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- Joined: Apr 26, 2021
- Thu Nov 18, 2021 2:02 pm
#92148
Hi Powerscore,
I am nearly done with my apps and submitted most of them already but I have found myself suddenly worried about one aspect of my application - the Employment section.
I am a non-trad applicant who back in late 2019 decided to leave my job to pursue my dream of becoming a lawyer. And then COVID hit in early 2020 and the world was completely altered. I was technically "unemployed" for over a year in that I received unemployment benefits from my local government.
But while I was "unemployed," I wasn't sitting around doing nothing. I was involved with my family business and worked with them in 2020 even though I didn't get paid from them. The business, like most businesses, struggled during the COVID pandemic, and I didn't ask my parents to pay me since they already were paying for rent and helped support my college education.
In the "Employment" section, I listed full-time work at my family business starting in 2020 because I had been working for them during the Pandemic even when "unemployed." And as context, I do work for them still right now and I now do get paid and am no longer on unemployment benefits.
My big concern here is when the Bar gets involved after I graduate. I know they will inquire deeply into my background and I am worried they may not like what I put in my Employment section - saying I was employed with family business even when "unemployed" in 2020.
Am I overworrying here? I am prepared to explain my situation if it ever arises but it makes me worried since I had already submitted most of my apps and I didn't think this would be a big deal.
FYI, to be very conservative and safe, in that section of the app where they ask for # of full-time work months, I only included the number of months I worked where I was PAID. In case they look into unemployment payments & paystubs from work. I wanted to be conservative in case they inquired later on.
I am nearly done with my apps and submitted most of them already but I have found myself suddenly worried about one aspect of my application - the Employment section.
I am a non-trad applicant who back in late 2019 decided to leave my job to pursue my dream of becoming a lawyer. And then COVID hit in early 2020 and the world was completely altered. I was technically "unemployed" for over a year in that I received unemployment benefits from my local government.
But while I was "unemployed," I wasn't sitting around doing nothing. I was involved with my family business and worked with them in 2020 even though I didn't get paid from them. The business, like most businesses, struggled during the COVID pandemic, and I didn't ask my parents to pay me since they already were paying for rent and helped support my college education.
In the "Employment" section, I listed full-time work at my family business starting in 2020 because I had been working for them during the Pandemic even when "unemployed." And as context, I do work for them still right now and I now do get paid and am no longer on unemployment benefits.
My big concern here is when the Bar gets involved after I graduate. I know they will inquire deeply into my background and I am worried they may not like what I put in my Employment section - saying I was employed with family business even when "unemployed" in 2020.
Am I overworrying here? I am prepared to explain my situation if it ever arises but it makes me worried since I had already submitted most of my apps and I didn't think this would be a big deal.
FYI, to be very conservative and safe, in that section of the app where they ask for # of full-time work months, I only included the number of months I worked where I was PAID. In case they look into unemployment payments & paystubs from work. I wanted to be conservative in case they inquired later on.
