[blindlaw] State VR Occupational Goal

[Angela Matney]

As a former VR counselor who then applied for and received VR services with an employment goal of "attorney," I have to agree with what others have said. There is no reason why "attorney" is not an appropriate vocational goal.

If you chose an alternate goal that requires a J.D. ("paralegal" does not, BTW), you'd still have the same time commitments involved in getting into and attending law school, so I don't see the purpose in choosing an alternate goal.

If you are hoping to list more potential occupations on your IPE in addition to attorney, maybe you can find some inspiration from this list of "J..D.-preferred" jobs that came up when I did a quick google search.

http://www.indeed.com/q-JD-Preferred-jobs.html

Good luck,

Angie






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-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Zachariah M
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 9:42 AM
To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
Subject: [blindlaw] State VR Occupational Goal

Hello All,

I wanted to ask for your advice regarding a question posed to me by my VR Counselor. What occupation(s) could i list on my Individual Plan for employment  (IPE) that require a JD but aren't "attorney" or "paralegal"? I am a partially sighted Minnesota resident registered with State Services for the Blind(SSB), and would like to become an attorney,  but my counselor with SSB doesn't feel that she would be able to get my IPE approved with an occupational goal of "attorney" due to the extended time commitment of getting into and finishing law school.

Thank you all for your time and attention in this important matter.

Respectfully,

Zachariah

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