Resume Help for Law Student regarding Poker

[bogey]

First off I'll start with I'm not really sure where this should go, but I figured I can't go wrong in this forum.

So anyways here's my dilemma.

I graduated college in December 2002 with intentions of taking that winter to go skiing in Tahoe and then starting law school in the fall. To make a long story short I ended up deferring law school for another year and stayed in Tahoe.

During this year and a half, I worked for the casino for the first 2 months as a Blackjack Dealer, then switched to Surveillance for 2 months. I then realized I could make more money, develop a skill, and make my own hours playing poker so I quit and supported myself solely from poker for a little over a year before starting law school this past September.

So now I'm in the quandary of how to fill in my resume for that year and a half. I am proud and don't shy away from telling people I supported myself from poker and am paying for most of law school with it but I'm not exactly sure this is the best thing for a first year law student to put on their resume or how to put it down.

Overall I don't feel this will be a huge hurdle in the long run since I'm at a great school and job placement is very good, but I still would like to be able to fill in my resume gap and/or stand out from the crowd a little bit.

Has anyone been in a similar situation and how was it looked at?

Any advice is appreciated.

Also any lawyers out there need a summer intern? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Edge34]

Hey Bogey,

I'm not going to claim to know what most employers think, especially in Law, but you can't go wrong just saying you took some time off and went to Tahoe. Especially since it was right after graduation, I doubt this will be any problem at all.

There've been similar threads before, and this seems to be the consensus.

-Edge

[ArchAngel71857]

Get good grades. Then you won't have to worry.


-AA