As I’m tied up studying for the California State Bar Examination, there’s not much time for other activities, particularly blogging.

I was recently contacted by someone connected with Gallaudet University, asking me to help them with a legal issue. Of course, as I am not yet an attorney, I had to inform him that I cannot and will not give legal advice. The rules relating to non-lawyers, particularly law students who hope to become attorneys, are quite strict. In fact, I did not even want to offer him advice on a referral (just to ensure no one would later claim I offered a particular individual legal advice).

Subsequently, I received via email a link to a website containing information about what is happening at Gallaudet University, a federally-funded agency charged with providing higher-level education for deaf and hearing-impaired individuals. The site contains information about the situation at Gallaudet, providing contact information for any attorneys who might be willing to assist students of Gallaudet.

While I don’t have time to recap everything there — I do, as I noted, need to study for the Bar Exam — I can at least refer readers to the Gallaudet Protest website.

The site is worth a read. If the claims there are true — and I have no real involvement with Gallaudet, so I can only repeat what I’ve heard from someone I know who is connected — this is a matter that should concern more people. If the claims are true, millions of dollars of American taxpayers’ money are being deposited Halliburton-style — that is, with no oversight and no credible demonstration that the money is being used for its intended purpose — into the hands of a small number of people whom some students of Gallaudet claim are not using the money to carry out the federal mandate given them.

Since I must return to my studies — and because, as I said, I only know what I’ve been told anyway — anyone interested in this situation should check the Gallaudet Protest website.

Short of complaining to my congressional representatives, there’s nothing more I can do. But don’t let that stop you.

Other Links

• Ragged Edge Online: Gallaudet Protest
• Gallaudet Protests: Updates from Kendall Green (This site appears to belong to Elisa Abenchuchan and is said to provide a lot of information regarding the views of Gallaudet students.)
• Gallaudet University website