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Friday, March 10, 2006
Making the law equally accessible - a project to will test assistive technologies in a trial lab at the College of William and Mary Law School: The lab trial’s simulated case, United States v. Culinary Enterprise of America d/b/a Mom’s Place, is centered around a lawsuit brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) against a fictional fast food restaurant chain. The trial is designed to test how assistive technology can be used in giving equal access to justice for judges, lawyers, witnesses, and jurors who have special needs in the areas of mobility, sight, and hearing.
There's a local interest angle to this story: Lynn J. Karowsky, chief judge of Weld County Court in Colorado, is losing his sight due to macular degeneration. In addition, the first known use of a Segway Transporter to allow counsel with mobility limitations to travel about the courtroom and argue the case to the jury will take place.
For you low-landers, Weld County is just across County Line Road, which I can just about see from the backyard.
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