In re the Claim of Willett

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed February 5, *6331997, which ruled that claimant was not entitled to receive a trade readjustment allowance under the Trade Act of 1974.

In November 1993 claimant, formerly employed as an engineer for a defense contractor, applied for a trade readjustment allowance (hereinafter TRA) under the Trade Act of 1974 (19 USC § 2101 et seq.). Claimant’s application was granted and, in February 1994, claimant began a program of legal study at City University of New York Law School at Queens College (hereinafter CUNY). Shortly…