[blindlaw] State VR Occupational Goal
Rod Alcidonis, Esq.
attorney at alcidonislaw.com
Wed Jul 17 17:22:57 UTC 2013
The VR counselor might not even know the admission requirements for law
school and the licensing requirements for becoming an attorney. I always
advise prospective law students to do their homework and educate the
counselor of their career goals. Don't let them make that decision for you
just because you are blind. You need to say that I want to become an
attorney, this is how it's done, these are the services and funding I will
need, and this is how long it will take, and these are the jobs I will be
doing at the end of the process. That's all you need for an IEP. VR
counselors cannot make that decision for you.
Rod
-----Original Message-----
From: Angela Matney
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 12:53 PM
To: 'Blind Law Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] State VR Occupational Goal
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
Sent from a mobile phone, please excuse brevity, spelling and grammar.
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