, you
must file a PDF document. Thus, after you create a document, you must
convert it to PDF before you can file it. Similarly, if you download a
document from Pacer you will need to convert it before Jaws can read it. In
my office we wind up with a PDF and word document for each pleading we file
or receive. 

If I can be of further help, contact me off list at
rthomas at nbemploymentattorney.com or 949.752.0101.
-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Shannon
Ramsay
Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 10:12 PM
To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
Subject: [blindlaw] Accessibility of PACER with Jaws and looking for anyone
to talk to with bankruptcy experience

Hello,

 

   I am a California lawyer located in the Sacramento area.  I have been
offered the opportunity to work for a small bankruptcy firm in my area, and
I am wondering if there is anyone on this list who practices bankruptcy law
whom I could talk to.  I am especially looking for someone who practices in
California if there is anyone like that on this list.

   I also know the work I am likely to be doing will involve a lot of
electronic filings through PACER.  I need to know how accessible PACER is
for a Jaws user and how difficult it is to learn.  I do recall reading a
post on this list about PACER a long time ago, but I thought it would be
more efficient to just put the question out there again instead of wading
through old archived messages.  Any help I can get would be greatly
appreciated.

 

   Sincerely,

 

   Shannon Ramsay 

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