[blindlaw] State VR Occupational Goal

[Rod Alcidonis, Esq.]

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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