[blindlaw] Getting Practice Books for Offline Reading

[Tai Tomasi]

You could also ask your employer to purchase a digital version of a particular treatise from the publisher for your use. I haven't needed to purchase one in several years, but in the past, West was good about providing accessible versions. 

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Other than requesting your firm to scan in a treatise, I am not sure that I am aware of accessible, offline equivalents.

To your second question, I work in white collar criminal defense, and I know that we often consult the two-volume ABA treatise on privilege and work product, which is on Lexis. We also spend plenty of time in the DOJ USAM that has been revised and renamed to the Justice Manual.

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All,

Have any of you found avenues for getting standard practice books in accessible formats that can be read offline and not just in Westlaw or Lexis? I am speaking of actual practice books such as West's Standard Practice by state, not hornbooks better suited for law school. It would be very helpful to have at least some resources like this that I can use without the internet. I have not had luck finding them on Bookshare.

Currently I work in the criminal field. Are there any particular treatises for practice anyone in that field has found indispensable?



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Kelby Carlson

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