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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op, I was very surprised that you have neither license in your fields. You should ABSOLUTELY either take the bar or work toward licensure (licsw).

Absolutely. It sounds like you are not desperate for the money. Take the time you need to cross the finish line here. [/quote]

OP here.  I was pursuing my LCSW licensure in my social work job.  It was taking longer than 2 years to get these hours because the workplace didn't have enough clients for me to earn these hours in a timelier fashion (it was slow).  I was halfway to earning my hours with supervision when I resigned because I was expecting twins (I conceived naturally, it was a big surprise).  We had no family in the area (this was in another state) and husband traveled frequently for work so we felt the best thing was for me to resign to be a SAHM.  However, I lost all those hours due to the time limit for getting all the hours in.  So now I am starting from zero hours when looking to start supervision for my LCSW.

It is very hard to find a job in social work that leads to licensure--the right supervision, etc.  It took me almost a year to find this job in the other state.  Additionally, we live in Ashburn, which is very far from all the non profits in the city where I could volunteer to get my resume up to date, so I'm concerned about how I can get my resume up to date.  It's not really practical for me to be driving into the city to these non proffits daily at least.  So I'm trying to think where/how I could get this volunteer experience to get my skills up to date.

If I tried to take the bar exam I worry it would be like studying organic chemistry to me.  I have recently looked at some bar prep materials and nothing looked familiar or made sense.  Could I really pass the bar exam?  I've been out of law school so long that I don't know.    [/quote]

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