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Welcome to the New Jersey State Bar Foundation's web page for the Visually Impaired.


Table of Contents:

  1. Features for the Visually Impaired
  2. Audio NJSBF Publications
    1. The Disability Law Primer
    2. Law Points for Senior Citizens
    3. To Your Health: Your Consumer Rights
      in Managed Health Care
    4. Educational Guide for Trial Jurors
    5. Students' Rights Handbook
    6. Aids and The Law in New Jersey: A Practical Guide
    7. Consumer's Guide to New Jersey Law
    8. Domestic Violence: The Law and You
  3. Changing Browser Text-Size

1.  Features for the Visually Impaired:

We have simplified this web page's layout for easier navigation by our visually impaired users and put it in a separate window. You can use this window to navigate the entire web site via the large text links at the bottom of this page, or you can close this window and use framed navigation on the home page. In addition, several changes have been made to the original site to make it easy to use for visually impaired readers. For example, all pictures and pages on the NJSBF website have been given titles, so that they can be read by text-to-speech scanners.

2.  Audio NJSBF Publications:

The New Jersey State Bar Foundation maintains audio and video tape recordings of many of their publications, in addition to the web page versions for on-screen viewing and printing. Several of these are also available online using streaming audio format.

The following four articles can be accessed from this web page in RealAudio® format.

  1. The Disability Law Primer
  2. Law Points for Senior Citizens
  3. To Your Health: Your Consumer Rights
    in Managed Health Care
  4. Educational Guide for Trial Jurors
  5. Students' Rights Handbook
  6. Aids and The Law in New Jersey: A Practical Guide
  7. Consumer's Guide to New Jersey Law
  8. Domestic Violence: The Law and You
In order to listen to the audio version of these publications, you need to have RealPlayer® software on your computer, or you can download it for FREE using the link at right. RealPlayer Link


On the contents pages for the online RealAudio® versions, each article is divided into a number of sections, which you may listen to in or out of sequence. Just click on the section title you wish to hear. RealPlayer® will automatically open and play the file. You can also replay a section as many times as you like. In order to minimize the size of the audio files, the longer ones have been divided into Part I and Part II, as shown for example in the Housing section of The Disability Law Primer.

If you prefer, you may save the audio file to your hard drive and listen to it at a later time. Just right click the section title and choose Save Target As (for Microsoft Internet Explorer) or Save Link As (for Netscape Navigator). You can then save the audio file to your computer from the Save As window.

In the online web page versions, each article begins with a Table of Contents, after which the entire text is available to read from the screen or to send to a printer.


a)  The Disability Law Primer:

The Disability Law Primer provides an overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and covers a wide variety of relevant topics, including:
  • Housing
  • Medicaid/Medicare
  • Social Security
  • Special Education
  • Worker's Compensation
This publication was prepared as a free public service by The New Jersey State Bar Foundation, the Essex County Bar Association, and its Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.


b)  Law Points for Senior Citizens: Law Points for Senior Citizens covers a wide range of topics relevant to senior citizens, including:
  • Tenant's Rights
  • Social Security Benefits
  • Medical Expenses
  • Nursing Homes
  • Wills
  • Health Care Directives
  • Finding a Lawyer
It was published as a public education service to help explain laws in New Jersey by the Elder Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association.


c)  To Your Health: Your Consumer Rights
      in Managed Health Care: To Your Health: Your Consumer Rights in Managed Care addresses such issues as:
  • Understanding the basics of managed care.
  • Recognizing the different types of managed care plans.
  • Using your health care plan to your advantage.
  • Knowing your rights as a member of a managed care plan.
  • Appealing a decision of your managed care plan.
  • Reaching out to appropriate resources for assistance.
It also contains an FAQ section with some of the most common questions asked by persons covered by managed health care, along with information on where to look in the handbook for more details. This publication is provided by the Community Health Law Project (CHLP), and is sponsored by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation.


d)  Educational Guide for Trial Jurors Educational Guide for Trial Jurors covers a wide range of topics relevant to New Jersey trial jurors, including:
  • What Is the Difference Between a Civil and Criminal Case?
  • How Does My Role as a Criminal Juror Differ From That of a Civil Juror?
  • How Is a Jury Selected?
  • How Are Witnesses Examined?
  • What Is The Judge's Role During the Trial?
  • How Should a Juror Behave During a Trial?
Using an FAQ format, the guide answers common questions often asked by individuals about juror service in the state's court system. This document was published as a public education service by the New Jersey State Bar Association to help explain the laws of the New Jersey Judiciary.


e)  Students' Rights Handbook Students' Rights Handbook covers a wide range of topics relevant to public school students from grades K to 12, including:
  • Freedom From Discrimination
  • Freedom of Speech & Expression
  • Religion in Schools
  • Search & Seizure
  • School Records
  • Discipline: Suspension, Expulsion & Other Punishments
The handbook also provides an extensive Endnotes section that documents the legal cases relevant to each issue. Created and written by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, this handbook was published as a public education service by the New Jersey State Bar Association to help explain the laws pertaining to the New Jersey Educational System.


f)  Aids and The Law in New Jersey: A Practical Guide Aids and The Law in New Jersey: A Practical Guide covers a wide range of topics relevant to persons with AIDS and HIV, including:
  • Confidentiality
  • Discrimination
  • Financial: Entitlements
  • Insurance
  • Landlord/Tenant
  • Legal Documents
This guide was prepared as a public education service to help New Jersey citizens with AIDS or HIV infection, and their AIDS care providers, to identify and avoid legal problems common to persons with AIDS. It was sponsored by the Hyacinth AIDS Foundation and the New Jersey State Bar Foundation, and was made possible by funding from the IOLTA Fund of the Bar of New Jersey.


g)  Consumer's Guide to New Jersey Law Consumer's Guide to New Jersey Law covers a wide range of topics relevant to New Jersey consumers and citizens, including:
  • Buying or Selling a Home
  • Divorce
  • Wills
  • Your Rights If Arrested
  • Automobile Insurance
  • Small Claims Court
  • Bankruptcy
  • Credit and You
  • Employment Discrimination
  • Finding a Lawyer
This booklet was published as a public education service by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation to provide some basic information about a variety of different areas of the law that touch our day-to-day lives. The guide was made possible by funding from the IOLTA Fund of the Bar of New Jersey.


g)  Domestic Violence: The Law and You Domestic Violence: The Law and You covers a wide range of topics relevant to New Jersey citizens, including:
  • The Law: The Prevention of Domestic Violence Act
  • The Police
  • The Legal Process
  • Be Prepared for Emergencies
  • Helpful Numbers
  • Domestic Violence Services (by County)
  • Checklist for Victims of Domestic Violence
"Domestic Violence: The Law and You" is cosponsored by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation, and is made possible by funding from the IOLTA Fund of the Bar of New Jersey.

3.  Changing Browser Text-Size:

You can easily enlarge the text-size of any web page, or get more text on your computer screen, by following the instructions below for the two most popular browsers.

  1. Microsoft Internet Explorer:

    Select View from the Menu Bar at the top of the browser, go down to Text Size in the drop-down menu, and then click the size you want. The selected size will have a check mark in the list.


  2. Netscape Navigator:

    Select View from the Menu Bar at the top of the browser, and choose either Increase Font or Decrease Font in the drop-down menu. Or to use the shortcuts, hold down the Control key and hit the left bracket key (Ctrl and ]) for Increase Font, or hold down the Control key and hit the right bracket key (Ctrl and [) for Decrease Font.

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